Writtent Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

Creative Commons Search. The official Creative Commons website lets users search websites for free-to-use images from a variety of sources, including Google Images, Flickr and the Wikimedia Commons. Aside from just image search, you can use it to access Creative Commons music, media and video files.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

CC0 (Creative Commons Zero). Flickr Commons. You could spend hours browsing the weird, wonderful, and vintage images on Flickr Commons. Select the correct license when searching Flickr Commons. Search free stock images by color in Flickr Commons. Public Domain.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

Photo courtesy of functoruser on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Photo courtesy of skpy on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Maybe it's time to give up and pull the plug on that blog. If not…stop doing what you’re doing and formulate a plan to find new, interesting content.

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2010

There are a number of great resources that are either low-cost or free: Flickr The grand-daddy of all image sites. Flickr is a very powerful community with millions of photos at your disposal. A note about using Flickr photos: if you plan to embed a Flickr photo in your site, there are guidelines that you need to follow.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 28, 2012

Photo credit: ajc1 (Flickr, Creative Commons). It means that while some black hat and gray hat SEO “professionals” are still trying to peddle their poor-performing tactics, real content marketers are able to pick up the clients they abandoned when their house of spam finally collapsed.

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 21, 2012

–Sean **Stop Caring image via Daquella Maner on Flickr via Creative Commons license. If you have had a moment that changed the direction of your blog, I’d love to hear about it in a comment. Help others by sharing your experiences!

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2011

Image: Virginia Postrel via Flickr, CC 2.0. You probably already know that you shouldn’t use images you don’t have a right to use; i.e. if you don’t own them, or they don’t have a Creative Commons license. Image: annzstream via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Firebelly

JULY 31, 2012

Photo credit: Chuck_Heston (Flickr, Creative Commons). I’d love to hear from you. What is your process? Who do you listen to, and where do you get your information? Leave a comment and let me hear from you.

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SocMed Sean

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Shhh… photo courtesy of Sarah G on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Recently, Twitter has been behaving pretty anti-socially with their data. For a company that is engaged in the business of social media (which means sharing things), they recently restricted how developers can use their API.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. If you choose to stay quiet, it may create an opportunity for the rumors to gain even more traction.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Photo credit: JanneM (Flickr, Creative Commons). In other words, you don’t have to keyword stuff, you just have to write about the important topics that you want Google to know you for. But, thanks to Google, you have to do it a lot, you have to do it well, and you have to let Google know you did it.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 6, 2012

Photo courtesy of RRix on Flickr via Creative Commons. I'm a sucker for a good whiteboarding session. The funny thing is, while I love to pick apart a problem I’m not usually the person that actually identifies the solution. You see, I’m a connector. I like to bring people together as a team to solve problems.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Take original photos related to your niche and post them to Flickr. Use a Creative Commons license that requires people to link back to your website if they use the images. Answer questions on Quora. Host a free Webinar to discuss a topic of essential interest to your target audience.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Photo credit: puuikibeach (Flickr, Creative Commons). If someone comes to your site and sees a heavy block of text that could crush an adult, they’ll hit their back button faster than Billy the Kid. But if they can see white space and something easier to read, they’ll stick around.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Photo credit: sokabs (Flickr, Creative Commons. If you spot any of them in the wild, tell us how it went in the comments, and how you handled the situation. And whether you tweeted about it later. It’s not like they’re going to see it.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact. Even a picture from your smartphone is better than no picture at all — assuming the photo actually has something to do with the actual content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Image: sahmeepee via Flickr , Creative Commons The Best means that you are indubitably, unequivocally, indisputably the best in who you are, what you do, and what you stand for, no matter who – or what – else you are compared with, or what others might be exposed to.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

–Sean Note: The tombstone images created for this article were derived by an image by L.Marie on Flickr , under the creative commons license. I’d love to hear why you think Google + Your World is game changing in the social space or if you agree, I’m game for those comments, as well. Email this to a friend?

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

"Spring" via promanex on Flickr under creative commons license. Ahhhh Spring! The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding, and there’s a sense of renewal in the air. But with Spring also brings with it the need to do Spring cleaning.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 5, 2011

Image: Seema K K via Flickr, Creative Commons. Since I recently joined the Socialbrite team, I can tell you they’re a terrific group of people and this would be a tremendous learning and networking opportunity for you. So if you’re interested, please contact JD.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Week 3: Photos & Images Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites. This work is licensed under Creative Commons- see details. -->. Week 2: Blogging Set up your own blog & add your first post.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So What Will You Have For Lunch? How unbelievably ridiculous. Or pathetic.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 8, 2012

Photo credit: Chris Devers (Flickr, Creative Commons). Publishing is a new way of thinking, and the smart marketers have already been embracing it. Are you ready to get started, or have you already been doing it?

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 12, 2012

I also source photos from Flickr (go to the bottom of the advanced search page and check the box for Creative Commons licensing). Use short paragraphs, too. Get an image. Pictures speak 1,000 words. Never forget that. These horses come from MorgueFile. There are many places online for free photos for your blog. Tune your engine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 11, 2011

Image: BenSpark via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: Lord Jerome via Flickr, CC 2.0. Creative Commons literally just popped up within the last few weeks. But are they doing them in the best way they could? I say, “Yes!”. That tool alone is gold! It gave me insight into what I was missing and what I was doing right.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Photo credit: Kellogg Community College (Flickr, Creative Commons). You’ll be the one they’re chasing after, as you bear down on their goal, with no one standing in the way. The goal’s open, so take your shot.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Frustrated courtesy of M artinaK15 on Flickr via Creative Commons Writer’s block sucks. Blogger’s block sucks more. And believe me…there is a difference. For me, writer’s block doesn’t mean I can’t write, it means that I can’t write about what I want to write about.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Use materials licensed under Creative Commons. As you might know, Creative Commons (cc) enables you to license your own writing, photos, videos, or anything you’ve created for reuse by others, and it’s free. Here are the different types of Creative Commons licenses.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Photo credit: Adam Foster (Flickr, Creative Commons). Next week, we’ll talk about what parameters Google does look at to determine whether a site is valuable or not, and to help you understand whether you can deliver it or not.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Photo by Andres Rueda on Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons For those of you who don’t know what CRM stands for, it’s Customer Relationship Management and it’s a term often used by software vendors like SalesForce.com to describe their products. Social CRM.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Tomorrow Christians around the world will be celebrating the birth of Christ.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# I actually have a bunch of them. There’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, of course. Also Cinderella. Also Sleeping Beauty. Well, I still love fairy tales.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Image: Loius Volant on Flickr, Creative Commons. Whatiswrongwith.me , The Arab Spring or The Pink Chaddi movement are varying examples of this phenomenon (recommended reading: Clay Shirky’s The Cognitive Surplus ). Apparently all this is free, isn’t it? No, not really.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 11, 2010

I really appreciate all of the meaningful conversations that we have in the comments of this website, on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , Flickr and the other ways that we find to connect online. JustinRLevy.com by Justin Levy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 3, 2012

You can use Flickr to source creative commons but if you can’t find one that completely works with your blog post, create one or purchase a license for one. This led to more readers spending up to 30 minutes and more at a visit. Use Big Images.

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