Over $2.400 of resources for only $87
Every once in a while, I blog about a bundle that I think is interesting for photographers. Now, I nearly missed this one, because I thought it was a bundle for web designers. Turns out it is really much more a bundle with web and marketing tools for professional and semi-professional photographers and bloggers. The Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers bundles a bunch of eBooks, video tutorials, software and templates that, when purchased separately, would set you back over $2.400. Now you can get them for only $87. I was actually planning on buying two courses when I got word that they were included in the bundle and those alone would have cost me around $200. So getting the bundle was a no-brainer.
My personal top-10 of what's included
I'll just give you my personal top-10, but there are many more resources. For example, there's a tonne of Wordpress-based content (photography themes, shopping cart plug-ins, ...) but as I use Squarespace for this website, that content has little value to me. If you're running a Wordpress-based website, chances are that you might want to get the bundle for the Wordpress-based content alone. Check out the full list of resources here!
1. Making your Mark Online: Digital Marketing eCourse for Photographers
This is a marketing for photographers course by Corwin Hiebert, manager to one of the most successful photographers I know: David duChemin. So, I figure, if there's one guy a photographer can learn digital marketing from, it's Corwin! As photographers, we are generally too busy being creative to bother about the marketing. In fact, some of us consider ourselves to be artists and find that 'marketing' is a dirty word. Yet, simply making art does not pay the rent or feed the children or the cat... And even when you don't need the money, wouldn't your rather have thousands of people seeing what you created rather than hundreds? That's what this course is all about.
Normally, this resource is $79, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
2. The Creative Composites Bundle
In this course by Photoshop wizard Serge Ramelli, you'll learn all about compositing: putting a model you photographed in a studio into a different background.
Normally, this resource is $135, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
3. Affiliate Marketing - Monetizing Your Website with Value-Based Content
This is a brand new course by Dave Seeram, of which I've previously watched and enjoyed 24/7 Photo Pro on how to make your website make money for you.
Normally, this resource is $97, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
4. SEO Cookbook for Photographers
This eBook teaches you the basics of Search Engine Optimization. We all know how much time and effort it takes to keep a photography website and blog alive with fresh content. This eBook shows you how investing a little more effort can attract a lot more visitors to your website.
Normally, this resource is $99, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
5. Designer Sets of Social Media Templates
This is a set of drag-and-drop templates that let you easily create Facebook banners and the like.
Normally, this resource is $89, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
6. Photographer Logo & Overlay Templates
If you're looking for a professionally designed logo for your business cards, this set by Brad Wayland has a couple of great-looking options.
Normally, this resource is $48, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
7. Photo Collage Templates for Social Media
A sample of the templates that are included in the bundle.
Another set of customisable drag-and-drop templates.
Normally, this resource is $98, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
8. Original Designer Fonts Bundle
76 script-based fonts that work really well with senior portrait, wedding or other announcement cards.
Normally, this resource is $39.99, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
9. Illustrator Quickstart Video Course
As a photographer, you sometimes need Adobe Illustrator, but if you're anything like me, you haven't got a clue how it works. That's where this Quickstart course comes in. It teaches you the basics!
Normally, this resource is $20, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
10. Power of Planning. A Guide for Creating Your Editorial Calendar.
This is one that interests me a lot: as many photographers and bloggers, I consider myself to be more creative than organised - and that's an understatement. The result is I don't blog as much as I should - and could. This training resource promises to help me get a grip on planning my blogging better. I look forward to trying it out!
Normally, this resource is $79, now it's included in the 5 Day Deal Web Essentials Bundle for Photographers.
Adding it all up
I've done the math, and this top-10 alone would cost me $783,99. Now I've purchased it (and I did actually purchase it - I did not receive it for free) at a fraction of that cost.
I suggest you head over to the 5 Day Deal website to check what other resources are included that might interest you even more than this top-10. There's a big chance you'll come to the same conclusion as I did: this bundle is a steal!
The only thing to bear in mind - as the name 5 Day Deal implies - is that this bundle isn't around forever: in fact, you can only buy it until July 19th. Then it's gone forever. And in the case of the 5 Day Deal, that is to be taken litterally, as they never promote the same content twice. Final thing, if you're living in the EU, there's 21% VAT that gets added to your bill, unless you have a valid VAT number!
A nice extra touch is that 10 percent of the sales go directly to charity: you can even choose your own charity from the list during the checkout procedure.
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