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LinkedIn Learning

Earn Money as a Stock Contributor

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn how to earn revenue by becoming a stock content creator. Explore strategies to help you monetize your existing image, design, and video libraries and create new content.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • What you’ll learn in this course
  • What you should know before watching this class
1. The Business Case for Stock Images and Footage
  • What are stock images?
  • Who uses stock images?
  • The way creators earn money
  • Thoughts from a successful contributor
2. Requirements to Sell Content as Stock
  • Copyright status and trademark restrictions
  • Model releases
  • Property releases
3. Choosing Content to Sell
  • Existing content or create new items
  • Evaluating trends
  • Checking out the competition
  • Advice from a stock seller
4. Shooting Strategies
  • Subject matter considerations
  • Advice for shooting photos
  • Technical requirements for photos
  • Advice for shooting video
  • Creating a range of moods
  • Technical requirements for video
5. Vector and Motion Design Strategies
  • Technical considerations
  • Advice for designing vector graphics
  • Advice for creating design templates
  • Advice for designing motion graphic templates
6. Signing Up to Sell Stock
  • Information needed
  • Tax documents needed
  • Understanding the legal agreements
  • The approval process
  • Gotchas to avoid: Advice from Adobe Stock
7. Optimizing Images
  • Optimizing image exposure
  • Optimizing image color
  • Optimizing image sharpness and noise
  • Saving the project file
  • Optimizing video exposure
  • Optimizing video color
  • Optimizing video sharpness and noise
  • Saving the project file
8. Uploading Content
  • Saving files in the right photo format
  • Saving files in the right vector format
  • Saving files in the right movie format
  • Uploading via FTP
  • Uploading via Adobe Stock
9. Improving Discoverability
  • Naming content
  • Tagging content with keywords
  • Using AI to generate keywords
  • Keyword advice from a stock marketplace
Conclusion
  • Related courses and next steps

Taught by

Richard Harrington

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