Guest Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I'm so excited – I just got my seventh view! Okay, okay. All you grizzled and gnarly old togs out there are variously snorting, laughing, yawning, examining your nails, rolling eyes, expressing utter disdain, feigning utter disdain, and throwing rotten veg in this direction. But it's ground breaking stuff for me - seven views! You wait until I get an actual zoom. (Sales, we won't mention) If any other noobs want to pitch in, feel free (first view/sale/zoom/CTR/massive sale/OBE/etc) – oh, and you big guns can as well, but it better be good – Leonardo da Vinci good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thank you, young sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Parr Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Congratulations! I have been submitting photos since the end of August and have a whopping 40 views. Still not much, but any day that the number goes up I go into the measures tab and look to see exactly what they looked at and how it was searched. I'm still waiting on zooms or sales as well, one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I'm loving the enthusiasm!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Hopefully this thread will put the "100k" and "ceiling" threads into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 You're making me feel nostalgic... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Wait until you get that first sale and feel like running through your neighborhood shouting about it. I remember that feeling. Nothing like it. You actually feel like a bonified photographer. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Just now, Betty LaRue said: Wait until you get that first sale and feel like running through your neighborhood shouting about it. I remember that feeling. Nothing like it. You actually feel like a bonified photographer. Betty Oh, you guys are never going to hear the end of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I looked at your baby African Gray parrot tags. There are two birds. Yet you only have “baby African Gray parrot” as a tag. Add “parrots” in another similar phrase. Then you need to add the scientific name. I often have searches using only the scientific name. (Wikipedia is your friend) Your image won’t be seen at all in those searches. Also use “African Gray” “African Grey” because a lot of people are unsure which spelling to use. Including me, and I own two of them. Go through your tags and add plurals to a singular image, and singular tags to your plurals. Alamy doesn’t do stemming. So “woman” also needs “women,person,persons,people” Add ethnicity if you know it, like Hispanic,Caucasian, etc. Tagging is half the game. Do it right, and you’ll have more views, which may lead to zooms, and the ultimate, sales. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thanks Betty, I admit my tags are rather "quick and dirty"; noob enthusiasm is currently driving location photoshoots, uploads and admin, very much in that decreasing order of effort (always been bad on admin, but like my flappy incompetence, I'm working on it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Atko said: Oh, you guys are never going to hear the end of it! Just don't forget that there's a tradition on this forum that you buy everyone a drink on your first sale. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Atko said: Oh, you guys are never going to hear the end of it! I'm right with you Atko, I've had lots of views and a couple of zooms but no sales yet. Be ready with a high 5 when we do. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 24 minutes ago, Inchiquin said: Just don't forget that there's a tradition on this forum that you buy everyone a drink on your first sale. Alan Will this do? 🍾🍷🍻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I too can't wait for you to announce your first sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, Tony said: I too can't wait for you to announce your first sale. .......in a year or two with your current size of collection. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 The title of this thread should be renamed, "I'm dreaming of a zoom" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Remember than Alamy is primarily an editorial agency. Try to photograph with particular markets in mind -- e.g. travel magazines, textbooks, etc. Chances of seeing a sale will be greater if you do. Alamy Measures (All of Alamy) can help you determine what buyers might be searching for in Cyprus. Also, things are looking a bit sleepy in Cyprus these days. This is not a bad thing, of course, but I'd be inclined to include more people in your images, especially the village shots. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 If your avatar is representative of your reaction to views, then you will need to update it when you get your first sale. that said , keep uploading and pay attention to keywording properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Atko said: I'm so excited – I just got my seventh view! Okay, okay. All you grizzled and gnarly old togs out there are variously snorting, laughing, yawning, examining your nails, rolling eyes, expressing utter disdain, feigning utter disdain, and throwing rotten veg in this direction. But it's ground breaking stuff for me - seven views! You wait until I get an actual zoom. (Sales, we won't mention) If any other noobs want to pitch in, feel free (first view/sale/zoom/CTR/massive sale/OBE/etc) – oh, and you big guns can as well, but it better be good – Leonardo da Vinci good. I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Quote I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking. I read somewhere that lowered expectations is the secret to happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 4 hours ago, ACC said: Will this do? 🍾🍷🍻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 There's probably a year's worth of Alamy sales there. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlMillerPhotos Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I remember my first sale... I almost had a stroke! I think I was a member for about a year before I got up enough nerve to upload my first batch of images. And about another couple years before my first sale. I've had 3 sales this year (4 last year) so I'm just getting started as well... don't give up! Keep shooting and keep uploading!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky allum Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Can anyone tell me what you can click on to see what photos of mine were viewed, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, vicky allum said: Can anyone tell me what you can click on to see what photos of mine were viewed, In your dashboard, click on Alamy Measures, which will show your CTR graph. Click on 'Your Images' and it will give you a table of your pseudonyms . Click on each pseudonym to see what was viewed in your portfolio. You can change the date range, going back up to one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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