Build your photography Empire Today using all the great tools that are available. Photography businesses have never been easier to start and run.
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Build your photography Empire Today using all the great tools that are available. Photography businesses have never been easier to start and run. Many photographers are using great tools like SmugMug, Zenfolio, LiveBooks, and Mpix, to run photographic businesses. Not only do these tools make your business work flow more efficient they make your business more profitable.
1. SmugMug – Is a paid photographic hosting and delivery service that offers many great features for the pro photographer market. If you are starting a photography business this is one of the easiest ways to go from zero to six figures a year. They offer all the features you need to deliver professional prints, digital downloads, slideshow, and more. Check them out when looking for professional image management.
2. Zenfolio – Is a similar service to SmugMug. They offer great tools for image managment, including a storefront, professional quality prints, digital downloads, slideshows, and more. I have more experience with SmugMug. I have heard great things about Zenfolio, last year at WPPI a few photographers were raving about Zenfolio.
3. LiveBooks – If you are looking for a great company that deliver amazing products for photography check out LiveBooks. They are a web design and hosting firm that started with just photography websites. They have recently branched out into other art forms. There strong points are that they offer stunning galleries on your site. They also have per month billing so you do not have to pay huge up front web design fees. Another great feature is the student discounts. They offer discounts for students to help them get started building their photography business.
4. Mpix – A favorite print and product provider of many professional photographers. Mpix offers an array of products to help boost your bottom line. The product line is continually changing so go to the site and check it out.
These four companies have great customer service. They will help you build your business. If you are already a pro these companies can help you stream line your post production and delivery. You can have more free time for your clients and yourself.
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I want to introduce you to a less marketed but true competitor of Livebooks, Zenfolio and Smugmug. FolioLink is a solution that professional photographers love. See: http://www.foliolink.com/featureddesigns.asp.
The Pro Account also includes an image archive website http://www.foliolink.com/image_archive.asp that offers all the e-commerce options any professional photographer could want. Keep an eye on FolioLink in the coming months. Many new changes and releases are coming out in early 2010.