Online Presence
Google+ Gets Big, New Upgrades for Hangouts and Photos
Google rolls out a handful of new features to make using its social network easier.
By Jason Fell
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Business Accounting
5 Quick Tips for Better Bootstrapping From SXSW
The founders of popular image-hosting service imgur on what it takes to launch a tech startup without seeking outside investors.
Online Presence
The Marketer’s Guide to Instagram
From taking engaging pictures to using hashtags to using more advanced tools, here's how to kick off your company's Instagram strategy.
By AJ Kumar
Online Presence
Funding Round Values Photo-Sharing Startup Snapchat at $70 Million
Snapchat's valuation, what you can learn from the 20 brands with the most engaged Facebook audiences, Twitter's new API changes and more social-media news.
Building a Business
Photographers Refocus on New Ventures
The line has long blurred between the amateur and professional photographer. Here, three former pro photographers who saw the changes coming early on and reinvented themselves with successful startups.
By Alina Dizik
Online Presence
Easy on the Airbrush and Other Tips for Your Pinterest Photo
First impressions count, especially on social media. Here are seven tips for choosing an image to represent you and your business.
Marketing
Use Photos in Advertisements? Take These Steps to Avoid a Lawsuit
Three things you need to know about 'right of publicity' when selecting photos for your website or advertising.
Online Presence
6 Tips for Being More Visual With Social Media (Infographic)
Ideas for creating engaging visual content, then getting your fans share them and promote your brand.
By Donna Moritz
Online Presence
Beyond Pinterest: 3 Emerging Social Photo-Sharing Sites for Business
A trio of business-worthy alternatives to socializing product images and converting followers into customers.
Online Presence
Is Instagram on the Web Worth It for Your Business?
Users of the popular photo editing app can now post images to the web -- but it might not be right for everyone.
Building a Business
How Shopatrend Used Instagram to Attract New Customers
The online clothing boutique leveraged their keen visual sense to market their company at little cost with Instagram.
Online Presence
5 Ways Instagram Can Boost Your Marketing Plan
These strategies can help increase your reach -- and revenue.
Business News
9 Great Photo and Video Apps
These apps can help you snap better visuals, edit them and then post to the web.
By Kevin Smith
Business Ideas
The Entrepreneur Who Captured the Record-Breaking Space Jump
Jay Nemeth of FlightLine Films explains why he got into aerospace cinematography before there was a demand for it.
Building a Business
How Photos Can Make or Break Your Marketing Campaign
Don't rely on boring stock photos, it's more important than ever to add quality visual content to your marketing mix.
By Ann Handley
Building a Business
How Community Building Helped Photojojo Find Success
The online forum and store is devoted to do-it-yourself photography tools and techniques, but the main goal is creating long-term relationships.
Business News
Four Powerful New Cameras That Are Good for Business
Today's rugged digital cameras deliver production-quality images that leave smartphone photos in the dust.
Business Ideas
Working From Nomad’s Land
Last year Fran Reisner sold her home and took her photography business and her life on the road. Here's how she did it -- and how she's adapting.
Building a Business
Framing a Business Around a Glamorous Boudoir Trend
A boudoir photographer focuses on customers' private moments.
By Matt Villano
Business News
3-D Scanner Makes Inventory Photography More Efficient
Hewlett-Packard's scanner aims to showcase the wares of online merchants in their best light.
Building a Business
How College Sports Photos Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business
A former Duke University All-American basketball player hit on a business idea for building and managing online photo stores for college athletic departments and sports teams.
By Matt Villano
Tech
Ortery ‘Studio’ Streamlines Inventory Photography
With ample lighting and smart software, this desktop booth can produce professional-quality images of your products.
Tech
Camera+: An Apps to Riches Story
How Lisa Bettany went from struggling photographer to app evangelist.
Building a Business
Ex-Investment Banker Pursues a Business Idea from His College Days
By digitizing old photos and videos, ScanDigital turns picture preservation into a profitable business.
By Joel Holland
Business News
Four Essential Photo Editing Tricks
You don't have to be a Photoshop expert to take great pictures--but you should know this handful of common editing techniques.
By Dave Johnson