Whether you’re a photographer or other local service-based business owner, your homepage matters especially when it comes to SEO.

You have about 30 seconds to grab the attention of a potential customer, when they land on your website.

Here are 5 SEO best practices to take into consideration when designing your website’s homepage. 

When it comes to SEO, every small business on a budget wants fast results.

Putting together an entire SEO strategy can take months, but there are some things you can do in the meantime to gain traction as your business grows.

Here are 3 ways to get started with SEO when you have limited time and budget.

You see Google Maps suggesting businesses near you all the time and you wonder how your competition got there. You’ve tried to optimize your website, but you just don’t seem to be showing up. 

Here are 3 ways to get your local business website to the top of Google Maps. #3 might surprise you! 

Of course you want to know that after spending hours of your time and possibly money on building a new website for your photography business on Squarespace that people are going to be able to find you on search engines like Google.

A lot of people are told that Wordpress is best for SEO or that Squarespace can’t compare, but this is misleading. Very little of your ranking ability has to do with the platform you choose… I’ll explain why. 

Squarespace vs. Wordpress and why it matters for photographers.

It’s tough to choose a platform when you’re first building your photography business website. Or maybe you’ve already built your website and you want to know if you should stay where you are or switch.

As a photographer, you how difficult it can be to get found online.

Google is a competitive place and how well you rank makes a huge difference in how many potential clients the search engine sends your way.

When you’re optimizing your photography business website, it’s important to understand keywords and how choosing the right keywords can lead potential clients directly to you.

While keyword research is super important to your overall SEO strategy, here are some keyword ideas to get you started.

Some templates are better than others (especially when it comes to your photography business) and it’s tricky to know what to look for.

In this blog post, I’m going to tell you exactly what you should be looking for in a template so you choose the right one to start with and don’t have to deal with a messy switch later on.

If you’ve been using Google on your phone lately, you might have noticed that thumbnail images are showing up next to a lot of the listings. 

This is an awesome SEO tip for photographers that gets your work in front of potential clients before they even click through to your website. It’s another way to set yourself apart. 

SEO can feel confusing. What are keywords? How do you use them strategically on your website? Here is a super non-techy way to define some basic terms and tools relating to search engine optimization for photographers.