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Apart from running an architectural design company....Photography, Football (season ticket holder at Stoke City), watercolour painting, butterflies (I do a weekly count for Butterfly Conservation during the summer), walking, gardening, nature, travel, wildlife, music, beer..........and sleeping!
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https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/?cid=MCFTSW3MSY2DEUHRECZVAA4UFMLW583VQ4MTCW4L8LTCQ5E2V5L8Y9ZJX8MJKWL7&name=John%2bKeates&st=12&mode=0&comp=1
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Stokie's Achievements
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Measures Again
Stokie replied to ReeRay's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Not working for me again today. "not collected any activity" message for yesterday. John. -
How was your April 2024?
Stokie replied to Michael Ventura's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
16 sales (about average) for $477 (above average) - in fact it's my highest revenue since June 2022! Lowest; $1.16: Highest; $127.77 (x2). My revenue has increased for each of the last 5 months in a row. John. -
Positive Results 2024
Stokie replied to aphperspective's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
2 sales for $127.77 each just popped in! John. -
Tags and keywords
Stokie replied to Brian Vickers's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
As spacecadet says, batch tagging has it's place. I usually batch tag groups of images of the same subject once they have passed QC, just to get them on sale, but usually only generic terms, then go through them later fine tuning my keywords and captions. John. -
Tags and keywords
Stokie replied to Brian Vickers's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Exactly! It's better to get a correct system from the start than to have to go back and amend them later. -
Tags and keywords
Stokie replied to Brian Vickers's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
As has been mentioned, don't try and religiously get to 50 tags. Your captions definitely need some work if your images are to be found. Take image 2WPERMF of a statue of a woman. You haven't got 'statue', 'sculpture' or 'woman' or her name as tags - but you do have 'accommodation', 'boats', 'bird', 'fishing', fishing boats', 'funfair', 'groynes', 'national cycle route 111', 'pubs', 'restaurant', 'rnli' ,'rnli visitor centre', 'sand', 'sands', sandy beaches', none of which are in that image! You also have 'north pier' and 'south pier' - but it can't be both. Adding irrelevant tags will hurt your ranking as someone looking for a fun fair doesn't want to see a close up picture of a woman's statue! Don't take the criticism personally, we are only trying to help you gain more sales! From a fellow Staffordshire resident. Edit: a bit of googling has found; 'Gansey Girl' is a bronze sculpture by Stephen Carvill which can be found on Bridlington Harbour's north pier. That should be your caption, plus possibly Yorkshire, England, UK. plus all those words should be in your tags and those in bold should be super tags. John. -
How was your February 2024?
Stokie replied to M.Chapman's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Distinctly average! 13 sales for $244. Lowest; $1.59: Highest; $63.19 (although a distributor sale). Views and zooms average as well. John. -
How was your January 2024?
Stokie replied to VbFolly's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
16 sales for $206 - a bit low on income. Lowest: $0.36 (x2); Highest $36.78. Views and zooms low, although views seemed to be catching up until measures was broken again. John. -
Refunded infringement
Stokie replied to Phil Robinson's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
If I remember correctly the cleared payment threshold was $100 when I joined in 2007. John. -
How Was Your Dec 2023?
Stokie replied to Michael Ventura's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Sales 20 for $165 - so sales a bit above average and revenue well below (3rd worst for the year). Lowest sale; $0.16 (!): highest; $32.38. Oh well, onwards and upwards to 2024. Happy New Year everyone! John. -
How was your November?
Stokie replied to Betty LaRue's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
13 sales for $184 - both below average. Lowest; $1.53 (x6), Highest; $71.29 for an Alamy instigated infringement. No ASCRL revenue. Only good news is my CTR went from 0.38 on the 1st. to 0.77 on the 29th. John.