Selling your photos...How do you do it?

[azonicbruce]

I've read quite a few threads lately about people who've been pretty excited because they finally sold some of their work. I'm just wondering if you could share how you do it?

I don't do photography full-time; every once in awhile I'll get a part-time job shooting homes for real estate booklets, but other than that my day job pays the bills. I'm just looking for a way that I can make a few bucks on the side with the photography I get to do in my spare time. Actually, I wouldn't even care that much if I got paid, but I think it'd be cool to see other people using your photos in magazine/books or whatever.

Over the past few years I've built up quite a portfolio. I'm sure that there is at least 1 or 2 pictures that somebody would like to use or pay for, but I have no clue as to what the best way is to go about finding those people.

Do you simply go around contacting a bunch of magazine/publishers and submitting your photos for consideration? Are there agencies who go looking around for different types of pictures who you can contact?

Most of my work is landscape, macro stuff, and MTB photos. Any suggestions for this particular type of work?

Any other suggestions/stories about how you go about finding people to use your work?