September 2011 Microstock Update
Digest of Septembers Microstock News Stories:Two big stories this month relating to the commission and sales structure under which images are sold. Veer announced they were to offer a subscription...
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Microstock Photographer Capability Model
Since being asked to moderate a panel at microstockexpo on workflow, I've been looking at more detail into what workflow means to different photographers. Workflow is essentially just business process,...
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Oct/Nov 2011 Microstock News Update
Quite a bit has happened since I last wrote, two conferences and a few changes to royalties and pricing at some agencies.Probably the big event for me was the microstockexpo which took place last...
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December 2011 Microstock News
Well the holiday season certainly does compress time doesn't it!Sadly it I fear that my planned in depth review of the microstockexpo has been a casualty, although a draft post is well under way, I...
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Jan-Feb 2012 Microstock Update
I'm trying hard not to make a habit of rolling two months news into one news post, I'll try to keep things monthly! A few big stories since the New Year, probably the most contentious was 123rf...
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March 2012 Microstock Update
Summary: Nothing sensational to report this month, mostly marketing related stories and milestones.Photodune announced they had added their 1 millionth imageCrestock had a marketing push offering a...
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April-May 2012 Microstock News
April was a reasonably quiet month for microstock news, but May was a lot more interesting! IPOs, Investments and RumoursThere was a trio of microstock finance stories earlier this month starting with...
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June-July 2012 Microstock Update
News highlights from the past couple of months:Agency MilestonesShutterstock became the first agency to reach the 20 million images milestone. Fotolia look set to be the next to make it to 20 million....
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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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