Alamy keywording webinar - did you see the announcement?

[geogphotos]

I missed seeing this so assume that others also did.

 

Posted June 19

Hi Everyone,

 

We're hosting a webinar for Alamy Contributors with Clemency Wright, the leading industry expert on keywording for digital media.

 

There'll be advice on proven strategies to improve your image keywording for better discoverability. You will also learn about her new platform 'Make Search Better'.

 

Find out more details and where you can sign up here:

 

Improve your keywording and Make Search Better with Clemency Wright - Alamy Blog

 

The webinar will take place on Tuesday 9th July 4pm - 5pm BST.

 

Places are limited so be sure to book your slot!

 

Thanks

 

Sophie

Edited June 26 by geogphotos

[Harry Harrison]

I remember that Clemency Wright contributed to this thread back in 2019, she obviously works with Alamy to a certain extent, as a consultant I guess.

 

https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/11291-are-there-any-keywording-services-out-there-that-you-would-recommend/#comment-210408

 

[geogphotos]

I thought the above was an old thread but it is dated 18 June 2024.

 

That is not clear when you look at the forum home page which is why I have reposted. 

 

 

The webinar will take place on Tuesday 9th July 2024 at 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM BST.

 

To join live, please sign up here to register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/196087343684912480

Edited June 26 by geogphotos

[NYCat]

The title of the thread is a little misleading. I thought you were asking if I'd seen the webinar and I wondered how I had missed it. It is not until next month. Maybe you should have asked if we saw the announcement?

 

Paulette

[Steve F]

Keywording seminar is live NOW!

[Dave Richards]

Watched it this afternoon. Some useful tips so I’ll be going back over my images to add some additional info as time permits.

[Nick Hatton]

I missed watching it despite being registered, could anyone tell me how to watch it after the event? 

[Harry Harrison]

2 hours ago, Nick Hatton said:

I missed watching it despite being registered, could anyone tell me how to watch it after the event? 

Alamy post here:

https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/17795-alamy-webinar-learn-how-to-improve-your-keywording/#comment-364684

 

[NewYorkitecture]

The keywording webinar was great! Now I have a new problem - paring my list of keywords to no more than 50. 

[Clemency Wright Consulting Ltd]

On 09/07/2024 at 20:03, Dave Richards said:

Watched it this afternoon. Some useful tips so I’ll be going back over my images to add some additional info as time permits.

Hello Dave, thanks for joining us on the webinar last week and I'm really glad you got some useful tips! 

[Clemency Wright Consulting Ltd]

On 10/07/2024 at 13:28, NewYorkitecture said:

The keywording webinar was great! Now I have a new problem - paring my list of keywords to no more than 50. 

Hello there, I'm really pleased you enjoyed the webinar and found it helpful, thanks for coming! Keeping within the limit of 50 keywords is something that gets easier with practice. Focus on relevance and don't forget those Supertags! 

[Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg]

still no link to keywording webinar, right...?
1 am Jul 7, I was probably snoring off the coast of Corfu...

no one is stating specifics of what they learned from it...

can anyone list something significant that they learned??

something that will lift their sales 20%++

[Steve F]

5 hours ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said:

still no link to keywording webinar, right...?
1 am Jul 7, I was probably snoring off the coast of Corfu...

no one is stating specifics of what they learned from it...

can anyone list something significant that they learned??

something that will lift their sales 20%++

 

include both "corporate sponsorship"

as well as "corporate" and "sponsorship" as keywords.

[Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg]

22 minutes ago, Steve F said:

 

include both "corporate sponsorship"

as well as "corporate" and "sponsorship" as keywords.

thanks mate

corporate sponsor ~2800 hits on Alamy

corporate sponsorship ~3000 hits on Alamy

evidencing both are valid, IMO

I only had former so I added 'sponsorship" to my (135) images...

little improvements here there everywhere...

[Steve F]

4 minutes ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said:

thanks mate

corporate sponsor ~2800 hits on Alamy

corporate sponsorship ~3000 hits on Alamy

evidencing both are valid, IMO

I only had former so I added 'sponsorship" to my (135) images...

little improvements here there everywhere...

 

well yes. You also need sponsor, sponsorship, company sponsor, company sponsorship, corporate sponsor, corporate sponsorship, sponsors

 

previous post was about single keywords vs keywords with two or more words in

Edited July 17 by Steve F

[M.Chapman]

56 minutes ago, Steve F said:

previous post was about single keywords vs keywords with two or more words in

Yes I think that's the key point from Steve's example.

Tests show, if a phrase entered in the tags exactly matches the sequence of search words used by a customer, the image is significantly promoted in the results.

 

Mark

Edited July 17 by M.Chapman

[geogphotos]

It would be a lot more straightforward if Alamy told us how their tagging works. 

 

I understand why they don't but then why offer us help in the form of expert advice. 

[Foreign Export]

1 hour ago, geogphotos said:

It would be a lot more straightforward if Alamy told us how their tagging works. 

 

I understand why they don't but then why offer us help in the form of expert advice. 

I agree and in that way we can appropriately keyword images that helps buyers, Alamy and ourselves to put forward images that the buyer will purchase

[Harry Harrison]

I asked a few questions and I'm sure others did as well, hopefully some of those questions will see the light of day in Sophie's review. The time went very quickly, an hour didn't seem long enough and it was clear that Clemency wasn't able cover everything that she had planned, it would have been good to see how she dealt with the 'Optional' tab in AIM for example and she actually said that she wasn't going to be looking at 'Discoverability' which from Alamy's point of view was probably a good thing.

As has been said, the importance of text strings as keywords was covered as were 'Concepts', easy to forget to add those. I notice that when searching in Alamy a buyer will see suggestions come up as they type, including text strings, has it always done that? It can be useful to use those as a starting point where relevant.

[chris warren]

Is there a link to the keywording webinar ?  I was registered but was unable to join at the time.

 

They said it would be shared afterwards

[Steve F]

9 minutes ago, chris warren said:

Is there a link to the keywording webinar ?  I was registered but was unable to join at the time.

 

They said it would be shared afterwards

 

We're still waiting. I'm guessing they're trying to answer everyone's queries too before sharing...

[Tony ALS]

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/196087343684912480

 

Here's the original link.

I just tested it to make sure it still works.

If you register the video is available.

[NYCat]

Thank you. So I wonder why Alamy has not posted a link and those of us who originally signed up haven't heard about a link????

 

Paulette

[Tony ALS]

1 minute ago, NYCat said:

Thank you. So I wonder why Alamy has not posted a link and those of us who originally signed up haven't heard about a link????

 

Paulette

Strange indeed.

[Normspics]

Just posted to YouTube 

 

 

[Alamy]

Hi Everyone, 

 

You can now access the recording to the keywording webinar also here in the announcements page, which contains the answers to the questions that were asked on the call:

 

 

Further conversations about keywording can be continued in this thread.

 

Thanks

 

Sophie