Procedures To Improve Chances Of Licensing Images

Posted on 10/29/2012 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (3)

The buyer’s panel at the recent Picture Agency Council of America (PACA) conference in Chicago offered a number of ideas for ways individual sellers and stock photo distributors might adjust their search, delivery and pricing procedures to improve the chances of their images being chosen and used.

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  • Todd KlassyThis is a great article. Well done. Posted on Oct 29, 2012
  • Andrea SternThere's a lot of common sense in this. However all the pressure is taken off the clients and put back with the agencies to keep track of things! Posted on Oct 30, 2012
  • Neil PetrieVery interesting to hear from buyers what they like. It sounds like RM is really not a viable model any more!

    Just wondered what you mean by the IPTC header, Jim? Posted on Nov 5, 2012

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