Guest Post by Misti Marquette Cooke. This is a completely real and honest post about what I’ve learned about SEO and marketing our destination photography business from Mexico.  For many photographers, we get our first camera and think that once we learn how to use it correctly, we’ll have a cash cow on our hands! It might seem that all

There really is no worse feeling than realizing mistakes you made before you even started a project can prevent your project’s success….rrrrr! Publishing a blog is a project, and about 99.9% of our wedding blogs are destined for not-greatness before we ever even publish our first blog post. Why you ask?  It’s not because you don’t have great content. It’s

Repurposing content! This was a huge theme at Social Media Marketing World, the world’s biggest and baddest social media conference, which I had the pleasure of attending last month. In a nutshell, s-l-o-w d-o-w-n the non-stop hamster wheel of creating fresh content for your blog and social media accounts simply by changing the way you think about your content. One

Repeat after me: “I didn’t go to all of the trouble to write this blog post and then not take the time to promote it.” Remember that marketing is a system you install (when it’s done right). Part of good blogging is taking the time to promote your post after you hit “publish.” YES: share your real wedding blog posts

By Nancy Young, Photodoto.com As a photographer, you know that your clients are trusting you to shoot their most important moments. That’s why a blog is the perfect tool to help your potential clients get to know you better. It’s a great opportunity to show who you are, your values and how you treat your existing clients. Blogs are also

Steve Sievers of Showcase DJ in Southern California has performed at over 800 weddings during his 15 year career. He is a professional musician (guitar and vocalist–yeah!), an expert in song selection, beat mixing, MC duties, and wedding planning. He’s also super smart when it comes to getting into action and sharing what he’s learned. That’s why I had to

By Sasha Vasilyuk, I DO PR Submitting real or styled weddings has become the go-to way for wedding professionals to get their work published. A couple of years ago, getting a real wedding published on a blog was cause for true celebration because it often brought real customers to your doors. Today, however, wedding blogs and social media channels have

It’s frustrating to see your competitor’s blogs ahead of yours in the Google results when it’s almost impossible to read their blog posts due to keyword stuffing. How can you compete but still have a readable blog? Let me share 4 into your wedding blog posts without distracting your readers. #1 Way to Sneak Local Keywords Into Your Wedding Blog:

SEO is kind of like baking cookies. Let me explain. When I was a kid, my grandmother would announce she’d be making her famous chocolate chip cookies and I was over the moon with happiness. Her cookies were unbelievably delicious! I’d watch eagerly as she measured the ingredients. And mixed them. And rolled them out onto a cookie tray. And

by Staci Nichols You wake up the morning after the wedding, ready to blog about last night’s centerpieces and love story and that hilarious toast…but your feet are still aching from 10 hours of running around at the venue. And you want to take your kids to the park like you promised. And there is a stack of dishes in