Using Social sites to promote your blog - Flickr
If you don’t have a Flickr account then your missing out on potential traffic – six months ago I created a Flickr account to load on all of my travel photographs, then I realised the potential of Flickr for promoting my blog.
Create a Group based on the niche of your blog – in my example, Travel. I then optimised this group in Flickr by using tags, keywords and creating a good title. Within 24 hours I had more than 60 photographs uploaded, and within 4 weeks they were over 1,700 photographs and 90 members.
Within the Flickr Administration panel you can add a description and URL, so I created a keyword rich description and linked to my blog. Since then I have had a steady flow of traffic from Flickr, and a number of regular visitors who comment on the blog.
So to re-cap;
1. Create a Flickr account
2. Upload your own photographs to your account
3. Create a Flickr group
4. Optimise your group using tags and keywords
5. Submit your Group to the Flickr Groups
6. Write a description and link to your blog
7. Your done!
Also check out the new Flickr technology integration with Yahoo Maps. Zoom in the map and drop and drag your photograph on to the location where the photograph was taken.
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Filed under: Blog Promotion Tips on September 3rd, 2006
Good idea, but I have a huge problem with Flickr terms of service.
What problem Rose with the TOS?
Thanks Darren,
Your tips are priceless. I really appreciate how much you are sharing with us.
I would suggest those using Flickr & Yahoo Photos for their picture sharing, pay extra close attention to SubSection 9 of Yahoo Inc Terms of Service.
“Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Yahoo! the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable.”
Yahoo/Flickr has every legal right to publish or distribute any of your work without compensation to you. That’s what it meant by “granting them a worldwide-royalty free license.â€