6 Reasons Why Microstock Earning Will be Down in 2015

Microstock sales has been on a declining trend since the middle of 2014. It looks like this dreadful trend will continue to 2015 and more. Below are 5 reasons why this downtrend will continue.

1. The strengthening of US dollar against Euro and other currencies may seems to be positive thing at first. But in reality, buyers are taking a major hit. European, being the biggest buyers of microstock is having a tough time as Euro has hit 11 year low vs the USD. This means, buyers will be buying less stock images because it is much more expensive now. So far, my number of sales has gone down by about 30%.

2. More and more well establish stock factories are producing amazing number of qualities images everyday. To be honest, I am not sure if they could actually cover up the expenses to produce these images given the golden era is over, but this intense competition is not a good thing for lone ranger like us.

3. Another bad news would be iStock HQ is being moved from Canada to USA now. This means, we will have to pay 30% tax to US government if the purchase is being made from USA. Moving forward, I predict my earning will be at least 10% less from iStock now.

4. Stock agencies are getting more and more sneaky by manipulating numbers and playing with their system to benefit themselves more than us, the contributors. Cutting royalties, and introducing confusing sales packages and partners site are some examples of such manipulations.

5. Microstock is now being treated as commodities. The prices are getting hammered due to stock agencies pricing war. Nobody win in this situation, except the buyers. 

6. Smaller agencies such as CanStockPhoto, Crestock, GraphicLeftovers, and GraphicRiver are starting to feel the pressure with lack of regular sales. Inactivity is the scariest thing for Internet business. Check out all the 0 sales for new vectors at GraphicRiver http://graphicriver.net/category/vectors?page=1. It is very demoralizing to see such sight. With the weakening of smaller agencies, bigger agencies will soon take even more control. This is not a good thing.

As a conclusion, I predict 2015 will be a pretty bad year for us. There will be a lot of contributors giving up this year. It may no longer be worthy to be a stock vector artist now. In 2009, you can make $100/month. In 2015, you can only make $10/month with the same images.

Dont Be Fooled

Okay, so Im committing professional suicide here but Ive never done things the way Im supposed to. Meaning, Im like, NICE to people who write to me and Im  not all self-serving and all about the money like a lot of "professional" writers are. I am also writing with 5 kids running around me all day, so that also sets me apart. I dont have time for b.s. so Im going to dive right in. I suppose Im more like a guy in that respect instead of an overly emotional girlie girl.

There is a moderately famous writer who has put out an ebook similar to mine. Im sure hers is more PROFESSIONAL and I know it is half the cost of mine.

Heres what:

1. She has only been published in HALF the mags I have been in.
2. I dont see anywhere in her ebook description that she includes MARKETS.
3. She used to tell her students about MY ebook until I said in an online interview that she was RECOMMENDING IT TO PEOPLE. Okay, she WAS recommending it to people, so why did she get so mad when I stated that fact? She got all into semantics about how she did not ENDORSE my ebook and then basically boycotted my ebook and would not listen to reason. Interesting how my sales dropped dramatically and now she has her own, SIMILAR, product.
4. Why would someone with a successful career teaching expensive online courses in writing (a book at the library is free) and writing books want to infringe on someone elses territory?

You decide because it does not make sense to me.

By the way, Im working frantically on the FIFTH edition of my book, which will be sent for FREE to previous purchasers. Can you say LONGEVITY?!  (p.s. healthy competition is good for anyone!)

C Program should be able to search a value in the array using binary search algorithm

C# Program which takes n values in an array and then program should be able to search a value in the array using binary search algorithm

Program Statement:

Write a program which takes n values in an array and then program should be able to search a value in the array using binary search algorithm. Hint: You have to sort that array first because binary search can be applied only on sorted array

Solution:

 public class search
 {
 int n, num, s = 1, e, mid;
 public void show()
 {
 Console.Write(" Enter length of array : ");
 n = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
 int[] array = new int[n];
 Console.WriteLine(" Enter {0} numbers : ", n);
 for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
 {
 array[i] = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
 }
 for (int x = 0; x < n; x++)
 {
 for (int y = x + 1; y < n; y++)
 {
 if (array[x] > array[y])
 {
 int temp;
 temp = array[y];
 array[y] = array[x];
 array[x] = temp;
 }
 }
 }
 Console.Write(" Enter number to search : ");
 num = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
 e = n;
 mid = (s + e) / 2;
 if (num == array[mid])
 { Console.Write(" Element {0} found! ", array[mid]); }
 else if (num < array[mid])
 {
 for (int x = 0; x < mid; x++)
 {
 if (num == array[x])
 { Console.Write(" Element {0} found! ", array[x]); }
 }
 }
 else if (num < array[mid])
 {
 for (int y = mid; y < n; y++)
 {
 if (num == array[y])
 { Console.Write(" Element {0} found! ", array[y]); }
 }
 }
 else
 Console.WriteLine(" Element not found! ");
 }
 } 

Will 2014 Be the Year You Get Published ! Join the Cult of Getting Published!

Back when I only had three kids and was still hanging on to that dream of being a writer like a dog with a pork chop, I felt lost. But ...

What was I going to write about? How to pick between all the ideas swirling around in my head? Once written, where in the world would I send my stuff?

Well, I finally did get something written and I sent it off to my local regional parenting magazine, Kansas City Parent. The logical thing to do, right? Lots of writers do it (and then get stuck only writing for their local magazine and dont realize there are dozens and dozens more who also want their piece). Once I got my act together I got to see it in the May/June issue of Calgarys child here. After that, it evolved into this and sold more often. And thats just one article. I have about 100 in circulation these days.

But Im getting ahead of myself. Back to WHERE will I send my stuff besides my local place?

Well, I found this outdated, nowhere-near-complete list called Parenting Publications of America online. I used that as a starting point to find more magazines all over the country (and Canada and England and Australia) and started collecting editor email addresses any way I could. It took a lot of hours of research, and all without an Internet connection at home.

After I entered all the email addresses and information into my email account, I went to town writing and submitting. And I had success!

Thats when I decided to write/compile this back in 2009 to help others do the same, and its now in the 5th edition (dont be fooled by more expensive and 1/4 of the size knock-offs that dont include the markets and want you to spend money on the information THEN spend hours of your time hunting down email addresses like tiny little email deer).

So I wanna know: how many ideas do you have? How many excuses do you make for not having time to write and make money getting published because I will shoot them down one by one like little tiny excuse deer, leaving you with no option but to be successful. With this ebook, you have no more excuses. I help you:

1. come up with ideas
2. get your piece written
3. submit to over 200 regional parenting magazines
4. get to the next level by providing NATIONAL and online parenting magazine information (FamilyFun, Working Mother, Parents, BabyTalk and more)

The only thing you have to lose is your financial worry ... and that ridiculous fear of success.

Join me in the Cult of Getting Published!