One of the keys to success for Vecteezy contributors is to submit lots of quality resources. The more vectors, stock photos, and stock videos you upload, the greater your chances for exposure and downloads. While there’s no doubt that the quality of the resources you submit is important, quantity is also important if you want to maximize your income with our program.
Many of our top contributors have hundreds or even thousands of resources in their portfolios. In this article, we’ll take a look at some specific ways you can easily create more resources to upload. You’ll be able to boost your visibility on our site, attract more downloads, and ultimately make more money.
Some of the tips are relevant regardless of whether you contribute vectors, photos, or videos. Other tips are more specific to contributors who are creating a certain type of resource, like photography or video. Either way, this article outlines ideas you can put into action right away if you’d like to earn more as a contributor.
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1. Create Variations and Themed Sets
One of the fastest and easiest ways to increase the number of resources you submit to Vecteezy is to create variations of your resources and sets of similar resources. This is a tip that applies to vectors, photos, and videos, so all Vecteezy contributors can take this approach to pack more resources into their portfolios.
The idea is simple. Whenever you’re creating a resource, think about how you can make a small change and create another resource. By creating multiple resources at a time, you’ll be able to add resources faster and use your time more efficiently.
Photographer Volodymyr Ivash does an excellent job of creating variations. The two photos below show the same model on the same background in similar poses. In one photo, the model is making eye contact with the camera. In the other pose, he’s thinking and looking up. Even though the images are similar, they’re useful for different scenarios, so having multiple options creates a better chance to get a download.
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Having a set of similar resources can help you in a few ways:
- Visitors who are interested in one of your resources may have a use for multiple files on the same theme, and they may wind up downloading several files instead of just one.
- You’ll be providing visitors with more options, which means you’re more likely to get a download.
- More resources lead to more opportunities to show up in searches on Vecteezy and more opportunities to be seen in the related resources section.
- You could become known as a go-to resource for a certain type of vector, photo, or video.
Let’s take a look at another example, this time from vector contributor Huza Studio. By creating a themed set of work from home vectors, Huza Studio provides users with multiple options. Since the illustrations all use the same style and colors, visitors might download all of them and use them together in a project.
2. Re-Use Some of the Same Elements in Your Designs
Creating resources takes time. By re-using some elements, you can work more efficiently to create more resources in less time. This concept is especially useful for vector contributors, but it can also be used by photo and video contributors.
As a designer, you can take certain elements from one of your creations and re-use it with another design. You could re-use things like backgrounds, icons, characters, buttons, and more. Photographers and videographers can re-use things like objects and backgrounds.
The images below from vector contributor Raftel Design show how elements can be used in multiple files.
3. Change Up the Fonts or Use Different Text
Vector contributors can make small changes to their resources by simply changing the text or using a different type of font.
Changing the font can have a big impact on the style of the vector, and having multiple styles will give visitors more options.
Using different text with the same design can make your resources useful for different purposes or help them to be found in a wider variety of searches. If you’re using keywords correctly and changing up the title and keywords with each resource, you may get more visibility since your resources can be found through searches for different phrases.
4. Make Photos From Your Video Content
Photographers can use a little bit of creativity and re-purpose their photos. By turning your still photo into a short video, you’ll have two resources instead of just one. And best of all, your content will be visible to visitors who are searching for photos or videos, allowing you to reach a much larger audience.
As an example, the image below was converted into a video by Vecteezy contributor Tymonko Galyna (see the video here). Tymonko has also uploaded a very similar photo from the same shoot.
Happy Young Woman at the Garden by Tymonko Galyna
Another similar approach would be to shoot photos and short video clips in the same session. Your sessions might be slightly longer but you could double the amount of content that you create.
5. Change Clothes and Backgrounds
When you’re using sessions for photos or videos, it’s a good idea to have models bring several different outfits. Changing clothes will help to provide more variety in your photos. You can capture the same scenes in different outfits to get more images and videos.
You can also mix things up and create more photos and videos by using multiple different backgrounds. This applies whether you’re shooting indoors with a studio backdrop or outdoors.
As an example, the two photos below from photographer Volodymyr Ivash show the same couple in different clothes and with different backgrounds.
6. Photograph an Object From Multiple Angles
Regardless of whether you’re photographing a still object, a person, or something in nature, you can get some variety and create more resources by taking photos from several different angles or perspectives. Again, you’re giving users more options to find the photo that meets their specific needs and you’re creating more resources that will provide increased opportunities for your resources to be seen.
The photos below from Rodion Kutsaev are a good example. Both photos feature the same subject but they’re taken from slightly different angles, as well as different orientations.
Conclusion
Adding quality resources to your Vecteezy portfolio is one of the best things you can do to increase your income through our contributor program. Contributors that are consistently uploading new resources are more likely to get visibility and make money. By following the tips and suggestions covered here, you can easily increase the number of resources in your portfolio pretty quickly.
Lead image by niserin.
