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Twitter: Your Expectations vs. Reality (Comment to win!)

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When you first heard about Twitter, you probably wondered why the heck anyone would care about the answer to “What are you doing right now?” If you’ve used Twitter and developed some relationships, you probably realized that the connections go way beyond folks sharing what they’re having for lunch. I want to hear your Twitter [...]

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How to Let Others Share Your Flickr Photos via Blogs

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Flickr’s blog integration has never been too hidden, but most users’ experience has probably been in using the feature to post one’s own photos. Allowing others to blog your photos can be a great way to have your work shared. How do you allow this? The blogging permissions can be found by logging onto Flickr [...]

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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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Read All About It! Three Relevant Books Right Now

In the last couple of weeks there have been some great developments for photographers looking at interesting things to read. First, The Linked Photographers’ Guide to Online Marketing and Social Media was released. I’m currently reading through my copy and will post a full review once I get through the book. It’s all about marketing [...]

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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 [...]

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Social Photo Podcast #21: Google’s Photo Business, Social Media Lost and Found, Outsourcing Your Blogging

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Subscribe via iTunes: – this link will launch iTunes for easy subscription Here’s episode 21 of the Social Photo Podcast. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about how Lyza’s lost camera was returned due to social media, the outsourcing of blog content, whether Google is going to put you out of business, and [...]

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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 [...]

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Social Photo Podcast #20: Twitter Stats, Twitter’s Future, Being Where Your Clients Are

Subscribe via iTunes: – this link will launch iTunes for easy subscription Episode 20 of the Social Photo Podcast has been released. Host Aaron Hockley looks at Twitter statistics, Twitter’s future, finding your audience, and more. This episode is about ten minutes long. Links to Things We Mention SLL Productions – podcast/broadcast support including voiceovers, [...]

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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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Social Media’s Impact on Photographers’ Businesses

Today we feature a guest post. Sahdev Thakur has over 10 years of experience in technology and outsourcing businesses. His love for photos has inspired him develop innovate business model for photos using social media. He is currently CEO and Founder of PixWand a Delaware Company. As a photographer, 15 years back, when the Internet [...]

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