May we have your email address, please?

Ok, ok maybe I didn't sell you on RSS? Maybe you don't need all that wiz-bang stuff that us crazy kids are into these days. Maybe you just need a kinder, gentler approach to keeping up with TSD news. Or maybe, just maybe, you just can't get enough and want to make extra sure you don't miss ANYTHING? You know, belt AND suspenders...

We aim to please!

You'll notice in the right hand side bar of this blog under that spiffy looking orange RSS button (hey orange is the new pink!) is an email subscription box. ..

"Oh the horror they're gonna start collecting email addresses and selling them to Acme Widgets and all those other big mean and nasty conglomerations and all I'll get is an email inbox full of S*P*A*M!!!"

Nope. No way. We hate that as much as you do. More, even.

"Sure I've heard this line before. No S*P*A*M from Acme Widgets but YOU GUYS are gonna S*P*A*M me I bet. Right??"

No! Absolutely not. Here's what you'll get:

By entering your email address in the box, you will receive a grand total of 1 (that's ONE) email per week, on Sunday which will include a collection of any blog posts we've written in the previous week. That's it. Well for now...

"AH-HA I knew it! I knew there was a catch!"

Ok you caught us. Shame, shame. Slap my wrist.

We would like to add to this an occasional extra email newsletter announcing anything we want to announce, such as specials, new products, cool wedding photography related news, whatever. We're not there yet though so don't panic. And we promise not to get carried away with the sales-pitch type stuff ;)

And hey, you can UNSUBSCRIBE AT ANY TIME! So...

May we have your email address, please?! ;)

Thanks!

Bruce

RSS = Really Simple Syndication

You may have seen this icon before when browsing web sites and wondered what it meant. Or perhaps you've wondered what all this talk about "RSS" is and how it all works. I wanted to discuss it here on the blog for a couple of important reasons.

First, as Val mentioned we had our "Company Meeting" this week and talked about lots of things related to the business and some new plans for 2008 that we'll be telling you about real soon.

Second, as readers of our blog you know that we can be a bit, um, sporadic with our posts ;) partially because we get so busy we don't have time to update. But we will be making a more concerted effort to post to the blog in the weeks and months ahead. Partly because it just makes good business sense to do so but also because there are so many of you that read it and comment to us that it really has motivated and inspired us to write more. So we don't want you to miss ANY of it!

Dane Sanders is an awesome photographer and teacher and I was reading a post on his blog (which coincidently I was reading through my Google Reader and oh by the way HE keeps HIS blog up to date!) and I wanted to share it with you. He describes the RSS process very clearly and also provides a number of links to other sources of info. He also (as I do) recommends Google Reader as his RSS weapon of choice.

If you find yourself visiting multiple web sites every day to check for new or updated content, then consider yourself a PRIME candidate for using RSS to your advantage. It can greatly simplify how you use the Internet, how you get info, and how much time it all takes. Check out this EXCELLENT Commoncraft video explaining how it all works in very simple (really simple!) terms:

 

 

So do yourself a favor and give RSS a try! I'm sure you'll love it and if you get stuck or have any questions, drop me an email (bruce AT thesweetestdays DOT com) or post a comment here on the blog and I'll be glad to help you out!

And once you get up and running with Google Reader, don't forget to plug in our blog address http://thesweetestdaysphotography.blogspot.com/ so you can keep up to date without having to check back every day to see if we wrote anything ;)

Enjoy!

-Bruce

A busy weekend!

I got to shoot a wedding yesterday that was just wonderful (photos on the blog real soon!) and will have another tomorrow for New Year's Eve! Of course there is some talk about a "snow event" tomorrow too?? What is that? 2"? 5"? 20"? Do they even know? Hey, that's why I bought an all wheel drive vehicle, it's New England!! LOL

Company Meeting

So Bruce and I had our sorta kinda company meeting this week at one of our satellite offices...Starbucks, of course! lol After about 4 (or was it 5) hours of discussing what we are doing, what we want to do, etc... and some lattes and cranberry muffins, and oh by the way, those sandwiches are pretty good too.... we got some great ideas that we are really excited about! Watch the blog for some upcoming posts real soon to get a peek!

Merry Christmas!

I know it's been a long time since we've posted a blog, but I'm sure you know how it is... trying to get all the work done and be able to enjoy a little time off with our families too. We are going to try to blog more in the upcoming year, maybe even every day!!! Okay, well, maybe not every single day, but ...what the heck, that's our goal and we will certainly try!! :-)

I wanted to post a special thanks to all the wonderful couples that allowed us to be a part of their special day this year, it's was simply the best! And to all those brides and grooms that have booked their wedding dates with us for next year.... we can't wait!!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!



Emily on the Essex Steam Train for Christmas this year.

~ Val