If you like sharing your photos, Flickr is a cool way to do that. There are some ways to use Flickr to network with others who like photos. But it’s also not all about photos.
Flickr is a social site that allows users to upload photos and other graphics and share them with each other. Like other social media sites, you can browse the photos of other people, vote on them if you like them, or against them if you don’t, comment on them, and even add the users to your friends list.
There are many different uses for Flickr, but one powerful way to use it is to store your photos so that you can hotlink to them from your blog. I’ve known several bloggers who use Flickr for that purpose. But you can also use Flickr to network with others who have blogs and enter into an agreement with them so that you can use each other’s photos on your blogs.
Through Flickr’s Creative Commons library, you can set the rules of use for all of your photos. You can reserve all rights or make your photos open domain. You can set your rights to anywhere in between. There are even social applications out there that allow you to write slideshows for your photos and show them on your website.
Flickr is a great way to make new friends and everything you can do there you can do for your business or for personal pleasure. I strongly recommend using Flickr as a networking tool.
