File>step and repeat. is an easy way to duplicate image in lin so when cutting out you can just do it in a few strokes. This is a bigger advantage as I have placed this so I can still change the design in Illustartor and edit the image and all the 9 images in InDesign will change too.

When placing an image or anything (also can place an object from InDesign) if you click on Options button just before you place that item you can change the options to have crop marks or bounding box, very useful technique. There is an option to either plug, bleed or page bounding box.