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I have been chosen by the One2One network to help spread the world about a great promotion by Bounce, which is starting up a Facebook page and in order to kick things off right they are hosting a great contest.  Head over to their site and answer a few questions and send in your advise you want to be turned into a poll.  Everyone that enters will be entered to win two Bounce bars, one for you and one for a friend...a total of 5,000 winners.  I personally think this is a great promotion, so see below for all the details. Bounce asked people to make a choice between sheets or bar, and now Bounce is offering a chance to have millions of Facebook users help you decide on a choice of your own.  Still stuck on the final two baby names?  Need advice on whether to go to Mexico or the Maldives for your honeymoon?  How would it feel to have millions help you decide? Go to facebook.com/bounce, click on " Bounce It Off Millions ” and submit a choice or decision that you’re

I am taking a moment out of our typical photography related post to tell you about Mat Kearney.  I was recently selected  by the One2One network to review his new album titled "Young Love".  Mat has a great fresh sound that I think many of you would like.  He falls under the catagories rock/alternative, but would fit very well in the top 100 hits.  Currently his hit song is "Hey Mama" which even if you aren't a fan of alternative music, check out the follow link to listen to it for free.  My personal option of his music is its very upbeat and entertaining.  Several of his songs have worth my android music player.  Hey Mama rightfully so is the best song on the album, but I also enjoyed "Down" and "Count on Me".  If you really like his music you will be happy to know that he is going on tour next month. Buy the album on Amazon below: Young Love: 1 Hey Mama 2 Ships In The Night 3 Count On Me 4 Sooner Or Later 5 Chasing Th

CanStockPhoto hit a big landmark just after they launched a massive re-branding of their site.  They have had their 5 Millionth image uploaded and approved, which gave the lucky photographer a new mac computer.  They re-branded their site around mid June giving it a fresh look, easier to use interface and updated logo.  If you are new to CanStockPhoto then sign up today and check them out.

Fotolia rolled out their new website layout.  Shortly after announcing their price drop in royalties coming with the new site.  The site does have a cleaner and more user friendly look, which several buyers and contributors should both like.  Some of the new features include refined searching, which now lets you search by price point.  Also they have changed their subscription plans for buyers.  So log in and check it out .

Depositphoto's is rolling out more marketing features to bag some large profile contributors.  Very similar to when they launched their site they are offering features to help bring over your images to their platform.  One of these feature is getting a $0.10 per image, up to 500 images.  Also something I am not as thrilled about is higher positions in search results for large clients.  This is something I am sure several companies do, its just not something advertised.  If you are interested in joining Depositphotos click here.  Personal ranking of the site for me is between 3rd and 5th when it comes to earnings. Depositphotos offers individualized collaborative terms for those photographers who have a large portfolio and would like to upload it to our site. If you are a skilled and talented photographer or illustrator working with different stock photo agencies, and you have a large portfolio ready to upload to our site but no time to spare, we are always ready to assist yo

Stock photography sites continue to race to the bottom when it comes to royalty rates.  Fotolia has announced they are working hard to lower your earnings by dropping the royalty rates.  They are now aligning themselves with iStock , which had a large number of complaints when they lowered their royalties and became one of the more hates sites.  However iStock did not see the large fallout that was talked about and it appears that Fotolia has noticed that.  The biggest hit was to vectors, who royalties dropped almost 80%.  This also marks the second time in one year for contributors to drop in royalties at Fotolia , as they changed their ranking settings in the spring, which dropped several users down on earnings. We've been hard at work for the last few months adding features to make the site more convenient for both contributors and artists. With this latest release, we're also revising our subscription plans to align with what's happening in the marketplace. As a resu

Shutterstock is adding the ability to add key words in other languages besides English.  They do require that you to add a note to the review team on what the words mean in English.  Its a great concept for contributors in other countries, but I wonder if it really ends up being helpful if you still have to describe the keywords in English.  Either way, its a nice feature for them to add.  Full write up is below.  Join Shutterstock here . Shutterstock serves customers all over the world, and we need creative images with global appeal. We have a demand for stock images that show text—such as signs and forms—in all major languages. This poses a challenge, since we can only approve images containing text if we know what the words say. Recently, we instructed our reviewers to begin approving more images with international text, as long as the contributor has included a note explaining all non-English text depicted in an image. What this means for you: 1. As a contributor