As a freelance illustrator, I have often sat at my desk thinking, which site shall I join ?, which one is better value for money ?, are the free sites worth bothering with ?. Over time I learned to spot the good from the bad from trial and error, but hopefully with some reviews I will be doing from various sites, I might be able to steer you in the right direction.
I think PNW (Premium Network Worldwide) was the most affordable creative site of its kind. It has clearly miles cheaper than creativeshake.com and theispot.com, one of which I have joined to my detriment.
For a fraction of the price of the former two, PNW (I think) offers you unlimited portfolio space with a very easy to use a fast upload system. You can also drag, move around and drop images to sort your portfolio out nicely, as well as add tabs with other features easily.
If you really are looking for a site that goes beyond the normal, then think about the following. Once your up and running, the on-line team will take some time to send out email campaigns for you to a big database of well known clients. I suppose it makes marketing a lot easier, especially for newcomers who literally spend hours sitting in front of the computer sending out emails to any and everybody. I used to be one of those people, but I think for a low low fee (just $9) per month, you can get that done for you. What is even better than that is the teams new article writing service. This basically means that the on-line PNW team will dedicate some time to write an article about you and send them out to hundreds of article directories. I had the pleasure of checking this out I by typing in 'Andre Junget'. To my surprise the articles that were written by him showed up at least 8 times on the first page. It made me wonder, hey? I think this could be a serious promotional service here.
When your email shots get sent out, they are done 3-4 times a year, to approximately 1000 contacts per time. I cannot believe other sites are not offering this, I have paid 325 per year for just 20 images in time past!!.
The thing is, besides the usual features that you would expect from a site of this manner, there area also many more things available. You can add a tab that allows you to publish RSS feeds or Twitter feeds.
If you want to make a little extra cash you can sell your images as digital downloads. You can also write and showcase your blogs, which is useful and keeps people informed.
It is ridiculous how many things are available to subscribers for the money,especially after what I paid previously. If you get chosen for the 'blog of the month' award or if you are interviewed, they will send you an Itunes or Amazon gift voucher worth about 10. Other reviews coming soon
I think PNW (Premium Network Worldwide) was the most affordable creative site of its kind. It has clearly miles cheaper than creativeshake.com and theispot.com, one of which I have joined to my detriment.
For a fraction of the price of the former two, PNW (I think) offers you unlimited portfolio space with a very easy to use a fast upload system. You can also drag, move around and drop images to sort your portfolio out nicely, as well as add tabs with other features easily.
If you really are looking for a site that goes beyond the normal, then think about the following. Once your up and running, the on-line team will take some time to send out email campaigns for you to a big database of well known clients. I suppose it makes marketing a lot easier, especially for newcomers who literally spend hours sitting in front of the computer sending out emails to any and everybody. I used to be one of those people, but I think for a low low fee (just $9) per month, you can get that done for you. What is even better than that is the teams new article writing service. This basically means that the on-line PNW team will dedicate some time to write an article about you and send them out to hundreds of article directories. I had the pleasure of checking this out I by typing in 'Andre Junget'. To my surprise the articles that were written by him showed up at least 8 times on the first page. It made me wonder, hey? I think this could be a serious promotional service here.
When your email shots get sent out, they are done 3-4 times a year, to approximately 1000 contacts per time. I cannot believe other sites are not offering this, I have paid 325 per year for just 20 images in time past!!.
The thing is, besides the usual features that you would expect from a site of this manner, there area also many more things available. You can add a tab that allows you to publish RSS feeds or Twitter feeds.
If you want to make a little extra cash you can sell your images as digital downloads. You can also write and showcase your blogs, which is useful and keeps people informed.
It is ridiculous how many things are available to subscribers for the money,especially after what I paid previously. If you get chosen for the 'blog of the month' award or if you are interviewed, they will send you an Itunes or Amazon gift voucher worth about 10. Other reviews coming soon
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