One of the better pitches I got via email this year was from a PR representative for Shutterstock, Morgan, from Morton PR.

The pitch was great because it was:

  • Brief
  • Completely relevant, as it focused on the images I use on my blog
  • Easy to respond to

So this serves and an informative introduction and disclosure about the images I’ll be using on my blog.

Typically, I use the Flickr Creative Commons area for post images, for which I give attribution and links to the images I use (they’re put out there for use that way). Shutterstock is a royalty-free, stock photo site where you can purchase credits and effectively the rights (inexpensively) to use the photographs you download. I’ve been a relatively regular user of iStockPhoto for similar purposes, so I’ll be interested to see how Shutterstock stacks up.

I’ll be trying out Shutterstock images in my posts and presentations. They’ve generously given me free credits to use to download a set number of photos per day. So let it be known that when I use a photo from Shutterstock or credit them with a link back in my posts, they have provided me with access to their site. They have NOT requested that I blog about them, either positively or negatively, and I am receiving no remuneration other than the free photo access.  Are we clear there? Okay, good.

I’m quite certain I’ll be providing feedback at some point because I use TONS of photos – in my posts, presentations, and collateral that I put together. But in a time when everyone’s all up in arms about sponsored tweets and posts and heaven knows what else, I wanted to make sure we’re all perfectly clear about my relationship with Shutterstock. Fair?

Okay then. 🙂

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