I got on Flickr about a year ago and didn’t think a lot about it. I upload pictures there of my mini-adventures. I used to put them on Facebook but I figure this way, I can just connect them to my Facebook account and people like my mom can see them without having accounts.

I was at the Chapter Two Gallery in Corea when I saw one of Betsy Thompson’s mixed media collages. They’re really fun and lively so I took one of the cards she had on hand there. (I see she’s restricted use of her images which is why I’m not putting one on this blog. I’ve put the link below though in case you want to check them out).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urchinmama/

Now if you’re an artist looking for how to market your work, I think Betsy does a good job of showing her stuff and really using Flickr to keep in touch with her audience. She not only puts up her work for sale but photos from her life and recently a collection she did for Anthropologie.



Flickr allows not only a nice format to display photos (like the white wall of a gallery really) but allows the uploading of multiple images and video at a time (and you can even mass-tag images, which helps them come up in searches). With a Pro account ($20/year), you can also get some stats and additional upload space. A nice tool that I am only beginning to use to it’s full potential but it’s clear people like Betsy figured this out long ago.

If you are a business or non-profit that hasn’t checked out Flickr, I’d do a search for your company, yourself, or even your geographic area and see what comes up. And if you see a photo you like, contact the photographer and let them know. You never know what may come of it!

Anyone else using Flickr and enjoying it? If so, please find me! I need some friends…

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