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For all of you #cat lovers
Posted by Symzio on Saturday, January 2, 2016
mmm #food… Beans #Soup With Crostini And Chili Peppers https://t.co/buAbxvV7VF pic.twitter.com/ZhZqEFpcvE
— Symzio (@Symzio) January 3, 2016Happy new year everyone! Ready for another twirl around the sun?
I forget to mention, if you believe you’re eligible for the free bundle, send me a PM.
I am starting to send out coupon codes for our giveaway winners. A few of you have already contacted me about it, please check your Symbiostock messages for my response.
Once you receive your coupon code, to claim your free Symbiostock Video + Submitter Bundle, you need to add the bundle to your cart (through the Symbiostock shop) and go through the checkout process using your specific coupon code. Once completed, links to download the plugins will sent to you via email.
If you encounter any problems, let me know. Thank you to all our Symbiostockers who have embraced Symzio – it’s wonderful seeing all your images show up dynamically in the search results 🙂
Set up Symzio’s Tumblr page. Added some image posts with links and captions. Check it out:
Made 2 new pin-boards for Symzio’s pinterest:
A Food Affair:
https://www.pinterest.com/symzio/a-food-affair/The Animal Kingdom:
https://www.pinterest.com/symzio/the-animal-kingdom/Facebook Cover Image & Profile Image
Cover dimensions: 851px wide by 315px tall
Profile Image dimensions: must be at least 180px x 180pxThe importance of your FB cover and profile images cannot be understated. It’s the first two things your FB visitors will look at. So spend some time on them, you don’t have to make them look over-the-top, but making them look professional will work in your favor.
TIP: If you have created a logo for your independent site, try using a a version of it for your profile. It’s very effective in creating your brand and whenever you make a post/reply on your timeline, your logo will show up next to it. When people encounter the same logo over and over, it creates an impression and a visual stamp in their memory.TIP: Instead of uploading any sized image for your cover image, create a cover image that is cropped to the specific 851 x 315 size. It may seem like an unnecessary step, but when your visitors flip through your cover images, them being cropped to size gives off the impression of professionalism because it’s obvious you spent time on it.
Started a Symzio pin board collection called ‘Shades of blue’ on Pinterest:
Create Your Facebook Business PageTo create a Facebook business page, you first need to have a regular Facebook account. It’s pretty easy to signup, steps are described here:
https://www.facebook.com/help/345121355559712Once that’s done, you can make a Facebook page for your independent site. Make sure you name your Facebook page the same as your independent site’s name, so that you are creating a brand for yourself. Follow the steps described here:
https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/set-up-facebook-pageTip: When choosing a business category, I recommend you select ‘Brand & Products’. This seems to be the best option so that your website URL displays on your FB landing page. And then in the sub category choose either ‘Website’ or ‘Camera/Photo’.Tweaked independent site’s facebook page. Added fb post and call to action button linking to independent site’s shop page.
That is awesome! Wonderful! A win for you is a win for all of us! Thank you for sharing Steve 🙂
I understand your sentiments, but we need solid ideas to work with. When you have one, let us know.
I’ve made a thread about the current market situation:
http://www.symbiostock.org/forums/topic/the-current-stock-industry-market/
Hey Antony,
An important aspect about Symzio and the way it works with your Symbiostock site is that you can very easily pick and choose what images you want to sell through Symzio and what images you want to keep exclusively on your independent site. We absolutely still endorse and believe in our independent sites and it’s actually quite clever the way Symzio can be used to your site’s advantage.
As Robin indicated, the pricing set on Symzio was developed after much market research and in terms of the stock agency global marketplace, the pricing system that has been set is globally fit and competitive. The prices are very attractive for customers whilst at the same time provides much greater contributor return (for contributors who sell the same images through existing stock agencies).
However, if you’re a contributor who covers a very specific subject niche, or believe your images require a higher price point, or you simply have a personal preference for charging more, then a great way to proceed would be to choose a very select number of your best images for Symzio and basically use the presence those images provide on Symzio to attract customers to your independent site. If you want only five images on Symzio to establish a presence, then submit only five images – it is totally up to you. And then promote your independent site via your Symzio contributor profile. Symzio contributor profiles link to your independent sites and in your bio you can state that you have exclusive images available on your independent site. Therefore use your Symzio profile to promote your independent site. If a Symzio visitor likes your work and wants more, they have a direct avenue to your personal site.
To include/exclude images from Symzio is easy. You can Bulk Edit/Quick Edit/individually Edit your Symbiostock media and select/unselect the ‘Sell on Symzio’ checkbox. Also look at your Symbiostock > Symzio settings. If the ‘Auto-Include Media’ setting is unchecked, then upon adding new media your stock will not be automatically submitted to Symzio unless you manually add it. If you do want your new images to be automatically included in Symzio then you will need to keep the Auto-Include Media setting selected.
We’ll create a new thread where we can discuss Symzio’s customer pricing scheme and if anyone has constructive suggestions we can analyse all the pros/cons there.