Just a way to get some traffic?

apexonephoto

I shoot racing, cars that is. No horses or humans or bicycles. Anyhow, after going from averaging shooting 2 races a week from April until October. I am a little bored, and should be learning how to shoot other stuff in the cold Canadian weather. So I made the following blog post and corresponding gallery as a way to get people to my site in our off season

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Even if you despise auto racing, please have a look and tell me if it's all seems logical. I wasn't sure if this is the wrong forum to post in, but it made sense at the time. I really don't expect to get many sales from giving something away, just a way to bring in some traffic and hopefully a potential customer.

Thanks
James

Cygnus Studios

apexonephoto wrote:

I really don't expect to get many sales from giving something away, just a way to bring in some traffic and hopefully a potential customer.

If you want customers target your marketing towards the correct client base. If you want traffic to your website, promote your website. However, the two have very little to do with each other.

Getting hundreds of hits on your website each day is incredibly easy, but that does not mean a single client will come out of these hits.

Now a busy website will allow you to sell ad space on your site, and you can make a few bucks that way, but you certainly do not have to be a photographer to generate this type of income.

If you want clients, you need to determine who your potential clients are, direct your marketing to those clients, and forget about the number of hits to your website and focus on the number of clients.

SamirD

I think you're almost there. You just need to find out where your audience 'hangs out' online or offline. And then promote yourself there. A simple business card with a website url and "Race Photos" will do wonders. Also, get with the venue to announce the website url. I shoot in a similar genre. Let me know if I can be of any more help.