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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: leaf on December 31, 2011, 19:10
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I also sent this out in an email, but for those who didn't get it...
Another year has come to an end and it is again time for the annual Microstock Survey. This will be the fourth year of running the survey. Last year's survey had well over 600 responses (thanks everyone!!). The survey follows a very similar format to previous years with a little more breakdown for media type (photo, illustration, video, audio). If you have your numbers ready, the entire survey shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to answer. I have tried to keep the survey as short as possible while still gathering enough information for it to be interesting to everyone.
Survey Link
http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748 (http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748)
Please share the link with others. The more answers we get, the better and more interesting the data will be.
To see what was done with previous surveys, do a search for survey on the MicrostockGroup blog
http://blog.microstockgroup.com/?s=survey (http://blog.microstockgroup.com/?s=survey)
As a thanks for everyone who filled out the survey, I'll be making a radom draw (at the end of January) and giving away a ColorChecker Passport (http://amzn.to/w4zOXl) (something I've found useful while shooting the past couple years). Make sure you sign up to the mailing list at the end of the survey to enter the draw. If the winner isn't a photographer they can substitute the prize for something else of equal value.
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*On average, how many hours a week do you spent on microstock?
uploading time counts??
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*On average, how many hours a week do you spent on microstock?
uploading time counts??
yeah, everything counts. shooting, keywording, editing, uploading, checking stats etc.
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*On average, how many hours a week do you spent on microstock?
uploading time counts??
yeah, everything counts. shooting, keywording, editing, uploading, checking stats etc.
forum too? so its like 16h a day LOL
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For those who didn't see this thread before, there were some bugs on the survey site that are now fixed. I have moved the posts referring to that bug into it's own thread called 'survey bugs'. Things should be fixed now however.
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Looking forward to this years' results. Should be interesting reading. I did leave a suggestion for additional questions. Although the answer is probably pretty obvious this year, would be good to track which site gained the most and which lost the most over the course of the year.
My overall stats show Istock as my top earner, but the last several months that is not the case.
BTW, if we are already on the mailing list, do we still get entered in the drawing?
Thanks again Tyler, for compiling the most interesting set of stats in the industry. :)
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BTW, if we are already on the mailing list, do we still get entered in the drawing?
same question here :D
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Thanks again Tyler, for compiling the most interesting set of stats in the industry. :)
Absolutely! Great work Leaf.
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Looking forward to this years' results. Should be interesting reading. I did leave a suggestion for additional questions. Although the answer is probably pretty obvious this year, would be good to track which site gained the most and which lost the most over the course of the year.
My overall stats show Istock as my top earner, but the last several months that is not the case.
BTW, if we are already on the mailing list, do we still get entered in the drawing?
Thanks again Tyler, for compiling the most interesting set of stats in the industry. :)
Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
yeah, me too.. I was wondering the same thing. :)
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
yeah, me too.. I was wondering the same thing. :)
Same for me. I took the survey from the e-mail received, ticked the box at the end and got the same message as above.
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
yeah, me too.. I was wondering the same thing. :)
Same for me. I took the survey from the e-mail received, ticked the box at the end and got the same message as above.
If you are already in the mailing list, when you get 'kicked back saying you are already on the list' make sure you click 'update your information'. You will then be send an email so you can check the 2011 survey box. If you don't think you did that, you can do it by visiting this page again
http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html (http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html)
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
That's what happened to me, so I just let it go. Not sure if it took.
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same thing for me....but survey completed. looking forward to the results
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Interesting survey Mr Leaf. Will only 1 winner be announced in the draw and awarded or multiple winners will be awarded ? ;)
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Interesting survey Mr Leaf. Will only 1 winner be announced in the draw and awarded or multiple winners will be awarded ? ;)
Only one winner ... unless anyone else wants to sponsor a second prize :)
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Yeah, as long as you ticked the box (at the end of the survey) 'I took part in the 2011 Survey' you'll be entered in the draw
I tried. I ticked the box and entered my info, but it kicked it back saying you already had that address on file. Hope it works out. Either way, the info is even more useful than the prize :D
yeah, me too.. I was wondering the same thing. :)
Same for me. I took the survey from the e-mail received, ticked the box at the end and got the same message as above.
If you are already in the mailing list, when you get 'kicked back saying you are already on the list' make sure you click 'update your information'. You will then be send an email so you can check the 2011 survey box. If you don't think you did that, you can do it by visiting this page again
[url]http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html[/url] ([url]http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html[/url])
thanks, that worked. :)
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Interesting survey Mr Leaf. Will only 1 winner be announced in the draw and awarded or multiple winners will be awarded ? ;)
Only one winner ... unless anyone else wants to sponsor a second prize :)
No problem :)
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If you are already in the mailing list, when you get 'kicked back saying you are already on the list' make sure you click 'update your information'. You will then be send an email so you can check the 2011 survey box. If you don't think you did that, you can do it by visiting this page again
[url]http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html[/url] ([url]http://microstocksurvey.com/thankyou.html[/url])
thanks, that worked. :)
Worked for me too. Thanks!
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Interesting survey Mr Leaf. Will only 1 winner be announced in the draw and awarded or multiple winners will be awarded ? ;)
Only one winner ... unless anyone else wants to sponsor a second prize :)
BH Photo and some other sites should be sponsors here. I've spent quite a bit the past couple years. How about breaking out your five fingers of fury and doing some cold calling Leaf!? ;)
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Interesting survey Mr Leaf. Will only 1 winner be announced in the draw and awarded or multiple winners will be awarded ? ;)
Only one winner ... unless anyone else wants to sponsor a second prize :)
BH Photo and some other sites should be sponsors here. I've spent quite a bit the past couple years. How about breaking out your five fingers of fury and doing some cold calling Leaf!? ;)
Yeah, perhaps I should look more into that in the future or for another time. I did get B&H to sponsor a prize once for MSG, and perhaps they are willing to do it again. There must be other companies interested as well....
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435 responses so far and counting... Looking great.
Thanks everyone. I haven't looked at checked out any results yet but I am looking forward to the review of the numbers and the first post.
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Hi Leaf, when is the cut-off date? Look forward to seeing the results.
I have completed it a few days ago.
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Thanks for the tip about updating preferences, Leaf. That worked for me as well.
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Hi Leaf, when is the cut-off date? Look forward to seeing the results.
I have completed it a few days ago.
I leave the survey open for quite a while (a few months) but I'll start posting results from the survey in early February.
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If anyone is interested in translating the survey to another language, let me know. I'll happily give credit with a link on the Thank-You page and results blog post to any takers.
It would be great to get the survey translated into Russian as I know there are a lot of Russian microstockers out there.
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they donīt know English?
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they donīt know English?
Well, I would assume most microstockers know enough English to get by, but there are a few popular Russian and German sites that I would guess quite a few exclusively use, or else they may use sites that have a translation for the contributer. There is a very large Russian microstock user base in particular and I would guess they all don't speak great english.
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.. the survey is now also available in German
http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748&lang=de (http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748&lang=de)
Thanks Amos (http://www.fotos-verkaufen.de/)
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.. and now also in Russian
http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748&lang=ru (http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748&lang=ru)
thanks to MerLiN (http://microstocksubmit.com/?lang=en)
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550 responses so far - we are closing in on last years numbers. 10 days to go to get in on the draw for the ColorChecker Passport
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I'll lock this thread now - the results are now public and can be seen here
http://blog.microstockgroup.com/2011-microstock-industry-survey-first-look/ (http://blog.microstockgroup.com/2011-microstock-industry-survey-first-look/)
discussion here
http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/2011-independent-microstock-survey-results/ (http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/2011-independent-microstock-survey-results/)
a total of 709 responses (so far) ... thanks everyone!