Announcing I’m open for business, consulting on online marketing, social media and digital business strategies for individual photographers and photography-services companies, helping people adapt to the shifting economic structure of the photography industry.
Go to this page to hire me. Email me at tdavidson@taylordavidson.com if you have any questions.
Free Advice to Start
Start with this range of free advice about shifting business models in photography, marketing, website development and social media:
- Taylor Davidson, 34 Posts on Evolving Business Models in the Photography Industry. Start with the Five Lessons series for the best introduction to the conversation.
- Taylor Davidson, How to use Twitter to market your photography, a presentation from a panel about Twitter and Photography at PDN PhotoPlus Expo in NYC in October 2009.
- Photoshelter, Google Analytics for Photographers – Free Download, a free guide to understand how to use Google’s tools to monitor website traffic and make informed business decisions.
- Photoshelter, SEO for Photography Websites: Free Toolkit, a free guide to understanding website design and search engine optimization.
- Photoshelter, Social Media for Photographers, a free guide on how to grow your photo business with social media.
Consulting to Leap Forward
While the free guides are full of great information, they also require some time for you to understand and use. If you want to up your learning curve and work with me to develop strategies and tactics specifically for your business, I provide consulting services for:
- Online Marketing and Social Media: Review your current online marketing strategy and social media plan (including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, YouTube, etc.) and develop integrated online and offline marketing plans tied to your business and product goals. Review your website content and website analytics to create online and social media marketing strategies.
- Business and product strategy: Review your current business strategies, review your ideas for growth and create new strategies and tactics.
How does it work?
- Price: New Client: $49 for first 30 minutes, $125 per hour afterward. Existing Client: $125 per hour.
- Process: Go to this page to schedule and pay for a consulting session. Once payment has been received and a day and time has been selected, I’ll confirm by email. Our consulting session will through a conversation over the phone, and after the session I’ll email you a document summarizing our conversation, the links we discussed and we’ll determine next steps.
Speaking
I’m also available to speak at select conferences about the photography industry, social media and marketing. Over the last year I’ve spoken at SXSW 2009, PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009, TribeCon 2009 and IgniteNOLA, and I’ll be speaking at SXSW 2010, Photoshelter’s Austin Photo Seminar, CEPIC New Media Conference and more events through the rest of 2010. Click here to check out my schedule for 2010.
Connecting
I love connecting with the range of great people on the web; I’m easy to reach via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and, of course, good ‘ol email at tdavidson@taylordavidson.com. If you aren’t interested in my one-on-one consulting, you’ll still be interested in following the thoughts and analysis on my blog. Follow the blog by RSS or by email.
