More stockphotos accepted on Picture Nation

3 more of my digital photographs have been accepted by Picture Nation today. I get so excited when one of my photographs gets deemed good enough. My total stockphoto portfolio on Picture Nation now stands at 19. Not bad for someone who only takes digital photographs as a hobby and has no training.

I think I have a long way to go before I start seeing any money for them. From what I can gather from various forums and photographers blogs a portfolio which contain 500+ should be getting about £50 to £100 a month. However it would depend on the photographic subject. I really need to crack the likes of Fotolia, 123rf, alamy, etc.

Positivity - Peter Jones on Radio One

At last someone in 'media world' is trying to spread some positivity about the country's financial situation. My husband came home last night and recommended that I go to Radio one website and listen to Peter Jones on the Chris Moyles show. It was entertaining and not too deep (thank goodness) but the overall message was that things are really not that bad and we've got to stop talking about it as we are going to talk ourselves into an economic depression.

I am interested in setting up my own company (obviously can't say anything yet) and I have been feeling that although the idea is good the time of execution might be bad.

Making money at home January 2009 update

Its been a while. I would like to have some fabulous excuse or stories of how I have managed to earn large amounts of money in the time I've been away but I don't. Progress on making money at home is slow but I'm doing loads of research.

Here are the highlights:

• Earnt £280 doing a small freelance project for previous employer
• Set up and registered as self-employed
• 16 photographs accepted on Picture Nation but no sales as of yet
• £2.91 still on homepages friends - I've been rubbish at this
• Started clearing loft and selling unwanted presents, books and old mobile phones on e-bay. Currently up to £60 on sales.
• Signed up to google Ad-sense
• Toluna - 35,335 points so far. 24,665 points off earning a £10 gift voucher at Amazon

Strategy for next month:

• Get 10 more photos accepted on Picture Nation
• Hit £5 on homepages friends
• Sell as much unwanted/unused personal items on e-bay
• Do more research on Ad-sense and ways to make internet earn money
• Hit 60,000 points on Toluna
• Drum-up more data analysis/admin freelance work