John Mitchell Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Top 500 is very nice but… I think it would be to everyone's benefit, including Alamy's, to put all of the top 500 in the CREATIVE division, and at the top of the image sort order. Then being in the top 500 would have more significance. It could be a reward for doing well, and give number 501- 30,000 a real incentive to do better. Personally, I'm not a fan of the "carrot on a stick" way of doing things. I'm also not sure what "doing better" means. It sounds a bit like grade school to me -- e.g. "Sally has not been working up to her potential this term. She needs to apply herself more if she wants to do better." That said, it would be interesting to know if landing in the "Top 500" has any real benefits attached to it -- e.g. improved ranking, shorter sojourns in the Sin Bin Inn, free beer at the Alamy pub for three months, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Palmer Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Something to which I can aspire...congratulations to all that made it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Second quarter in a row. I'm sure Red Snapper didn't get one because he's so far ahead of everyone that it just would seem ludicrous to include him. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Andison Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Top 500 is very nice but… I think it would be to everyone's benefit, including Alamy's, to put all of the top 500 in the CREATIVE division, and at the top of the image sort order. Then being in the top 500 would have more significance. It could be a reward for doing well, and give number 501- 30,000 a real incentive to do better. Wouldn't work. What happens if the top 500 were Editorial or News or they had a few real good sellers but the majority of their images were not "Creative". It would just kill off the Creative category altogether if you lumped all their work in together. You would then have people saying, "How the hell is this in creative" :-) Edit. Creative does not just mean "Good Image". You can have a superb Editorial / News shot that would not be used as a creative image within advertising due to the lack of MR or PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yup, I'm honoured yet again! Dare I say heaven help how the non-Top 500 are doing?????!!!! I have to say though that it makes a pleasant change from when I was in a "proper job" and I never got any praise or promotions....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 At the end of the day the only measure that matters is cash in the bank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov makabaw Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Finally joined the club. Hopefully this will not be the last time. dov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Finally joined the club. Hopefully this will not be the last time. dov Good for you, Dov! kumar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Me too, and for once, I can understand why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Me too, and for once, I can understand why. The Bank of England bought one of your designs just in case? ;-) wim (who thought about doing one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D700 Doug Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I got in again and I must say it comes as somewhat of a disappointment, my sales have been bad ( what I consider bad anyway ) if I am in the top 500 sellers then there are real problems with the industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I got in again and I must say it comes as somewhat of a disappointment, my sales have been bad ( what I consider bad anyway ) if I am in the top 500 sellers then there are real problems with the industry I always pray that I'm #499. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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