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Measuring My Self Promotion Results
Coinciding with iSyndica's announcement of the official launch of their 'promotion service' I thought it was time to share a few preliminary results of my investigation into promotion with 'free stock...
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Comparison of Popular Search Keywords
A couple of days ago there was a post on the lookstat blog titled top search keywords for energy, it compared search terms in Google in an attempt to estimate popularity of energy images on microstock...
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Introducing PicWorkflow
No sooner had I posted last months news update than I opened my inbox and found a press release for picworkflow, I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting picworkflow to be, but I have to say it was...
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StockPerformer Review
Stockperformer is an online microstock sales analysis tool. It was launched to select photographers at microstockexpo late last year, and is now available for general use. There is a 14 day free trial...
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August 2012 Microstock Update
Picworkflow officially launched of their "in development" retouching service at the start of the month. The service allows photographers to select from a series of processing and retouching options...
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September 2012 Microstock Update
September News Digest: Yuri Arcurs posted "What sells in microstock anno 2012" on his blog. It makes an interesting read; although much of the advice is not exactly new, most of it is well worth...
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October-November 2012 Microstock Update
A slew of mobile phone microstock stories recently, startups and funding, but a lot of it smelt strongly of press release garbage; some amounting to little more than a new category added or an upload...
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2012 Independent Microstock Survey
It's that time of the year again.... For the fifth year running MicrostockGroup have announced their Independent microstock survey. Last year's survey had well over 700 responses and was quoted in the...
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Feb 2013 Microstock News Digest
It's certainly been an interesting start to the year. The period from Jan to March has often been the time when agencies announce changes to commission structures and pricing, often choosing a nice...
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Microstock Expo 2013
Registrations have opened for MicrostockExpo 2013 to be held on November 16-17th in Berlin.Bruce Livingstone has been announced as the Keynote speaker at the conference. Bruce was founder of...
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May 2013 Microstock Update
A couple of months between posts always leaves time for a few big stories - no exception here!There's usually a common thread in these news posts, and in trying to make sense of the last few of months...
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Disruptive Change or Passing Summer Storm?
August and September may have been quiet months on the microstock news front, but there was certainly no shortage of 'excitement' in the months before. It now seems a long time ago but to understand...
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March 2014 Microstock Update
Time flies! It's been ages since the microstockexpo (videos here) definitely time for a round-up of recent microstock news: MicrostockExpo (Very) Mini ReviewLast Novembers microstockexpo was another...
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Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) May 1st
A somewhat brief article as unfortunately I have not left myself enough time to write a proper commentary on the subject: Microstock contributors are probably already aware of the thread at microstock...
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2015 Microstock Earnings Comparison
It's been a good while since I shared any detailed analysis of my microstock earnings, there has been plenty going on over the past couple of years in changing royalties. Putting all the change,...
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Shutterstock: Sustainable Profits?
At the end of last week Shutterstock announced it was about to change its royalty rates for Extended Licenses. You can read the details of the changes on microstockdiaries. Announcing the change would...
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14 Years of iStock Sales
If you're an istock contributor you will already be aware of the new Getty images "ESP" submission platform coming soon and the closure of the existing submission system at istockphoto (aka "xnet")....
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Introducing PicWorkflow
No sooner had I posted last months news update than I opened my inbox and found a press release for picworkflow, I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting picworkflow to be, but I have to say it was...
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