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Another step toward the microstock and traditional stock convergence
Another step toward the microstock and traditional stock convergence (based on use) Check the Getty and Corbis pricing for web and mobile photo resolutions The new Corbis Images Web and Mobile Resolution RF and RM Stock Photos corbis images web and mobile prices The Getty Images Web and Mobile pricing ...
CEPIC – Programme of the New Media Conference
Press Release CEPIC – Programme of the New Media Conference This year the programme of the CEPIC Congress is enhanced by the introduction of the Wednesday’s New Media and Metadata Conferences, an extra day of inspiration and learning with top speakers. The Panels will address photographers...
Tony Stone has joined the Vivozoom Team
Press Release Tony Stone has joined the Vivozoom Team London, UK, and Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) April 15, 2010 — Vivozoom announces today that Tony Stone, the founding father of the modern photo stock library, has joined the Vivozoom executive management team to lead the Creative Strategy. Tony Stone...
Microstock Subjects: Seniors in Action
Microstock Subjects: Seniors in Action Inspired by John Lund’s post “A suggestion for earning more money in Stock Photography”, always a precious source, I’ve decided to publish this post about a range of activities related to senior people that could be microstock / stock photo subject. John...
Microstock News website launch
Microstock News started Pang! We are happy to announce our newest website about Stock Photography – Microstock News! Microstock News is a RSS Based News Aggregator for Microstock and Stock Photography related News, Blogs, Articles, Tips & Tricks and Tools. Why Microstock News? You are asking...
Microstock agencies and social networks – reloaded
© Miss X – Photocase.com Last year on August I published a post about the use of social networks by the microstock agencies. In the meanwhile other initiatives have been implemented so I’ve decided to reprise that post and update it here. Microstock agencies are progressively entering...
Giving the microstock clients (also) something different
© DrGrounds – iStockPhoto.com This photo is one of the first iStockphoto results searching the keyword business and sorting by number of downloads. It’s a perfect stock photo, I can say a business cliché: a young, pretty, happy, successful business woman with a notepad, white isolation...
Examples of microstock acceptance policies
I’ve recently submitted to the most popular microstock agencies a small batch of 5 images. These pictures aren’t masterpieces of the microstock kingdom but I’m going to use them to show you, especially to the beginners, how can be different the acceptance policy of the different agencies;...
Is microstock the antithesis of a fair trade photography?
© Feng Yu – Fotolia.com – - Is microstock the antithesis of a fair trade photography? An opposite opinion. Microstock is giving the opportunity to a large amount of amateur and hobbyist photographers to enter in the photographic market. The user content generated concept of the beginning...
Eastern Europe (Micro)Stock is rising up
Eastern Europe (Micro)Stock is rising up © Sebastian Czapnik | Dreamstime.com With a title that wants to paraphrase a stock market index trend , I’m going to point out 2 different news that are showing the expansion of the photographic microstock business in the Eastern Europe, also considering...
Stock Photographers Power Up Their Social Media Activity With iSyndica
Press Release Stock Photographers Power Up Their Social Media Activity With iSyndica iSyndica’s latest release gives stock photographers a powerful tool to leverage social media MSP example of custom watermark on Flickr Nashua, NH November 2nd, 2009 – iSyndica’s latest update gives stock photographers...
microstock agencies Google Trends
I often mention Alexa Rank to make a comparison among microstock agencies, as you can see in Stock Agencies page. In this post I want to show another tool that can be used to follow the trends in the stock photo market, Google Trends, that lets you compare the world’s interest in some particular...
Top Seven microstock rejections
Since 2006 I’ve been collecting a tons of microstock photos rejections. This is a “fake” Top Seven of microstock rejection reasons, hope funny, just a pretext to show a list of some interesting or peculiar or common refusals. As we’ve already said, sometimes a rejection make...
Microstock business perspectives
After this season of merging/acquisition/reorganization done by Corbis (Veer, VeerMarketplace) and GettyImages (iStockphoto, Stock.xchng, Jupiterimages, Photos.com) and already described on this blog in previous posts, I wonder what can be the future for the “Others”, smaller ones and up...
Microstock agencies and social networks
© rmarinello – Fotolia.com Microstock agencies are progressively entering in the social network arena to enhance their online business, spread the word, improve branding and for direct customer care. The biggest agencies are active, with different effort, on Twitter and Facebook. The first...
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