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		<title>End of the Year Recommendation: Follow Keith Ferrazzi</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2009/12/29/end-of-the-year-recommendation-follow-keith-ferrazzi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s getting close to the end of the year and everybody is thinking about New Year&#8217;s resolutions and what to change next year. Let me recommend you something. If you are looking for something to have a real impact on your personal or business life, read the books of <a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/" target="_blank">Keith Ferrazzi</a> and his blog. You might already know &#8220;<a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/products/never-eat-alone/" target="_blank">Never Eat Alone</a>&#8221; so go ahead and give his new book &#8220;<a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/products/whos-got-your-back/" target="_blank">Who&#8217;s Got Your Back?</a>&#8221; a go. Let Keith explain what it&#8217;s all about:</p>
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<p>And if you are still thinking about if all this social media stuff like Facebook and Twitter is worth it, <a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/news-and-happenings/report-from-day-1-in-guatemala/" target="_blank">read this amazing story of Keith</a> how Twitter let him connect with people he didn&#8217;t know in Guatemala and how they became friends.</p>
<p>So, my recommendation for 2010: Get you a Twitter account and follow Keith Ferrazzi @keithferrazzi</p>
<p>Have a great 2010!</p>
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		<title>New Blog Finally Online</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2008/05/09/new-blog-finally-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While my old blog on www.danielzihlmann.blogspot.com served me well for more than a year now, I was getting bored of investing a lot of time in post-production and finally finding my images automatically resized and blurry on my blog. So I decided to invest some time and built a new blog that shows the images [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While my old blog on <a href="http://www.danielzihlmann.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.danielzihlmann.blogspot.com</a> served me well for more than a year now, I was getting bored of investing a lot of time in post-production and finally finding my images automatically resized and blurry on my blog. So I decided to invest some time and built a new blog that shows the images in it&#8217;s full beauty :-)</p>
<p>A special thanks goes to my good friend <a href="http://www.jeaninelinderphotography.com/index2.php" target="_blank">Jeanine Linder</a> who is an awesome photographer and always helps me a lot! She knows just everything. All the cool gadgets, all the great web services that are out there, whatever. If you have a question, ask Jeanine!</p>
<p>Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of my new blog!</p>
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		<title>Joe McNally: Da Grip</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2008/03/13/joe-mcnally-da-grip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Famous US photographer       Joe McNally doesn&#8217;t only have a website. He recently published a new book (&#8220;The Moment It Clicks&#8221;), started a blog and even a channel on YouTube. Did you think you knew how to hold a camera rock steady? Let Joe explain you what&#8217;s his trick. Learn [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Famous US photographer       Joe McNally doesn&#8217;t only have a website. He recently published a new book (&#8220;The Moment It Clicks&#8221;), started a blog and even a channel on YouTube. Did you think you knew how to hold a camera rock steady? Let Joe explain you what&#8217;s his trick. Learn the basics. Watch &#8216;Da Grip&#8217;.</p>
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<p>Blog: <a href="http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/">www.joemcnally.com/blog</a><br />Videos: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=joemcnallyphoto">Joe McNally on YouTube</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=joemcnallyphoto"></a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.joemcnally.com/">www.joemcnally.com</a><br />Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moment-Clicks-Photography-secrets-shooters/dp/0321544080/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1205391392&amp;sr=1-1">The Moment It Clicks</a></p>
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<p>Worth to have a look at!</p>
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		<title>Richard Overtoom Photography blogging now!</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2007/11/03/richard-overtoom-photography-blogging-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend and famous Wedding and Wildlife Photographer Richard Overtoom just started his blog! Go, visit and leave a comment to give some love!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My good friend and famous Wedding and Wildlife Photographer <a href="http://www.richardovertoom.com/">Richard Overtoom</a> just started his <a href="http://overtoomphoto.blogspot.com/">blog</a>! Go, visit and leave a comment to give some love!</p>
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		<title>One Step Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2007/10/23/one-step-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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Now that I finished reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi (it&#8217;s really great!), I started to read another famous book: Love Is The Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders.
That&#8217;s what it is about. Another great book about business, networking and marketing. And how to become a person that [...]]]></description>
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<p>Now that I finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Never-Eat-Alone-Secrets-Relationship/dp/0385512058/ref=sr_1_1/028-1422235-8521318?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books-intl-de&amp;qid=1193148892&amp;sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Never Eat Alone</span></a> by Keith Ferrazzi (it&#8217;s really great!), I started to read another famous book: <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Love-Killer-App-Business-Influence/dp/1400046831/ref=sr_1_1/028-1422235-8521318?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books-intl-de&amp;qid=1193148180&amp;sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love Is The Killer App</span></a>: <span style="font-style: italic;">How to Win Business and Influence Friends </span><span>by Tim Sanders</span>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what it is about. Another great book about business, networking and marketing. And how to become a person that will have a deep impact on other people&#8217;s life. It was recommended to me by several US photographers and because I&#8217;ve already read <span class="sans"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Likeability-Factor-L-Factor-Achieve-Dreams/dp/1400080509/ref=sr_1_4/028-1422235-8521318?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books-intl-de&amp;qid=1193148180&amp;sr=1-4">The Likeability Factor</a>: How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life&#8217;s Dreams</span> by Tim Sanders it was no question that I will buy this book too.</p>
<p>In short: Tim Sanders </span>believes love is the crucial element in the search for personal and professional success. His definition of love business is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">the act of intelligently and sensibly sharing your intangibles with your bizpartners.</span> While our intangibles are our <span style="font-weight: bold;">knowledge</span>, our <span style="font-weight: bold;">network </span>and our <span style="font-weight: bold;">compassion</span>. Tim Sanders believes that these are the keys to true bizlove.</p>
<p>Read it and you will understand how right he is!</p>
<p>If you are interested to explore more go to stalk Tim Sanders&#8217; blog about business, culture and spirit: <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://sanderssays.typepad.com/sanders_says/">Sanders Says</a></p>
<p>Also watch Tim Sanders&#8217; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/gonzobiz">videos</a> on YouTube. I especially like <span style="font-style: italic;">The XBox Story</span> he uses to illustrate the power of compassion. Watch it here:</p>
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		<title>Read this! Never Eat Alone, by Keith Ferrazzi</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2007/09/19/read-this-never-eat-alone-by-keith-ferrazzi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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Recently I noticed how important it is to read books. Not just novels for entertainment (currently I&#8217;m reading Harry Potter before falling asleep :) but also books about running a business. You can learn so much by reading a good book. A lot of great authors share their knowledge, their wisdom with you. Knowledge they [...]]]></description>
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<p>Recently I noticed how important it is to read books. Not just novels for entertainment (currently I&#8217;m reading Harry Potter before falling asleep :) but also books about running a business. You can learn so much by reading a good book. A lot of great authors share their knowledge, their wisdom with you. Knowledge they elaborated over years and years of work. Profit from them! And start sharing too! (remember my post about sharing? **<a href="http://danielzihlmann.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-photo-business-news-forum.html">CLICK HERE</a>** or for another post about the importance of sharing **<a href="http://danielzihlmann.blogspot.com/2007/04/sharing-part-2.html">CLICK HERE</a>**)</p>
<p>If you run your own business you will notice how important networking is. <a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/">Keith Ferrazzi</a> is like the guru in this field. He teaches you that networking doesn&#8217;t just mean exchange of business cards. But more importantly networking means connecting with people, making new friends and keep the connection with people you already know alive. Connect with people, share things with them and care about them. Truly. It is a skill you can learn. And you should do so.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just reading Keith Ferrazzi&#8217;s famous book <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Never-Eat-Alone-Secrets-Relationship/dp/0385512058/ref=sr_1_1/303-0518263-2255424?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books-intl-de&amp;qid=1190199644&amp;sr=8-1">Never Eat Alon</a><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Never-Eat-Alone-Secrets-Relationship/dp/0385512058/ref=sr_1_1/303-0518263-2255424?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books-intl-de&amp;qid=1190199644&amp;sr=8-1">e</a>. I recommend this book, it will open your eyes. Especially if you always refused networking because you thought it&#8217;s a bad habit to use connections. It&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s vital.</p>
<p>Check also Keith Ferrazzi&#8217;s <a href="http://nevereatalone.typepad.com/">Never Eat Alone Blog</a> if you are interested in some more information about networking and how it can help you to grow your business.</p>
<p>The book is also available in German: <a href="http://www.amazon.de/alleine-andere-Geheimnisse-Networking-Erfolg/dp/3938350210/ref=sr_1_1/303-0518263-2255424?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1190199750&amp;sr=1-1">Geh nie alleine essen!</a></p>
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		<title>Gina &amp; Marcel (Wedding)</title>
		<link>http://www.danielzihlmannblog.com/2007/09/05/gina-marcel-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Es ist toll, Hochzeiten im Ausland fotografieren zu können (sog. Destination Weddings), aber in der Heimat ist es genauso schön. Am letzten Wochenende durfte ich Gina und Marcel an diesem aussergewöhnlichen Tag begleiten. Eigentlich sollte mein Freund Richard Overtoom ihr persönlicher Fotograf sein. Aber weil Richard gerade in Afrika auf Safari unterwegs ist und lieber [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Es ist toll, Hochzeiten im Ausland fotografieren zu können (sog. Destination Weddings), aber in der Heimat ist es genauso schön. Am letzten Wochenende durfte ich Gina und Marcel an diesem aussergewöhnlichen Tag begleiten. Eigentlich sollte mein Freund <a href="http://www.richardovertoom.com/">Richard Overtoom</a> ihr persönlicher Fotograf sein. Aber weil Richard gerade in Afrika auf Safari unterwegs ist und lieber wilde Tiere fotografiert, bin ich zu dieser Ehre gekommen.</p>
<p>Die Hochzeit in der Kirche war einfach die Aussergewöhnlichste, die ich bisher erlebt habe! Spannend, lustig, interessant, herzlich. Die Zeit verging wie im Fluge und niemandem war bewusst, dass der Pfarrer die Zeit überzogen hatte. Schliesslich dauerte die Messe zwei volle Stunden! Statt wie vorgesehen nur eine Stunde&#8230; Niemand hat es ihm übel genommen, es war einfach toll! Nur mussten wir uns danach etwas beeilen, um den Zeitplan wieder einhalten zu können :)</p>
<p>Selten kommt es ausserdem vor, dass der Pfarrer für den Fotografen auf dem Altar ein Stillleben arrangiert, mit Brautstrauss, Kelch, Urkunde und Kugelschreiber. Und dann auch gleich noch die Seiten umblättert. Besser kann man als Fotograf wirklich nicht unterstützt werden. Besten Dank!</p>
<p>Danke, Gina und Marcel, dass ich diesen wundervollen Tag mit Euch, Eurer Familie und Euren Freunden erleben durfte. Es ist toll, wenn man als einziger Aussenstehender an einem so persönlichen Tag so herzlich aufgenommen wird und sich einfach wohl fühlt. Ich wünsche Euch alles Gute für Eure gemeinsame Zukunft und nehmt Euch ruhig Zeit für die Kinder. Auch wenn die ganze Familie und Freunde nicht warten können :)</p>
<p>Die Slideshow der Hochzeit ist auf meiner Website <a href="http://www.danielzihlmann.com/">www.danielzihlmann.com</a> in der Rubrik SLIDESHOWS zu finden oder mit diesem direkten Link: <a href="http://slideshows.danielzihlmann.com/gina_marcel_wedding.html">Slideshow Gina &amp; Marcel</a>. Viel Spass!</p>
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		<title>Post production</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clients often don&#8217;t understand what &#8220;post production&#8221; means, why it is necessary and why they have to pay for it. That&#8217;s why they negotiate to have the job done without. Normally just for the sake of saving some money. But would they be happy with the final result if they got the images without allowing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clients often don&#8217;t understand what &#8220;post production&#8221; means, why it is necessary and why they have to pay for it. That&#8217;s why they negotiate to have the job done without. Normally just for the sake of saving some money. But would they be happy with the final result if they got the images without allowing the photographer to finish his work? I don&#8217;t think so. They will say he&#8217;s a bad photographer &#8211; while comparing his work with other photographers that certainly DO post production, of course! And they will neither book him again nor recommend him to other prospective clients.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s dive into the subject. Why does it need post production and what is it? Compare the two pictures below. The difference is called post production :)</p>
<p>This is the untouched photo straight out of the camera:</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s a nice, acceptable shot. Exposure, focus and colors are OK. But not more. That&#8217;s what you get (or maybe less) if you hire just the cheapest photographer to cover your wedding or another high end event. Often they work the &#8220;shoot to burn&#8221; style: shoot the wedding and just burn the photos right from camera to a CD and hand them over to the couple, without any post production or retouching. It&#8217;s obvious why &#8220;shoot to burn&#8221; photographers can offer their services for a very low price. They don&#8217;t need expensive tools, not years of learning and acquire skills, no time at all after the wedding for finishing the pictures and no backup strategies. The photos are ready to deliver to the client at the moment they are shot. That&#8217;s where their workflow ends.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s where the workflow <span style="font-style: italic;">starts </span>for the &#8220;other&#8221; photographers.</p>
<p>This is what the picture looks like after some work in Photoshop, called &#8220;post production&#8221; (click to view it big):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.danielzihlmann.com/" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098516943739513698" style="border: 0pt none; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qwRGw-70XQY/RsGSJbDna2I/AAAAAAAAANE/La1ImzamdjU/s400/07075D-4667_s_oldpaper_b.jpg" border="0" alt="Daniel Zihlmann Photography - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Schweiz" width="266" height="400" /></a></p>
<p>The image has been lightened, converted to black &amp; white, added some sepia toning and the texture of an old paper to give it the taste of an old photo. To make the picture something unique and special.</p>
<p>[Working with "textures" like this is very modern at the moment in photography, check out the website of the master of FineArtTextures, <a href="http://www.jeshderox.com/">Jesh de Rox</a>!]</p>
<p>In the <a href="http://danielzihlmann.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-it-slideshow-sibylle-jan-wedding.html">previous post</a> (open the link in a new window to compare the pictures &#8220;side by side&#8221;) I used the same photo to announce the slideshow of Sibylle &amp; Jan. The picture is in color but nevertheless did get some post production: lighten, color correction, contrast bump, a little vignette and sharpening.</p>
<p>Post production needs time, knowhow and sometimes special tools and software. That&#8217;s what you pay the photographer for. Not just for showing up with his fancy camera for 10 hours at your wedding. Also cheap photographers can afford an expensive camera. That&#8217;s not what makes the difference. It&#8217;s the photographer&#8217;s eye and creativity, his knowhow and professionalism and what the final result looks like. <span style="font-style: italic;">After </span>post production (And that&#8217;s also the reason why photographers are not payed for the amount of hours they are &#8220;on location&#8221;).</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re fine just getting average (or below) images of your wedding, go ahead to hire the cheapest photographer you can grab. But don&#8217;t expect wonders and don&#8217;t be disappointed afterwards.</p>
<p>If your main concern is the quality of your wedding images and the album, examine the photographers&#8217; work well and ask them the right questions before you sign the contract.</p>
<p>Every couple should choose the photographer that fits its needs, style and budget. And it feels comfortable with. It&#8217;s OK to hire a &#8220;shoot to burn&#8221; photographer. If you <span style="font-style: italic;">know </span>the difference and are aware of the limitations this might bring. But don&#8217;t expect wonders. As everywhere else in business, what you pay is what you get! The choice is up to you.</p>
<p>Enjoy your wedding day! It will be an unforgettable moment in your life. Hopefully you picked a good photographer and will enjoy his work for a lifetime.</p>
<p>(If you are more interested in the photography business read John Harrington&#8217;s great book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Business-Practices-Photographers-Harrington/dp/1598633155/ref=sr_1_1/002-4244229-5172002?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;qid=1186956274&amp;sr=8-1">Best Business Practices for Photographers</a> or his blog <a href="http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/">Photo Business News &amp; Forum</a>.)</p>
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		<title>Sharing, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Die Idee, dass man durch das Teilen von Wissen und gegenseitige Hilfe &#8211; selbst wenn man in der gleichen Branche arbeitet &#8211; nicht etwas verliert, sondern im Gegenteil etwas gewinnt und ALLE weiterbringt, vertritt nicht nur David Jay oder Gary Fong, sondern z.B. auch Paul Arden in seinem Buch &#8220;Es kommt nicht darauf an, wer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qwRGw-70XQY/Riyo7oyegsI/AAAAAAAAAFE/D2etTF6ctZo/s1600-h/pard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qwRGw-70XQY/Riyo7oyegsI/AAAAAAAAAFE/D2etTF6ctZo/s200/pard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056602224145105602" border="0" /></a>Die Idee, dass man durch das Teilen von Wissen und gegenseitige Hilfe &#8211; selbst wenn man in der gleichen Branche arbeitet &#8211; nicht etwas verliert, sondern im Gegenteil etwas gewinnt und ALLE weiterbringt, vertritt nicht nur <a href="http://www.opensourcephoto.net/">David Jay</a> oder <a href="http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?tab=weblogs&#038;user=garyfong1&amp;uid=546462755">Gary Fong</a>, sondern z.B. auch Paul Arden in seinem Buch &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.de/kommt-darauf-sondern-willst-erfolgreichste/dp/0714894621/ref=sr_1_1/028-0189122-1418156?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;qid=1177327633&#038;sr=1-1">Es kommt nicht darauf an, wer du bist, sondern wer du sein willst</a>.&#8221; Er schreibt darin: &#8220;Wenn du sagst, was du weisst, wirst du noch mehr zurückbekommen. [...] Je mehr du weggibst, desto mehr kommt zurück.&#8221;</p>
<p>Paul Arden arbeitete viele Jahre in der Werbe-Branche und man könnte den Titel des Buches auch missverstehen (der englische Titel ist präziser: &#8220;It&#8217;s not how good you are, it&#8217;s how good you want to be&#8221;). In dem Buch geht es um Erfolg und Strategien zur Selbstvermarktung. Es geht darum, dass man das, was man sich vorstellt, als sein Ziel definiert, auch erreichen kann und wird. Im Vorwort schreibt Paul Arden: &#8220;Nur wenige reiche und mächtige Menschen sind besonders begabt, gebildet, charmant oder gut aussehend &#8211; Sie sind reich und mächtig, weil sie reich und mächtig sein wollen. [...] Zu wissen, wo oder wer du sein willst, ist die wichtigste Voraussetzung für Deinen Erfolg. Wer kein Ziel hat, wird kaum etwas erreichen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ähnliches hat <a href="http://www.xanga.com/garyfong1/">Gary Fong</a> wiederholt in seinem <a href="http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?tab=weblogs&amp;user=garyfong1&#038;uid=576990269">Blog</a> beschrieben: In all seinen Unternehmungen oder Projekten hat er nie an seinem Erfolg gezweifelt. Er hat sich das positive Resultat, den Erfolg immer derart stark verinnerlicht und visualisiert, dass es schon fast real war. Und schliesslich auch tatsächlich Wirklichkeit geworden ist.</p>
<p>Das Buch ist kurzweilig und nicht nur für Werber interessant. Es enthält auch viele allgemein gültige Weisheiten von Paul Arden und Zitate von Beckett, über Konfuzius bis zu Churchill. Lesenswert!</p>
<p>Und der <a href="http://www.xanga.com/garyfong1">Blog von Gary Fong</a> ist einerseits für Fotografen interessant, enthält aber immer wieder Wissenswertes zum Thema Business und Erfolg. Oder einfach nur Quatsch :) Gehört zu meiner täglichen Blog-Kost.</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">Not only <a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" href="http://www.opensourcephoto.net/">David Jay</a> or </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?tab=weblogs&#038;user=garyfong1&amp;uid=546462755">Gary Fong</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> are talking about how sharing helped them to help others and improved their own business at the same time and even the whole industry. If you read the book &#8220;</span><span class="sans"><a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.de/kommt-darauf-sondern-willst-erfolgreichste/dp/0714894621/ref=sr_1_1/028-0189122-1418156?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&amp;qid=1177327633&#038;sr=1-1">It&#8217;s Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">&#8221; by Paul Arden, you will find the same ideas. He writes: &#8221; If you tell/share what you know, you will get even more back.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><span style="font-style: italic;">It&#8217;s a short book that is easy and fun to read. Enjoy!</span></p>
<p><a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.xanga.com/garyfong1">Gary&#8217;s blog</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> is not just interesting for photographers. He also talks a lot about business and success. Or just about his daily life. One of the blogs I read daily.</span><br /></span></span></p>
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		<title>About blogging and sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ich werde immer wieder gefragt (und belächelt), weshalb ich einen Blog habe. Ganz einfach!
Ein Blog (der Begriff ist eine Verkürzung des Begriffes &#8220;weB log&#8221;, also etwa &#8220;Internet-Tagebuch&#8221;) kann einfach nur unterhaltend sein. Blogs sind aber viel mehr. Blogs sind auch eine sehr gute Informationsquelle, die dem Austausch von Wissen dient. Und ein Marketing-Instrument.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.danielzihlmann.com/" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055506612347634338" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qwRGw-70XQY/RijEeoyegqI/AAAAAAAAAE0/3-HRno1EqTY/s320/blog.jpg" border="0" alt="Daniel Zihlmann Photography - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Schweiz" width="320" height="258" /></a>Ich werde immer wieder gefragt (und belächelt), weshalb ich einen Blog habe. Ganz einfach!</p>
<p>Ein Blog (der Begriff ist eine Verkürzung des Begriffes &#8220;weB log&#8221;, also etwa &#8220;Internet-Tagebuch&#8221;) kann einfach nur unterhaltend sein. Blogs sind aber viel mehr. Blogs sind auch eine sehr gute Informationsquelle, die dem Austausch von Wissen dient. Und ein Marketing-Instrument.</p>
<p>Als Fotograf informiere ich mich in Blogs nicht nur darüber, was andere befreundete Fotografen privat machen, sondern v.a. auch woran sie beruflich gerade arbeiten oder wie sie die Entwicklung des Photobusiness einschätzen und es selber weiterentwickeln. Über Blogs wird Knowhow ausgetauscht. Und wer Wissen teilt bringt nicht nur die anderen weiter, die vom eigenen Wissen profitieren, sondern auch sich selber. Denn was man gibt, kommt auch wieder zurück. In den USA ist diese Erkenntnis weit verbreitet, in der Schweiz braucht es diesbezüglich noch Entwicklungsarbeit. Man hat Angst anderen einen Vorteil zu verschaffen und selber etwas zu verlieren. Wie kurzsichtig, solches Denken! Schliesslich nützt es allen, wenn man das Photobusiness weiterentwickelt. Auch in den USA hat es jahrelange Aufbauarbeit gebraucht. Als Lohn gibt es heute einen gut entwickelten Markt für Hochzeitsfotografie und Fotografen, die sich untereinander austauschen statt Angst vor der Konkurrenz zu haben. Es gibt diverse Magazine zum Thema Hochzeit, einen Markt für High End Hochzeitsfotografie und Kunden, die wissen, was es gibt und was sie wollen. All dies existierte in den USA vor einigen Jahren auch noch nicht. Mit vereinten Kräften haben die Fotografen dies erreicht. Und profitieren nun alle von einem Markt, der heute viel mehr Arbeit für alle ermöglicht.</p>
<p>Genau dies hat mir auch <a href="http://opensourcephoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/knowledge-network-and-compassion.html#links">David Jay</a> in unseren Gesprächen bestätigt: &#8220;If you don&#8217;t share, you won&#8217;t be successful!&#8221; Und: &#8220;You have to educate the brides.&#8221; Man muss erklären, überzeugen, die Kunden &#8220;schulen&#8221;. Und damit einen Markt aufbauen und ein Bedürfnis schaffen.</p>
<p>Und der Blog als Marketing-Tool? Das Führen eines eigenen Blogs kann Kunden einen persönlichen Bezug zu einem Fotografen geben. Man lernt den Fotografen näher kennen. Und wen man kennt, dem vertraut man auch. Und Vertrauen ist die Grundlage für eine erfolgreiche Geschäftsbeziehung. Durch die tägliche Aktualisierung der Blogs wird es für die Leser ausserdem interessant, immer wieder zurückzukommen. Ein sich ständig ändernder Blog ist interessant, eine statische Website dagegen nicht.</p>
<p>Und nicht zuletzt werden auch Blogs, nicht nur Websites, von Suchmaschinen indexiert. Man wird als Fotograf also auch über Blogs gefunden. Und dies führt irgendwann zu neuen, zufriedenen Kunden.</p>
<p>Ein Blog, den ich täglich lese, ist derjenige des US-Fotografen John Harrington, <a href="http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/">Photo Business News &amp; Forum</a>. John hat auch ein Buch zum Thema Photobusiness geschrieben und alles offen gelegt. Preise, Verträge, Verhandlungsstrategien, Kommunikation mit Kunden. Der Blog ist wie eine Ergänzung dazu. Das Buch ist statisch, wie eine Website. Es wurde mal gedruckt, das ist der Stand vor ein paar Monaten. Der Blog ist dynamisch und zeigt nun die Weiterentwicklung auf, den heutigen Zustand des Photobusiness. Ich empfehle beides zu lesen, das Buch (<span class="sans"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1598633155?tag=dcsegways-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=14573&amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=1598633155&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;adid=1DZWQZX9CP4Q4E682PCJ&amp;">Best Business Practices for Photographers</a>, Englisch) </span>und den Blog. Viel Vergnügen!</p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;">I&#8217;m often asked why I write a blog. Very simple!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;">Writing and reading a blog can be just for fun. But more often they are a place to share. Share ideas, opinions, knowhow. And they are a marketing tool.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;">In the US a lot of photographers share not only their private life in a blog, they especially share business knowhow. Something you can&#8217;t imagine in Switzerland&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;">But as </span><a style="color: #99ff99; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.davidjay.com/">David Jay</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;"> told me, also in the US it was not always like this. It needed a lot of work to come to the point where the business of wedding photography is now in the US. He told me: &#8220;You have to educate the brides.&#8221; To build up a growing market and a need for high end wedding photography. And you have to share your knowhow with other photographers, if you want to be successful.</span></p>
<p>Not only websites are indexed by Google and other search engines, blogs are searched too. That means that you will be found more often, if you write a blog and that drives traffic to your website too. Because blogs are updated daily, they are more interesting to readers than just static, never changing websites. And the readers come regularly back. They start to know more and more about the photographer and feel like they know him as a person. With knowing the person they also build up trusting this person. And trust is the basis for a successful business relation. Marketing tool.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ccccff;">One of the blogs I read every day is </span><a style="color: #99ff99;" href="http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/">Photo Business News &amp; Forum</a><span style="color: #ccccff;"> by US photographer John Harrington. He also wrote a book about photography: </span><span class="sans" style="font-style: italic; color: #ccccff;"><a style="color: #99ff99;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1598633155?tag=dcsegways-20&amp;camp=14573&amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=1598633155&amp;adid=1HBWWH64SP0Q7VSHQ1W8&amp;">Best Business Practices for Photographers</a>. Check them out and start <a href="http://opensourcephoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/knowledge-network-and-compassion.html#links">sharing</a> too!</span><span style="color: #ccccff;"><br />
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