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attracting new buyers
Perrush:
Hi all,
after I joined micro's late summer 2006, I wrote a 26 page article about these stocksites. Main intend was to attract new contributors and earn something that way. (for the link ... those who search will find ;D )
But I've found it always a little strange to attract / motivated new competitors.
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Trying to attract new buyers makes much more sense. First you earn something with their subscription but secondly and most important, they will increase the success of microstocks in general. This is very important for the future of these sites and therefor our future ;D
So I made an article intended to attract new photo buyers.
Of course I don't mind collecting some referral fees, but this isn't my main intention. Proof is that I put ad-words on the article, so fees will be invested in advertising :-[
Why do I post this here ?
I have 2 suggestions / wishes :
OR you guys with websites make something similar as I did
OR promote my article
either way, the idea is to attract more buyers, spread the worth, here we will all benefit from.
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Aren't all buyers already be informed ?
I don't think so.
The main site-developers will surely know these sites. But
- the smaller website developers
- people in europe, asia
- normal people who want a print on the wall
- ...
They certainly don't all know that you can buy a very nice high-res photo for less than $5. So I'm looking for niche area's to promote my article / guidance.
what do you guys think ?
for the record, the url :
http://www.perrush.be/art_buy_stock_images_01.html
(and it's a shame I'm not a website builder >:( )
stokfoto:
just checked your blog and agree with you there seems to be lack of such websites and blogs. and it does sound like beneficiary to all contributers if there were more of them.. formula is simple I guess:the more buyers will mean the more sales ;D
as for referring new contributers, first it sounds like a bit contradictory to invite new seller to the market as in some ways all sellers are competitor.but on the other hand if there were more contributers,it would not only provide the sites with more variety to offer but it would also attract more buyers to look into micro-stock market,in my opinion.
lastly,thank you for your efforts to create such a websiteand mentioning in on the forum.as you say we will all benefit from such an activity.
wysiwyg_foto:
Let me play devil's advocate, and I'm sure many will not agree with me on this but I'll throw it out so others can think about it.
Why should I promote a stock agency that I pay (through commission) to promote me? I see this constantly at various sites - improve your rank in the search engines or promote your portfolio. What in the world is my commission paying for?
Instead, why not promote my own portfolio, through my own web site, or through Photolibra or through Digital Railroad so that I can get a bigger piece of the pie? I want a 100% commission for my efforts - not 20% or 50%.
There's a reason iStock is so popular with contributors despite they only pay out 20% commission - it's because they promote themselves to death (with the 80% they keep) and use that money to represent their contributors. That's what I pay them for and that's what they're good at.
In short - "No Taxation Without Representation" (sorry, that's my opinion as an American). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation
wysiwyg_foto:
After posting the above...I thought I should also add to my comments.
Rather than spending time and money creating blogs and links to my agents (that I'm paying to represent me), why not invest in a ktools template (http://tinyurl.com/ynn85a) and let them host it for $50/month and then promote that site, with your own work...so you get 100% commissions? Does the template look familiar? There's a reason for that ;)
I know I'll get called on this ;D ...my response is simply, I do this to make images and I leave the marketing to those that are good at the marketing (I'm not good at that aspect of the business).
Perrush:
not much response here ???
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Well let's give it a kick with saying I redid the layout. Should look more profession this time.
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