5 Tips to Optimize Your Website to Represent Your Brand

Tara Flannery is a headshot photographer based in The Woodlands and Conroe, TX.  See more headshot work here.  Contact me to schedule your headshot session today!

5 Tips to optimize your website to represent your brand

Your website is the first place that your potential customers, clients, and patients see you (the company).  You are the company.  And you are the brand for your company.  No matter what business you are in.  A website that represents your brand is crucial to the success of your message.  Here are a few things to consider when designing and maintaining your website.

  1. Define your brand.  A brand is so much more than just your logo.  Branding involves your style, the colors you use, and feel of your space.  It’s how you communicate with your clients.  Even how you dress to meet clients is important to your brand.
  2. Create a professional website.  If you use a template, make sure that it’s formatted correctly.  Hire someone to create your website if you’re not comfortable doing it on your own.  It’s that important!
  3. Use your brand consistently across your website and marketing materials.  Color, style, tone, and feel should move seamlessly across all communications.
  4. Hire a professional photographer for your headshot and office photos.  We are a visual society and being able to see high-quality images of you (the brand) and the office and staff will raise the client’s confidence in dealing with you in the future.  Create an “About me” or “Meet the team” tab on your website to display these images.
  5. View your website as an end user.  Better yet, get a friend to view your website and provide feedback on it.  Can it be easily navigated?  Can you contact the company quickly?  Do you get a feel for the person(s) behind the logo?

The Woodlands Yoga Studio

The Woodlands Yoga Studio has been serving the The Woodlands and the surrounding areas with Hatha Yoga classes since 2004. They offer a wide variety of yoga classes to the community taught by some of the highest trained instructors available.  The Studio is dedicated to supporting people of all ages and from all walks of life in their quest for a better lifestyle.  They do this with love, compassion and a sense of humor and with respect for what each individual can accomplish through their yoga practice.

I was on assignment for LIVING Magazine when I met Sue, the owner of The Woodlands Yoga Studio.  She arrived at the studio early to prepare for our photo session.  We got a couple of quick headshots of her and a few of the instructors.  Then class began and I watched as they warmed up and began the practice.  Yoga is not easy.  It requires core strength and balance.  I was certainly impressed with the action shots that we captured during class!

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Tara Flannery is a studio photographer based in The Woodlands and Conroe, TX.  See more headshot work here.  Contact me to schedule your headshot session today!

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I put together a Guide to Photography Gear for those of you who need some help deciding what is actually worth investing in (and what's not). The link is in my bio!

Lighting is one of those things that feels complicated when you’re starting out… but it doesn’t have to be.

At the end of the day—light is light.

You don’t need the most expensive setup to get good results. What matters more is having something reliable that you understand how to use.

Especially if you’re shooting outside… the last thing you want is a $2,000 light going down in the wind.

Start simple.
Focus on gear you can trust.
And build from there.

Curious—what lighting setup are you using right now?
My Photographer Gear Guide is linked in my bio if you’re trying to figure out what’s actually worth investing in when you’re first starting out.

Because the truth is—you don’t need everything right away.

When you’re new, it’s easy to feel like you need all the gear… but really, it comes down to a few key pieces.

A solid camera body and a really good lens will take you further than a full bag of equipment you don’t know how to use yet.

If you’re deciding where to spend your money, start there.

A 24–70mm or 70–200mm lens will cover more than you think—and give you the flexibility to shoot a wide range of sessions without overcomplicating things.

Curious—what was the first piece of gear you invested in?
‼️ No clients (or videographers) were harmed in the making of this video 🤣

(For the record—this is very much a joke.)

But if you are a photographer, you know the real challenge isn’t getting someone in front of the camera… it’s knowing how to guide them once they’re there.

Small adjustments = big difference in how confident and natural someone looks.

And having a go-to posing flow makes everything feel easier—for you and your client. (so you don't resort to violence 😉)

➡️ I put together a Headshot Posing Flow Cheat Sheet to help with exactly that—link in bio.
A quick look at the people and brands I had the chance to photograph this month 👇🏻

Grateful for every person and team that trusted me to capture this season of their business.

Each session is different, but the goal is always the same—to create images that actually represent you well and support where you’re going next.

If you’ve been thinking about updating your headshot or branding photos, now is a great time to get it scheduled before things get busy later in the year.

📩 You can book your session through the link in my bio.

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tara@taraflannery.com

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Tara is a member of the Professional Photographers of America PPA.
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Tara is a member of TPPA Texas Professional Photographer's Association.
Tara has earned her Master of Photography degree.
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Tara is a member of the Professional Photographers Guild of Houston PPGH.