i've always figured that the photos will get the most attention in the model's portfolios.
if you want attention for yours i think you have to beg for it on the home page or run around commenting/listing in hope of reciprocation. or show lots of hooha!
i like your work, just wish there was more on display.
Yes get social... then people will see you. If you just hide in the corner and hope someone finds you using the browse feature you wont get much traffic.
Well I started at the first member and will get to all 700,000+ very very soon to see your images...
Seriously hundreds of thousands of people add and update images all the time on this site. You have to let people know by being an active member of the site
Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,838
Boston, Massachusetts, US
You have to post a lot, stay active on the forums, and make an effort to try to shoot with members of the MM community, if you really want to get a lot of use out of the site.
When you joined this site was MUCH smaller and it was easier to get seen. Now, the site is MUCH larger (and has seen much of this growth outside of the US).
If you want to be seen, you need to participate, that or have lots of people talking about how great you are and doing your networking for you.
Yan Tan Tethera
Posts: 3,995
Biggleswade, England, United Kingdom
AJScalzitti wrote: Well I started at the first member and will get to all 700,000+ very very soon to see your images...
Seriously hundreds of thousands of people add and update images all the time on this site. You have to as let people know by being an active member of the site
That's all well and good but the truth is that in the UK MM is nothing to what it was two years ago. The last three models that I worked with are on Purestorm and Purpleport.
MM is going the way of Jessops as far as my network is concerned.
I still love this site but it has little relevance to the UK people I am talking with.
More importantly, it just diesn't work often enough to be relevant to young UK models.
There are a small bunch of about 50 people keeping Netmodel alive. It will be the same with MM very soon.
Kyle T Edwards
Posts: 288
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
The others are right. You have to remember where you are - this is a site run and populated by people who, in one aspect or another, are all linked to photographs. Yeah, we like seeing good photos, but there isn't exactly a glut of them, here. This isn't a Jade Monkey search - we don't need to go looking too hard to get our fix.
Get active in the forums, get your name out there, and you'll start seeing a lot more traffic!
AJScalzitti wrote: Well I started at the first member and will get to all 700,000+ very very soon to see your images...
Seriously hundreds of thousands of people add and update images all the time on this site. You have to let people know by being an active member of the site
Well, that makes me feel better. I was wondering why you hadn't gotten around to my photos yet. I was starting to think you didn't like me anymore!
That's all well and good but the truth is that in the UK MM is nothing to what it was two years ago. The last three models that I worked with are on Purestorm and Purpleport.
MM is going the way of Jessops as far as my network is concerned.
I still love this site but it has little relevance to the UK people I am talking with.
More importantly, it just diesn't work often enough to be relevant to young UK models.
There are a small bunch of about 50 people keeping Netmodel alive. It will be the same with MM very soon.
That is dissapointig, not the Jessops part mind you just the MM part...
EA Photographics wrote: Yes, the site has died. You are not really here and none of this is really happening.
I see dead profiles.
Seriously though, only 160.000 out of the 730.000 active profiles here have been online in the last two weeks - what I'd count as bare minimum "active". That's just little over 20 %. Given that new # IDs are almost up to a 3 million figure, this means only 6 % of the people who signed up for this site since its inception are active anymore.
idollphamine wrote: i have had some photos up for over 1 month - and no one has looked at them? has this site died? - or does no one like photography ?
Wow -- way to alienate everybody on your very first post!
Listen -- if you want people to visit your portfolio, learn how to participate on this site, with constructive posts on this forum, announcements, maybe casting calls, etc.
Speaking personally, I'm not overly interested in views & comments. If I cared about that stuff, I'd be motivated to create what I'd call "lowest denominator" images (i.e. images that appeal to the widest base) -- I'd rather focus on my own aesthetic choices, and I'm trying to develop my own vision, which may or may not have widespread appeal.
Usually, I look at photos through the shout outs, if I like their avatar on the forum, or members who are friends with me on the site.
I usually get feedback when I do a shout out, or if I am friends with the person. Plus, I pay the fee so my picture must show up on the top periodically. Some have found me through a look up too.
It seems less active to me in that I get less comments and tags than I used to and yes I am promoting my page in announcements, the forums and even on FB. But it's probably because I don't shoot T&A, erotica or "fashion nudies", and that the site is much larger than it used to be so there is more content to look at. Of course models will always get the lion's share of those hits becasue..well..they're why most of us are here.
As for models looking at your work, I find they fall into the following categories in MY experience. First, Glamour and Nude models looking for $$. Secondly, girls lacking fashion stats looking for fashion photographers to shoot for their portfolio. Then there are those who look at the work as they would a magazine or book and enjoy it. Some leave notes, some don't. But I appreciate them either way. Lastly, and what I strive to attract, are the ones who want to be a part of creating strong images regardless of immediate finical gains. My hope is to attract more of that type and I've been pretty successful doing that over the years on this site. As long as that continues I'll stick around. I think it's well worth the time invested here.
I started a Marketing Consultation business a month ago and nobody is calling. I haven't done any marketing, advertising or initiated contact with potential clients in any way.
GoldRoseMedia
Posts: 2,708
NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, US
idollphamine wrote: has this site died?
Yes. Welcome to the MM afterlife. I am afraid we don't have any angel wings for you -- those are frowned upon here -- but at least we have plenty of beautiful naked women for you to look at, so it is somewhat like the heaven you were promised.
Yes. Welcome to the MM afterlife. I am afraid we don't have any angel wings for you -- those are frowned upon here -- but at least we have plenty of beautiful naked women for you to look at, so it is somewhat like the heaven you were promised.
idollphamine wrote: i have had some photos up for over 1 month - and no one has looked at them? has this site died? - or does no one like photography ?
its been dead! and its starting to smell kind of funky!
Hugh Alison
Posts: 1,299
Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom
Yan Tan Tethera wrote: That's all well and good but the truth is that in the UK MM is nothing to what it was two years ago. The last three models that I worked with are on Purestorm and Purpleport.
MM is going the way of Jessops as far as my network is concerned.
I still love this site but it has little relevance to the UK people I am talking with.
More importantly, it just diesn't work often enough to be relevant to young UK models.
There are a small bunch of about 50 people keeping Netmodel alive. It will be the same with MM very soon.
It depends on your shooting style, and what you shoot, which of the sites suits you best.
Im working on it soon!
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