Tag Archives: stock

Welcome to 2012 – picNiche State of the Union

By bobbigmac | Published: December 31, 2011
[Translate] Here we are heading into 2012, and with picNiche heading for 4 full years it’s looking like an exciting one to come To mark the new year, I figured it would be a good time to talk a bit about what makes up the entire suite of ‘picNiche’ now, to brag a bit about [...]
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Technology & Stock Photos with Dreamstime’s Serban Enache

By bobbigmac | Published: May 24, 2011
[Translate] I thought I’d posted this interview earlier, so aplogies to picNiche readers and to Serban for not posting this sooner. An interesting interview by Dreamstime’s Serban Enache on technology and developments in the stock photography industry from Dreamstime’s perspective: Hi Serban. Please introduce yourself for those readers who may not know who you are. [...]
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Online Marketing & The Future of Microstock with Yay Micro

By bobbigmac | Published: January 10, 2011
[Translate] YayMicro.com is an online marketplace where photographers around the world can sell their images directly to customers. YAY offer over 1 million Royalty Free images and illustrations, prices start at $1.50. The site is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Dutch and Norwegian. Japanese, German, French, Danish and Swedish are available as search languages. YAY [...]
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The Future of Stock Photography with Ellen Boughn

By bobbigmac | Published: December 16, 2010
[Translate] Ellen has over thirty years experience in the stock business gained at such organizations as Dreamstime, Corbis, Getty (Stone), UpperCut Images, Workbookstock, The Image Bank and After-Image. She has a deep understanding of all stock photo markets including right’s managed and microstock. Ellen is a frequent speaker at PhotoExpo, CEPIC and UGCX, a member [...]
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The Future of Stock Photography with Pixmac’s Vita Valka

By bobbigmac | Published: December 14, 2010
[Translate] Hi Vita. Please introduce yourself for those readers who may not know who you are. Well I’m a designer from Prague. To have some fun I’ve changed sides the other day. Now I’m thrilled to be the head of the most innovative microstock agency. I love media and the meta language of it. You’re [...]
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Great Subjects to Increase Microstock Sales

By bobbigmac | Published: November 8, 2010
[Translate] This is the report of some of the best niches revealed from searches on the picNiche stock photo analysis-engine during the last month (October 2010). I also have entries below for the high picNiche rated searches among people using The Ultimate Free Stock Photo Search addon for Firefox and for Chrome. These results are [...]
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The Big Guide to Improve Microstock Workflow

By bobbigmac | Published: October 31, 2010
[Translate] A few times a week I receive questions from microstock photographers who have discovered the picNiche toolbar, wondering about how they can make the whole microstock process better. As an experienced computer user (and coder) there are a lot of things I often take for granted about ‘the microstock workflow’, which others sometimes miss [...]
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What to Shoot for Stock – Double-Whammy!

By bobbigmac | Published: October 1, 2010
[Translate] This is the report of some of the best niches revealed from searches on the picNiche stock photo analysis-engine during the last month (September 2010). I also have a new special addition to the niche list this month of most popular searches among people using The Ultimate Free Stock Photo Search addon for Firefox [...]
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StockPhotoFeeds.com RSS Feeds and Free Stock Photo Finder Firefox Addon

By bobbigmac | Published: August 24, 2010
[Translate] Today I’m launching my latest picNiche-related project: StockPhotoFeeds.com StockPhotoFeeds has two main services: The ability to subscribe to RSS feeds of image-searches across 5 microstock agencies and on SXC.hu free stock photo library. A firefox addon to search among hundreds of millions of free images across over 200 websites. It’s taken a lot of [...]
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Microstock Stock Photo Ideas that Sell

By bobbigmac | Published: August 16, 2010
[Translate] This is the report of some of the best niches revealed from searches on the picNiche stock photo analysis-engine during the last month (July/August 2010). If you want your microstock portfolio to sell more images, and so make more money, you should produce some images on these topics for addition to your portfolio. All [...]
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