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25 Replies Last post: Mar 30, 2009 11:35 AM by funds2924

Studio critique

Mar 2, 2009 12:19 PM

Click to view Viking's profile Professional Viking 8 posts since
Feb 25, 2009
I am getting about 10 people a day to my web site but no serious inquiries.
Have a look and make constructive suggestions, please.

http://www.fantasy-portraits.com/
Thanks;
Viking
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Click to view massagefever's profile Mogul massagefever 51 posts since
Feb 11, 2009
1. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 12:42 PM
in response to: Viking
Well your background tiles are stretched to too many pixels, you can tell, they look all blurry.

Your main text should not go under your links on the left. And I would try to make buttons out of those links and then the one about armed forces, I would make that a whole new paragraph down the page.

Make sure you have your best pictures up and decide who your audience is. If you want to mainly sell family pictures, get that fantasy picture off there. Or if you decide to leave it up, there is something weird with it too so the pixels aren't right.

I think I would also look for fancy edging on a darker background. I think that is what I see for most photography studios.

Hope some of that helped.
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Click to view NoBullFunding's profile Mogul NoBullFunding 278 posts since
Oct 6, 2008
2. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 1:04 PM
in response to: Viking
If people aren't coming to your site, then I'd think it doesn't have anything to do with the content. It sounds to me like what you really want to know is how to get more than 10 people a day to your site.

Some suggestions:

  • See if your local chamber of commerce has a website that you can get listed on.
  • Approach complimentary businesses and propose that you link to eachothers site (like a camera store, wedding planners, wedding venues etc)
  • Google Adwords (be careful, that can get expensive quickly. I'd suggest limited your ad campaign to a specific geographic area)
  • Make sure your site is optimized for the major search engines (there are people on this forum who can give tips on that)
  • Make sure your site is on your business card, and make sure every client you have gets a number of cards to give to friends

Good luck!
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Click to view Viking's profile Professional Viking 8 posts since
Feb 25, 2009
3. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 1:14 PM
in response to: Viking
Massagefever;
I see what you mean with the background, hadn't noticed that.
I had buttons on my first site, isn't that a dated idea. I think it would look old.
"Make sure you have your best pictures up and decide who your audience
is. If you want to mainly sell family pictures, get that fantasy
picture off there. Or if you decide to leave it up, there is something
weird with it too so the pixels aren't right."
Are you talking about the girl with the scar on her chin or the girl in the big hat? Roll your mouse over the girl with the scar.
Oddly enough all of the ligitimate inquires have been about Fantasy or Glamour portraits.
which girl?
Viking
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Click to view massagefever's profile Mogul massagefever 51 posts since
Feb 11, 2009
4. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 2:15 PM
in response to: Viking
Oh I just noticed the name of your website. So that is the clientele you need to focus on. Go to every webpage about fantasy photography you can find that will let you list your site for free and list it there. That is what I have done with my site and it has generated a lot of traffic. But again, even if you get the traffic, you have to have a good looking site to back it up. I myself don't think buttons are old fashioned but maybe they are and I just didn't know. I have them on my site. I have two I need to make though. I also like the look of each page having the same back ground. Again, IMO. And my kids were in the room when I pulled up your site so I had to close it very quickly.

Here is my site, but again, it may look old fashioned and I don't know it but I get compliments.

http://www.absolutelykneaded.com
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Click to view Viking's profile Professional Viking 8 posts since
Feb 25, 2009
5. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 4:13 PM
in response to: massagefever
Hi messagefever;\
would you explain to me why you had to close my site quickly?
Viking
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Click to view massagefever's profile Mogul massagefever 51 posts since
Feb 11, 2009
6. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 4:41 PM
in response to: Viking
My children are just very young and the one pictice on red page where the woman is coming at you. It's a beautiful picture, just didn't want to deal with very young children and explainations. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply your picture were vulgar.
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Click to view Viking's profile Professional Viking 8 posts since
Feb 25, 2009
7. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 5:06 PM
in response to: massagefever
It would be hard to explain how all that silicone got in there. LOL
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Click to view Viking's profile Professional Viking 8 posts since
Feb 25, 2009
8. Re: Studio critique Mar 2, 2009 6:58 PM
in response to: massagefever
Your site is clean and uncluttered.
I find the font in the buttons hard to understand.
It might be helpfull if it were plain where you are, before I wast my time working my way to the bottom of the page.
Viking
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