Tip for Lazy Stock Photographers: How to Know What Sells
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June 22, 2010
The Right Way to Travel
Lazy Days of Summer, Lazy Man’s Tip #2: Use Picniche.com to Determine What Sells
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Dear Reader,
The Lazy Man stock photographer shoots fewer photos and yet sells more...
How can this be, you ask?
It’s simple. After reading our Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography, the Lazy Man knows what sells and what doesn’t. And he spends more time shooting what sells and less on what doesn’t.
Today’s tip describes a handy resource he uses to help determine what’s selling and what he should shoot next...
LAZY MAN’S TIP#2: Let Picniche.com do the hard work for you
Here’s how: Go to Picniche.com and type in any image subject. I tried the words “tourist family Paris,” since Shelly took photos of my family under the Eiffel Tower this year and will likely try to sell them as stock.
Then, hit “Analyse” and Picniche connects to microstock agencies to find out how many photos with those keywords exist, how many people search for them, and how many are bought. Then it gives your subject a rating.
* Under 10 is bad
* 10 to 50 is ok
* 50 to 100 is good
* Over 100 is a niche -- or very good
“Tourist family Paris” got a rating of 527 -- so that photo should do very well for Shelly.
Type in a few photo subjects you have in mind before you go out to shoot... and focus on the photos that’ll sell.
EXTRA-LAZY TIP: Picniche.com will also give you a good list of stock photo keywords to add to your photograph whenever you search for a subject... so you’re being doubly lazy and doubly effective when you use it. It’s the ultimate Lazy Man’s resource. (And it’s free so give it a try.)
-- Lori
Lori Allen
Director, AWAI Travel Division
P.S. Stock photography is a fun and easy way to sell your photos and create a second income stream for yourself and your family. Upload your photos to an online stock photo agency like those listed in our Quick and Dirty Guide to Stock Photography, and your photos can sell to designers, students doing school projects, churches, restaurants, colleges, charities, big companies, musicians, and thousands of other photo buyers.
Upload your photos one time and they’ll sell over and over again...
making you a passive income while you travel, golf, eat out... even while you sleep!
Get started today and you’ll have a stock portfolio set up in just a couple of weeks with the Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography, on sale this week for 20% off.
See our other Lazy Man’s and Quick and Dirty guides on sale this week, or pick up a two-guide combo and save 40%.
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It is coming to you because you are either a member of The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program or Turn Your Pictures into Cash, or you have opted to receive information about getting paid to travel from the AWAI Travel Division.
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Phone (561) 278-5557
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June 22, 2010
The Right Way to Travel
Lazy Days of Summer, Lazy Man’s Tip #2: Use Picniche.com to Determine What Sells
**********************
Dear Reader,
The Lazy Man stock photographer shoots fewer photos and yet sells more...
How can this be, you ask?
It’s simple. After reading our Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography, the Lazy Man knows what sells and what doesn’t. And he spends more time shooting what sells and less on what doesn’t.
Today’s tip describes a handy resource he uses to help determine what’s selling and what he should shoot next...
LAZY MAN’S TIP#2: Let Picniche.com do the hard work for you
Here’s how: Go to Picniche.com and type in any image subject. I tried the words “tourist family Paris,” since Shelly took photos of my family under the Eiffel Tower this year and will likely try to sell them as stock.
Then, hit “Analyse” and Picniche connects to microstock agencies to find out how many photos with those keywords exist, how many people search for them, and how many are bought. Then it gives your subject a rating.
* Under 10 is bad
* 10 to 50 is ok
* 50 to 100 is good
* Over 100 is a niche -- or very good
“Tourist family Paris” got a rating of 527 -- so that photo should do very well for Shelly.
Type in a few photo subjects you have in mind before you go out to shoot... and focus on the photos that’ll sell.
EXTRA-LAZY TIP: Picniche.com will also give you a good list of stock photo keywords to add to your photograph whenever you search for a subject... so you’re being doubly lazy and doubly effective when you use it. It’s the ultimate Lazy Man’s resource. (And it’s free so give it a try.)
-- Lori
Lori Allen
Director, AWAI Travel Division
P.S. Stock photography is a fun and easy way to sell your photos and create a second income stream for yourself and your family. Upload your photos to an online stock photo agency like those listed in our Quick and Dirty Guide to Stock Photography, and your photos can sell to designers, students doing school projects, churches, restaurants, colleges, charities, big companies, musicians, and thousands of other photo buyers.
Upload your photos one time and they’ll sell over and over again...
making you a passive income while you travel, golf, eat out... even while you sleep!
Get started today and you’ll have a stock portfolio set up in just a couple of weeks with the Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography, on sale this week for 20% off.
See our other Lazy Man’s and Quick and Dirty guides on sale this week, or pick up a two-guide combo and save 40%.
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The Right Way to Travel is a FREE newsletter from the American Writers & Artists Inc., available to AWAI members and friends.
It is coming to you because you are either a member of The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program or Turn Your Pictures into Cash, or you have opted to receive information about getting paid to travel from the AWAI Travel Division.
(c) 2010 American Writers & Artists Inc.
245 NE 4th Ave., Ste 102
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Phone (561) 278-5557
Fax (561) 278-5929
http://www.awaionline.com/contact
To LEARN MORE, visit:
http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com
http://www.thephotographerslife.com