One of my goals I had set for 2009 was to do a photo blog.
Inspired by Ines's Miamism Photo Blog, I loved the idea of keeping folks thinking of moving to Michigan up to date on business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Saline with the power of photos.
Enter the Dakno boys...
At ReBar Camp Chicago at a before party, I was talking to Bobby and he told me that Dakno had just launched a new product for Photo blogs. Talk about perfect timing. Since I already had Dakno build my blog and new web-site this was perfect.
I could keep the themes the same but use each site for different purposes. As you may or may not know Google likes different content on page ONE. So I have my web-site, by blog and now my photo blog I am working on getting optimized for each of them.
I use each site for different purposes as my marketing strategy.
- Ann Arbor Real Estate for my listings, neighborhoods, and market stat's.
- Ann Arbor Real Estate Talk for consumer information about Ann Arbor and Saline
- Ann Arbor Photo Blog for showcasing Ann Arbor, Saline and Devils Lake
No here is the really cool thing about it, for those of you thinking, "How do you do all this?"
The Photo blog is tied to my Flickr account.
I take a photo on my phone, email to Flickr and Flickr sends it to my photo blog. Easy huh?
I am so excited to be able to take photo's with people in Ann Arbor and Saline. Of course it will be years to be anywhere near the quality as Teresa but I am going to have fun.
According to the Dakno Marketing blog, via Bobby,
"Photo blogging can be a great way to quickly and easily build credibility with both site visitors and search engines. With this in mind, we wanted to give you a few options for photo blogging and show you step by step how to setup your own photo blog."
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Love the photo Blog Missy, now I'm off to update and spring clean mine. I have been using flickr to post my photos but had not considered having them automatically post to my Photo Blog. Great stuff. Thanks for the inspiration!! :-)
Thanks for the post Missy and it reminds me I need to get working on my Flickr blogs thanks
Missy - I followed the Twitter conversation about the photo blogs and got one set up on my server. So far, it only has one photo and I'm just waiting to find a few moments to start populating it with more content. Once I do though, look out!
I have thinking about this as well, this is great news! Now I have to squeeze some time from something!!! to get this going too :) ~Rita
I've got photos uploead to Flickr but never gave any thought to a photo blog. This is something I need to add to my never ending list of things to do. :)
I am thinking about working on my photo blog. I use Flickr now. There are so many things, it is hard to allocate time for everything that needs to be completed in a day.
Way over my head....glad to hang with people who are smarter than me. Sounds like ReBar was fun...
Something to add to my to do list. I've bookmarked this post for a referene. Thanks,
Hi Missy
Timely post I have to take my blog to the next level with photos. Thanks for sharing the information.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Now that looks like fun! (I loved the photo of the barn. Great shot!) Tying it to your Flickr account makes it so nice and easy to maintain. Thanks for showing us this Missy.
Missy, I clicked on your photo blog and now have an unstoppable urge for chocolate ice cream!
Cool idea and what a photo blog indeed. Everyday a new gadget or toy. One day we may say where did all my time go and what a life.
Wow, very cool. I like this idea. (I'm back in A2- heading to Walloon Lake Monday)
Missy! You are SOOO smart! I love this idea (and the Dakno guys too)! I don't have time to do this now but, I am definitely going to keep this on the back-burner and use your guidance!
I'm starting a photo blog too.
Missy, I love that you are almost AHEAD of technology! A photo blog sounds wonderful and like you're having a lot of fun with it. You camaze me with how you not only keep up with everything, you're on top of it!
WOW Missy! You MUST have a troop of elves in your office or you are one very lucky charm to be so very clever! Thanks for the inspiration and direction for this. I love it!
Love the idea of a photo blog - I always have my camera with me. However, the other thing I got from this post is changing things on page 1 of my site. I change videos on one page so my site overall gets new things and I know google likes video - however, I rarely change anything on page 1 - thanks for having me be aware.
Having fun is what it's all about. One knows that one has a career instead of just a job when one's work is fun.
Missy, something else I need to put on my to-do list! Gosh, so much to do isn't there...
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Missy, Thanks for the tip. I will try Flickr and see how I can set up to automatically post to a photo blog.
I've had a photo blog since last September when I got my Blackberry. It's a lot of fun and makes you look for unique things to take pictures of. Have fun!
Love my photo blog on my Dakno site too. I just need to move to horse country so I can take more horse photos!
Great Post! I started a photo blog....but now I have to return and update it.
Missy, I love this concept of the photo blog. You've put up some very nice pictures and what a way to advertise local hot spots.