Ed Rooney Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) I was wondering if, at the Birmingham meet, the future of RM at Alamy was discussed? Edo Edited January 19, 2020 by Ed Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Mitchell Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I believe that Alamy has said recently that RM is alive and well, but good question. Oh, to have been a drunken fly on the wall at that meeting. 😙 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 What Birmingham meeting? I only know the Photography show discussed here is still to come. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Allan Bell said: What Birmingham meeting? I only know the Photography show discussed here is still to come. Allan Oh. Sorry. Where was the last meet-up where James A from Alamy attended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: Oh. Sorry. Where was the last meet-up where James A from Alamy attended? Cambridge. 1 hour ago, Allan Bell said: Which you attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 So far today, I've gotten 5 things wrong and it's not even lunch time yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Just now, Ed Rooney said: So far today, I've gotten 5 things wrong and it's not even lunch time yet. Don't worry, it was clear enough what you meant, even to those of us who weren't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 meanderingemu Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 hours ago, John Mitchell said: I believe that Alamy has said recently that RM is alive and well, but good question. Oh, to have been a drunken fly on the wall at that meeting. 😙 oh for any of these meeting attended by Alamy to be not in the UK.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, spacecadet said: Don't worry, it was clear enough what you meant, even to those of us who weren't there. I got lunch right, Mark. 😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Marianne Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Last and only time I met with the Alamy team was in Brooklyn back in 2010. It was super helpful and my sales increased nicely afterwards. I was still a newbie then and it helped al lot. With all the changes 10 years later, it would be great if Alamy set up another NYC meet. I did chat with folks at the PhotoPlus Expo a few years back, but the Brooklyn meeting was a presentation by Alamy's NYC and UK teams, as well as by Alamy customers. Super helpful. Had a zoom today on on one of my RM exclusive to Alamy images. There were 3,300 hits (it was a generic term one-word search) with 12 zooms, so I don't know if it will result in a sale - there were lots of more specific searches the week before that returned other images I took that day but not the one that was zoomed. But hopefully RM isn't dead. I assume that if a customer only wanted RF they'd omit the RM stuff. I uploaded all the images from that shoot - 10 of them - as RM exclusive as a test and fingers crossed they'll sell. It's funny, it was a small out of the way military museum in Connecticut with indoor and even better outdoor exhibits, so I figured that it was unusual enough that if people were searching for it, they might not find much, but the searches where it has come up are all for the same generic item, the locale is unimportant. Just happy I decided on exclusive for this batch. Also nice that people looking for generic terms are searching here and it looks like they tried a lot of ways to find it. Edited January 20, 2020 by Marianne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 20 hours ago, Marianne said: Last and only time I met with the Alamy team was in Brooklyn back in 2010. It was super helpful and my sales increased nicely afterwards. I was still a newbie then and it helped al lot. With all the changes 10 years later, it would be great if Alamy set up another NYC meet. I did chat with folks at the PhotoPlus Expo a few years back, but the Brooklyn meeting was a presentation by Alamy's NYC and UK teams, as well as by Alamy customers. Super helpful. Had a zoom today on on one of my RM exclusive to Alamy images. There were 3,300 hits (it was a generic term one-word search) with 12 zooms, so I don't know if it will result in a sale - there were lots of more specific searches the week before that returned other images I took that day but not the one that was zoomed. But hopefully RM isn't dead. I assume that if a customer only wanted RF they'd omit the RM stuff. I uploaded all the images from that shoot - 10 of them - as RM exclusive as a test and fingers crossed they'll sell. It's funny, it was a small out of the way military museum in Connecticut with indoor and even better outdoor exhibits, so I figured that it was unusual enough that if people were searching for it, they might not find much, but the searches where it has come up are all for the same generic item, the locale is unimportant. Just happy I decided on exclusive for this batch. Also nice that people looking for generic terms are searching here and it looks like they tried a lot of ways to find it. When Alamy attends the Cambridge meet up it is much more relaxed than the organised meeting set up in NYC would have been. You also had the opportunity to speak to more of the Alamy team as well as buyers of images. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Back on track. Personally I think there is still a future fo RM images. I certainly hope so as all my images are RM. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 All mine too, Allan. But if it comes to that, I will change them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: All mine too, Allan. But if it comes to that, I will change them all. If I change all mine RF I will have to trawl around to get releases.😖 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 No no, if you mark them NO Releases, you should be okay. It's the lighter way of saying Editorial Sales Only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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