More Gear Show #18 | PPN | How to create a great looking photographer website with Gustav Degerman

How to create a great looking photographer website with Gustav Degerman.

We have received several listener questions regarding what it takes to create a professional looking portfolio website for your images and/or photography business?

In order to discuss the different aspects of this topic, Marco invited Gustav Degermann who built a business offering an online portfolio website builder for creatives. Gustav is the CEO of Portfoliobox.net, who is also one of the sponsors of PPN.

 

This episode is sponsored by:

Portfoliobox.net - Everything you need to create a professional website.

https://bit.ly/2uejoyx

 

and

 

HoneyBook - Win Clients. Book Faster. Get Paid. Stay Organized.

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These are some of the topics that Marco and Gustav discuss on this episode:

 

Why should photographers and other creatives have a designated portfolio website with their own domain URL? Why isn’t it enough to be on Instagram or Facebook?

 

How should one structure a photography website and what necessary information should be included?

 

How many images are a good average for a well-balanced website?

 

How should you integrate social media into your website?

 

Gustav mentioned this photography print shop from Martin Stranka: http://www.martinstranka.com/prints

 

How does a good integration of an e-commerce section work?

 

How should you approach SEO for your photography website?

 

What are other marketing tools effective to market your products and services?

Links to Portfoliobox.net:

Web: Portfoliobox.net

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliobox/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/portfoliobox

Twitter: https://twitter.com/portfoliobox  

 

Links to Marco Larousse:

Web: www.MarcoLarousse.com

Twitter: @HamburgCam

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1

 

Links to PPN:

Web: www.PhotoPodcasts.com

Twitter: @Photopodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photopodcasts/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWaUn2M1BBoecISFEOJGRCg

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