Comments on: Dream of being a Lonely Planet photog? http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/dream-of-being-a-lonely-planet-photog/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MB http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/dream-of-being-a-lonely-planet-photog/#comment-69453 MB Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:40:03 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=192#comment-69453 I'd just like to figure out what the "featured photo" is (because I'm a selfish bastard :)). I'd just like to figure out what the "featured photo" is (because I'm a selfish bastard :) ).

]]> By: CollazoProjects http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/dream-of-being-a-lonely-planet-photog/#comment-69452 CollazoProjects Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:02:26 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=192#comment-69452 Rhys- You answered your own question--marketing & co-branding. The same is happening with writing contests these days. And I agree with you; I'm not sure it's entirely fair (or merit based) to have contests where you encourage your friends to go vote for your work... there aren't always checks in the system to make sure it's not being abused (ie: I'm voting for you over and over again) Rhys- You answered your own question–marketing & co-branding. The same is happening with writing contests these days. And I agree with you; I'm not sure it's entirely fair (or merit based) to have contests where you encourage your friends to go vote for your work… there aren't always checks in the system to make sure it's not being abused (ie: I'm voting for you over and over again)

]]> By: Rhys http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/dream-of-being-a-lonely-planet-photog/#comment-69451 Rhys Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:04:39 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=192#comment-69451 It'd be a great kick start for aspiring photos to win this. But why does every photo contest these days have to an exercise in marketing? To have a chance of winning it looks like you need to not only upload content on a new photo site, but encourage your friends to vsit as the winning photos will be selected from the most viewed. What happened to a photo contest based on merit? It'd be a great kick start for aspiring photos to win this. But why does every photo contest these days have to an exercise in marketing? To have a chance of winning it looks like you need to not only upload content on a new photo site, but encourage your friends to vsit as the winning photos will be selected from the most viewed. What happened to a photo contest based on merit?

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