Whether you’re a graphic designer, photographer or even a writer, you probably need an online portfolio to present your work to a wider audience. With Calaméo, you can digitally publish documents such as magazines, books and much more. In this article, we’ll explain how to publish your portfolio online with Calaméo.
Create your portfolio
The first step to publishing your portfolio online with Calaméo is to create your portfolio. You can use graphic design softwares such as Adobe InDesign or Canva to create your portfolio. Make sure your portfolio is well structured and showcases your work. Once you’ve created your portfolio, export it in the format of your choice.
Publish your portfolio on Calaméo
Once you’ve created your portfolio, you can publish it on Calaméo. To do so, create a Calaméo account and log in. Click on “Publish” in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Select your file and upload it. Calaméo will automatically convert your file into an online publication.
💡 TIP: Thanks to our EDITOR tool, personalize and enrich your document by adding internal or external links, animations or even sounds.
Share your portfolio
Now that your portfolio is published on Calaméo, it’s time to share it with the world. You can share your portfolio using the direct link to your document, or by embedding it on your website or blog. You can also share your portfolio on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Make sure you promote your portfolio to your target audience to reach as many people as possible.
Conclusion
Publishing your portfolio online with Calaméo is a great way to showcase your work to a wider audience. By following the steps above, you can create, publish and share your portfolio in a matter of minutes. Don’t forget to update your portfolio regularly to showcase your latest and most impressive work without even having to change your sharing link, thanks to Calaméo.
What does digital publishing have to do with traffic to my site?
More than you might think. Digital publications go well beyond just text and images. In fact, they are a form of rich media, which if promoted successfully can widen your exposure on the internet and increase website traffic.
You can use Calaméo to help increase your website traffic by following our simple 5-step formula
1. Take advantage of our SEO
Search Engine Optimization encompasses all that serves to improve your natural visibility on search engines. As a result, this visibility helps to generate a constant source of new traffic to your website. Thankfully, our platform offers numerous perks that can help optimize your publications’ indexation on search engines, such as:
High PageRank. PageRank is an algorithm used to rank websites in their search engine results to determine the power and impact that a site has on the web.
18 million unique visitors each month on average. Calaméo’s significant global online presence can boost your publications’ indexation.
Key words index. We index the entirety of the text present in your digital publications on search engines.
2. Connect your publications to your website
This is a no-brainer. Inserting external links in your publications that redirect to your website with our Editor is essential if you want to make the most out of our SEO and contributes a great deal to increase website traffic.
3. Optimize titles & descriptions
Since key words play an important role in SEO, it is important to include them in your document’s title and description. First, do some quick research on keywords that can help readers find your online publication. Then, try to be as specific as possible by selecting words exclusive to your field to help you stand out!
4. Think about the user experience
Don’t neglect focusing on the content in your publications—it gives your readers a reason to visit your website. Calaméo allows you to enrich your publications by adding customized Skins and interactive elements such as video and audio. In addition to raising engagement, these elements can encourage readers to visit your site.
5. Share on social media
“Be everywhere your readers are.” If you haven’t already heard this saying then you’re not doing digital publishing right. Your ability to reach a larger audience on social media greatly enhances your chances of driving potential clients to your website. Calaméo allows you to share your publications easily in a click of a button!
After reading this post you should now be familiar with the different strategies you can use on your digital publications to increase your website traffic.
Chances are that everyone has heard the phrase “call to action” before. It is used frequently in marketing as a tool to generate action from consumers, whether that comes in the form of clicks, sign ups, calls, purchases, or something else. Here are three reasons why you should use a call to action (CTA) in your digital publications.
What is a Call to Action?
First, a definition! In a general sense, a call to action is a statement that encourages people to do something – or take action – about a problem. In marketing, it’s a term for a word or phrase that gives your customer directions for the next step to take. CTAs are used in both traditional marketing and digital marketing. In a printed flyer or catalog you might see “Call now” or “Visit our website”. On a digital channel you might be likely to see phrases such as “Click here” or “Sign up today”. It could be in the form of a clickable button, banner, graphic, or text. Once clicked, the CTA redirects the user to the next step, for example a page with information about the product or a registration page. So what are the benefits of using a call to action?
1. They attract attention
The CTA is there to attract attention. If you are running a digital marketing campaign, you will most likely have specific goals for your campaign, whether it’s sales or sign-ups or something else. Your CTA can help you reach these goals by directing users to take the desired action: clicking to learn more, reserving a table, starting a free trial, etc. Having this visual element will attract website visitors or publication readers so they go down the right path along the customer journey (or sales funnel). They are also useful in digital content marketing strategies.
Visitors to your website or publication should be able to recognize the CTA. You can stick with your brand guidelines and use your company’s colors, or you can use a bold color that stands out from the rest of your content. Either way, you will want the CTA to be visually engaging. You can add arrows or other graphic elements to encourage clicks. Reduce the clutter around the CTA so it is very clear that you want people to click. It should also be concise, so make sure that your text isn’t too long.
2. There is a clear path for users
A good call to action will direct the user to the right place. If there is no CTA, then it’s possible that the user will just leave your webpage (or publication) without taking the next step. A strong CTA should clearly define what the result will be when the user clicks. The words in your CTA should match exactly what will happen afterwards. “Learn more” should take the user to more information, not a shopping page, for example. In the publication below, the Calaméo Magazine, we have a CTA for readers to try a PLATINUM account. Before you click, you know that you will most likely be directed to a sign-up page or a page with information about the different account options.
3. They are trackable
Another great reason to use a CTA in your publication is that they are trackable! They provide a lot of information about your audience and your campaign. You can measure whether a campaign is successful by tracking how many clicks your CTA receives. Then you can see how many of these clicks turn into purchases (or sign-ups or reservations, etc.). A strong CTA can also help boost your click-through rate.
You can find the statistics of the links in your publications on your Calameo PLATINUM account or connect your account to Google Analytics.
Adding a call to action to your publication
We’ve covered the “why” of CTAs, now let’s address the “how”. Adding a CTA to your publication is easy to do with Calaméo. Here’s how: first, your CTA graphic (banner, button, or text) must already be part of your publication. Once your document is uploaded to Calaméo, simply add a link on top of your CTA using our Editor tool. This link will make your CTA clickable and will take your viewers to the desired destination. Make sure in the Label field you write a short and clear phrase that matches the existing CTA on your page. Paste your link and… voilà! Your CTA is done and ready to go.
Using a call to action can make a big difference in marketing. They draw attention to your campaign, they help guide potential customers through the sales funnel, and you can easily track them to monitor if your campaign is successful. In addition, inserting a CTA in your publication using Calaméo is easy. We hope this guide to CTAs proves useful for you!
