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Registration for the Fall 2011 ProPhoto Photoblog101 Workshop…

It’s open but I kind of think we should have a little fun first! Don’t you? Let’s do the thing where we give freebies and discounts for comments on this blog post. Can ya dig it? The goal of this workshop is to hold your hand through getting a prophoto blog completely set up. If [...]

4TLOF + photoblog101 prophoto workshop starts today!

Ready? Set? Wanna go from zero to blogsite in two weeks? 4TLOF and Photoblog101 are teaming up for a blog workshop! It will cover the absolute basics if you’re just starting out with a photography website. And for the non-beginner, we’ll cover all the customization options in Pro Photo as well as blog management tips [...]

It’s been quiet and I’ll tell you why:

This kid. She has broken me and tried to beat the “W” out of my “WAHM” (work-at-home-mom). She’s lucky she’s cute. But the tide is changing people! Photoblog101 isn’t dead, it’s just been sleeping. There are things to come. Good things: *a blog workshop for newbies that gives you very explicit instructions on starting a [...]

Little Tiny Lesson: Activate Akismet to control spam on your blog!

Here’s a little tiny lesson with big huge potential to save you from spam on your blog. The plugin akismet comes pre-installed with your wordpress blog. You just have to activate it. Activating it is easier said than done though. So take notes: Akismet is a plugin that is automatically installed with wordpress. It’s that [...]

A little bit of LOVE for the photoblog101 class!

We are plugging away in the forums with week 2 of our super awesome class about how to customize a (photography) blog theme… and… get THIS COMMENT from Pam, a mommy blogger and photography hobbiest in the burbs of Philly… Not only am I hanging in…I am having so much fun!! I am soooo not [...]

Tutorial | Removing “Tags” from your posts & pages in the SLR theme

Tamsen, a Niagara Photographer, (Creative Clicks) has requested we do a quick tutorial on how to remove tags from displaying on the SLR Lounge wordpress theme for photographers. We used the SLR theme to develop our photoblog101 class so we know it pretty well (more like the back of our hands). Tamsen, here is your [...]

SEO Friday | Local Area Marketing – Just starting out

Having your blog and site come up on searches done by locals in your area is one of the most important ways you can get your images and service out in front of more people. That is the essence of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). We’ve got some tricks up our sleeves for helping you to [...]

SEO for Photographers – New for 2011 on FRIDAYS!

We always get a TON of questions on how to affect SEO and make sure you are hitting the highest point you can on the search engine results so we’ve decided to do a series of blog posts on Fridays to help with SEO… What this means for you? Well, hopefully we’ll give you 52 [...]

Registration for the January 10 photoblog101 workshop starts today!

What better way to spend January than cuddled up at the computer rockin’ out a fabulous blog? I can’t think of anything that could beat it! So get registered and settle in! We expect this one to fill fast because there are so many photogs taking these winter months to revamp blogs and such. Here [...]

Workshop Participant Spotlight: Megapixie Photography

Annemie is an August 2010 workshop participant. And she rocked her blog. She’s a portrait and wedding photographer in Chapel Hill, NC. She went the distance with a rounded-corner top and patterned border. Doesn’t the pattern just work perfect with the neutral gray background? Want to know my favorite part? The part that just jumped [...]