PPA members asked for it, and we're doing it! PPA is launching a consumer-focused campaign called "See the Difference," targeted to wedding couples, seniors and families to reinforce the value of professional photography. Online advertising and social media will drive prospects to specialized landing pages. The wedding-focused landing page can be viewed at www.ppa.com/weddingphotographer. (Landing pages featuring senior photography and family/children portraiture will follow.)
These special landing pages will highlight articles, image galleries, videos, tutorials and search capabilities linked to our exclusive PPA Find-a-Photographer database. We are also researching the use of vertical websites and targeted e-mail marketing. Of course, we'll be pushing the campaign through PPA social media channels, and we hope that PPA members will help us get the word out through blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts.
What can you do? (Or don't do?)
Do Update Your Find-A-Photographer Profile
As we're directing consumers to Find-a-Photographer, make sure your profile is up to date with your logo, headshot and your most stunning sample images! (Please note: Aspiring PPA members are not listed in the Find-a-Photographer database.)
Here's an idea of the traffic we're hoping to drive to Find-a-Photographer: During our test campaign in June (10 days long), we generated 1,615 clicks and 2,499,474 impressions! Over 200 of those visitors conducted searches on the Find-a-Photographer database and about 20% were reading the articles about selecting a professional.
Don't Click It!
You may see our ads on Google, Facebook and other online sites. Please don't click on the ads (we know it's tempting, but...), as we will incur costs for those clicks and it will make our tracking data inaccurate. (Ad copy is based on high-performing keywords.)
Want to Help?
The initial images, video and testimonials that you see on the
bridal landing page will give you an idea of the types of content that
we will be adding to and updating as frequently as possible. And we
need your help to do so!
We'd like to thank the following PPA members who have given so generously of their time and talents to the campaign so far:
| Jeff and Julia Woods Cliff Mautner Trevor and Tourine Johnstone Suzanne Sheridan Michael Priestap Daniel Doke Mark Campbell Dawn McCarthy |
Leanne Reis David Esquire Wes Wilson Dave Grupa Tony Corbell Lori Reeder Dave Cooper Jeff Hawkins |
Randall Elley Michael Thompson Milovan "Miles" Andonov Michael Broyles Michael and Rebecca Zoumberos Wendy Rouleau Heather Smith Susan Michal |
We hope that more PPA members will help us keep content fresh by submitting articles and images for the galleries.
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