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One Year Down, Contest Winners, and Moving Forward

One year ago, I launched Social Photo Talk. Since then, thousands of readers have viewed hundreds of articles. I’d like to say thank you for your participation and for sharing Social Photo Talk with your friends and colleagues. It’s been great to interact with you online as well as those of you’ve [...]

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Twitter Contests: I Now View Them All as Spam

One of the posts I wrote the first month of Social Photo Talk’s existence was about what I thought was the right way to handle contests on Twitter. http://www.socialphototalk.com/contests-on-twitter/
I’d like to rescind that earlier opinion. I was wrong. Contests have no place on Twitter. They’re really damn spammy and it makes [...]

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Facebook Contests and Promotions: Read the Restrictive Rules

Contests are a popular use of social media. I’ve blogged about my thoughts on contests on Twitter, run a couple contests here on Social Photo Talk, and used Twitter and Facebook to drive traffic to my contests. Yesterday it came to my attention that Facebook has recently updated their Promotions Guidelines, which set [...]

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On the Eleventh Day of Tips-Mas…

From December 25th through January 5th, I’m running a series called the Twelve Days of Tips-Mas, offering quick and easy tips for social media use by photographers.
On the eleventh day of Tips-Mas, this blogger said to thee: give something away. As a photographer, give something away every now and then to those who are [...]

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Congratulations to our Trust Agents Winner

I’m excited to announce the winner of the contest for a copy of Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. The winner is Natalie Woods of When Shutters Click. I’ll be contacting Natalie to work out the logistics for delivery of the book.
Looking for ideas to spruce up your blog for the [...]

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Win a Copy of Trust Agents

Perhaps you didn’t listen to me last month when I reviewed Trust Agents and recommended that you read it. It’s okay, I won’t take it (too) personally. I really think that anyone using social media should read it, so I’m offering up a chance to win a copy.
Here’s how to enter, along with [...]

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Flickr Pro Contest Winner: Linda Davis

The winner of our comment contest (by random drawing) is Linda Davis. Thanks to all who left comments, and hopefully you’ll continue to do so even though there’s not an announced contest. I might just have more giveaways up my sleeve…
Linda, I’ll contact you privately about getting you the Flickr Pro gift.
Photo by [...]

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