Week 15

For the type of business I have created, I feel that Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn are the best social media platforms overall for my photography business. Instagram is great because it is posting photos and it is a great way to reach out to so many people. I am able to use hash tags as well to get a wider audience and hopefully more followers in the process. I can also look up hash tags similar to mine and connect with other people who are in the industry. There are a lot of ways to ask to be featured on someone else's Instagram page that may have a huge following already. Facebook is great to interact with my local community, and those who are interested in landscape photography in the area. I feel Facebook is pretty word to mouth, so someone in the city I live in could tell others about me and to check out my page and see what they think of my work. It is also a great way to advertise an art/photography show in the community and to be able to reach out to small businesses to feature my photos and create an event of some sort. LinkedIn is a great tool for networking, it can allow me to interact with other people around me to possibly scout models for a shoot, talk to others about photography equipment, or meet with other prospecting photographers and learn from each other. I feel it is a great way to possibly get hired work if someone is looking for a photographer. I am able to showcase what I have done and give out a portfolio to potential people looking for someone.

Instagram is definitely my favorite social media platform to work with. I love being able to edit my photos and watch the interaction I receive after I post something. I typically get positive feedback about my work and it motivates me to go out and take more photos. I also love seeing what other people are doing on the app and I love to get inspired through people I follow as well. I think Instagram is the best for a photographer trying to showcase their work and it really is so fun to work with especially being able to create a visual mood board and watch your photos flow together.

My business should be spending a lot of time on social media because it is a photography page. I should be posting more often than I am to really get serious about it. I feel that you have to be active on your pages in order to stay relevant and to stay on people's algorithms.