wiskerke Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 14 minutes ago, losdemas said: ? ? Never hurts to dream! Well some of the competition do this. Some also allow images already on the system to be attached to a brief. Would be very easy to do with a shared lightbox. Now before those dreams run really wild: said competitors are not selling a whole lot. Albeit at higher prices both net and gross than here. Sometimes clearly to the same clients. The only way this could ever be viable, is to run it with as few people as possible. One fte is probably already too much. Maybe add an intern. wim edit: lay out ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 by drone would be OK too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 A related question - if one does upload some of the photos that are being requested, should alamy be contacted to let them know that you now have some available? Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 4 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: I would like to be informed at a leisurely lunch at one of the nicer restaurants in Dumbo near your Brooklyn office. Me too Glad you'll be doing more with letting us know what buyers want. Always helpful. I voted for email but I like the idea of email and a thread on the forum. I'm on twitter but like many here rarely see Alamy's tweets unless I search for them specifically. Thanks! I'm assuming Edo is tongue in cheek, but will you ever do another get-together at the office? I went to one years ago and I got lots of good info. It was great to meet folks in person to get an idea of your process as well as how buyers thought. Things have changed so much since then - I think it was in late 2010 or early 2011 - it would be interesting to get a new perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSmith Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I know this is a year old, but if anyone from Alamy is still monitoring it. When you put out the picture needs list they should be accompanied by info on the number of requests that were made for that subject. No need to have 100's of people chasing a subject that has only been requested one time for a $19 use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Email please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 So, email won by a country mile, Twitter came last, and they use Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Through the forum, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I don't tweet. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 This was a year ago. I'm guessing the choice has been made, regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Avpics said: This was a year ago. I'm guessing the choice has been made, regardless And STILL we haven't heard anything. As I don't twitter I assume Alamy have continued with that platform. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: And STILL we haven't heard anything. As I don't twitter I assume Alamy have continued with that platform. Allan Correct. I assume that even though you don't use it, it's visible down the right side of your dashboard Allan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I voted 'email', but actually 'in the forum' (maybe in a private area for contributors only) would be better if I was already away from home. (I don't have my main email on my phone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad Norfolk Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Email please. Don't use Twitter. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthera tigris Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don't use twitter as well so never see them. If theres a continuation to use twitter can the post just be posted in a forum category here as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Panthera tigris said: I don't use twitter as well so never see them. If theres a continuation to use twitter can the post just be posted in a forum category here as well? Is the Twiitter feed not visible on your dashboard (right hand side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenza Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 e-mail, without doubt it is the road that allows a quick visualization and possibly a more immediate answer lorenza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don't do twitter, but I hear daily about an unfortunate buffoon who does. I certainly don't want to go anywhere he goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Would prefer e-mail as well, but I think this one year old thread doesn't help the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 losing the plot a bit; I failed to notice this poll was most of a year old. I still don't do twitter but THE GREAT LEADER seems to surpass himself daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLuxx Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Dedicated forum thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hi Everyone We have been working on a way to send more relevant picture needs to our contributors (e.g. Travel photographers will mainly receive travel pic needs). The emails are back from today, but only for contributors that have collections with relevant content. We are putting lots of work into improving this and we will have more information to share with you soon. Meanwhile, you can also keep up to date on our blog if you don't use Twitter. A few contributors have mentioned that they wish we could give more information as deadlines, and how many customers that have requested the specific topic and so on. To explain how we work, all picture needs have been verified and are listed as content that are either completely missing in our collection or content that is out of date. When filling a gap in our collection, even if it's too late for the original customer request, this specific topic will now be available for the next customer who comes along (and don't forget, your images will be one of the very few) We often see the same requests come in year after year, and we have already seen some really good sales made from pictures uploaded as a response to our tweets! Thanks Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thank you for your response Alamy. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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