Use this self-guided photography website checkup to learn more about your photography business. Determine if you are taking the necessary actions to improve your website. Your final score will be emailed, with advice based on your answers. Step 1 of 6 - Getting to know your website 16% Do you have your own domain name - like www.yourdomain.com* Yes No Is your website hosted on a free service like wordpress.com, blogger, posterous or tumblr?* Yes No Are you able to freely edit, update, and maintain your existing web site?* Yes No Do you regularly backup your web site?* Yes No If you're running a self-hosted WordPress site, are you running the latest version and are all your plugins all up to date?* Yes No Unsure Are you using a website statistics tool, like Google Analytics?* Yes No Unsure Are there more people visiting your site this month than there were three months ago?* Yes No Unsure Are your ideal customers finding your web site?* Yes No Unsure Do you show up in the search engines for your photography keywords?* Yes No Unsure Do you have incoming links? Are other web sites linking to yours as a resource for their own visitors?* Yes No Unsure Do you have a dedicated audience that tweets, pins, +1s and Facebook shares your articles and site with their friends?* Yes No Unsure Are you collecting the email addresses of your interested visitors?* Yes No What methods are you using to collect email addresses?* RSS Email Online Class eBook Other Nothing What is your method? Are you tracking your conversion rate?* Yes No Unsure For each person that visits your web site, are at least 3% of them becoming subscribers?* Yes No Unsure Do you communicate with your audience weekly, either through a blog posts, social media, videos, podcasts, or newsletters?* Yes No Are you promoting your social channels regularly on your website?* Yes No Are you being interviewed, featured, or guest blogging on a regular basis?* Yes No Do you have a YouTube channel, and are you taking advantage of video marketing and SEO?* Yes No Do you have a production schedule or an editorial calendar for your content?* Yes No Is your website set up to accept payments and deliver products or services online?* Yes No Do you have unfinished digital products and programs you'd like to sell?* Yes No Is your web site converting visitors into buyers on a regular basis?* Yes No Unsure Do you have testimonials on your site?* Yes No Do you have a stream of referrals coming from clients, affiliates and/or partners?* Yes No Name* First Last Email* Website* CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ Share this with other photographers Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Email