I just added a new section to the store – ROMANCE and added this shot (infrared film with modified infrared flash). I had originally thought I could do it in time for Valentine’s Day but frankly I don’t think I could get prints out in time for Valentine’s Day – at least not this year. Yes, I continue to have about all the work I can handle right now. But maybe someone will like it for an anniversary gift or just as a gift for any old reason. The ROMANCE CATEGORY.
At any rate, it is certainly rare in terms of how it was done – i.e. using a flash that was modified to only emit infrared light, with HIE film (which I don’t think is made any longer).
And speaking of selling stuff — one thing that’s been on my mind is that I should of course have a newsletter like everyone else. I’ve found that not everyone uses or understands RSS feeds and so it could be setup (if the user wants it) to drop an email off when new prints are added to the store; or when I have a sale or some wonderful thing has happened that people might like to know about.
On the other hand – I have the blog setup so that it tweets new blog posts and maybe that’s enough.
Dave, how do you generate tweets for each new blog post?
Chris Klug
28 Jan 10 at 4:36 pm
Twitter Tools Plugin for Wordpress
http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress
dave
28 Jan 10 at 5:07 pm
FeedBurner email (now owned by Google) is a service that allows siteowners to deliver their feed content to subscribers via email. With email subscription capability, subscribers can now receive info about blog updates in their inbox — either with the entire post/images, or the siteowner’s choice of how much ‘teaser’ info to provide with link to the posting.
Much, much less work than having to actually create content for a newsletter then having to maintain it.
http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78982
http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78978
Elliot
30 Jan 10 at 10:33 am
Thanks Elliot. I had seen this option a while back but forgot about it. I just set it up for both the blog, and for the store. It’s really more useful for the store since I generally don’t add images very often, and if I have a print sale, you’ll also get notified.
With the blog, I don’t see much use for it as I’m generally still doing a post a day – still some people might find it easier to just browse a title rather than going to the blog.
dave
30 Jan 10 at 11:18 pm
You might consider grouping your links, feeds and subscription info in one spot for easy viewing. I like the way this was done below with a slightly different color background that boxes and groups the info, and does it at top so casual visitors don’t have to search for it:
http://www.problogger.net/
Elliot
1 Feb 10 at 8:36 am