(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 28, 2010 ) New York, NY - Photographers need to appealing window displays for their work. The website of other businesses require a more straightforward approach. While the visual appeal of a law firm's website can certainly impact buyer behavior, it's not as critical as for creative professionals, namely, photographers.
Free website builder Wix.com provides everything a photographer would need in order to create viable web presence. Wix hosts over 4 million user websites worldwide. A considerable portion of these sites are photography websites, portfolios and digital fliers
The Wix platform includes specific features that target the photography niche of website:
1. Eye-Catching Appeal
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If this is the case, then animated photo galleries with customized design elements are priceless. With Wix, you can choose from a wide variety of gallery styles, including Slideshow, Carousel and According. You can then upload your own photos with just a few simple clicks. The "wow!" effect of Flash web design is amplified with custom-built photo galleries.
2. Ease of Use
Wix is a drag-and-drop editorial tool. So you can spend all your creative energy on designing your site, without worrying about messy computer code. Select an element from Wix' free gallery of clip art, icons, buttons, images and widgets, and place it where you like. Upload your own content just as easily. Produce a beautiful, fully customized website in just a few minutes.
Wix offers an extensive gallery of free photography website templates, designed specifically for photographers. Everything in a Wix template is fully customizable – even the menu labels. Simply click to fill “About”, “Portfolio” and “Contact” pages you see in any template at Wix, with your own content.
4. Total Creative Freedom
Everything in Wix can be tweaked just the way you like it, from the page layout to the special effects of buttons. Create roll-over effects, connect to social media, change the color and size of anything you see, and plant things wherever you like with a drag of your mouse.
5. Search Engine Compatibility
All Flash sites built with Wix are fully searchable by search engines thanks to xml files that translate the Flash into HTML. Clients can easily locate photographers on Google, Yahoo!, Bing and all other search engines.
6. Instant Updates
Photography is a dynamic industry. As your focus shifts and you find yourself wanting to give your website a tune-up, you can make your own changes right away. Change your website as often as you like, adding or removing content.
7. A Vibrant Community Base
As soon as a new feature is added to Wix, the Facebook fan page and Twitter account shout it from the virtual mountaintops. The Wix Photography Blog offers a ton of resources and inspiration for both budding and professional photographers. The opportunity to tap into a large network of muses, mentors and even business partners.
8. Showcasing
Wix provides several platforms for photographers to promote their work. Whether it's in the Wix Photography Blog or the media center of the website builder itself, there are many opportunities for Wix photographers to have their work featured and shared with not just the Wix Community, but the web at large.
9. Creating an Online Shop
The Shopping Cart widget inside Wix lets photographers sell work and/or services directly from inside their websites. Upgrading to an eCommerce premium package is required to make full use of this widget, and to connect it to a PayPal account. Wix takes no cut of your profit.
10. Cost Efficiency
Wix hosts all of its websites for free. There are no set-up fees and nothing to commit to. For photographers wishing to take a free photography website to the next level of online success, Wix offers several premium packages that provide advanced features, including domain ownership and integration with Google Analytics, to track site visitors.
About Wix
Wix.com was founded in 2006. The company is backed by Mangrove Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Wix is located in New York, with offices in Tel Aviv. More information can be found at wix.com.
(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 28, 2010 ) New York, NY - Photographers need to appealing window displays for their work. The website of other businesses require a more straightforward approach. While the visual appeal of a law firm's website can certainly impact buyer behavior, it's not as critical as for creative professionals, namely, photographers.
