Beating The Summer Heat

Posted on 7/13/2012 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

The summer heat in Washington has got me thinking about air conditioning. That brought to mind a story I did back in 2006 about air conditioning photos and microstock. It all started when a customer asked for a stock picture of an air conditioning repairman working on a home system to use in a small yellow pages ad.

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John C Hills Posted Jul 13, 2012
Interesting spotlight on demand for long tail niche subjects. Studying the Yellow Pages opens up a panoply of shoot ideas in the "tradesman" sector hitherto dismissed as slow sellers but now perhaps solid earners with fix-it services, locksmiths, lawn carers, pool maintainers waking up to the marketing pull of a strong image on the web.

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