Sometimes strange, sometimes wonderful, always interesting keywords that people use to find Cutcaster.com!
Search Term of the Moment: Crayon Kid Drawings
I think that might mean coloring book pages!
We’ve got that!
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and on G+ with Creative Director Cora Reed
Don’t forget to refer your friends. We have an excellent referral program!
Want an easy way to make more money and be the first to share with your friends and colleagues a great website for finding the perfect images or illustrations? Kill two birds with one stone by adding the banners to your website, blog or social network sites in order to refer new members to Cutcaster and get paid. The banners are automatically linked with your unique referral ID and you just need to cut and paste the code into your website. See the details below and check out the new referral page to download your unique referral banners and graphics.
Add a referral link to your blog, or include it in an email or any other online communication.
Users who come to Cutcaster through your link and complete a transaction, regardless of if they sign up or not, will automatically be credited to your referral account. (Note: Users must have their cookies enabled for the referral to be credited to you.)
To create a link, add a forward slash (/) to the end of any Cutcaster URL, and then add your referral code, shown below:
Let’s say for our example the referral test code is: #R874219924
To share Cutcaster’s homepage: http://www.cutcaster.com/#R874219924
To share your Studio page: http://www.cutcaster.com/search/portfolio/874219924/
This will ensure that any users who click through from that link and make a purchase or sell an image through Cutcaster you will get a percentage of that royalty payment we collect. The referred user needs to have their cookies enabled and sign up or checkout within 30 days of clicking on your link.
You can request a payout at any time after your account balance (unpaid accrued earnings) reaches $25. Payments are made via PayPal or by check.
Click the following link to sign up for Cutcaster’s referral program and get your banners today.
Click on the below graphics to see the entire banner.
Promote your images on Facebook – and we will give you a boost in our search!
On every picture details page at Cutcaster, we have added a “Like” button under every image thumbnail. If you or a visitor likes your image, we figure that others might like it as well! Be selective with the images that you “like” so only the best get pushed to the front. In order to push the highest quality images to the front of the search results, all images with “likes” at Cutcaster will get an added boost to their search placement. The more “likes” your image gets, the higher it will get pushed up in search results. It’s time to get your friends to help you promote your images and get more sales!
Click "Like" Below any Image
And if you haven’t joined the Cutcaster Facebook page yet please post a comment on our wall or “like” our page.
In our first article on how to find good, affordable photos for your website or blog, we discussed how Cutcaster was a great image library that could save you money when using images to promote your website or blog.
Now your asking yourself where can you find images or illustrations that will maximize your website or blog’s visual appeal? Ever wonder where the bloggers get images that won’t break the bank? With a huge selection of affordable, high-quality images, Cutcaster is extremely popular with professional and casual bloggers who need great-looking, low-cost photos to engage their readers. You want the peace of mind of knowing that the images you use are free of intellectual property or copyright entanglements, and Cutcaster can give you these safe images quickly and economically. Images start at less than a dollar and you don’t even need to register to buy images from us.
As an added bonus, bloggers who want to join Cutcaster can enroll in our Referral Program, which is free to join and earns bloggers extra cash for referring photo buyers and photographers to Cutcaster. With just a few good referrals, the images and referral links will earn you enough money every month to pay for all your image needs. See how the referral program works here.
Cutcaster is happy to announce that you can now use the Picz.us link shortener to share your Cutcaster URLs on social media services like Twitter and Facebook. This makes it very easy for you to add your referral code to any link so your visitors to browse and purchase related images from your online stock photography portfolio at Cutcaster and you get rewarded with cash for any sales or purchases made by the people you refer.
You need to sign up for the link shortener service and then add your Cutcaster user ID to your profile in the Picz.us system (your user ID is the 9 digit number in your public profile link or any of your referral links for Cutcaster). Now, if you make a short URL to any image, search page, or other section at Cutcaster, your link is updated to include your referral/affiliate ID automatically and the visitor is sent directly to the long URL (like bit.ly) and you get credit for the referral.It’s now even easier to make money for sharing your Cutcaster links on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media site.
Try out the new service and share your Cutcaster portfolio and images with the world and at the same time get rewarded with cash for sending traffic back to your photography or illustrations.
From your MyStudio page, click on the “Referral” tab. There are three options you can choose from: Affiliates, Invite a friend and Earnings. When you refer a friend to the site who buys content or refer someone who has uploaded content, which is bought on the site, you accumulate money.
Here is the deal; the referring member will be rewarded by getting commission in the form of cash on all the transactions of their affiliates for the next 2 years. The affiliation program rewards any member of Cutcaster for any sales and purchases made by their affiliates. It’s a win-win situation for all of us. You get to be the first to introduce people to the first dynamic content marketplace and they’ll be impressed by the quality of the images, clipart and illustrations.
Cutcaster checks to make sure all new referred members are legit. The new user has to enable their cookies and make their first purchase within 14 days of signing up or we won’t be able to send you the credit for the referral. Referring members may receive rewards from an unlimited number of affiliates in their account. The referring member cannot be his own affiliate but nice try.
An Affiliation link is an Internet hyperlink or web link pointing to the Cutcaster website with a member’s reference id. The reference id is a unique code assigned to every member of Cutcaster. You can find those links and banners under Affiliation in your studio.
Once you click on the “tell a friend” TAF tab, you can enter the person’s contact information and send them an invite. There is no limit to the number of new users you can invite and the amount of money you can make from referring them.
Hey! Are you on Facebook, Myspace, Digg etc. as much as we are?!?!?! Social media is amazing and you should take advantage of it by showing the world your wonderful works of art! And you can do that so simply by going to the media details page of whatever image you want to show and simply….
1-Click “Share”
2-Choose whatever social media site you have an account for and want to use.
3-Fill out the details (description and text)
4-Share with the world!
You really should take advantage of this because isn’t most of this industry all about networking?!?! Share your work today and let potential customers remember your name!
We are creating a large directory to help out visitors find the best photography related resources on the internet. If you would like to be added to this list, please contact us to request a link.
To have your link added to our links page, you will have to provide a link back to our site: http://www.cutcaster.com/
The link must use the anchor text “Royalty Free Stock Photos”.
To submit your site, email us at webmaster AT cutcaster DOT com:
1) Your site’s title
2) URL
3) Short description
4) Exact reciprocal link location i.e. the page you are adding our link to
Hey! Are you on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Digg etc.??? Social media can be an amazing tool for gaining more distribution and getting more eyeballs on your content. You should take advantage of these simple to use tools and show the world your wonderful works of art!
How can you do this?
Go to the any media details page of images that you like or want to share on the web. There is a “Share” button on the right hand side of any media details page. Try it:
1-Click “Share”
2-Choose whatever social media site you have an account for and want to use.
3-Fill out the details (description and text)
4-Attract new viewers and buyers to your account!
These tools are important to use and test to see how you can better promote your work. We have noticed increases in views and sales from people who use this tool.
Top sites to send your work to include:
Facebook
Reddit
Twitter
Digg
FriendFeed
Google Bookmarks
LinkedIn
MySpace
Yahoo Bookmarks
Share your place on the net with Major search engines and get more views.
Adding your Cutcaster studio link to major search engines is really simple and really effective to get more exposure. Here is a link to my, John Griffin’s Cutcaster studio page i.e. http://www.cutcaster.com/studio/pub/582007626.
See the last paragraph under the bottom of the “About me” section. That is where your public link can be found. To submit your Cutcaster studio to Google, you can follow this link. Or you can copy and paste this link into your browser as well, http://www.google.com/addurl/.
If you have problems, let me know.
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