I’m not sure how Eric & Heather planned it, but they managed to schedule their wedding day for one of the sunniest and warmest days in February! It was such an honor to be a part of their day and I wish them all the happiness in the world as they begin this journey together!
Since starting Devon Michelle photography in March 2009 I’ve used a couple different methods of getting the name out there. Facebook, Twitter…the blog…and all with varied success. Twitter is where I follow and goof off with other photographers, since I really hadn’t been able to connect with many clients there. Facebook has been amazing for building relationships with clients and sharing photos (in fact I think it has been one of the best marketing tools that I’ve used). And the good old steady (but sometimes neglected) blogsite.
As things stand I am getting a pretty steady number of blog hits a month, which is great. Facebook is by far where most of the action and activity is, but I have been thinking about how to direct more traffic to the blog from other venues rather than Facebook. Enter Pinterest.
I’m not even sure how this would work, but this is where I am hoping that a couple people can help me out just to test the waters and see if I can use Pinterest to drive more traffic to the blogsite. If this works I would love to work in integrating Pinterest into how I may reach out to potential clients and utilize this really fun and creative resource.
So here is the part where you current Pinterest enthusiasts come in. Over the next month I am planning to significantly increase the number of posts on my blog (as I have a huge backlog from the Living Social promotion…). What I am asking is if you have a spare moment to click on the links that are posted on the Facebook Fanpage and pick out your favorite images from the blogposts and simply “pin” them to your pinterest wall. I believe that Pinterest will automatically aggregate the data directly to the blog as you pin the image. I have already done a little “pinning” of my own images, however one person is not as effective as say maybe 5 or 6.
The hope in doing this would be for friends, family, random strangers on Pinterest will see the images, click on them and be directed to the blogsite (where of course they will fall deeply in love with my work and want to hire me for lots and lots of money….oh wait…). I actually don’t know if this will increase business or just increase exposure for my business…after all this really is an experiment in social media manipulation, right?
Okay, well maybe everyone warned me but I didn’t believe it.
I didn’t believe how fast he would grow. Everything is so new to him, his eyes are open, he is taking it all in and finding a place for it to fit in his perfect, growing baby brain. In light of the horrible tragedy that has clouded Pierce County this week with the Powell family and the two sweet boys who lost their lives, I feel compelled to hold on so tightly to my little prince every spare moment I can. I will never get these moments back with Taylor, but I will always build on them.
This last Sunday we took Taylor to the park near our house. We put him in the swing and watched him enjoy the wind on his nose. Daddy took him down the slide for the first time. He got to play with the wood chips on the ground and explore the climbing ropes. I know there will be many, many more days where he will run and spin and dance and shout and play at these parks ~ and I will watch at a distance as he continues to grow. But today it was about our family playing together.
If you are visiting my blogsite for the first time its very likely that you found me from the Living Social deal! I’d like to officially welcome you and thank you for visiting! If you want to follow me on facebook feel free to click here…if you are the twitter type we can do that too…click here.
If you’ve already heard of me and know what I’m all about ~ this is a great chance to purchase a family or senior session over at living social! here is the deal:
$49.00 gets you an hour long photo shoot and 20 digital negatives
You only have TODAY to purchase so hurry over there!!
Its that time of year again!! School dances…we’ve all been to them and now I’m taking photo’s at one! Its become an annual tradition for Shaun & I to pay Goodman Middle School a visit for their 8th Grade Celebration ~ since Shaun was a teacher there up until February of this year it was a little bittersweet for him to go back and visit all the kids who are moving onto High School next year. As always we had a GREAT time with the kids and staff at the dance ~ I thought it would be fun to post the photos! They should be going ont in the mail in the next week or so ~ we are so excited for all you 8th graders out there!! Don’t forget us when it comes time for your Senior Photos!!
