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Tips & Tricks for picNiche, picWorkflow and Microstock Photographers

How long does image keywording take on picWorkflow?

By bobbigmac | Published: December 15, 2011
[Translate] One of the most common questions I get about picWorkflow is how long keywording of images takes… since it’s a ‘natural system’ (because keyworders are crowd-sourced, subject to QA, and they choose which images they want to work on, and how much they wish to earn), it’s a difficult question to give a definitive [...]
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Spring Cleaning my Microstock Portfolio

By bobbigmac | Published: December 6, 2011
[Translate] It’s been almost 2 years since I last uploaded new images for stock, and in that time there have been a few agencies emerge where I see real opportunities for new sales and a better reach. Though I’d love to get back to shooting/illustrating more, I know it’s just not feasible at the moment [...]
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Is there still money in microstock photography?

By bobbigmac | Published: August 22, 2011
[Translate] I’ve been asked the question “Is there still money in microstock?” three times, by three different people in the last week alone; and have had very similar questions over the last few months so I figured what a perfect time for a blog post. If you’re one of those ‘pro’ photographers who has a [...]
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TOP 10 Tips for New Microstock Photographers

By bobbigmac | Published: March 1, 2011
[Translate] If you’re new to stock photography in general, or even if you’re a seasoned traditional-stock veteran and looking to move into selling your images through microstock photography agencies, there are a few simple tips your really should keep in mind as you start. There are many who will tell you you’re already too late [...]
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TOP 1000 Stock Photo Buyer’s Searches – THE List

By bobbigmac | Published: February 23, 2011
[Translate] I’m finally getting a decent dataset together to answer the burning question: What are stock photo buyers searching for? Here are THE top 1000 searches made by stock photography buyers over the last 6 months to 2 years. This data, and whatever else I can gleam from the various datasets I have (around half [...]
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Improvements, changes and good things on picWorkflow

By bobbigmac | Published: February 22, 2011
[Translate] Rather than focus on the recent big changes and additions to picWorkflow microstock photographer’s tools such as the image keywording service (which is becoming very popular), it’s api-based interface, the microstock export lightroom plugin, or the portfolio promotion tools… just a quick post today to highlight some of the recent smaller improvements to make [...]
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Promote your Microstock Portfolio with picWorkflow Widgets

By bobbigmac | Published: February 1, 2011
[Translate] The first set of portfolio promotion tools for picWorkflow members has just been launched. You can now easily create your own customisable ajax widgets for your blog (wordpress, blogger, typepad, etc etc all supported) or any other website. The picWorkflow widgets are designed to attract visitors on your website to your images and to [...]
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The Big Guide to Improve Microstock Workflow

By bobbigmac | Published: October 31, 2010
[Translate] A few times a week I receive questions from microstock photographers who have discovered the picNiche toolbar, wondering about how they can make the whole microstock process better. As an experienced computer user (and coder) there are a lot of things I often take for granted about ‘the microstock workflow’, which others sometimes miss [...]
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Shafted by latest iStock changes? What Now?

By bobbigmac | Published: September 9, 2010
[Translate] The latest round of changes at iStock represent a loss for most contributors there. Both for Exclusive and Non-Exclusive contributors. The new royalty figures for next year show a clear bias in favour of those contributors who are making the most money for iStock, with cuts for people with smaller or non-exclusive portfolios. These [...]
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picNiche Toolbar Tips & FAQs

By bobbigmac | Published: May 4, 2010
[Translate] The picNiche toolbars have quite a lot of functionality for microstock contributors and image buyers, and because of the wide variety of tools available, it can be overwhelming to newcomers. I figured I’d add a few tricks & tips to help ensure the picNiche tools are helping you out as much as they can, [...]
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