Tweet, Tweet! I’m now on Twitter…Posted by drfl on December 2nd, 2009

I recently implemented a tool called “Twitterfeed” to send my RSS feed to Twitter. This will allow anyone who follows Twitter using a mobile device or otherwise to follow my blog there. Since I am primarily a photographer and I barely have time for that, I am keeping it basic for now and only feeding my blog. Tweet, tweet!

To follow me on Twitter: @derrald

Technical Details:
Canon 50d, 300 f/4l + 1.4tc, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec.
Upland Sandpiper, Ft. Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska

This photograph can be viewed on my website at: The Watcher – Upland Sandpiper

How to Harness the Power of Page Titles – High Performance Photoblogging – September, 2009Posted by drfl on September 2nd, 2009

An early Native American title, artistic, but not Search Engine Optimized.

When I first began placing my photography on a website I figured that my work would stand on it’s own.  I was under the assumption that if I posted photographs to the web, they would come.  Who “they” were, I wasn’t sure, and why I thought they would come… well, let’s just say that it was the beginning of a long and never-ending education that I am happy to share today. 

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Freedom of Expression May Come With a Cost: Copyright Infringement Issues and Social MediaPosted by drfl on August 12th, 2009

This post deals directly with a question from Amber from my previous series “When a Photograph is Not Worth 1,000 Words: SEO for Photographers”. Within that series I dealt with various tips in Search Engine Optimization in regards specifically to photography websites. One of the topics I briefly touched on was leveraging social networking for increasing sites in search engine rankings. Her question, “How do you feel about social networking like Flickr?”

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High Performance Photoblogging – August, 2009Posted by drfl on August 11th, 2009

In a continued effort to provide more information to photographers, once or twice a month I am going to offer a post entitled “High-Performance PhotoBlogging”. These posts will deal with blogging effectively, marketing photography, and news from the world of photography. 

In late May of this year I had the opportunity to listen to Guy Kawasaki speak at a conference in Las Vegas. A self-avowed “Technical Evangelist” and a very engaging speaker, he currently has the 88th most popular blog on the Internet today where he offers tidbits and advice for those looking to utilize the latest tools for marketing. Besides being an Apple fellow and numerous other accolades he is the founder of Alltop.com (mentioned in my SEO for Photographers series) and as such he is very in tune with the world of blogging and microblogging – better known as Twitter. I follow his blog “How to Change the World” constantly as I find the information entertaining and useful from a marketing and business perspective.

Last November he posted the article “Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter”. While it focuses on the world of Twitter, many of the tips are useful from a blog perspective. Here are a few of the items I took away from the post:

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