Archive for January, 2010

Hello,

I had an associate ask me if it was possible to post his Flickr images and photos directly to his blog posts from within his Word Press Blog.

The answer is yes, and you can do a whole lot more than that. In the following PDF and video I reveal a process map showing you to quickly store and post images while building up your Flickr account.

Perhaps another question should be, do I recommend managing your blog images this way?

I am not saying that it is a bad thing, but I would recommend this method only to those people who are actively social and use Flickr a whole lot. The advantage of this method is that you have all of your blog images backed up in a service like Flickr. This means they can be used for more than one purpose and on many other blogs.

The negative side of this method is that it does require an extra step or two, and if you are the type of person who likes to have full server control of all of your Word Press images and artifacts, this may not be a method that gives you the most confidence.

Ultimately, the decision is yours.

How to use Flickr and install the Word Press Flickr Plugin in conjunction with Jing (PDF)

Would you like to watch my step-by-step how to install the Word Press Flickr Plugin?

Russell Wright and the Theme Zoom Team

Hello folks,

Google docs (not to mention Google Wave) now allows for ordinary documents to be uploaded without transforming them into Google-type documents. The implications for this are staggering as far as using Google for a project management system.

Many people will be very concerned about privacy.

You should be.

Do not upload anything confidential such as Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers and of course- don’t upload passwords or anything that will compromise your identity.

I personally do believe that anything that is online or contained within Google’s architecture is made available to the CIA, NSA and any other Homeland Security organization that needs to access the data.

Is this a bad thing for privacy?

I will let you answer this on your own.

Just don’t be foolish enough to operate any illegal activities using Google’s system in any way. Remain above board and transparent. This will allow you to utilize the new “upload anything” feature of Google’s system without any concern. Keep personal data on your desktop behind a secure firewall.

Read more about Google Docs Upload Anything Feature at the Google Website.

Russell Wright

Hi folks,

While the giant social media TZ “Feed Machine” has proven to be too
complicated for the average small business owner, some authors have stepped
forward with much simpler systems of social branding that can still be
accomplished at home in your “frog pajamas.”

Sue has added some insights to the Mini-Marketing Online Game Plan for
Small Business provided by Gary Vanerchuck.

http://budurl.com/98pm

Russell Wright and the Theme Zoom Team