Earn with your photos

Up to now, your publishing earnings have been limited to your blog postings.

But if a picture tells a thousand words, why not let us earn with our photos? 

Now, you can earn with your photos.

  

Here’s how it works:

1.  Take your digital camera with you everywhere you go. When you see something that’s worthy of sharing with your friends and fans, snap it!

2.  Then, when you’re in front of your computer, upload your photos to FanBox, and they will be shown to your friend and fans when they visit their homepage feeds.

3.  When people view your photos in their homepage feeds, you earn.

  

Question:  Do my friends and fans have to click my photos, for me to earn?

Answer: No! When they simply view your photos in their homepage feed, you earn. It really is that simple.

Question: So every time I view someone else’s photos, in my homepage feed, they earn?

Answer:  Yes!

  

Question: What if someone is sharing useless or low-value photos that are clearly not worthy of earnings, because they are taking earnings away from the community earnings pool?

Answer: Good question!

This is where we need your assistance. Here's what you need to do:

Remove them as a friend or fan.

By doing that:

1.  you won’t be viewing their photos in your feed again – ensuring that they won’t be earning from your viewership again, and

2. you are doing your part to ensure that they won’t be taking earnings away from others

FanBox’s approach to paying for photos, boils down to empowering the community to reward and punish publishers for their actions...

... by granting or restricting access to their homepage feed – simply by allowing someone to be your friend or fan – or not allowing them that privilege.

Does this make sense?

This experiment will only work if you, I and other FanBoxers agree to act as the decision makers of what has value...

... and what is simply an attempt to earn by sharing low value junk – and therefore not actually deserving the earnings.

So, what has high value, and what has low value?

It is important that you be the judge of that. 

In my opinion, all photos that look like they were simply lifted from Google images or elsewhere, are low value. If I were looking for a random photo of a mountain or lake, I would simply visit Google images and search for it there.

Did you take the photo? Then I would give that higher marks.

Is it a photo of a unique event that truly meant something to you? That’s good!

Is it a photo that you truly thought would have value to me?That’s good too!

Is it a random photo that I could have found anywhere? Well, I am not going to allow you to earn like that – and I am removing you as a fan or friend.

Commenting and Liking

When you comment on a photo, or click “Like”, the photo is then distributed to your own friends and fans – and the photo makes even more money for the publisher.

So, definitely do NOT comment on it (or Like it) if you do not want it to earn more.

  

Helping out friends

When a friend or fan that you care about, publishes their photos, should you help them out and Like it (or comment on it) to help them out?

You can do that!  But remember:

When you do that,  it will be distributed to YOUR friends and fans. If they find that photo to be low value to them, guess who they will remove as their friend or fan….  YOU!

So I were you, I would always THINK before distributing my own, or other people’s photos, to my friends and fans – because each time I do, I risk losing friends or fans who might find that photo to be low value.

Just think: Is this a photo that my friends and fans will likely find to have high value?

If the answer is NOT a big YES then don’t Like it or comment on it.

If the answer is YES, then sure - Like it or comment on it. Your friends and fans might enjoy it and appreciate you even more.

  

Strategy:

Your ability to earn from photos very much depends on:

1.  the quality of your photos

2.  how often you publish

3.  how many good friends and fans you have – that will value your photos

Why?

1.  Every time you send out low value photos, you lose friends and fans. So always ensure the photos you share have high value

2.  Each time you publish new photos, you earn. If you never publish photos, you won’t earn from photos, obviously

3.  The more friends and fans you have, the more people your photos will be presented to, obviously

How do I get more fans?

First, let me tell you what NOT to do:

Do NOT send emails to other users, saying “I just became a fan. Please fan me back”.

Every day, hundreds of accounts are removed -- without warning -- because their owners spammed other users. If you don’t believe me, try that and find out for yourself.

Do NOT send unwanted emails to other FanBoxers: 

If you do that, they press “Report Spam” and your account is then reviewed, and if it is determined that you are spamming other users, your account is deleted instantly…

… or, worse - much worse - it is quietly marked for deletion – meaning that the system will remove it in a few days, weeks or even a few months – to ensure maximum pain is created for the spammer.

IE: Just when you think you are feeling the most confident that you have been succeeding with your illegal activity, everything is all-of-a-sudden gone:

You wasted a good part of your life in your attempts to steal from other FanBoxers.

Sorry. Go back to Facebook.

What should you do when someone sends unwanted emails to you?

Simply press “Report Spam” at the top of the email:
 

No one will know that you did that, except for the FanBox Spam Prevention team.

Well, then, how do I legitimately get more fans?

Use your brain! 

By that I mean: What do you do in real life when you want more friends or fans?

You simply become a friend or fan of others! 

(You don’t break into their homes and yell “I’m your fan! Fan me back!”. If you do that, the police will show up and arrest you).

Just become a friend or fan of others – and the system will gently notify them of your kind desire to be their friend or fan.

They will also be automatically presented (by the system) with the opportunity to fan or friend you back.

It’s as simple as that.

Be gentle, kind and thoughtful, and people will want to be your friend.

Or, be pushy or obnoxious, and who would want to be your friend or fan?

The only thing they will want to do is report you, in the hopes that you are removed from the community as soon as possible.

Clearly, the game here belongs to those people that are best at creating a true fan base of people that like them.

How do you make people like you?

Take a genuine interest in them.

We all like to be liked.

So show a genuine interest in them, and they’ll do the same.

  

When will the first photo earnings appear in my FanBox balance?

Within the next 3 days or so. Just pay close attention to people’s earning stories, and you will see that type of earning ramping up.

  

FanBox ‘s photo album needs to be overhauled.  Can we have a new photo album?

Yes!

It has already been developed, and is being integrated into your account right now. 

Your current photos are being converted and saved into the new album.

You will have access to it in less than 2 weeks from today.

But I want it to be like Facebook’s photo album.

OK, you got it!

It will be identical to Facebook’s photo album – with the one exception being, of course, that you earn from your photos on FanBox.

  

I want to be able to take photos from my mobile phone, and have them instantly uploaded to my feed. 

You got it!  The FanBox engineers are building you a mobile app to do just that!

With the new app that is on the way, each time you snap a photo, it can be automatically uploaded and published to your friends and fans.

  

Is it an iPhone app, or an Android app?

First, the iPhone app will be released (in about 2-3 weeks from today)…

… and then, about 3 weeks later, the Android app will be released.

  

This means a lot more earnings for FanBoxers! Where will these earnings come from?

Effective immediately, new memberships to FanBox have been discontinued, so that we can take better care of the current FanBox members.

When people press “Sign up”, this is the message they now see:
 

When will I be able to invite my friends?

I am not sure.

As you know, FanBox is dead-set on ensuring that the income level of its members is going higher and higher – a precursor for any young democracy to succeed.

(Pop quiz: How much should each citizen be earning, on average, before a democracy takes hold and succeeds? Read the answer here) 

When new members are allowed again, it will likely be in some very limited capacity – such as on an invitation-only basis – with the ability to send invitations provided mostly (or perhaps only) to Power Users.

Can everyone earn with photos?

People that are 100% profile complete can earn from their photos.

  

What if they are not 100% profile complete, but are current on their IPL processing fees? 

Yes, they will be able to earn

Will most of the photo earnings go to Power Users?

Yes, almost all of it.

By becoming a Power User, your earnings from photos will go up 10, 20 or even as much as 100 times.

Just pay close attention to who is earning a lot from their photos, and you will see that they are all Power Users.

How can I become a Power User?

Go here to learn how, or speak with your free Success Coach.

  

What else is on the way?

A lot.

As I mentioned recently, you wouldn't even believe me if I listed everything that FanBox has been quietly but feverishly working on for you...

... that’s at least 50% complete and getting closer and closer to the launch date.

FanBox employees love you – plain and simple. 

We all feel empowered by the love, patience, energy and care you are always sending our way, as we work with you to accomplish the mission.