Slideshow accompanying the DigitalVU presentation "Smartphone Photography: Beyond the Basics". This presentation covers how to share your photos with the wider world. DigitalVU is presented by Vanderbilt University Web Communications: http://web.vanderbilt.edu
2. Lots of Networks...
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr &
Pinterest
Hashtags function differently within these
networks.
Curious which hashtags are trending across
social media? Hashtags.org tells you which
tags are popular in real time.
On campus? Use #vandygram
3. Sharing Solutions
Best way is native posting from
each app
Who has time for that?
Nobody.
10. Other Helpful Apps
Over Instasize Collage Apps
(there are
hundreds)
Repost Apps
(ditto)
There are always approximately one million versions of every type of app out there
– or so it seems. The best way to find one you love is to just keep trying them out.
Websites like Mashable and Lifehacker have app round-ups and are always
reviewing new apps as they come out.
11. The End
Don’t forget: if you’re taking pictures on
campus, use the hashtag #vandygram
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The best way to post to these networks, is posting within each app. Ex: Facebook to post to Facebook. However, when you manage multiple networks, it gets a little bit tedious, and no one has time to post to every account individually, so there are apps to help with this, that we will discuss in a minute.
But before we get into that, there are a few things you shouldn’t do. IE: Linking Facebook and Twitter together. This is not effective.
JENNY: Also, be careful when posting on instagram.
Instagram has an algorithm in place to crosspost to Twitter. If you tag a user on Instagram, it tries its best to find that person’s Twitter username when it’s publishing your Tweet. However, it gets it wrong quite frequently, as you can see above. This student tagged VanderbiltU in his Instagram post, but when Instagram cross-posted to Twitter, it decided that Melanie Moran was representative of Vanderbilt on Twitter. We have yet to discover a way to fix this problem.
However there are many ways that DO help you manage multiple networks.
JENNY
IFTTT (i-f-t) is a tool that lets you create connections between services.
You set up different channels by enabling services, some on your phone, some online
Channels are linked by creating recipes, for example you can see that a channel has been set up to link Instagram to Dropbox
It can be used for more than just photos, but it can do great things with photography
Jenny
IFTTT’s power comes in your ability to customize it. For example, we have a colleague who just had a baby. Any photo she posts to Instagram that’s tagged #g generates an email to her grandmother with the photograph attached, and photos tagged with the baby’s name go right to her Flickr feed
Another use might be if you have a Tumblr or blog – you can set up posts tagged with a certain hashtag to feed right to the blog
You can avoid the issue of Instagram messing up while posting to Twitter by having a recipe that posts all your Instagram pictures to Twitter using the native Twitpic application
There are endless possibilities, and new recipes are being added all the time
If you’re looking for the best, accept no substitutes. HootSuite is the most popular social media management tool for a reason. Besides being able to execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one web-based dashboard and mobile application, you can also manage social media, track conversations, and measure campaign results. HootSuite also offers a custom built-in analytics system and the capability to schedule posts on all platforms.
That being said, hootsuite isn’t the best for positing to every network. I use it to post Twitter updates, as well as Google+ and LinkedIn posts. However, if you use hootsuite to post to facebook, you may run into a problem with images posting as links. It’s important to make sure your images are appearing as images (not just links). Why does this matter? Images in Tweets have been shown to increase engagement rates by three to four times over messages without photos.
Now, HootSuite Pro users join our Enterprise customers in having the option to use Twitter’s own photo sharing technology to achieve a more native image publishing experience through HootSuite. With hootsuite pro you can go in and change this in the settings to post as a twitpic rather than just a link. Here is an example of a twitpic, being displayed in a feed. If this were just a link, rather than a twit pic, the photo would not be shown.
Multiple versions of the same apps – some are free, some are paid. With the free ones, just keep getting them, trying them, deleting them if they’re not for you.
For paid apps, pay attention to the user reviews, especially for the most recent version. Some people are just disgruntled, but if the same problems keep cropping up they’re probably legitimate issues
There are no shortage of sites that do app round ups and reviews, Mashable and Lifehacker being two great ones
Point out Beth Fox for point one, unless Anna has already covered