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How to Import Flickr Photos into Facebook

April 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Facebook

You can now use Facebook’s import feature to add your Flickr photos into Facebook. You can import stories from other sites with the Import link at the top of your Mini-Feed. Right now, only a few sites—Flickr, Yelp, Picasa, and del.icio.us—are available for importing. Digg and other sites are scheduled. These posts will look just like any other Mini-Feed stories, and will hopefully increase your ability to share information with your friends.

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9 Guaranteed Ways To Get More Traffic To Your Blog

March 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Facebook

To quote Van Halen, ‘everybody wants some.’ And what you want is traffic. Why write a blog if no-one visits, right? I have 17 technical writers’ blogs in my Google Reader & RSS feeds. Most are fine but… if they used some of the following tactics, they’d get more traffic, comments, money and Nobel prizes. [...]

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How to add a Flickr Slideshow to your WordPress Blog

March 13th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized

You can add a Flickr Slideshow to your Wordpress Blog using this single line of code. All you need to do this is a Flickr account, the tag you want to use and you’re done. That’s it. Here’s how to create the slideshow.

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10 Cities You Must See Before You Croak!

March 12th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized

Today is Friday, so let’s take it easy. Here are some of my favorite cities, places that I think you’d enjoy. I’ve been to all except Buenos Aires. Other honorable mentions go to London, Lagos (Portugal), Milan, Galway, Dunhaung, Amsterdam, New Orleans, and Hainan. Some pics and videos for your amusement.

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Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free

October 22nd, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free

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Free Creative Commons Images on Flickr

October 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

If you’re looking for free images for your website or blog, then check out Flickr’s new Creative Commons page. Many Flickr users offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license. Confused about the different CC licenses? Here is what the different Creative [...]

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Instant Site Thumbnails for Your Blog with PageGlimpse

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Image via Wikipedia What’s the fastest way to take a screenshot of a website, turn it into a thumbnail, and get it on your blog? How about if you could automate this? Most of us hit print screen, take it into Snagit or PhotoShop, play with the size until it’s right and then save. Well, [...]

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How to Blog Almost Every Day – Use the Inverted Pyramid story format

October 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Productivity

Image by jonathansin via Flickr Do you want to update your blog every day? Chris Brogan provides this framework for writing a blog post (almost) every day. He adds that while it’s not easy, once you develop the right habits, they stick with you. I’m writing quite regularly now, but it took me several years [...]

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Flickr, Make a Slideshow & Gallery of other People’s Photos

October 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

You can now create slideshows of other people’s photos in Flickr by using the new Gallery tool. Whereas the Collection and Set features lets you organized your own photos, the gallery option lets you collect photos from other Flickr photo-streams.

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How to link your Flickr and Twitter accounts

October 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

You can now link your Flickr account to Twitter, allowing you to send photos in real-time to this very powerful social media application. Before you start, you might want to read the tips on getting started over on the Flickr Twitter Beta site. It’s an easy read and you’re bound to pick up some nice [...]

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Flickr Tips – How to use HTML to Format your Profile and Image Descriptions

October 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Uncategorized

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to publish different tips on how to get the best from Flickr. Here is the first set. This shows you how to format your profile and your image descriptions. In other words, if you want to bold, italic, underline or even add hyperlinks to other sites, maybe different blogs you run or want to recommend.

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Flickr Tips – How to surf through your photo stream

October 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Flickr Tips – How to surf through your photo stream

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Should Gmail be the Hub of Your Company’s Social Media Strategy?

July 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

Should Gmail be the Hub of Your Company’s Social Media Strategy?

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Should Gmail be the Hub of Your Company's Social Media Strategy?

July 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Should Gmail be the Hub of Your Company’s Social Media Strategy?

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Connect Facebook To Twitter, more options coming soon

July 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Facebook

Facebook hosted a conference call on July 1 to introduce new privacy settings. It plans to offer new settings so you can share links, text, video and photographs with your friends, sub-set of their friends, or ‘everyone.’ At the moment, you can only share these with your friends.

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