The Shotfarm Monthly
by Andrea Roble. I’ve learned a ton while working at shotfarm. I can readily explain Rich Media Hosting, Digital Asset Management, and our Product Content Network to anyone who asks. I also feel like I could navigate the system in my sleep (and seriously, I do have dreams about it). While working at shotfarm, I’ve Continue Reading…
Last newsletter we mentioned the pending release of Public LightBoxes. This new feature 1) allows manufacturers to prepare specific LightBoxes for their resellers and co-workers (think “Spring 2001 Collection” or “Lifestyle Images”) and 2) allows retailers to prepare specific LightBoxes for their co-workers. Now that they’re launched, here’s a quick tutorial on how to use Continue Reading…
by Shag Chowdhury Last week, Shotfarmer Lee Syrjanen wrote about his trials in contacting key personnel from various manufacturers, to discuss centralizing “the image exchange portion of their business.” He articulated in detail about the difficulties of explaining that Shotfarm is a free service that gives great value, which some points of contact—if he could Continue Reading…
by Shag Chowdhury Last spring, Google announced that they would begin including site speed as a factor in their ranking algorithm, with “site speed” being defined as how quickly a website responds to web requests. To clarify their announcement, Google also emphasized that page relevance was weighted much more heavily and that fewer than 1% Continue Reading…
by Shag Chowdhury The other day, I was reading Shotfarm field hand Morgan Funke’s debut blog piece, The Importance of Social Networking in a Consumer Society. In it, Funke wrote about her friend the boutique gym owner, and discussed how this friend used Facebook and Twitter to keep in touch with gym members. That got Continue Reading…
by Morgan Funke My first job out of college was a retail management position with Starbucks Coffee Co. It was there that my customer service standards were engrained and they go way beyond the cliché of the customer is always right. At Starbucks, we were taught to make every customer’s experience exceptional and to create Continue Reading…
by Shag Chowdhury This past Saturday, my buddy David called me with an urgent request. He was leaving for a visit home to New Zealand the next day, and he was in a bit of a jam. See, his wife wouldn’t be able to join him until the following Wednesday (law school commitments), and he Continue Reading…
Imagine you have a small business; a business that, due to limited budgets, is forced to do without hiring big-budget studio photographers, studio backdrops and, well, a studio, for your product photography. Or, alternatively, perhaps it’s not a small business, but in the current economic climate, your product photography budget has been reduced to less Continue Reading…
So, now that you’re easing out of your post-holiday lethargy and, let’s assume, running headlong into the first quarter with your e-commerce guns a-blazin’, I have to ask: did you make any new year’s resolutions? I don’t mean whether you’re giving up smoking or upping your reps at the gym or eating healthier or adding Continue Reading…
Founding member, Meg Robinson, takes you through some useful tips on making the most out of your shotfarm membership. This month, Meg suggests four ways to be sure you’re giving your Retailers what they need this Holiday.
Ok retailers, we know you want your manufacturers on board, but we also know it can be hard to convince someone to change their workflow. Here are a few key things to remember when suggesting shotfarm to your manufacturer partners. Just keep in mind: you’re not selling ice to Eskimos here—this really is a win Continue Reading…
Using the right browser You’ll soon discover that we here at shotfarm are die-hard Mac supporters. So, though we test all shotfarm functionality across all kinds of different browsers, we’ve personally spent more time playing with it in Safari and Firefox (our developers just roll their eyes). Those of you in Internet Explorer might have Continue Reading…
How to do a Super Batch Upload (Manufacturers only) Ok guys, bear with us. This is a complicated feature, but it’s well worth the time it takes to learn. Instead of uploading one product at a time and manually entering the metadata for product images, you just include the information in the filename and we Continue Reading…
by Mike Lapchick REI, one of the country’s largest outdoor apparel retailers, joined shotfarm a few weeks ago. While on its own this is great news for shotfarm, REI, and all of its suppliers, there’s a much more interesting story behind it. When we launched rather quietly in February, one of our first members was Continue Reading…
1. Download a batch of images in one fell swoop Need to download a whole bunch of images from shotfarm? Instead of pulling them one at a time, just add them all to a LightBox and click the “Download” button! You’ll automatically download a zip file with all of your images contained in a single Continue Reading…
