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		<title>Lessons learned launching a start up</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/are-we-there-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmar Platzer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sell your photos online]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are we there yet? How many times must I have put this question to my very talented partners in crime, Derek (co-founder and CTO) and Kain (Creative and Marketing Director)? Wind back the clock to September 2007. It was two years ago when Derek and I met at my home to discuss a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling photos online</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/selling-photos-online-is-it-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web hosting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Statistics
It is safe to say that we live in an online world. In 2007 nearly 15 million households (61%) in the UK had internet access (source) and in 2003 62 million households (55%) in the US had web connected computers (source).
Selling your photos online is a great idea. It provides your existing customers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work goes on&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos online]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our blog&#8217;s been quiet for a while, but over at the PhotoMerchant offices, it&#8217;s anything but quiet.
We&#8217;re still powering away on PhotoMerchant and looking forward to release. Our alpha-testers have given us some truly valuable feedback, and we&#8217;ve also been busy meeting and talking to people about PhotoMerchant. We&#8217;re looking forward to releasing PhotoMerchant in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Photos Online Part 3 &#8211; Creating your website</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/selling-photos-online-part-3-creating-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’re half-way through our mini-series on how to sell your photos online. In this series, we’re covering:

Planning      your site
Content      you should consider
Choosing and creating your      website’s functionality
Marketing your website
Using the website to      increase business and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling photos online Part 2 &#8211; Website content</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/selling-photos-online-part-2-website-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When designing a website for selling your photos, plenty of photographers start in the wrong place. They start by trying to learn how to &#8216;create&#8217; a website&#8230; yes, it&#8217;s important, but as I discussed last time, you need to start by understanding your site&#8217;s goals first. Now, wait&#8230; there&#8217;s one more thing you need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Photos Online Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/selling-photos-online-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Selling photos online might seem like an obvious step for any photographer who is planning to take their business to the web. However, creating a website that showcases your work and makes it easy for customers to purchase prints can be complicated.
This is the first post in a series aimed at helping the photographer who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How not to sell photos</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/how-not-to-sell-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Event photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life hinges on the most insignificant things. For example, my life could’ve been very different but for one sturdy lunchbox.
When I was 9 years old, I was run over by a bus. While playing around with the other kids at the bus-stop, I slipped and fell under the wheels of the school bus as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the real cost of your photography workflow?</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/what-is-the-real-cost-of-your-photography-workflow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workflow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The workflow, presentation and sales methods and practices are an integral part of any photography business. However, they can also be costly.
In the last post, I raised the issue of the ‘real cost’ of photography.
As a youthful photography enthusiast, I thought professional photography was a pretty lucrative business. My contacts on photography business forums were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somewhere to begin</title>
		<link>http://blog.photomerchant.net/somewhere-to-begin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workflow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the first post of the PhotoMerchant Blog.
PhotoMerchant&#8217;s first appearance online is not quite the beginning, for me &#8211; it&#8217;s&#8230; well, somewhere in the middle. I&#8217;ve been working on Project PhotoMerchant for a while now, and getting the blog online is an exciting step, but there&#8217;s more to come. Let me give you a [...]]]></description>
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