So I am in the process of transitioning from hobbyist to side-job photographer. For now, targeting family portraits, senior pics, kids, engagement, that type of work. No weddings. FWIW, I live in a suburb of St. Louis, MO.
Here's what I have done so far, in terms of "marketing":
--Created FB photo business page, promoting it to my relatively few FB friends and my wife's much more substantial FB friend list;
--Created main webpage (Zenfolio); worked on SEO issues such that if I search "family portraits" or "senior pictures" and my town I am on the first page, or second, of search results;
--Posting ads on Craigslist every few days; and
--Posted ad on Ebay classifieds.
Anything obvious that I am missing (that is low-cost)? I have been getting a fair number of leads through the FB efforts. In contrast, I am getting the sense both from my own ads and watching other ads that Craigslist, in our market, is not a very good source of leads.
This whole marketing thing is new to me. I hadn't even thought of CL until I read another thread on here and had a "duh" moment. I just want to make sure there aren't any other similarly obvious/"duh" things I should be doing but am not yet.


