The Death of Blogs

As you can see I've been "blogging" a lot more but just not in the same old way that I used to. I've felt for the past year that the traditional type of blog was dying despite so many people just now hopping on the band wagon. Jasmine likes to fight me on this :) ... and she has by far the most successful blog in our industry so it's easy for people to say "it's working for her so I'm gonna do it" when I think it's better said "it WORKED for her" back when blogs were the best tool for the job.

So I'll clarify a bit .... As always keeping in touch and creating conversations with a large group of people is SUPER important! Yes! Keep doing that!

BUT...

Do it effectively and as technology changes use the technology that is best for what you're trying to create! Blogs, as a conversation starter are not the best tool anymore. I believe that Facebook and Twitter easily trump blogs so whatever you do don't waste your money on some "custom" blog. If you want to customize it a bit with a flash header and cool graphics you can do that for free with Showit but get going on Twitter and Facebook b/c that is a much better place to get conversations going!

Join me on Facebook and Twitter!

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Rock on,
dj

Showit 2.0 Live Webinar Schedule

We've had a chance to look through all the questions from the Showit v2.0 webinar last week. We really had such great participation and feedback! We're super thankful to have the best users who are passionate about Showit and want to be involved in making it better.

We have scheduled a few topic specific tutorials that we hope you will register for and find helpful. The schedule is below with a registration link. Unfortunately we won't be doing any tutorials on where you can get an ushanka...that one you'll have to figure out on your own.

Showit 2.0 Widgets Overview
Date: Wednesday - July 22, 2009
Time: 2:30 to 3:00 pm PDT
Join us for an overview on how to implement and configure the standard widgets included in Showit 2.0.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 Building a Website from Scratch
Date: Friday - July 24, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
Join us for an overview on how easy it can be to launch your website from scratch with Showit 2.0. We will cover the basics of getting your site launched with a custom look.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 New Gallery Features
Date: Tuesday - July 28, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
Join us for an overview on using and configuring the new gallery features in Showit 2.0 to maximize loading time and viewing options.

Click Here To Register

Showit 2.0 Updated Share Feature
Date: Thursday - July 30, 2009
Time: 9:30 to 10:00 am PDT
It's now easier than ever to share the content from your website with your blog, Facebook, and Twitter pages with Showit Share.

Click Here To Register

Fotografos De Corazon

Hey Everyone!

I was invited to be part of the Luminarias Speaker Series which is put on by a wonderful group in LA/OC called the Fotografos de Corazon and since it's a spanish speaking group I'll be doing the entire presentation in spanish. It will last about 25 seconds. lol...just kidding. It will be in English and it's an all day gig so check it out.

I'm only doing a handful of speaking gigs this year and half of them are outside the U.S. so get to this one if you're around. It's cheap. They are only charging $45! It's next Sunday.

Adios,
dj

Barnaby Aldrick

Checkout Barnaby Aldrick! I like this guy! He just made a fun video for his blog and a super nice post about Becker, Jess and a bunch of other stellar photographers. Very cool.

I'm probably gonna head out to London next month for the U2 show and possibly a small workshop/conference and I hope to meet him.

Showit FREE - LIVE webinar

I'm sure that you all have heard by now but we launched Showit 2.o last weekend and Showit now has a completely FREE version! The launch has been an incredible success and I'll be hosting a LIVE webinar at 5:30pm tonight to answer any questions you might have.

Click here to register and to get more details! It's free!

Rock on!
DJ

Fear

Fear, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

I just tried to cook something that didn't come ready to go...can you
seethe fear in my eyes!

Get this video and this book for FREE!

For a limited time you can Click here to go to my website and get this audiobook for free! Do it! Why not!

You can also get a FREE video I just made about how to use this model of FREE as a wedding photographer! by clicking here and joining my Facebook page! ...joining my page is also FREE ;)

I LOVE FREE!

FREE IS MY FRIEND. :)

UNITE

A bunch of us have been meeting on Wednesday just to get together and pray and encourage one another and it's been a really great time and we've seen God do amazing things!

Last year at WPPI a group of Christians all got together to hangout and it was so awesome! He's put it on our hearts to keep doing this so if you want to get messages and hear about when things like this are happening along with some encouraging words put your name and email below.

Name:


Email:


State (2 digit - ie. CA):

Get FREE :)

Chris Anderson is the editor for Wired Magazine and a brilliant dude. He wrote a book called the The Long Tail that totally nailed what was happening with digital distribution and instantly became one of my favorite books. I've listened to it six times!

So when I heard he was coming out with a new book called FREE I was intrigued and watched some videos he had put out about his thoughts on it and was once again "enlightened" if you will, about where things are headed.

A week ago he put up this blog post up and said he was going to send out 50 prerelease copies to people with a megaphone but we had to prove it so he asked for info like our Facebook pages, blog stats, twitter accounts, etc etc... and so I sent him all that stuff - and I was one of the chosen 50!

I've just started devouring the book because we will be making an announcement TOMORROW which is highly related to this subject. :) .... so get ready...

FREE is here and it's changing things!

Wow wow wow!!!!

Wow wow wow!!!!, originally uploaded by davidjay13.

It's not everyday you get a package from the editor of Wired
magazine!!! I seriously can't believe this!

I already know what's inside!!!! This is crazy cool! Only 50 people in
the world got this!

Showit Sites discount code

*** All discount codes have expired so Showit is now $39 across the board.***

Click here to get started

Hey Everyone! Showit Sites I wanted to put out a Showit Sites discount code for all the faithful OSPers! ... and for the record all upgrades come FREE for current subscribers. Yea!

Just type in "***" when you're signing up and you can get the first year for $32/month.

Rock on!
DJ

Showit Sites Promotion Code

*** All discount codes have expired so Showit is now $39 across the board.***

Hey Everyone! Showit Sites I wanted to put out a Showit Sites discount code for all the faithful OSPers! ... and for the record all upgrades come FREE for current subscribers. Yea!

Just type in "***" when you're signing up and you can get the first year for $32/month.

Rock on!
DJ