Are you a professional photographer looking for help on marketing online?  If you are, then a complete step by step photography website how to manual can be a welcome alternative to spending hundreds of hours learning how to build a website on your own.

There are many things to consider when setting up your business website.  Key factors include the choice of domain name, webhost, type of website, and design considerations.   I have been building websites for a long time and the internet has undergone some drastic changes in the past few years.  Not long ago it required thousands of dollars to hire a webmaster or hundreds of hours of dedicated study time to learn how to do a website yourself in order to get an effective website.  However, that is no longer the case.

With the advent of Content Management Systems, and in particular WordPress, it has become much easier for non-webmasters to build their own websites.  Unfortunately this ease of use can also lead to a false sense of capability.  This is because despite the apparent simplicity, there are many techniques and secrets that will greatly increase the effectiveness of your website.

After viewing many photographer websites I came to the realization that some education would be very helpful in creating more effective websites that would be ranked well in the search engines.  As a result I constructed the Photography Internet Marketing How-to manual which would provide the education I gleaned over thousands of hours online.

Some of the items that are covered include the following:

-Keywords:  What are keywords and why selecting the proper keywords is one of the most important actions you can take.

-Domain Names: What are the best domain names for your business?  How long is too long? Are extensions other than .com okay to use?  Where should you register your domains?

-Webhosting: Which webhost to use?  What features are important?  How much should you pay?

-Site construction: What type of website is best? (Flash, HTML, WordPress etc.)

-Design:  How to have a professionally designed website without hiring a professional designer.

-Traffic: What Plugins should you include to get your website ranked higher in the search engines.

These are just some of the subjects that are covered in the how-to manual.  It is not necessary to be fluent in HTML or PHP or any other programming language in order to create your own website.  In fact, it is often better to build the website yourself for a number of reasons to include the fact that no one knows your business better than you.  Not to mention the fact that you will save a lot of money.  However, this would not be possible without a complete guide that would show you exactly what you need to do in a step-by-step fashion to establish your website online.  Once established, this website will bring new clients to your business every day with no additional cost or time commitment to you.  That is the magic of the internet!s.