Who Said the Microstock Industry was Too Small for a Conference?
The first Microstock Expo was a great success. Together in Berlin, the microstock industry collected around an amazing venue to discuss the industry and how agencies and contributors can increase their earnings.
Bigger than Expected
A total of 154 people participated in the first Microstock Expo & Conference. 20 microstock agencies and 12 traditional agencies were represented, along with almost every microstock service provider.
The 12 exhibitors received great foot traffic thanks to strategic placement of the coffee and snacks. And the presentations were streamed into the expo room so people always knew what was happening.
Many people commented on how much bigger the event was than they expected. Here’s some other comments
Some Comments
- Peter Hamza Thanks for the event Lee & Amos and see you all next year!
- Luis Alvarez fantastic event! great program, great venu and superbe organization! you guys did a wonderful job! thank you!
- Frank Erler The overall positive feedback speaks fo itself. Great job guys. Let me (us) know if you are in Berlin. We know where to get good drinks
- Robert Kneschke The Expo really helped to put my work into a better perspective. To hear and see how the _real_ pros work helped a lot to improve my own work and talking in real life to all the people I only knew by name or by email was fun as well. So thanks for the conference!
- Maartje van Caspel yeah, gonna say it again here as well: It was a super event: opened my eyes to so many things I never REALLY understood before. Sure hope this is a repeat thing
- Dittmar Frohmann same here. thanks for the very professional, interesting and enjoyable event. looking forward to 2012.
- Alexander Hafemann yeah! thanks lee and amos! you made an awesome, informative, well organized and unique! conference!
- Andres Rodriguez I have to join all the others with the positive comments, thanks Lee and Amos for SUCH A GREAT conference. Already lokoking forward to next years
- Rahul Pathak Lee — You and Amos knocked it out of the park. Great event! Fun, informative, and exceptionally well-organized.
- Lanny Ziering Very well-produced event–glad I came.
- Robert Davies Fantastic conference, really looking forward to next year
- Maartje van Caspel gotten many interesting insights and new ideas out of the MicrostockExpo: great job Lee Torrens & Amos Struck!
- Offir Gutelzon Amos Struck and Lee Torrens great setup location and content
- Michael Zwahlen Thanks to Lee, Amos, Ellen and all the other people for theMicrostockExpo – I had a great weekend, it topped my expectations.
- Murat Erimel Recovering from an intense weekend. Nice people, galore. Thx to Lee Torrens and Amos Struck for the great MicrostockExpo.
- Mark Milstein The most satisfying professional expo I have ever attended. Thanks to Lee and Amos!!!!! Great work guys
- AmirKaljikovic Mexpo2011 was awesome. Thanks to Amos and Lee #mexpo.
- Elnur (AboutMicrostock) just came back from last party at MicrostockExpo. Exhausted but really satisfied with the event. Great job by Lee and Amos !! #mexpo
- KaeslerMedia @microstockexpo Thank you Amos and Lee for this great event. All expectations have been exceeded at #mexpo
- PavelOrekhov Lee and Amos are heroes! They have made fantastic event! Thank you for inviting, being part of is an honor for me! #mexpo
- nick365 @microstockexpo thanks for a great event guys. I learned so much and it’s a really fun industry to work with #mexpo – off to @fotolia party!
- Lori_iar Thanks Lee and Amos for the wonderfull organization of the conference. It is real great organization! #mexpo
- joshmedia Thanks to all for such a compelling conference..! Really good to meet you all, see you at the Fotolia party later
Amazing Content
The speakers did a fantastic job putting together informative presentations. Many will be available online soon, at the discretion of each speaker.
The Q&A discussions that followed provided a fascinating insight into the variety of expertise in the room.
Video Coming Soon
Almost the entire event was filmed. We’re currently preparing the video which will be available for online purchase shortly so attendees can re-live the sessions, and those who couldn’t make it to Berlin will be able to catch most of the content.
Meanwhile, Photos!
Until the video is ready, there’s no shortage of photos available to get a visual taste of the event. (click the photos to enlarge)
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In addition to these, there are loads more on Facebook and Twitter shared by various attendees.
Microstock Expo 2012
And of course the question on everyone’s mind is, “what about the next one?”
Given the success of this first event we can confirm we’re already starting to plan the next one for 2012. Details of where and when will be released first via our newsletter, so subscribe now if you haven’t already, either by the form on the right at the top of this page or here.
Update – Videos of the Microstock Expo 2011 are online
The rumors are true! The videos from Microstock Expo 2011 are FINALLY ready! If you couldn’t make it to Berlin this time, this is your chance to see exactly what happened, what was said, and what was shown. If you were there, you can re-live all the action.
Here’s a quick taster video. Turn the volume up loud, set it to full screen, and get inspired!
The Details
- Full Access: €99 (discounted for attendees)
- Individual sessions: €20 per video
- Availability: Watch as many times as you like
Thankyou!
A huge thankyou to all those who made the first Microstock Expo such a great success.
See you all at MEXPO 2012!
