Josiah Mackenzie, hotel marketing pro, blew my mind once again with his exhaustive and insightful advice in using Flickr for Hotels. His social media plan and help is just…. wow. Thanks sir. Some of his thoughts will be in the social media bible, whenever someone has enough time to sit down and write one (even though it seems to change second to second). Whatever the case, his work always gets me thinking. This time it brought me back to the vague, somewhat uneasy marriage of business and flickr.
Something people don’t seem to want to talk about, or at least isn’t brought up too often in regards to Flickr, is their famously nebulous Flickr TOS & Yahoo Terms of Service. I have spoken to (more…)
Posted by Michael Hraba under Hospitality Marketing
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The below text is from Flickr to a user.
Hello,
Flickr account “framesdirect” was deleted by Flickr staff for violating our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne
# Don’t use Flickr for commercial purposes.
Flickr is for personal use only. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account.
-Terrence
My question… how are these hotels and brands getting away with using flickr for business purposes, or better question:
How long before Flickr further cracks down on businesses and starts deleting accounts?
Anyone that understands this complexity with flickr, please (more…)