| Stock photography is photography to be kept in 'stock' | | | | great way to get traffic and free publicity for your |
| for business and business owners to purchase for use | | | | photos. You can find them both online and off, and are |
| in promoting their business. They're everywhere and | | | | also a great way to network with fellow |
| are looking for images to use on their web sites, | | | | photographers and photo enthusiasts. |
| brochures, advertisements and more. Here are the top | | | | 6. Develop a product line. If you produce captivating |
| 10 ways to sell them YOUR photos. | | | | pictures then use them to develop your own product |
| 1. Sell them on your own web site. Seems almost too | | | | line, a la Cafe Press. From t-shirts to mouse pads you |
| obvious to even point out it's the most obvious place | | | | make available an entirely new way to profit from |
| to start, especially if you have a unique line or niche | | | | your photos that's only limited by the depth and |
| that you work in. Not only will you be able to use the | | | | breadth of your imagination. |
| web site to sell your photos, you can also use the site | | | | 7. Develop strategic partnerships. Get creative about |
| to sell your services and build an ezine and a fan base. | | | | how to sell your photos and develop mutually beneficial |
| 2. Sell them on a Micro Stock Photo web site. Micro | | | | partnerships. Whether it's teaming up with a developer |
| Stock Photo web sites sell images at high volumes | | | | and helping them decorate model homes with your |
| with affordable pricing. Several examples would be | | | | photos or helping the local coffee shop decorate their |
| IStockPhoto, Dreamstime, Fotolia, and Shutterstock. | | | | walls you have tons of local opportunities to get |
| Using Micros Stock Photo web sites is somewhat | | | | attention and make sales. |
| controversial because it drives the prices down for | | | | 8. Use them for barter. Most small business owners |
| some incredibly talented artists struggling to make a | | | | are struggling to make ends meet. One way for you |
| living from their art, but if you're just getting started it | | | | to profit from your collection of photos would be to |
| may be the best marketplace for you. | | | | use them to barter services or products that you |
| 3. Sell them on a Macro Stock Photo web site. You'll | | | | would be paying out of pocket for otherwise. |
| sell significantly fewer pictures on a Macro Stock | | | | 9. Use photo sharing to promote your images. It's only |
| Photo web site but could make $250.00 or more for | | | | whispered about at the water cooler but |
| each photo that sells. Some example of a Macro | | | | photographers are using photo sharing web sites like |
| Stock Photo web site would be Alamy, Corbis and | | | | Flickr to promote and sell their photos. Key to being |
| Getty. Deciding which kind of stock photo web site to | | | | successful at this is understanding what people are |
| use will depend on your skill level, your niche and the | | | | looking for and what key words they're using. |
| policies of the sites that you use. | | | | 10. Start your own stock photo service. If you've been |
| 4. Follow the market trends and strive to be on the | | | | a photography buff for a while you probably have a |
| cutting edge. Styles, trends and demands change so in | | | | fairly wide circle of friends who are, too. Team up with |
| order to make the best money you'll need to | | | | them and pool your resources and sell their photos on |
| understand where trends are going in the stock photo | | | | your stock photography web site, too! |
| market. If you've positioned yourself well you'll already | | | | May not be the easiest thing in the world to build, |
| be in place for trends as they develop. | | | | establish and manage but for online marketing |
| 5. Enter photo competitions. Photo competitions are a | | | | purposes more can be better. |