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You've come to the right site to find out the exact steps to take, to start selling your photographs if you're just breaking in, or to increase your sales if you've already started.

No matter how many photos you have in your files -- 100 or 100,000, the PhotoSource International website can help you turn your photography into a successful part-time business venture, or increase your professionalism and income as a full-time pro.

Whether you're starting out, starting over, or switching to stock as a professional from a different area of photography, a good primer is the book, Sell & ReSell Your Photos. It's a practical guide on precisely how to find markets for your kinds of photos, how to deal professionally with photobuyers, the distinction between "nice" photos and marketable photos, and much, much more. The book is valued as a desktop reference tool by hundreds of successful photographers.

If you're already into stock photography, or you're moving over from advertising, commercial, wedding, portrait photography, or photojournalism, check out the daily email (and fax) Marketletter services called PhotoDaily, PhotoLetter, or the PhotoStockNOTES/Plus which give you current up-to-the minute photo requests from major markets. An excellent book for your library is our Internet-oriented book, sellphotos.com. Learn how others are using the web to increase sales and how you can, too.

To have a window on the world of stock photography, you'll want to subscribe to the monthly newsletter, PhotoStockNOTES. It'll keep you up with the changing trends and technology in the industry. Stay current with stock photography news. And you may wish to sign up to receive the free weekly newssheet PhotoAimLite.

Every year in August, we publish a directory of stock photographers and send it free of charge to 3,000 photobuyers. For info: http://www.photosourcebook.com/. Advertise your stock photography business directly to photobuyers and reap the benefits you'll gain by increasing your sales and making new contacts.

Newcomers as well as veterans in photography can list their photo descriptions in their own section on the PhotoSourceBANK, which is searched daily by photobuyers.

You have your own web-page at the PhotoSourceBANK site, listing your specialized areas and specific photo subjects, to let buyers know of you and what photos you have available. You also have the option of displaying six of your stock photos in the section called PhotoSourceFOLIO, to demonstrate your particular style and creativeness to photobuyers who search the PhotoSourceBANK. There is a modest monthly charge to be a member of the PhotoSourceBANK and or PhotoSourceFOLIO. To learn more about PhotoSourceBANK, phone (715) 248 1512 (USA) and listen to a 6-minute information message. Or click on www.photosource.com/bank.

For "quick hints," click on the Marketing section here on our website.

PhotoSource International has been serving stock photographers since 1976. Check out the Who Are We? button on our home page. And if you'd like to dig deeper, check out our PhotoSource International Overview in the Press Release section.

PhotoSource International email: info@photosource.com; Fax: 1 800 PHOTO FAX. Come visit us often! http://www.photosource.com/

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JUST STARTING OUT? You'll benefit by our "STARTER KIT" - a cornucopia of helpful samples and examples of effective marketing tools for the stock photographer. For more information: http://www.photosource.com/101/kit4.html