Learning about Flickr. Listener comments. PodCamp Toronto discussion. “Tools of Your Trade.”

Hosted by Bryan Person. Recorded from historic Boston, Massachusetts, USA and published for Sunday, March 11, 2007.

 

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IN TODAY’S SHOW:

Listener feedback:
1. Audio comment from Peter O’Connell, who presdented at PodCamp about “PodPresence (aka ‘Awesome Sounding Podcasts’)”

+ Wrap-up of PodCamp Toronto, which was held on February 24-25. Video from all sessions have been archived.

Bryan co-presented on Second Life with Jay Moonah. The relevant links for that presentation:

* Quicktime Video
* mp3 audio
* Presentation slides (PDF)
* Presentation notes (PDF)

2. Audio message from Beth Kanter, whom I met at the monthly meetup of the Boston Media Makers.

3. Audio feedback from Jon Hoel in Melbourne, Australia. Jon has just started the PR Junction Podcast.

New Comm Road Map:

A discussion of getting the most out of Flickr, which will also be played on Six Pixels of Separation, The Twist Image Podcast.

+ Question from Marko Kulik from Pets.ca and the Photography.ca Podcast originally played on Six Pixels of Separation, The Twist Image Podcast.

Blasting off at point 0 — Pick a username and screename that reflects your brand. Two good examples: flickr.com/photos/FinancialAidPodcast, and flickr.com/photos/electricsky/.

1. Fill out your profile, with links to your other online sites and your contact information.

2. Tag, tag, tag your photos! Searches will show up in Technorati. Allows you as a user to see photos from others who’ve used an identical tag and vice-versa. Example tag: “PodCampToronto”

3. Add a good description to your photos, including links. This will help you Google rankings.

4. Leave comments! Using simple HTML code, add an image and/or link back to your site in the comments area. Also good for Google juice.

5. Blog your photos. Blog others’ photos. Make sure to check that other Flickr users have given you permission to blog their photos.

6. Use RSS feeds. Subscribe to your friends’ photos. Subscribe to a tag for an event. Click on the “feed” button at bottom of a page and add it to your RSS reader.

Advanced features:

7. Upload photos from your mobile phone to your Flickr account … and then also send them on to your blog, using Blogger, Typepad, and WordPress.

8. Join a Flickr group. For example: Photo Safari Montreal.

9. Geotagging, maps with Flickr photos, Flickr, etc. Check out more goodies at http://flickr.com/services/

New Comm Road Citatioin

If you’re a blogger that wants to be identified — particularly if you’re blogging for a company, make sure you tell us who you are! Have a paragraph or page about you — a name, maybe a face, something about you and your interests — that lets us know there’s a real person behind this blog.

Tools of your trade

Recorded at PodCamp Toronto.

1. Bill Sweetman from Marketin Martini — Gmail, Typepad, Google Alerts
2. Donna Papacosta from the Trafcom News Podcast — Technorati, Google Blog Search, Del.icio.us.
3. Christopher Penn from the Financial Aid Podcast — Google Reader, Google, Google Blog Search, Technorati, WordPress, StumbleUpon, Facebook, MySpace, Xanga, Bebo, Feedster, Plum, Joost, iTunes, GarageBand, Levelator.
4. Chris Clarke from Student PR blog — Monitor This, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Google.
5. Mitch Joel from Six Pixels of Separation, the Twist Image Podcast — Google Reader, Google News Alerts, LinkedIn, Technorati, Twitter

If you want to contribute to this segment, call or send in your audio contribution with these three components:

1. Introduce yourself
2. Talk a little bit about your job. Are you in PR? Marketing? A non-profit company?
3. Talk about how you incorporate the tools of new media into your work. Which new-media tools do you use and how do you use them?

YOUR FEEDBACK:

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• Send us audio files or text e-mails to comments-AT-NewCommRoad.com
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Technorati Tags: Flickr, Peter O’Connell, Beth Kanter, Jon Hoel, Marko Kulik, PodCampToronto, PodCamp, Jay Moonah, Bill Sweetman, Donna Papacosta, Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast, Marketing Martini, Trafcom News, Chris Clarke, Mitch Joel, Six Pixels of Separation, Twist Image

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Running time: 00:29:58

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