This is where you will now find ALL of my articles on
photography, design, working from home, and finding a work life balance. All of
my articles are available for personal or educational purposes and they may be
posted on your website if you follow these guidelines.
You may use one or more of my articles on your website. First use the form mail. All fields are required. I will visit your site
and make sure that our sites are related. I'll email you back with a go ahead
and the article (s) you requested will be attached in RTF format. You may place my
article (s) on your site for as long as you like so long as you keep the bio and
link back to my site active. My articles may also be used for educational
purposes one time printing only.
I’ve read that a good web site is all about content, content, and oh yes
content. Now if you’ve managed to design your site so that you can fill it with
great content, what next, how do you know what good content is?
This may be one of those things that you know it when you see it kind of thing
but I think that there are a few basic points to make in regards to having good
content on your site. Considering how important content is we should all really
focus on adding good content to our sites.
1. Relevant. Your content must be relevant to your site. Why would you have
articles or information that has nothing to do with whatever it is that you’re
selling. You would think that this would be obvious but I’ve seen web sites that
just have gobs of information that really doesn’t match their site.
2. Accurate. The information that you give must be accurate. Part of the reason
that you’re adding content to your site is to add to your reputation as a
knowledgeable person in your field so if your information isn’t accurate then
you don’t look like you know what you’re doing.
3. Free. Now if you make your living by selling information then not all of your
content should be free but some of it should. How are people going to know that
you know what you’re doing if they can’t read or see any of your work. I sell
stock photography and I offer all of my short informational articles for free,
not only because I enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience but it allows my
customers to see that I know what I’m doing.
One last point but I’m not giving it as much importance as the first three, it
would be ideal if all of your content was your own. Now there are exceptions to
this, if you can’t write well then there is no point to writing poor articles
with good information. The good information will be lost in the lack of writing
ability. So it’s okay to use some of the free content, furnished by others, on
your site. (Don’t forget to give them credit for their work though.) If you can
create your own content I think that it the best case scenario for adding good
content to your site.
Copyright 2005 Kelly Paal
Kelly Paal is a Freelance Nature and Landscape Photographer, exhibiting
nationally and internationally. She started her own business Kelly Paal
Photography. She has an educational background in photography, business, and
commercial art. Please visit www.kellypaalphotography.com for more FREE how to
articles.
