danalec99
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hehe...There is nothing to hide John. I'll respond to you here.Sharkbait said:Couple of follow-up questions, if you don't mind... Feel free to PM or email if you don't want to answer in the public forum...or tell me to sod off if you don't want to divulge.
WPJA is a awesome filter. There is a market out there who are looking for a pj wedding photographer and when they run a search for a 'wedding photojournalist', WPJA is the first hit. If this is the market that one would want to cater to, why not be part of this ultimate 'directory', if I may?Sharkbait said:What drew you to the wpja, and what benefits do you hope to get out of membership? Is it just more letters to put on your business cards, or do you expect increased bookings, etc.? I've thought about re-submitting my site and trying to get in again, but it's relatively expensive (for someone that gets antsy about dropping $50 on a new CF card, $180 a year (or has that changed too?) is pretty steep).
Regarding the cost, apart from the state/out-of-country listing fees, the annual fee is USD240 now. Now before you roll your eyes - in other words, just 20 bucks a month. How can that investment be steep? Don't we spend more than that each month or should I say week, for personal indulgances? Plus, you get the money back with just one booking.
Joe Buissink gets his business through word of mouth. Since we are not Buissink (I should add, at the moment ), we need to promote what we do. And the money that we spend for promotion is actually an investment to the business - imo a much valuable investment than the camera gear.
BluDomain it is. And it was only US$800. That rate is nothing. While I was shopping for a website, the sites that I liked were priced at 4k and above. And I couldn't afford it at the moment. The only catch is that this a generic interface. My neighbor could have the same interface tomorrow. But we have the control over font type, font colour background colour, music etc. Coupled with that, hopefully, the work will set you apart from people with the same interface. Once I get more business, I will, without a doubt, have a custom-made site.Sharkbait said:Question about your site...I assume it was done professionally for you? Ballpark how expensive was it? And how easy is it to update, being that it's a flash site? Do you have to go back to your designer every time you want to add some new photos?
They give you an admin control panel from where even Molly could add/edit the content.
Hope this helps!