In reality the title of this post is a misnomer. It's not hard to 'sell' Flickr at all. Why? Just about everybody I ever show Flickr to says, 'Wow, that's cool, where do I sign up?"
For organizations, especially non-profits, the big 'selling' point of Flickr is the photo resize function. If you're not familiar with it, when you upload a photo Flickr will automatically (or is it auto-magically) create up to six different sizes for you. You can then easily use any of these sizes on your web site or blog.
Above is a screenshot of the 'All Sizes' function. As you can see Flickr has created the following versions for me: Square 75x75, Thumbnail 67x100, Small 161x240, Medium 335x500, Large 687x1024 and Original 1074x1600. All I have to do is cut/paste the code into my page.
Once you get started Flickr also becomes somewhat addictive as Amber is finding out. I recently noted my 5000th photo, a few weeks later I'm now close to 7000.
Visitor Comments
Question: how does one make the "All Photos" feature available to other users? Amber and I just noticed the other day that we couldn't use each other's photos that way, but that it works with your photos.
Posted by: Rusty | March 27, 2007 11:50 AM
Rusty:
Go to your account preferences -> Privacy & Permissions -> Download Settings...then edit to the level you want.
Here is a direct URL: http://flickr.com/account/prefs/downloads
Posted by: Josh Hallett | March 27, 2007 12:01 PM
Hey Josh,
To be more specific... "All sizes" is available, but there isn't any code to link to the photo available when I view Rusty's photos (for example). But when I view yours, there is.
Actually... I just noticed that it's there for SOME of yours, but not all. E.g., http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/423318268/in/set-72157600003388507/ this one has the code but this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/385449181/in/set-72157594527716118/ doesn't.
I scoured Flickr's FAQ and couldn't find anything. Sorry to suddenly make you the Flickr go-to guy.
Posted by: Amber | March 27, 2007 12:40 PM
Thanks for the tip - it is very timely for me for some client work I am about to launch.
Posted by: sherry heyl | March 27, 2007 3:23 PM
I've been using flickr since you recommended it almost 2 years ago. I use it as a combination archive, showcase and client resource.
Posted by: Wendy | March 28, 2007 4:55 PM
After attending the NewComm Forum, I set up a Flickr group for my company. It is my hope that customers who have purchased cars from CarMax will join the group and post photos of their cars.
Posted by: CMW | March 29, 2007 11:02 AM
Great tip, thanks. Was just wondering about that and said to myself "I'll bet Josh has something about that". ;-)
Am still using point-and-shoot but you're also starting to give me "DSLR envy".
Posted by: Jim | July 28, 2007 11:14 AM