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2009 has been an interesting year for photographers who have taken the plunge with Social Media. I’m guessing back in January of 2009 many of you would have scoffed at the notion of being active in Social Media by years end. It’s been great to see so many photographers experiment with it this year. While I knew use of Social Media would not stick for some, I have been pleasantly surprised more people have

Earlier in the year I wrote a series of blog articles on Social Media including Why Social Media Matters to Photographers. Shortly after the publication of these articles I began to receive questions from  photographers concerned about the time commitment and return on investment (ROI) in relation to Social Media activity. After numerous e-mail correspondences & phone conversations explaining the non-traditional

Below are the audio recordings and presentation slides from the Twitter Revolution discussion panel at Photo Plus Expo held on October 22nd, 2009 in New York. The following recordings are listed in order of presentation. All credit for this great session goes to Jack Hollingsworth (who just launched his new blog). Jack Hollingsworth – How to Modernize Rosh Sillars – How to Magnetize Seshu – How to M

It wasn’t that long ago that I ran a poll here on the JMG-Galleries blog to get your feedback on using DISQUS. The results are visible on the original post Poll: Should I keep using DISQUS on my Blog? I found it really interesting that up until the last day the vote was a dead heat. I had an even number of votes for, against and “no opinion” up until the last day and then after that I received all p

On October 22nd, 2009 I will be taking part in a panel discussion, Twitter Revolution: Changing the Photographic World, 140 Characters at a Time, at Photo Plus Expo with Seshu Badrinath, Taylor Davidson, Jack Hollingsworth and Rosh Sillars. As part of this discussion I’m looking to compile data on how photographers are currently using and receiving benefit from social media web sites such as Twitter, Facebook a

I’m trying out a new commenting system here on the JMG-Galleries Blog and I’d like to solicit your feedback on it over the coming weeks. DISQUS is rolling out a new version of their blog commenting system (v3) this week, integrating blog comments and corresponding comments found on other communities such as Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed. I’m patiently waiting for the full roll out and looking to

The past few years online have been an interesting ride and things are only going to get more interesting thanks to Social Media. We are all consumers and now through Social Media the strength of our voice and influence is amplified by the size of our networks (see my previous post 4 Metrics of Social Media Impact). On the other side of the coin many of us are also our own company and brand, this is particularly true

Yesterday an interesting thing happened to me and as a result to the 92 people who took part in my Best Photos of 2008 blog project. As to what that is you’ll have to wait to the end of this post.  The “interesting thing” has to do with someone connecting to my blog and it got me thinking about the power of Social Media through connectivity… “Social Media” is destined to be one of