Micro Tricks & Tips         3 comments

These are some of the tips I’ve picked up along the way that help me earn more microstock money now than ever before. Note: not all these tips will apply to everyone. Some are basic. Like always, take what works and discard the rest.

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This week’s royalty free images of the week theme is Space! I give you the moon, the stars and … what the heck is that?

 Focus On         2 comments

This week is the start of a new Saturday feature on NiltoMil. Today’s focus is on microstock agency Photocase. Photocase accepts more artistic stock images than most agencies and rejects traditional stock.

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Alamy has one of the more creative ways to manage your images in pseudonyms. A pseudonym is the name you sell your images under and is credited by customers.

 Monthly Results         2 comments

June 2011 was a fantastic month here at NiltoMil.  Actually, it was my second best month ever.  Now, for new readers – when I say ever, I joined stock agencies in 2006.  So I’m at about 55 months and though I didn’t really begin stock work until early 2008 (39 months ago) to have my second highest earning month ever is pretty fabulous.
The total for the month, though not another $1k month like February, was $847.04
Highlights for the month include:

BME at 123RF for the 2nd time in 3 months. For …

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Royalty free images of the week. This week’s theme is Texture!

 The Microstock World         1 comment

Five great microstock services including keywording, data tracking and analytics. Includes: Lookstat, Picniche, PicWorkflow, Lightburner and MS Charts.

 The Microstock World         2 comments

DepositPhotos introduces changes in the image search engine. Search can now display the most popular inquiries with entered words and the number of results by each.

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Starting today I’m going to be posting some images of mine and links to my weekly commenters to show designers and image buyers some of what’s out there in our royalty free image portfolios. 
Graphic designers: please remember to bookmark the photographers you like so you can revisit them directly.
This week’s theme is Summer!

Royalty free image: Summer sports image. Goal line of a football field as summer begins tryouts, practice.  Word theme for all ball sports.
Tags: game; leisure; field; football; ball; goal; line; entertainment; athletics; words; sports vocabulary; summer, …

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This month should be the start of summer slowdown but without really doing a lot of new work, I’m up. I don’t know why, really.