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Social Photo Podcast #12: How Do You Learn? Twitter Contests, Barriers to Blog Comments

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Subscribe via iTunes: – this link will launch iTunes for easy subscription Episode 12 of the Social Photo Podcast is ready. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about how photographers learn their craft, contests on Twitter, barriers to blog comments, and more. This episode is about eleven minutes long. Links to Things We [...]

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I Almost Left a Blog Comment

I had an interesting experience last night where I almost left a blog comment (but didn’t). Here’s a short video I made to discuss what happened… I’d love to hear your reactions or thoughts if you’ve had a similar situation: What do you think?

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Looks Like Antisocial Media to Me…

One of the cornerstones of my definition of what is social media is that social media features conversation – two-way interaction instead of traditional marketing which often consists of a one-way broadcast. There’s a certain type of social media user that really wants to keep things one-way… I refer to that as antisocial media. Here [...]

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Build Your Network by Leaving Blog Comments

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Social media can be all about networking and building relationships with others in your field. Through blogs, Twitter, Flickr, and other online resources I have “met” and developed relationships with dozens if not hundreds of photographers and other professionals. One of the best ways to build these relationships over time is also one of the [...]

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Pressing Publish Means You’re Half Done

This past weekend, I attended WordCamp Portland, a conference on blogging and the WordPress platform. Founding developer Matt Mullenweg led a Q&A discussion with the audience, and one thing he said struck a chord with me and my view on blogging, comments, and conversation. A couple of months ago, I said that if you’re blogging [...]

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A Tuesday Assignment: Leave a Comment for a Teacher

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If you’re out there reading a variety of photo blogs, business blogs, or even blogging blogs, odds are that you’ve learned something useful from someone. Today I have a simple assignment: leave a comment on a blog post (or a few) that have taught you something. Let the author know specifically what you learned or [...]

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Nine Words that Kill Participation on Blogs

Want to know the nine words that will absolutely tank the participation rate on a blog? They’re really not that secret. If fact, every WordPress blog comes ready-built so that you can easily serve up these nine words to your readers if you choose. Other blog platforms are similarly equipped. Those nine words? Here they [...]

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If You’re Blogging Without Comments… Don’t

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I mentioned blogs and comments when I talked about social media being about conversation but I wanted to expand on that thought. Your blog needs to have the comment feature enabled. It’s one of the things that differentiates a blog from a traditional one-way press release. If you’re blogging about your services or a new [...]

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Easy Sharing Assignment

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If you haven’t already done so, go leave a meaningful comment or three on some photos on a photo sharing site. Whether you prefer Flickr or SmugMug or Picasa or another site, go find some photography that evokes some emotion and leave a comment for the photographer.

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Building Credibility: Creation vs. Commentary

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I recently spoke on a panel of bloggers to a bunch of artists that are part of Portland’s Working Artists Network. One of the key points I tried to stress was that one great way to build up one’s credibility and reputation online is to be an active participant on blogs, forums, and other interactive [...]

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