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Worth the wait     posted on 4th of march, 2012
>This is for all of you DT newbies that are wondering if all of this is actually worth it. When you first start out you upload image after image only to watch your acceptance ratio tank while you try to figure out what the editors will accept. You may start to get a sale or two but nothing you can put in the bank. So you have to dig deep in order to keep forward momentum and not just forget about micro stock all together.

To say that there are ups and downs in this industry is an understatement. When I look at my month to month stats it looks like the Swiss Alps with lots of very high peaks and very low valleys. If, however, I switch to the quarterly stats the picture is much different. I can see quarter to quarter growth in both sales and revenue. Even knowing that the quarterly stats tell me...

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thank you for your encouragement! I am a complete noob, and so its nice to hear that its a big picture perspective, not a day to day thing! - posted by Racheld32 on March 30, 2012
Congratulations!!! - posted by Fantasyart on March 17, 2012
I feel like a newbie and your words make me optimist for the future. Thank you - posted by Libux77 on March 10, 2012

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