What is next . . .

I have my website up (had to go for a freebie for right now - https://sites.google.com/site/realphotosbyjbb/) and my blog going.  I have to create my business cards, which for me is always difficult.  By the time I am done designing one I end up not liking it and want to start over.  I am probably being too picky but I do want them to reflect both my business and my personality.

Hmm, maybe I should just have it reflect the business.  I think the personality part is what I keep wanting to change ;-).

Also I am working on one of the networking sites that an acquaintance recommended.  It is LinkedIn.  Currently I am trying to cultivate a network of Real Estate Agents, Virtual Assistants and Photographers.  Not an easy task because you actually have to know some of these people in hopes that they will give you a recommendation.  Right now I only have 15 in my network.  I am hoping by the end of October to add at least 10 more.  Anybody else want to join?

So what do you do at 2 a.m.?

I have been playing detective.  Yes, it is 2:17 a.m. and I am here in my chair, trying to figure out how to get my website to show up on the search engine.  Mind you I am not computer ignorant yet I am not a programmer either.  I have no budget so it is like do it yourself or die trying.   I had to create a .TXT document for a sitemap which had to have a specific format which reads like a foreign language.  Then I had to figure out how to get google to recognize this document after I uploaded it.  Still not sight of my site on the search engine (say that fast five times!)  We will see what tomorrow (or today) brings!

Setting Up a Website: Proof Read, Proof Read, Proof Read

So today I worked on my website.  It almost reads like my blog but will eventually have other items on it that the blog doesn't.  My problem today is I could use a proof reader.  The brain goes so fast that the fingers can't keep up.  I type and then read what I wrote.  Gads, missing words and misspellings beyond belief!!!  This is definitely a lesson to read everything twenty times before I publish.

Ten to one though, someone will find an error anyhow.  Here is the website address:  https://sites.google.com/site/realphotosbyjbb
Let me know what you think.  I am still working on it.  (Spell check is a very good thing for me right now!)

Why use a Real Estate Photographer?

I spent the last year and a half working with a local real estate agent.  The one thing that I noticed is that he doesn't have time to spend taking a lot of photos, looking through them all, make slight corrections if needed and getting them posted on the various sites needed for marketing in a timely manner.

This is where a photographer is needed.  They are focused on getting the right shots to enhance the property for marketing purposes.

I hope this blog will point out some of the positives that the real estate photographer brings to the table.  Agents and brokers have too much to do in trying to help their clients with their real estate needs in other areas (and the current recession isn't helping much).  With short sales and foreclosures practically everywhere you look, the agent needs some of the stress taken off of them and an experienced photographer can help with that.

Below is a slide show that shows just some of the photos I have taken, to give example of what a Real Estate Photographer is capable of doing for their clients.  If you want to go to the album with comments on the photos below, the link is http://picasaweb.google.com/116627888441750683938  (just copy and paste if the link doesn't work).
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