Released: in partnership with Jim Goldstein, the results of the Social Media Photography Survey 2009.

As Jim explains in the announcement of the results of the Social Media Photography Survey 2009:

I decided to run a survey on the subject [the value in social media] as I was preparing to present on a Twitter Revolution panel at Photo Plus Expo. The (2) two goals of this survey were to:

1. Answer many of the basic questions I was receiving not just with my professional opinion, but the cold hard reality of what other photographers were reporting in relation to their marketing & business efforts.
2. Capture a historical snapshot of early business adoption of social media in the photography industry.

In less than a month I was blown away to have nearly 550 photographers take part in the survey. With the skillful help of friend, photographer and business designer Taylor Davidson the survey data was combed through to provide meaningful patterns and trends. After several weeks of review the results are summarized in the slide deck below along with some high level analysis to provide greater clarity on the subject. I hope this proves to be of great value to you and I invite you to share these survey results with your peers, trade organizations and others who have questions about Social Media.

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Also: my presentation from the Twitter Revolution Panel, How to use Twitter to market your photography.