Thursday, July 31, 2008

How Much Can I Make?

There is no easy answer to that question. Here are a few things to consider:

1) Your skills
Do you have the skills to create top quality images? This is not only with the camera, but also in post processing.

2) The Market
Are people searching for the images you are producing?

3) Time
Do you have the time to dedicate to becoming successful? It takes a lot. If you are looking to replace your current income with micro stock, don’t quit your day job for years to come.

4) Creativity
You need to find creative ways of expressing ideas.

5) Linguistic skills
Nobody will find your images if you cannot properly keyword them. Key wording is your advertising. You must give accurate keywords to describe your images. Don’t through in words that have nothing to do with the image. This practice will cause your image to receive the reject stamp.

6) Sales
Most sits reword you with higher sales. They will place your images higher in the search results if you have a high acceptance ratio, and a high purchase ratio. Also, as you get more sales and get incremented to a higher contributor level, you will be rewarded. Some rewards include higher commissions, higher set prices, and more exposure.

There are many factors you can control, and many you cannot. Do the best you can with the ones you can control and adjust your imagery to match the market demands.

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