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STOCK PHOTO NEWS no. 5

The First Modern eZine combining Stock Photography and Marketing

March 2001

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CONTENT

* What should a model look like?
* Corbis concentrates on digital pictures
* Ask the experts
* The Image Brokers
* Guest article: A Good Title is a Work of Genius
- By Yanik Silver
* Build a web site for selling
* AltaVista, now only manual submission
* Key wording tool
* Nikon medium format scanner
* More tips

You find the latest earlier edition of the Stock Photo News

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FROM THE EDITOR

First of all, a warm welcome to all our new readers. Last time I told our "older" readers that we had lost 300 subscribers last year due to a server crash. Now we have regained a reasonable number of subscribers. I would like to thank all who have been helpful and recommended Stock Photo News to friends and colleagues. We still need that help, so please continue your nice support! You can still win 10.000 dollars by using Recommend-it!
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WHAT SHOULD A MODEL LOOK LIKE ?

A few years ago people in ads produced for the Danish market should look really Danish. What that meant can be difficult to explain in detail, but my point is, that the advertising agencies tried to match the selected models for the ads to the idea of being seen by the consumers as "really Danish". This has changed dramatically since. Now it seems that the Danish consumers accept models with lets say a Southern European look - plus many others - as well as typical Nordic types. I expect similar changes have happened in other countries which have earlier had a homogeneous population of people like the Danish. In some countries like USA this new situation has more or less been the case all the time. But here other matters related to specific ethnic groups have been in the focus for advertising for many years.
The reasons behind the change in Denmark and similar countries, I can only guess about. But it seems obvious to point to two factors: The Danish population is no longer the traditional homogeneous group of people. Refugees and guest workers from many exotic countries now color the image of the streets and the notion of "people" as such. The other factor might be the heavy influence of television and videos from mainly USA. Commercials from the big multinational corporations are no longer made in special national versions, but the same visual side is used here and all over the world.
These aspects of globalization have consequence for the stock photo researcher and the stock photographer. In general it becomes easier to cover broad markets. That goes for both the user and the producer of stock photos. At least for the photographer and the picture agency this is a great challenge. Good photos with people can be marketed much more broadly. At the same time everyone has the global competitors in his backyard! This is strengthened by the concentration of stock photo agencies (partly covered in earlier issues of Stock Photo News).

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Corbis, the stock photo giant, concentrates on digital pictures

In the last issue I told about the changes in the relationship between the stock photographers and the really big picture providers, partly as a consequence of the concentration of the stock photo industry through take overs (take a look at http://www.stockphotonews.com). Now Corbis, owned by Bill Gates, has announced that Corbis goes totally digital. Corpis boasts a collection of 65 million images, and 2.1 millions are already available digitally. The staff will be reduced with 80 of the total of 1.300, as the change from two lines of photos (digital and traditional) to the concentration on digital will improve the efficiency. Read the full news release here http://www.photosource.com/photoaim/corbis.html


In the latest press release the following is stated under "Corbis® Brings Digital Images to Southeast Asia": Kuala Lumpur Viewing Centre opens, expanding Corbis’ regional reach from KUALA LUMPUR, March 28, 2001 - Corbis® (www.corbis.com), the leading global provider of digital images to both the consumer and creative professional markets, announced today the expansion of its Asian operations with the opening of its first viewing centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Located in Mont’ Kiara, in the heart of the Kuala Lumpur creative circle, this new viewing centre will serve as an extension of the Asia Hub Office located in Hong Kong. It will provide local broadband access and on-site customer service to support Corbis offerings to the local creative professional markets. Clients can take advantage of high-speed connectivity to easily view and download the complete spectrum of commercial, editorial, fine art and historical images.
“ Corbis is dedicated to making it easier for our customers around the world to access high-quality and unique digital imagery,” said Leslie Hughes, president, Corbis Markets and Products Group. “By opening an office in Kuala Lumpur and localising our services for the Southeast Asian market, we are better equipped to communicate with and cater to the needs of our clients.”
The viewing centre is supported by the on-site coordinator, who assists customers in facilitating a fast and accurate search, using the Corbis search engine. Corbis also provides research services via a toll-free customer hotline. The search request is carried out on behalf of the customer and a collection of images is offered based upon the given criteria. Within four hours after the selection is made, the images are downloaded onto a CD and sent to the client.
Also servicing the viewing centre is the account manager, who communicates with local clients on a constant basis, in order to better understand customer needs and build long lasting local client relationships.
“ The Asian creative professional market is well-poised to take advantage of the digital workflow benefits that today’s technology makes possible,” commented Catherine Lee, Corbis’ general manger for Corbis Asia. “Corbis is very excited to be at the forefront of moving the image world into the digital era, and encouraging professionals and editorial departments to expand their mode of business to include the sourcing of images online, whether from their desktop, phone, or at a Corbis viewing centre.”


Watermark Technology for Heightened Security
In delivering digital imagery over the Internet, Corbis recognises the increased risk of theft, making intellectual property protection more essential than ever. In addition to active participation in industry conferences, panels and education programs on the issue, Corbis has also invested in embedded digital watermarking technology – a system that will allow the company to identify incidents of copyright infringement. With the Corbis Copyright Registration Program, the company is committed to providing professional photographers with the best legal protection of their digital copyright to ensure image integrity and authorised usage.
The opening of the Kuala Lumpur Viewing Centre follows the establishment of the Hong Kong regional headquarters in June 2000, and plans are in the pipeline for more viewing centres across Asia in the future. Also in the pipeline of Corbis’ localisation plan are the e-commerce capabilities to include online ringgit pricing – the first such offering in the industry. The viewing centres, in conjunction with the direct online services, offer clients multiple options to find the best images in the shortest period of time.

.... All according to the press release from Corpis.
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ASK THE EXPERTS

Photo District News runs a useful offer with themes for photographers, where you can raise questions. Just now the questions should be related to "Photoshop, scanning, digital imaging, color management, output". You find the entry here http://www.pdnonline.com/forums/experts/index.html and the archieve here: http://www.pdnonline.com/forums/experts/archive.html
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THE IMAGE BROKERS

"The image brokers", British Alamy , are now fully operational for both picture researchers and stock photographers. They have recently signed contracts to deliver pictures from a few established picture agencies and more will come. They claim to have the ambition to be the website of the future with most photos available online in the whole world. For both photographers and picture researchers Alamy is an interesting innovation taking up the competition of the established big stock photo companies.
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A GOOD TITLE IS A WORK OF GENIUS

- By Yanik Silver

That's what Emanuel Haldeman-Julius said about changing the
title of a book to increase sales. And he should know, he's
the guy who single-handedly sold more than 100,000,000
" little blue books" during the first part of the 20th
century (Yes, I said 100 million copies).
His book entitled "The First Hundred Million" gives a rare
glimpse into how to use certain tested title words to
increase your sales. In fact, his book is one of the most
scientific studies of what a title change can do for your
sales.
The most remarkable thing is that Haldeman-Julius simply
advertised his books by title alone. There was no selling
copy, only the title of the book. That's it.
So before you decide on any haphazard title for your next
ebook, manual, ezine article or free report, you might
want to take advice from this savvy marketer.
Haldeman-Julius had a policy in his business - if a title
didn't sell over 10,000 copies a year it was sent to a
place in his office called "The Hospital". Inside the
Hospital he went to work coming up with a new title for
the poorly selling book and re-releasing it. If the revised
title didn't sell, the book went into the 'morgue".
He tells about a book originally being titled "The Art of
Controversy" which never really sold until it was changed
to "How to Argue Logically" and then it leapt up to 30,000
copies. The amazing thing is that nothing else was changed
inside the book, just the title.
And from this "in the trenches" research, Haldeman-Julius
discovered certain title words that could increase the
sales of almost any book when applied. For instance the
words "The Truth About" increased sales for one book
starting its publishing life as "Patent Medicine". This
book by Dr. Arthur Cramp only sold 3,000 copies in 1925
but when the title was changed to "The Truth About Patent
Medicine" it rose up to a respectable 10,000 copies.
Therefore the words "The Truth About" are magical.
Next, he found the words "Life" and "Love" to work well.
Followed by the worn, but still very powerful phrase
" How To". Books with "How To" in the title were almost
always placed at the top of his sales list. Take for example,
the title "How to Psycho-Analyze Yourself" sold 43,000 copies
while a similar title "Psycho-Analysis Explained" sold 5,000
less copies. And the title "How I Psycho-Analyzed Myself"
managed to attract only 13,500 buyers.
What's more, Haldeman-Julius discovered the public was
(and still is) clamoring for facts. So the words "The
Facts You Should Know" proved a big winner.
So how can you apply this information?
Easy!
The way you should use this wisdom from the ages is by
applying it to titles, ebooks, ezine articles, free reports
and your headlines. For instance, if I was a cosmetic
surgeon I'd give out free ebooks like this: "The Facts
You Should Know About Liposuction" or "The Truth About
Laser Hair Removal" or "How To Erase The Years With Laser
Resurfacing". Each of these could almost be a headline by
themselves. That's what you want to strive for because
that's what people want!

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BUILD A WEB SITE FOR SELLING

Many have taken advantage of the web site building facility mentioned in last issue. Ken Evoy´s easy solution to how to create web sites optimized for getting a lot of traffic through the search engines related to specific key words seems to work very well. The system is called Build It and you will find thought provoking information about the whole idea HERE http://contact.sitesell.com/buildit/
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ALTAVISTA, ONLY MANUAL SUBMISSION

The big search engine AltaVista has changed it procedure for submitting sites and web pages. Now you have to do it all by hand, because you have to read a code shown in graphics to be able to go on with your submission. They try to fight the heavy flow of low content doorway pages and the like in this way. Submit your site to AltaVista here: http://add-url.altavista.com/cgi-bin/newurl?
In general it can be recommended to develop your website with strong and focused content for the whole website and page for page. Remember, that only text can be read (together with metatags and ALT tags). This seems to be the only safe way for being prepared for the changing algorithms and practice used by the main search engines and directories. I will get back to these aspects in a later issue of Stock Photo News. The work with your important key words is still very important, keep an eye on that aspect every time you write your copy for the web pages.
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KEY WORDING TOOL

A new and very useful tool has been developed to give you a much better background for your decisions about which keywords to give priority. The free version offers excellent help. Go to Wordtracker and make a test drive. I am sure you will be surprised.
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NIKON MEDIUM FORMAT SCANNER

Nikon now announces its new high performance slide scanner for medium formats Super Coolscan 8000 ED. This is good news for many prepress bureaus and medium format photographers as the Coolscan LD 2000 has already carved its reputation for the 135 mm films as the personal pro scanner. The new scanner will scan at 4000 dpi and be reasonable priced compared to the existing options. Get more information here: http://www.nikon.ca/digital/coolscan_8000.html
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