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Online Networking Addiction Update

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:15:06 +0000

Ok, I made it a week with my goals and totally broke it today. I have been on Facebook three times already but even worse I went to Flickr. Not to upload photos, like I should, but to read the forums. From there I discovered a post by David Redding, London Ontario wedding photographer, talking about how he made page one on Google. Congrats David, btw!

Of course this broke my strength and I had to check my stats. To my surprise, I got great results. Google acknowledges my existence. Depending on the search term, I’m ranked between pages 2 and 4. So the moral of the story, maybe my time working instead of obsessing so far has gone well? I think so. I also think it’s more rewarding to only take a peak now and then. Back to trying to keep my original goals now…

Addicted to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr?

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:32:23 +0000

I’m giving up the addiction. Ok, I might not really be hooked but I am realizing that I spend a lot of time on social networking sites, analyzing stats on Google Analytics, and sinking into the forums of Flickr. As a mom and business owner, I constantly am looking for ways to have more time. So I’m doing an experiment of sorts. August is looking to be my busiest month ever since I started my photography business so I figure it’s a good time to start.

For the month of August I will not:

Visit the Flickr forums
Go to Facebook more than once a day
Check out other photographers’ websites
Spend more than 15 minutes on Twitter each
Analyze my site stats (no google rank checks, no analytics number reading, no statpress)

I will:

Blog every day
Work like crazy to keep up with processing all my clients images, and designing albums

Will I get a lot more of my core work accomplished in less time? How much online networking is enough to keep a business presence but not interfere with work? Will blogging everyday really improve my SEO and add to my RSS readers? Check back in September to see how it goes.

Become a Facebook Fan

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:34 +0000

It was only a few years ago that I thought sites like myspace and facebook were just for teenagers. I’m amazed at the change in how I look at these social networking sites now, and in how they have changed the way many of us do business.

Since signing up for Facebook a year ago, I’ve reconnected with piles of old friends and high school classmates. Sure, some I don’t really have anything to say to, usually because we weren’t truly friends back then anyway. There are some people that have been great to find and hear how they are doing. I think it also gives us a great way to keep in touch with casual contacts. It’s a quick way to say hi, and keep up with how everyone is doing.

Shortly after I signed up for Facebook, I started a business page. I’m just now really starting to use it, and am in the process of getting more work up. Of course, what I need to is fans! So please take a minute, check out my page, and become a fan.