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Six Common Photography Site Failures and How to Avoid Them
It’s fairly easy to create a website these days – a beginner’s skill set and a little bit of patience is really all it takes. The problem is that it’s equally easy to create a bad website, the definition of bad ranging from merely ineffective to downright detrimental. There are roughly 1 billion websites on…
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QUA WordPress Theme Now Available on WordPress.com
We’re excited to share that the QUA WordPress theme is now available on WordPress.com. Our friends at Automattic added the theme to their library for WordPress users to build their portfolio, blog or digital magazine with. Hosted vs. Self-Hosted Versions of QUA There are two versions of QUA: The version that you get access to when you…
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Meet Shibui: A Free Minimalist Portfolio Theme with Masonry Layouts and More
Did you know that you can create a portfolio website for your photography with no budget and no coding skills? Put what you thought was your web dev budget toward business cards or some new gear and build yourself the beautiful website you’ve always wanted with Shibui, a new free WordPress theme for creatives. Big…
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Sell Media + Stock Photography: Featured User Adrian Naik Shows Us How It’s Done
Have you ever thought of starting your own stock photography website? It may sound like a wild idea, but it’s actually just the next step up from selling your photos online. Sure, it takes some work. But with the right tools, you can experience the excitement of launching and building a business. Meet our friend Adrian…
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10 Critical Considerations Before Changing Themes in WordPress [Checklist]
Your website’s visual impact is important – especially in visually driven niches like photography. Thankfully the WordPress community offers thousands of different website designs for you to choose from. With so many options, you can easily pick and choose to meet your needs, and you can always change themes later on. Most people eventually do just that;…
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Searching For a Free WordPress Theme? Use This Checklist.
WordPress has swathes of free themes to choose from. That’s a boon for your photography business, because it gives you a lot of visual choices even if you’re on a tight budget. And while it’s true that some free themes can be real stinkers, it’s also true that there really are tons of great designs that you…
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Introducing the QUA WordPress Theme: Empowerment to Creatives
Finding the right website template for your specific area of creative expertise can be difficult. Which layouts are best for photographers and artists? Which are made more for designers? What about writers? Our new QUA WordPress theme eliminates all uncertainty. If you’re creative and want a website that reflects your passion, QUA is for you. Use it to…
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Sell Media: See How Featured User Nate Hart Sells His Photography Online
If there’s a better feeling for a photographer than capturing the perfect image, it could very well be selling a print of that image online. It’s fulfilling when someone who has never met you visits your website, connects with your work and makes a purchase. Plus, it enables you to make a career out of your…
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Keyword Research Basics to Help You Climb the Search Rankings
Optimizing your website for a good search engine ranking should be one of your main priorities. “If you build it, they will come” almost certainly doesn’t apply unless you do some basic SEO. Studies have shown that 95% of people will click a link that’s on the first page of Google search results, and 70% of those clicks…
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Image Optimization for Your WordPress Website (In 4 Simple Steps)
In the digital world, to be speedy is to be successful. A fast website means more hits, more shares and more sales. However, this need for speed can conflict with your desire for vivid visuals. After all, what’s a website without pictures? Images give web pages character and engage users. And if you have a photography website, an image-rich…
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