Stock agency Shutterstock has introduced a new tool designed to help creators better understand and analyze buyer requests.

In the first part of our article series on proper keyword selection, titled “Keywords and Sales: The Importance of Proper Selection,” we discussed issues of keyword spamming, careful selection of keywords, and the correct choice of keywords from the buyer’s perspective.

The correct choice of color is very important. Choosing the wrong color can easily turn a beautiful image into an unattractive one. For example, you might make the sky a bright blue or overly saturated, as if after a nuclear explosion.

It’s always pleasant to participate in contests with enticing prizes, especially when participation doesn’t require any additional time and financial investment. Here’s an announcement for one such interesting promotion.

Today, I am presenting a translation of an article by microstocker Nikhil Gangavane (Thefinalmiracle) on how to achieve 10,000 sales on a stock photo site. You can view the original article on the Dreamstime photobank website at blog.dreamstime.com/2011/06/16/lessons-to-have-10000-sales_art35457.

Social Media has long been recognized as an effective tool for promoting websites and generating significant traffic. It’s no secret that many websites on the Internet receive a large portion of their visitors from social media rather than from search engines.