New ways to purchase CrewPix Advertising
October 31, 2005Buy Ads on CrewPix in US or Canadian Dollars - One Month Free
We have revamped our CrewPix advertising programs, reduced prices across the board, and made it easy or users around the world to buy CrewPix advertising! Every new advertiser gets one month free, and ad rates start at just $12.50 USDYou can now order and pay for CrewPix advertising online in US or Canadian dollars using Visa, Mastercard and American Express. You can also pay with PayPal if you prefer. Customers in other countries will be able to convert the purchase to their own currency on the checkout page, thus avoiding the extra fees credit card companies charge for conversion.
If your flag is below, you can pay in your OWN currency:
Photo Upload process has been improved
October 31, 2005Due to popular demand and visitor feedback, we have streamlined and improved the process for uploading your photos to CrewPix.
You can now include your name, email address and website URL along with your photo caption. Website URL's will be live and clickable - that means people can get to your website directly from your CrewPix photos. Also, since Google seems to like us, they will also rate your site higher in searches because we link to you. Yet another great reason to UPLOAD your pix!
We will also be actively deleting photos with no captions, or where many photos are uploaded with the same caption. We have intentionally made it slightly more difficult to upload hundreds of photos at once because some people were simply dumping their digicam memory cards here and leaving me to edit out the losers.
How Well Do You Know CrewPix?
June 3, 2003Submitting Photos
It has come to my attention that many people were not aware that ANYONE and EVERYONE can add their photos to CrewPix. CrewPix is a community - it's not just about my photos - people want to see yours!We have set it up so online photo submissions are very easy and painless.
You don't have to register or log in and no special software is required - just your web browser. Simply go to the gallery where your photo should be (Commercials, for example) and click the link at the top that says " -••• CLICK HERE to SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS! •••-". A window will pop up that walks you through the process step-by-step. You will be shocked how easy it is. Anybody can do it.
When you submit a photo, you have the opportunity to include your email address and web site - it's a great way for people to find you and to get your name "out there"! Traffic to my personal website has increased by 4 times since I started posting pix.
Discussion Boards
Many people are also unaware of the rowdy and controversial CrewPix Discussion Boards. People have been on there lately complaining about everything, asking questions, maybe even planning a coup from what I can tell. The Discussion Boards are also very easy to use. You can post anonymously if you like, or sign up and use a cool nickname and graphic. Registered users can watch topics and be notified by email when they have replies, and send private messages to other members.
Wanna buy some ads?
June 3, 2003Wanna buy some ads?
Finally - we need to sell some ads. As you know, we dumped all of our irrelevant affiliate ads a few weeks back so we could focus on appropriate, industry-related advertising. The folks at ReelSuite DVD and Rigmarole-Steadicam have been very pleased with the success of their CrewPix ad campaigns.We have just reduced our advertising rates to make CrewPix Advertising even more attractive. Highly effective text ads can be yours for only 0.7 cents each, graphical banner ads start at 1.0 cents each! Please click here for the CrewPix Advertising Rate Card or email us for the CrewPix Demographic Report
Brent Rants about Income Tax Software
April 13, 2003One of the great things about owning a website like this is you have a place to rant when something upsets you. Here goes: Quicktax claims to be the most popular income tax software in Canada and the US, but did you know that your tax data can be held for ransom by the makers of Quicktax?!? I recently tried to open a version of Quicktax from a past year, and was told that I had to re-purchase the software if I wanted to see the tax return I filed! No exceptions, no excuses. They even claim to have "deleted" registration info from previous years, and their "tech support" hung up on me! If you ever need access to your accounting and tax data from previous years, and you will, Quicktax and it's parent company Intuit will screw you over! My advice is to avoid the following products: Quicktax, Quickbooks, and Quicken. Please see this discussion on the CrewPix Discussion Boards for more information and alternatives to this stupidly restrictive software. I am pleased to report that I have replaced all of the Intuit software on my computer with non-evil alternatives and find it faster, more stable, and much better designed.
Oh yeah, the article also has some useful info on figuring out your T4 slips...
LINK to CREWPIX
February 17, 2003Click here for details.It's now quick and easy to place an attractive link to CrewPix on your own website.
BONUS - Show us your link, and get a free Email address at CrewPix.com, FilmCrew.info, FilmShoot.com, or Shoots.info!
IS IT OK TO SHOOT?
February 2003here.There has been some discussion recently of the issues relating to photography by film crews. It's important to realize that YOU are responsible for the photos you upload here.
Don't give away any secrets like movie plots or ad campaigns; Don't upload embarrassing photos; Don't shoot on sets where you are not permitted; Be very careful with pictures of "stars". Remember we are production crews, not paparazzi. We work on shoots sometimes that are confidential or proprietary, and it is a very competitive business.
We don't want anyone to get in trouble - CrewPix is supposed to be fun. It might be smart to wait until a commercial or movie is released before uploading recognizable photos from the shoot. On set photography may be contrary to the rules of your union. Does this mean you can take shots off the set or of consenting crew members? It's worth checking! Don't forget to read the CrewPix legal mumbo jumbo