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Permalink Comments (15)26 November 2008 at 13:43 by James AllsworthPosted under News
Alamy held a contributor event on the 7th of November in London and we are now happy to present the video, for all of you who were unable to make it there in person.
The format this year was a little different to previous years, with a short presentation from CEO James West and an extended contributor questions and answers session. We'd like to thank all of you who attended.
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James, do let us know when you make your first alamy sale ;)
Thank you very much for sharing the video from the event with us. This is second best for being there.
Now I know why Alamy are a bit slow with development, they have no-one breathing down their necks! :) James's elaboration on the "5% for change of strategy" was reassuring, I wish the team luck in their US task.
Thank you again Alamy for providing the video's. I found them very interesting and have answered many questions that I had. Best wishes, Tony.
Thankyou for making this video available, have enjoyed listening to the future changes.
Thanks for the videos. To be honest I didn't end up feeling very inspired. It all seemed a bit flat and tired to me. But I'm grateful all the same. The promise of bulk tools in Q1 2009 is the best bit of news. Ian Murray
The meeting shows lots of good news! I would like to be there... I'm looking forward to have the chance to be there next year. Thanks for sharing and best luck for your projects (they are benefitial for all of us!!) Warm regards from Spain.
I'm one of the 21% of contributors from the USA. Glad to hear of more marketing efforts here!
ah Novel Use was ... "disappointing" .. hm well i told you so! and embarrassing more likely eh? the USA office is good news and long overdue an untapped massive market i cant wait when Alamy is up and running in the US. anyway i came away feeling quite positive after viewing the video's and especially the new simplified payment system for the new 60/40% that starts in Jan 09. it looks like i will actually see 60% of a sale now this without all the little deductions that bring it down to 60% anyway? James no sales lol! yea its harder than it looks and sounds isn't it. all in all im looking forward to yet another good year in 2009 with Alamy Michael A Thompson
Thanks you once again for giving us unable to attend the opportunity of hearing about the future developments which all sound of positive help. It is good to hear that you now appreciate the hard work it is for us as you have now dipped your toes in as contributors - its very depressing not having zooms isn't it?
Alamy, James. Well done and thanks. I know of no other media company whose CEO is willing to give straight answers in face-to-face, unrehearsed QA sessions with its suppliers. Bravo!
Hi & thanks for the videos, I have a request: Please can you add further detailed information on the Alamy web-page for the 'Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programme' subjects: 1. Funding for seeding projects in Kerala, India. 2. Investment in videoconferencing technology to reduce travel between our offices in India and the UK. 3. Energy reduction targets to be included in the objectives of managers where relevant. 4. Sourcing electricity from renewable sources where possible. http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography-green-policy.asp Kind regards Steve Atkins
James, you are talking about being disappointed about the progress in the commercial market. How about stopping to consider US travel brochures as editorial and charging appropriate prices! Photographers in the US are getting up to 10 times more money by selling to the client (travel industry and their designers) directly!
Hi James and the rest of you at Alamy! Thank you for providing this feed online. For those of us not able to attend it really does give us some insight into what you guys are all about. I found it informative and also appreciated your frank answers to questions. You touched on the obvious point that photographers and agencies are keen to know how they measure up against the competition and whether efforts put into improved keywording are rewarded by more sales. I would therefore welcome some feedback along the lines of the percentiles indicator you mentioned, or anything which gives a measure of how we perform against some benchmark (say the average). It’s also a pity that you didn’t cover the “so who is making money out of Alamy” question as you did last year because that is obviously another way of benchmarking ourselves (and tempering our expectations). Good luck with your foray into the USA – Venture forth and conquer!
YES! "Single Image Alamy Rank". That would be awesome :-) That makes perfect sense. This would greatly improve things on Alamy for the buyers and the photographers.