Creating a Presence V

Silk Charmeuse Scarf, Yasmin Sabur 2009, hand dyed, hand painted with metallics.

(There are 11 Components that I've selected, really long, so I've split this one into several posts.

Components of the Re-branding


1. Web site – best if you also purchase a domain name. (So you get yasminsabur.com, not yasminsabur.myhost.com.) Social media say the very best approach is to host your own site for maximum control. I have designed and developed web sites, and I'm not sure if it's worth the effort.

Portfolio websites are pretty straight forward. Most of us will be directing folks to our sites, not getting a lot of traffic from SEO or SEM. So if a web host gives you the opportunity to create a clean site, with space for lots of images, the ability to include contact info (critical) and maybe add a slide show, that's good enough for me. The gallery owners, jurors, curators and museums are not interested in whether or not you know html, but in the quality of your work.

Having said that, the single most crucial element on a portfolio web site is images. You need great ones. This is always a challenge for me. My camera appears to have a mind of it's own. Doesn't like red, at all, and has over exposure issues, no matter what settings I use.

Solution: I have a friend who is a master photography, I will trade services. At the same time I've invited a wonderful local photographer friend to sit in on the sessions. Airfare for the master is out of the budget more than once in a blue moon.

Comments

  1. World Shibori NetworkMarch 14, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    hi Yasmin, thanks for your outreach. World Shibori Network is trying to find the best way to help the victims of earthquake devastation in japan. We'll let you know soon. There is a group trying to raise funds by auctioning artwork which you may be interested in participating. handmadeforjapan@gmail.com Peace and Hope, Yoshiko

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  2. Yasmin SaburMarch 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Yoshiko,
    I'll contact Handmade for Japan, and with their permission will help get the word out.
    Yasmin

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