Tag: "Social Media"

Bring Back the Romance

Bring Back the Romance

April 19, 2011 | Comments (45)

Photography in the digital age can be described in many ways. It is exciting, innovative, productive, and liberating. Still, one cannot ignore the undertones of dissatisfaction from traditionalists. Some will say they simply like film, others may be afraid to step out of their comfort zone and I suspect for some there’s also a certain [...]

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The Unintended Consequences of Internet Marketing

The Unintended Consequences of Internet Marketing

December 21, 2009 | Comments (28)

It’s almost impossible to have a conversation with professional artists these days without some mention of SEO and Social Networking. Everyone seems to be engulfed in an all-consuming struggle to rise to the top of the search engine heap and to drown out the competition in sheer number of posts. An astounding amount of energy [...]

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Photographer Social Media Survey

Photographer Social Media Survey

September 24, 2009 | Comments (1)

As some of you may know, I remain a skeptic about the business value (as distinct from social value) of Social Media. Friend and fellow photographer Jim Goldstein launched a survey which may help answer some of my questions and I urge you to participate. The results may prove very interesting: 2009 Photographer Social Media [...]

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