So you dis me first, and then realised it was me, and then dis me again. LOL

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 15:00

I love how you know My Sales Figures

maybe in your twitter account



978 downloads in the first 22 days of February 2012

1296 downloads in January 2012

1590 downloads in November 2011

you have daily reports since Aug 2009 until February 2012

Quote from: tickstock on April 09, 2014, 14:07

http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/infographic-shutterstocks-global-design-trends-2014
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/2013/02/infographic-shutterstocks-global-design-trends-2013/

Best sellers of video, photo, illustration, and vector from 2013:  11,340
Best sellers of photo, illustration, and vector (not including video) from 2012:  13,968

Without even including videos for 2012 the best sellers had 20% less sales than the best sellers from the previous year.  I don't know if that means best sellers are punished or there is something else at work but a 20% decline seems significant especially when Shutterstock had 100 million downloads last year (28% of the total downloads were in 2013).  Average downloads per image in the library stayed at about the same level, maybe even increasing slightly.

That sounds to me like while overall sales are going up (according to SS), best sellers are becoming a smaller proportion of the total mix.  Thus the remaining sales are spread out among more and more individual images and could be a part of the reduction (dilution) of individual income many contributors are reporting.  More images ... greater competition.

SS knows and documents those who Whine and Cry and Bitch all the time and only turn off THOSE galleries while others who Praise SS for all the AMAZING GOODNESS they do get Special Super Duper Advertising to help their sales!

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 14:55

SS knows and documents those who Whine and Cry and Bitch all the time and only turn off THOSE galleries while others who Praise SS for all the AMAZING GOODNESS they do get Special Super Duper Advertising to help their sales!

Mike if we all work hard to produce excellent images which can stand on their own merit,  none of us will need to cling to disingenuous marketing techniques. This marketing technique speaks of desperation.

Quote from: luissantos84 on April 10, 2014, 00:44

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 19:34

Im glad  your my twitter follower
I have a fan
im blushing

you do follow me but I don't follow you, too much photo booth business for my taste

I DO?
Funny thing is, I dont use twitter, dont look at it, very rarely post on it, dont care about it, and think its a childish waste of time
I am glad you are having fun with it
oh by the way do you ever twit anything of any interest?
Sorry but I have no idea

Seems like some people don't understand where this reporting comes from? Or if they do, the criticism of Mike is misplaced?

(I don't use it, I found it would have driven everyone I know to stop following me and watching a steady flow of SPAM from my Twitter account. And Also I don't want to be announcing my sales or income. BUT...)

Look on your SS "Account Settings", it's a added feature of SS.

" Shuttertweet

Automatically promote your images with your Twitter account. Sign up for Shuttertweet and Shutterstock can automatically:

    Tweet a daily summary when work gets accepted. Example tweet:I got 10 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/-----
    Tweet a daily summary of your download stats. Example tweet:I sold 10 images today through @shutterstock! My gallery is here: http://tinyurl.com/-----

All you have to do is add the Shuttertweet application to your Twitter account. Login to Twitter and allow Shuttertweet to post updates to your account. To activate, you must authorize the Shuttertweet application. You can deactivate Shuttertweet at any time. "

So is this, which I also don't plan on using.

" Facebook Connect

Activate the Shutterstock Facebook application and share your achievements at Shutterstock with your friends:

    Post a daily summary when your images or videos are accepted to Shutterstock.
    Post a daily summary of your Shutterstock sales stats.
    Earn referral fees.

Example post:

You can choose to post a summary of accepted images or videos, a summary of your sales, or both. Any traffic from your posts that leads to successful sales will be paid out under the terms of the Shutterstock Referral Program. All you have to do is add the Shutterstock Facebook application to your Facebook account. To activate, make sure third-party cookies are enabled in your browser, then click the button below. You can turn off Shutterstock Facebook updates any time.
Login with Facebook
"

Also as far as I can see, the features are both broken, but people who joined when it was first started can be active. Again, I have no interest in sending endless messages to my friends and followers and people who don't care or have a use for my images.

Quote from: gbalex on April 10, 2014, 01:22

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 14:55

SS knows and documents those who Whine and Cry and Bitch all the time and only turn off THOSE galleries while others who Praise SS for all the AMAZING GOODNESS they do get Special Super Duper Advertising to help their sales!

Mike if we all work hard to produce excellent images which can stand on their own merit,  none of us will need to cling to disingenuous marketing techniques. This marketing technique speaks of desperation.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 10, 2014, 09:23

Seems like some people don't understand where this reporting comes from? Or if they do, the criticism of Mike is misplaced?

(I don't use it, I found it would have driven everyone I know to stop following me and watching a steady flow of SPAM from my Twitter account. And Also I don't want to be announcing my sales or income. BUT...)

Look on your SS "Account Settings", it's a added feature of SS.

" Shuttertweet

Automatically promote your images with your Twitter account. Sign up for Shuttertweet and Shutterstock can automatically:

    Tweet a daily summary when work gets accepted. Example tweet:I got 10 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/-----
    Tweet a daily summary of your download stats. Example tweet:I sold 10 images today through @shutterstock! My gallery is here: http://tinyurl.com/-----

All you have to do is add the Shuttertweet application to your Twitter account. Login to Twitter and allow Shuttertweet to post updates to your account. To activate, you must authorize the Shuttertweet application. You can deactivate Shuttertweet at any time. "

So is this, which I also don't plan on using.

" Facebook Connect

Activate the Shutterstock Facebook application and share your achievements at Shutterstock with your friends:

    Post a daily summary when your images or videos are accepted to Shutterstock.
    Post a daily summary of your Shutterstock sales stats.
    Earn referral fees.

Example post:

You can choose to post a summary of accepted images or videos, a summary of your sales, or both. Any traffic from your posts that leads to successful sales will be paid out under the terms of the Shutterstock Referral Program. All you have to do is add the Shutterstock Facebook application to your Facebook account. To activate, make sure third-party cookies are enabled in your browser, then click the button below. You can turn off Shutterstock Facebook updates any time.
Login with Facebook
"

Also as far as I can see, the features are both broken, but people who joined when it was first started can be active. Again, I have no interest in sending endless messages to my friends and followers and people who don't care or have a use for my images.

Quote from: gbalex on April 10, 2014, 01:22

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 14:55

SS knows and documents those who Whine and Cry and Bitch all the time and only turn off THOSE galleries while others who Praise SS for all the AMAZING GOODNESS they do get Special Super Duper Advertising to help their sales!

Mike if we all work hard to produce excellent images which can stand on their own merit,  none of us will need to cling to disingenuous marketing techniques. This marketing technique speaks of desperation.

Why would you quote me.  I made absolutely no mention of twitter. My post was in response to Mike's comment which I quoted and highlighted in bold.

As for twitter are you just figuring this out? It seems that you are the one who is confused.

Mike is the one who did not understand that his twitter account was reporting his sales. That was Louis's point!

At the time, several years ago Mike was reporting that his sales were higher than they actually were. His own SS automated tweets pointed that out.

Quote from: mike ledray on April 10, 2014, 09:01

Quote from: luissantos84 on April 10, 2014, 00:44

Quote from: mike ledray on April 09, 2014, 19:34

Im glad  your my twitter follower
I have a fan
im blushing

you do follow me but I don't follow you, too much photo booth business for my taste

I DO?
Funny thing is, I dont use twitter, dont look at it, very rarely post on it, dont care about it, and think its a childish waste of time
I am glad you are having fun with it
oh by the way do you ever twit anything of any interest?
Sorry but I have no idea

you have 23 tweets this month already, 2801 tweets in total!

...Twitter is for self centered morons who think everyone has to know what they are up to...