Thanks for your comment.

It’s a good question (don’t we all want more traffic to our sites ) and obviously this post offers just two basic ways for photographers to get their work seen, but as you know there are a lot more that can be done for people to find you and buy your work or services.

It sounds like you have already looked into SEO (search engine optimization) and are ranking well for your name.

Ranking well for your name is fine, but it requires people to know your name in the first place.

If you’re selling a product or service you’ll want to also rank for those products or services, or you may wish to rank for a particular style of photography if you’re not selling anything.

In regards to SEO this is one strategy you can employ to get new business or more visitors to your site. If you haven’t already done so you may therefore wish to try to optimize your site to rank for the types or products or services that you’re offering, (so for example “newcastle nature photographer”, “newcastle stock photography” or “creative media and design collective based in the newcastle”).

Select keywords that describe your service/business/photography and try to incorporate these in the important text parts of your site.

SEO can be a bit boring and you rarely see instant results, but long term a well executed SEO strategy can really drive a lot more traffic to your site.

I’m not a SEO expert but you can take a look at Zach Prez’ e-Book: Photographers SEO Book which will provide a lot more details and ideas.

I can also see you’re on Facebook. I had totally ignored Facebook and Twitter up until recently until I opened my eyes for how they can be used to connect with like-minded people. Using Facebook and Twitter creatively to drive traffic to your site should not be ignored either. Some people even believe social media is now more important traffic drivers than SEO.

Leaving comments like you did on this blog is another way for people to find you. I was curious to see more about you and other visitors to this site might be curious as well and click to your site.

Self-promotion is not easy. I struggle with it myself, but I think there is only one way and that is to let the world know you exist. You have to through yourself out there…

Anyway I hope this gives you some ideas.

Good luck and all the best!

Cheers,
Thomas

I need help to promote myself, as you can see my name is Ahmed Hamed wish is as common as John smith lol, it has takin sometime for me to get to number one on a google search of my name, have you got any advice for me to get as much hits to my site as much as possible? I have my studio site wish is http://www.digitallywiredstudio.com to help me get web presents. But yeah still I can’t seem to get more views to my site.

Thanks

Thank you for your visit and comment. Yes, so many of us shoot mainly for ourselves and friends and family. In fact it can sometimes be daunting to put your work out there in front of every to see and comment on, but the truth is that ultimately most of us like to share our images and have them appreciated by others.

Now you got me curious, so I’m off to take a look at your blog!

I had a look at your blog and you have lots of great work and as a dedicated film shooter you will only become more and more unique with time, not that it’s that rare today, but digital is surely taking over, but a market for film will hopefully continue to exist for many years to come.

I think most photographers overriding goal is to simply share their work in the hope other people will appreciate it. If other people appreciate it there is chance we can also make some money from it.

However my main point with the article is that if no one knows your work, no one will find it and apppreciate it. We have to self-promote from time to time and your blog is a great example, filled with lots of beautiful photos.