5 Reasons Photographers Should Use Showit For Their Website
As photographers, we are in the visual business. That put pressure on our websites, to also be visually pleasing places.
We have a higher need for our websites to deliver a certain feeling, vibe, emotion, and standard. As well as we need strong tools in order to show our galleries.
Let me introduce you to Showit.
WHAT IS SHOWIT?
Showit is a website platform with a drag-and-drop editor.
Meaning that you can just place and add text, photos, and other elements exactly where you want to have them. And it’s as simple as that. No coding, no complicated parts, really nothing that will limit you and your website visions.
Plus that your blog on Showit is integrated with WordPress, the most powerful blog tool on the market.
TOTAL DESIGN FREEDOM
If you love Canva, you will love Showit.
The Showit editor is like a mix of Canva and Photoshop. The drag and drop function is pretty much the same as you can find in Canva and you are working with layers as you do in Photoshop.
You are not limited by any interface limitations or restricted areas.
It’s like constantly working with a smile on your face as there is nothing that stops the ideas and visions you have for your website.
SHOWIT ALLOWES YOU TO DESIGN THE MOBILE INDEPENDENTLY
If you have tried to build your website on other platforms such as Wix, Squarespace, Pixieset, etc. you might have felt frustrated that the mobile design is a copy of your desktop design. You can never really customize the mobile design to look good, it’s always something that you want to change or rearrange.
On Showit that is not a problem as you can design the website version exactly as you want, just as for the desktop version.
And this is important, not only by the matter that you won’t be frustrated but for this two other reasons:
- Google checks your mobile site, which means that a website that works well on mobile devices, has a positive effect on your SEO ranking.
- A lot of your website traffic comes via mobiles, which makes it even more imoiratat that the mobile verison also are optimised in order to not loose leads.
A POWERFUL BLOG
Your blog is one of your strongest assets when it comes to SEO. It’s not just a place where you can jampack your keywords, it’s a place where you constantly add new content to your website, something that Google really likes.
Your Showit blog is set up with integration to WordPress, the biggest and most powerful blogging platform that is huge for SEO and visibility.
You get the best of two worlds as the design for your blog is made in the Showit editor, while you create your blog posts in the WordPress editor and they communicate beautifully.
YOUR SHOWIT WEBSITE CAN EASILY GROW WITH YOU
When your business grows and your needs change you can easily add more pages, sections, and functions to your website.
A fantastic way to make that happen is that you can add page templates (called add-ons) to your site. Meaning that you just add a predesigned page to your already existing site. You can do that from the free pages and sites provided by Showit, or buy from a template designer.
Examples of pages you might want to add can be an Instagram link page (like a Link Three page), a landing page, a mini-session page, etc.
BACKSIDES OF USING SHOWIT
- Everything comes with a learning curve and so does Showit. But once you get the hang of it, you will love it.
There are also a ton of tutorials out there for your help.
- It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the design options. But a suggestion is to start with a template. Showit offers free templates or you can purchase a template that immediately will meet your needs.
- Can be a bit tricky to set up for e-commerce. It’s fully possible to add a shop to your Showit website but it requires some extra work.
Conclution
I have been designing websites both for myself and others on numerous different platforms. Especially for myself, I was never truly satisfied, it was always some function that was missing or that I never was truly happy with the mobile design that made me change platforms and start from scratch.
It wasn’t until I switched to Showit as I felt completely satisfied. I don’t miss anything and I wish that I had found Showit earlier as it should have saved me both time and money over the years.
Moving the platform or building a new website is a big and time-consuming task. If you have any questions about the Showit platform before you take the leap, leave a comment or send me an email and I will gladly answer your questions.
P.S.
Have a look at my custom Showit website design service.
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