Top 10 things microstock agencies say that make photographers roll their eyes

June 12, 2015 Marco | Editor

We’ve heard it all before.

It seems new businesses wanting to enter the stock photo industry don’t do their research very well. Even established agencies roll out these cliches from time to time when they launch something new. It’s always very bold claims about how great their “new” idea or business model is.

This list is an attempt to help new businesses – and let’s face it, existing ones too – to get real with their thinking and their marketing.

We recommend this post be required reading for all microstock agency marketing departments.

So here they are. The top 10 things …read more

Via: Microstock Diaries

Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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