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Adobe Lightroom 4 Tutorial. As a food photographer, I often get asked about the cameras and lenses I use.

Adobe Lightroom 4 Tutorial

While there’s no doubt that better cameras have the ability to take better photos, most people are going to see a far bigger improvement in their photography by shooting in raw format and learning how to use photo processing software. Adobe’s Lightroom is a powerful photo processing tool that allows you to fix a whole host of white balance and exposure problems, while enhancing good photos to make them great. The photo above shows a comparison of a photo straight off the camera vs. the same photo after it’s been processed using Lightroom. If evaluated by itself, the photo on the left isn’t terrible, but by making a few adjustments in Lightroom, I was able to bring out all the detail in the sauce and make it look even more appetizing. One of the great things about shooting raw is the fact you can go back and improve photos you took years ago as image processing software improves. Table of Contents Raw versus JPEG. Create a Mini Photo Studio.

Blog Tip of the Day. Posted on September 13, 2012 Everyone always talks about how important social media is to building any kind of brand these days, from a Fortune 500 company to a fresh, new lifestyle blog.

Blog Tip of the Day

The reality though, is that for many of us (me completely and 100% included), it’s extraoardinarily difficult to manage a comprehensive social media program when you’re working, or have a family, or just want to have a life. I mean, major corporations have entire teams of people whose sole job is to monitor Twitter. It’s tough when it’s just you and you have a million other things demanding your attention throughout the day (just me?). Beyond actually publishing stuff on Twitter or Facebook, you then start wondering, “Are all my efforts actually working?” So today, I wanted to share six different services and/or ideas with you that might help make your social media life a little easier — especially if you’re a blogger! (PS — You can also get lots more info on social media over at The B Bar!) Typepad. Share your passions with the world.

World map of Top 20 Chocolate Consuming Nations by ConfectioneryNews.com by Country. Biz ladies 09: advertising 101 for bloggers. Today’s biz ladies posts are taking a special turn today to focus on advertising- from both the perspective of buying and selling. and we’re keeping it in the family- i’m going to be tackling advertising 101 for bloggers and my sweet husband ac will be handling advertising 101 for artists, designers and shop/business owners. he’s actually a digital marketing expert (that’s his day job) and he also handles the ad program here at d*s. but don’t worry- he won’t be talking about d*s, but rather breaking down the terms, details, and how-to for advertising your work on any website, social networking service, or network.

biz ladies 09: advertising 101 for bloggers

CLICK HERE for the full advertising 101 for bloggers post after the jump! The Blog as a Business: How to Stay True to Your Site and Still Make a Living By Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge First things first- If I was writing this article two years, or even one year ago, I would be writing with a slightly different tone. I. Readership. II. 1. 2. 3. 4. III. IV. Migrate from Blogger to WordPress without loosing Google Search Ranking, Traffic, etc. About this Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Blogger to WordPress Migration Guide If you run a blog on Blogger.com (BlogSpot) and want to move to self-hosted WordPress blog, this tutorial is for you.

Migrate from Blogger to WordPress without loosing Google Search Ranking, Traffic, etc

If you want to know why should one move to WordPress, please read this. This guide is written keeping in mind an average not-so-techie blogger. If you still find it difficult to follow or have any questions, please use our free support forum for help. Alternatively, you can hire us to do your migrations! Ok, enough of shameless self-promotion!

#1 Goals – To Lose Nothing Before we actually start, we should set some goals which we need to achieve in order to migrate without any traffic or search engine ranking loss. Import all posts, comments & pages.Maintaining permalinks for posts & pages (1-on-1 mapping between Blogger.com and WordPress pages).Redirecting permalinks for labels & search archives.Retaining all feed subscribers. #2 Different Cases – Subdomain v/s Custom Domain Our goals are clear. B. <? Migrate from Blogger to WordPress without loosing Google Search Ranking, Traffic, etc.