So I know alot of you out there submit your work to the microstock photography sites like iStockPhoto and Fotolia. But do you know that one of the biggest ways to drive up your sales on these sites is to ensure that your have great keywords. Ones that will strike meaning in the terms that come to mind for buyers, without this you have very little chance of making any really good money with micro stock photography.
A few days ago I came across a pretty unique key wording tool that I think could help you find and use the right keywords when you are submitting your photos for sale on any of these sites. The tool was made by Yuri Arcurs who is big into micro stock so I think when he builds a tool like this and then releases it to the rest of the community it’s a pretty cool thing and it could be pretty helpful in bumping your revenue up too.
It’s a pretty easy and powerful tool to use, you input a few keywords about your image into the search and it queries the iStockPhoto search API. It will then return you a gird of images that have some of the same keywords but are also popular among it’s customers and you then select a few that closely match your image. Once you’ve done this the tool will automatically build out a list of ~50 of the best keywords you should use for your image when you upload to the micro stock site of your choice.
Check it out here at Arcurs.com
