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Schedule Your Tweets? Should You? How To?

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For several years, savvy bloggers have used the scheduling features of blog software to write posts in advance and have them published in the future (see How to Schedule Blog Posts). What about tweets? Should you schedule those as well?
Should You Schedule Tweets?
While scheduling blog posts is universally seen as a good practice, [...]

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An Intro to SEO for Photographers

Due to some technical difficulties, this week’s podcast will get rolled into next week’s show. I’m excited to offer up this video however, produced by the folks at Photoshelter. In addition to their great photo hosting services, they produce a variety of resources to help photographers grow business. Here’s a great introduction [...]

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Facebook vs. Flickr: Where to Share?

We talk about photographers being social and sharing work via social media, but when to comes to sharing photos, does it make more sense to share pictures on Facebook (with its wide audience and photo album and tagging features) or Flickr (with the photo-centric site offering more photo-centric features)?

Using Facebook for Photo Sharing
While Facebook is [...]

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Facebook Fury: A Photographer’s Take

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Facebook has been in the news again over the last couple of weeks as it has made some change to its privacy settings. Once again we’re seeing some folks choose to deactivate/delete their Facebook profiles in protest. Portland news anchor Stephanie Stricklen (pictured) tweeted last night about knowing several people who are deleting [...]

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14 Things a Photographer Can Tweet About

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Whether you’re stuck wondering what to tweet about or perhaps you’re looking to tweet about something a little different than your usual topics, here’s a list:

Tweet a link to your latest work on Flickr
Tweet an offer… Perhaps a free 8×10 if a client mentions they saw your tweet.
Tweet a link to your bio on your [...]

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Resources and Recommendations for the Social Photographer

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I’ve tried and used a variety of online services, software, books, and other resources as I have built my photography business using today’s social technologies and online tools. I’ve made recommendations along the way, and I just consolidated all of those into a master Resources page that lists my recommendations for blog software, WordPress [...]

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Social Media Tips Roundup for Photographers

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Happy Monday! I’m not sure how things are going for you but I’ve been really busy lately with a variety of photo gigs. I have a bunch of random social media tips and tricks laying around here gathering dust, so I figured I’d put together a list post and share.

Don’t get folks into [...]

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A Photographer’s Look at Promoted Tweets

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Last week, Twitter announced Promoted Tweets, their first venture into the advertising world.
Instead of giving you a bunch of my thoughts, I instead point you over to Black Star Rising, where Marc Benton has taken a look at the issue and offered his thoughts.
From what I can tell, his impressions are correct, and we’ll [...]

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Photographers and Social Media: Retro for a Day

Did you know there are now over 200 posts with information about photography and social media here on Social Photo Talk? Let’s take a quick look at a few older articles that are still just as relevant as when originally published:

Are you using the Nine Words that Kill Participation on Blogs? Hopefully not.
Are [...]

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Have You Checked Out the Guardian Eyewitness?

Behold, my favorite photography-related application on the iPad:

The Guardian Eyewitness app can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store.

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