Vacation

Posted on July 16, 2009

We will be posting the rest of the contest entries when I get back from vacation on the 27th. In case you didn’t know Jamie and I (Jen) are owners of PSitez and started the company in Oct. 2007. Since then it has been a lot of hard work and long hours but we couldn’t be happier with how things are going. Well, we figured it was about time for a vacation together with our husbands to regroup and have some fun! Who knows, maybe with some time to relax and think we will come up with something amazing to launch for this upcoming year.

We will be gone from 16th-26th of July. During that time Tammie, James, and Ben will be working on keeping everything running. Though we completely have faith that they will do a great job we also ask for some understanding and patience as this is the first time they will be working without either Jamie or I. If you have an issue that they aren’t able to handle Jamie and I will answer your question/review the issue as soon as we return to work on the 27th.

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Contest Entry – Kirby Rowe Photography

Posted on July 14, 2009

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST:

- we are always blown away by the talent of our customers so we thought it would be pretty cool to highlight some images. Each month we will have a ‘theme’ for our small photo contest. The winner will win a $20 gift card, and then one of the 12 monthly winners will compete to receive a site for life in the final round. Anyone can enter and your image, name, and url will be posted on our blog. We recommend putting a watermark on your image prior to sending…

THEME: Creativity with Bokeh
ENTER BY: July 15th
PRIZE: $20 gift card to shop of choice
SEND TO: info@portfoliositez.com

Contest Entry
Name: Kirby Rowe
Website: http://www.kirbyrowe.com/

Kirby is a wedding and portrait photographer from Butte, MT

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COMPANY CORNER – jamie and jen going on vacation 16th-26th:
In case you didn’t know Jamie and I (Jen) are owners of PSitez and started the company in Oct. 2007. Since then it has been a lot of hard work and long hours but we couldn’t be happier with how things are going. Well, we figured it was about time for a vacation together with our husbands to regroup and have some fun! Who knows, maybe with some time to relax and think we will come up with something amazing to launch for this upcoming year.

We will be gone from 16th-26th of July. During that time Tammie, James, and Ben will be working on keeping everything running. Though we completely have faith that they will do a great job we also ask for some understanding as this is the first time they will be working without either Jamie or I. If you have an issue that they aren’t able to handle Jamie and I will answer your question/review the issue as soon as we return to work on the 27th.

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Contest Entry – Santi Babaran

Posted on July 13, 2009

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST:

THEME: Creativity with Bokeh
ENTER BY: July 15th
PRIZE: $20 gift card to shop of choice
SEND TO: info@portfoliositez.com

Contest Entry
Name: Santi Babaran
Website: http://www.santibabaran.com/blog/

Santi is a Vermont wedding and portrait photographer – check out his Andy site, he did an amazing job!

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We will be gone from 16th-26th of July. During that time Tammie, James, and Ben will be working on keeping everything running. Though we completely have faith that they will do a great job we also ask for some understanding as this is the first time they will be working without either Jamie or I. If you have an issue that they aren’t able to handle Jamie and I will answer your question/review the issue as soon as we return to work on the 27th.

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Contest Entry – Sparrows Song Photography

Posted on July 6, 2009

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST:

THEME: Creativity with Bokeh
ENTER BY: July 15th
PRIZE: $20 gift card to shop of choice
SEND TO: info@portfoliositez.com

Contest Entry
Name: Ellie Kleinschmit
Website: http://sparrowssongphotography.com/

Ellie is a Hildago County Photographer who specializes in many varieties of photography including weddings and portraits.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
It is James’ and Tammie’s Birthdays today, July 6th! They have the day off since everyone should be able to enjoy their birthday, but feel free to wish them a happy birthday next time you talk to them via our tickets!

Quick Tip:
Did you know that our sites do not have branding? This means if you see ‘Portfoliositez’ on the title on the browser it is because the meta tags have not been changed to your information yet. This is something you can do directly from the sitezadmin->edit settings (tab)->edit meta tags. This will allow you to change your site meta title (that appears at the top of the browser) as well as other meta tag information. Meta tags, among other things, help optimize your site for search engines.

The best ways to optimize your rankings in search engines are as follows:

1. Enter meta tags in your sitezadmin. Make sure that you use your company name, location, and type of specialty (portrait photographer, etc.). It is important in the keywords not to repeat a word more then 3 times, and to start with the most popular search phrases you want to be picked up under.

2. In the site title put the #1 search query you would like to be found by as the first part. For example if you want to come up when people search Wedding Photographer in Denver, that is what you would make the first part of your site title. Then put in your name, so it will look like this Photographer in Denver Jamie Banks. Next but also in your site title you will want to put the #2 search query you would want to be found by. The entire site title would look like this, “Photographer in Denver Jamie Banks. Wedding Photography in Colorado.”

3. Put 2-4 paragraphs on your company in the box we give you for text on your splash page. Be sure to use a lot of key terms you would like to be found by. For example use the names of popular venues in your area that you have worked at as a photographer in these paragraphs. These 2 to 4 paragraphs are really important but remember your clients will see this part.

4. Use your external links and link the websites of any venues/vendors/friends you can think of that relate to your business.

5. Add your link as many places as possible on the web such as forums, vendor lists, etc. If there is one particular phrase (such as Wester Massachusetts Photographer) that you want to be detected under add that with your link as often as possible.

6. Create and maintain a blog for your business. Mention your business name. location, and link as much as possible. Link directly to your main site from your blog and vise versa.

Once optimized as much as possible you can also submit your link(s) directly to the search engine for crawling. Unfortunately there is no exact time or method for submitting your site, but usually they start to show up in the search engines 3-5 weeks after the links have been crawled/submitted.

There are services that can submit your url information directly to search engines. These services can be found by running a search on google for “Url submit”.

One SEO for flash websites product that you may find useful is http://photographyseo.com/ . It is an in depth video that explains how to optimize a flash photography website.

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HOLIDAY HOURS

Posted on July 2, 2009

PSitez is officially closed on Friday July 3rd, as well as the weekend (when we are usually closed). Any tickets submitted from here on out until Monday will be answered on Monday. We are looking forwarding to some holiday fun with our families and wish you all a great 4th of July!!

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Contest Entry – Whimsical Years Photography

Posted on July 2, 2009

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST:

THEME: Creativity with Bokeh
ENTER BY: July 15th
PRIZE: $20 gift card to shop of choice
SEND TO: info@portfoliositez.com

Contest Entry
Name: Darlene Terry
Website: http://www.whimsicalyearsphotography.com/blog/

Darlene Terry is a lifestyle photographer, specializing in children and animals, but really loves to photograph anything – outdoor weddings, events, parties, anniversaries, etc. Located in the Midcoast Region of Maine, about 15 minutes from the famous Pemaquid Light House.

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HOLIDAY HOURS:
We will be CLOSED Friday July 3rd as well as the weekend (when we are usually closed). Any tickets submitted on July 3rd-July5th will be answered on July 6th.

SALE
Did you miss our big sale? Well follow us on twitter to use our special twitter coupons which extend our BIG sale through Sunday! http://www.twitter.com/portfoliositez

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Contest Entry – Fusaro Photography

Posted on July 1, 2009

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST:

THEME: Creativity with Bokeh
ENTER BY: July 15th
PRIZE: $20 gift card to shop of choice
SEND TO: info@portfoliositez.com

Contest Entry
Name: Lori Fusaro
Website: http://www.fusarophotography.com/

Photographer Lori Fusaro focuses on the spontaneity of life. She was honored as one of the top portrait photographers in Los Angeles in 2008.

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COMPANY NEWS:
- Ben is working away on his first template. We’ve also been discussing BIG plans for the end of the year/early next year. It is too exciting to mention, don’t want to get you too excited before our new ideas launch

HOLIDAY HOURS:
We will be CLOSED Friday July 3rd as well as the weekend (when we are usually closed)

SALE
Did you miss our big sale? Well follow us on twitter to use our special twitter coupons which extend our BIG sale through Sunday! http://www.twitter.com/portfoliositez

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