It’s that time of year again, and we can wait to see everyone at WPPI! We’ll be at Launch Pad and making appearances and doing giveaways with some of our very favorite friends and partners.

The best news is that we’ll be bringing back our Lifetime Deal. That’s $499 for life with no recurring charges EVER! This is an in-person deal ONLY, so check the list and come and find us. Or please just stop by and say hi!

Sunday, February 19 from 9am-12pm: Kay Eskridge’s: Bold and Beautiful Platform Class (Sponsored Event)*

Join Kay and learn to balance a family-friendly business with the art of boudoir photography; place appropriate value on what you offer; market this exciting new photography trend; create unique product lines; and about a community outreach program that will set you apart from your competition. *We’ll be doing a grand prize give-away (worth almost $1,400) of a Lifetime Membership (worth $499), Premium White Glove (worth $599), a Couture SnapShot (worth $299), and on top of that a FREE T-Shirt! (priceless)

Sunday, February 19 from 2-5pm: Launch Pad. Come meet us there! We’ll have a table where we’ll have information about our products. Have a bite to eat, or just stop by to say hello. This is a good place to find us for those Lifetime Memberships.

Monday, February 20th at 2:00pm: SmugMug Booths #1528/1529. We’ll be doing a Product Demonstration of how our fabulous SmugMug integration works with our BlogSites and talking about how to create a better more cohesive web presence. The best part, we’ll also be giving away a Lifetime Membership! (worth $499)

Last but not least, come find us at the SnapKnot Booth #1132. Date TBA. We’ll be giving away another Lifetime Membership. (worth $499)

We will be doing another webinar tomorrow at 2:00 PST on creating and displaying SEO Image Galleries and Smug Mug Galleries. The webinar will be going into more detail about ways to add valuable ALT tag information, and how to create those fabulous galleries and thumbnails. We will also be talking about how to push your SEO Image galleries to FaceBook and Twitter and create a larger audience and generate more revenue.

Tune in here: http://photographyblogsites.com/live/

Watch this video here to get a little taste of what is to come:

We will be broadcasting our first webinar, tomorrow September 14th at 2:00 PM PST (5:00PM EST) at http://photographyblogsites.com/live/ We will be going over how to set up your BlogSite, everything from the style selections to how to sync up your SmugMug Pro account. We will also be answering questions via live chat. Whether you are currently a client, or are just kicking the tires a bit, this webinar will give a great overview about how to use our sites. We’ll also be recording the session and putting it up on our support site afterward.

You might know SmugMug is a great option for hosting and selling images or that we have recently partnered with SmugMug to provide a proofing solution for our sites. But did you know they also have an amazing community program called the SmugMug User Group (SMUG), that meets in cities all over the world?

Smugs are face-to-face meetings where photographers meet and talk shop, hear about new technologies, techniques, etc. For more info you can visit, their site, their blog, or find a Smug near you.

Starting with Southern California and the Bay Area, we will be starting to attend local Smug groups for SEO & Branding workshops and will be able to provide some in-person product demos as we setup people’s sites. It will be a unique opportunity to learn some great techniques for building your website, using SmugMug and how the two can work together.

Tentative Schedule

Aug 25th, 2011

We will be attending two SMUGS in one night. We won’t be speaking or doing any product demos but will be there to hang out, meet everyone and maybe do a giveaway or two.

• Orange County, CA – Marty will be hanging out from 6-9PM and will be giving away a free first year of BlogSite membership (worth $399). More info on the Orange County Smug.
• Los Angeles, CA – Ellen will be stopping by the Los Angeles Smug to hang out and meet everyone. Stop by and say hi! More info on the Los Angeles Smug.

September 15th

• Los Angeles, CA - We will be able to give a full product demo at the Los Angeles Smug

UPDATE!!

October 27th

• Orange County, CA - We will be speaking about all things Branding, Marketing and SEO. How to find your voice and shout it from the rooftops, on a shoestring (of course)  Orange County Smug

November 14th

• San Fransisco East Bay Smug – product demo. More about the East Bay Smug.

November 15th

• San Francisco Smug – SEO panel and brief demo. More about the San Francisco Smug

Feb 21

• San Diego – Details TBA