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Bloggers Cite Strong Revenues from Referrals Do you have a blog or network with other photographers? Shutterstock is emerging as a leader in one of the key areas for making money online in today‘s Web marketplace: affiliate marketing (i.e. Shutterstock‘s referral program). As bloggers look for new and effective ways to generate additional revenue online, many are joining Shutterstock‘s...
read moreRejection Reasons and Subscriber Requests First, a disclaimer: The following article presents recommendations. Shutterstock makes no guarantees that the following suggestions will lead to greater acceptance rates or more downloads. Rather, this article is a collection of feedback we‘ve received from subscribers combined with an attempt to answer many submitters‘ questions on the forums...
read moreAs we did in our last article on what to upload, we begin with a disclaimer: The following article presents recommendations. Shutterstock makes no guarantees that the following suggestions will lead to greater acceptance rates or more downloads. Rather, this article is a collection of feedback we‘ve received from subscribers combined with an attempt to answer many submitters‘ questions...
read moreShutterstock are proud to offer one of the most diverse and international photography collections in the world. And now we’ve added a new feature to Shutterstock that will help find the right photo faster when you’re searching for pictures of people. When you’re doing a Keyword Search and check the “Model Released” checkbox, you’ll see a series of new options. You may filter your...
read moreProper keywording is the name of the game. Getting down to the basics of keywording simply involves looking critically at the image. Some keywords should jump out at you. As aforementioned in previous keyword articles, the keyword sun was queried. Here are the first few recent results: I highlighted the images in red above to emphasis a point… Where is the sun? Where is the sunset? Why are...
read moreIn Part One of Improve Your Sales with Keywords, we explored the common pitfalls of poor keywording. This sequel article will focus on how to use the most relevant keyword combinations to improve visibility — as well as your bottom line! Keywording basics: 1) Keywords must be in English. We automatically translate keywords into eight other languages, so you, as the submitter, should...
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