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Title: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: leaf on February 10, 2012, 07:38
The results have been tabulated for the survey.. and can be read here
http://blog.microstockgroup.com/2011-microstock-industry-survey-first-look/ (http://blog.microstockgroup.com/2011-microstock-industry-survey-first-look/)

If you haven't filled out the survey yet (shame on you), do so here
http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748 (http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=55748)
Title: Re: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: michealo on February 10, 2012, 07:44
Nice job, interesting info
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Post by: ShadySue on February 10, 2012, 07:45
Very interesting: thanks for letting us participate, brunching the figures and sharing the results.
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Post by: nicku on February 10, 2012, 07:50
Interesting results. IS is on a down trend and SS in rising more and more. the other big agencies are say the same.
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Post by: gostwyck on February 10, 2012, 08:16
Brilliant work Leaf. Many thanks.
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Post by: Anyka on February 10, 2012, 09:11
Super! thanks!   I not only enjoy reading the results, I also like participating in it.
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Post by: gemmy12 on February 10, 2012, 09:17
awesome.. great work Tyler ! Thanks to you, Jim and Gerome !
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Post by: Jo Ann Snover on February 10, 2012, 10:21
Thanks for organizing and putting this together Tyler.

One small note for next time you edit it. The heading "Did your microstock income increase or decrease in 2010?" I think should have been 2011.
Title: Re: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: Mr. Stock on February 10, 2012, 11:38
Great info, thanks. My only question is, one of the respondents makes 900,000 per year, how much does that one figure skew the average income results? It would seem to me that one figure would skew the results a lot from a relatively small pool of respondents, around 700.
Title: Re: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: leaf on February 10, 2012, 11:46
Great info, thanks. My only question is, one of the respondents makes 900,000 per year, how much does that one figure skew the average income results? It would seem to me that one figure would skew the results a lot from a relatively small pool of respondents, around 700.
If that person is removed the average is reduced by $1000.  That number does look high, but I didn't remove it because it IS possible.  (I removed a couple responses that were obviously bogus, like earning $10,000,000,000).  The next amount down is 585,000, then quite a few people in the 200,000 range.  So $900,000 does follow the curve and isn't that far out considering the number of people earning over $100,000

One small note for next time you edit it. The heading "Did your microstock income increase or decrease in 2010?" I think should have been 2011.

Thanks.. fixed
Title: Re: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: Noodles on February 10, 2012, 16:21
When I got to the end I was disappointed there wasn't more to read. Awesome job Tyler.
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Post by: lisafx on February 10, 2012, 18:05
Great job Tyler!  Very interesting results.  Thanks again for putting all the work in to this :)
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Post by: rubyroo on February 10, 2012, 18:14
When I got to the end I was disappointed there wasn't more to read. Awesome job Tyler.

Ditto!

Great stuff Tyler.  Thanks so much for all the work you put into this.
Title: Re: 2011 Independent Microstock Survey - Results
Post by: janecat on February 12, 2012, 22:35
really great thanks