Upload strategy and updates
Posted by mattantonino | Posted in Agencies, N2M, business, education | Posted on 07-06-2009
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My upload strategy of late has been momentum.? I think if we upload consistently rather than doing Power Week then nothing, we’re going to be better with sales and have a better acceptance ratio.? So far that has proven to be true.? I am now almost a full week into this consistent strategy and what I’m finding is that sales on SS, DT and SXP are rising.? Fotolia always takes awhile and BSP/123RF don’t sell enough to notice trends yet.? This consistent approach is also good for my portfolio.? Let’s take a look at where I was/am as an update.
- Shutterstock 1/1 – 1441
- Shutterstock 6/7 – 2395
- Dreamstime 1/1 – 1570
- Dreamstime 6/7 – 2346
- Fotolia 1/1 – 646
- Fotolia 6/7 – 1696
- StockXpert 1/1 – 1365
- StockXpert 6/7 – 2758
- Bigstock 1/1 – 1540
- Bigstock 6/7 – 2857
5 full months of uploading has nearly doubled my gallery on many sites, +700 or 900 new images on many other sites.? However, I’m nowhere near where I need to be on images, sales or earnings to get what I want.? So this change, along with some other new things I will be doing, will hopefully get me closer to goal.
So from now on, I’m uploading 25 a day 5 days a week, every week.? I think 500 new approved images a month is going to have to be a “good enough” goal.? If I can manage that, by the end of this year I will have 3500 new images or over 5000 on every site (except IS of course!)
Another goal that will happen this month – I’m adding at least a couple batches to DeepMeta for Istock, submitting more to Fotolia and trying to create some images that may sell better than things I have now.? We need to improve out quality to keep up with the best in this business!
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I do exactly the same, i went shooting, after that i divide when a few folders, then keywording all or just one folder, then upload, the day after i do the same, i never put too many files at once, i like to know the photos and what enter or not in the different agencies..! newbie here… (but i do this)
cheers and good week
sorry for posting again, i am now uploading the 10 photos in veer..!
lets see
What I’ve been doing is uploading about 5 images a day. As I’m an illustrator it’s not possible to make a lot of files in just one day as each illustration demands a lot of time…
I’ve grown a lot oin my first weeks, but now I see my earnings are stable…they dont grow or decrease even with new uploads…
What a “boost”, Matt! I think this strategy is good, upload regularly to give new strength to the portfolio.
Cheers,
roberto
Hi Matt
Good luck with your latest target. Istock is a pain isnt it. Are you allowed more than 15 at a time? I am stuck on this figure but that is probably because i dont upload much these days anyway.
Liking the new look blog by the way too.
Steven.
Uploading 500 images a month? That’s a number I dream of. Let us know if you manage to reach your goal. It’s quite high I think, but I wish you good luck.
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Just wondering whether your strategy is right, it seems like an awful lot of work for not a lot of return.
If I were you I would look at boosting the acceptance rate and salability on IS, I think if you can do that you can make the massive leap forward you want to.
Otherwise its the old “doing the same thing, expecting different results” ie a road to madness
@Luis – your strategy is similar to mine. I will explain my “25 folders” strategy soon on the blog. It’s been great.
@Augusto – yes, illustrations are definitely a different strategy/number because of the time to produce. When I’m cranking for a full day I can do about 200 new stock images in a day. I know illustrators would love 20-50.
@roberto – thanks for the comment and the tweets!
@steven – no, I’m stuck with the lowest IStock limits because ISuck. LOL I KNOW I need to care but it’s hard to work up the giveashit.
@Robert – yes, 500 a month would be a huge jump for my folio (and hopefully earnings). If I can increase $100-200 a month, I’m always happy. More than that is cake.
@anon – you should’ve signed! I ain’t mad at ya. You’re right – who knows if I have the “right” strategy. I have the ability to produce a LOT of decent images fast. I’m not setup to produce the super-high quality stuff I need to. My strategy is slightly different – it’s to produce volume now, earn with that, and use those earnings to produce even better shoots. As far as IStock, I DO need to make a massive jump with them as well. But a few months ago I submitted 40. My gallery went up 13. That SUCKS. If I could submit more salable stuff to Istock of course that would help me but if I waste a lot of time trying to please the IStock Gods, where do I get the time to please the ones who already like me?
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Regular submissions work for me, but my goal is just to have 100 pictures accepted by SS and DT and use all upload slots for IS. That plan doesn’t work for DT lately, but sales there are OK.
hi Matt
I was reading this post with surprise, becasue in fact I did this very strategy last year!
From my experience, seeing that you are determined to do it full time and with the right amount of energy, you will succeed. I can assure you that usually growing the size of portfolio bring inevitably a growth of earnings.
The proportion of the growth is then obviously depending on the commercial quality of the images.
But I think you will do just fine. Good luck!
hello:
I see you allready have a very big portafolio, but your earning are not that good for the amount of images you have on-line, if i where you o would concentrate more on quality or sales potential, becouse seem to me you are doing a great effort and investing a big amount of time just for very low reward.
I think trying to achive so many images is a week is just distracting you from what should be you real goal, that is to achive a good revenue per image.
That?s just my two cents of course.
Good luck!!
Just a thought: What if having a lot of photos that do not sell lower your ranking on some sites and that continue uploading don’t change it much…. ?