Flickr photo books creation tools are just a few of many quick, highly customizable tools that Flickr offers to help you create distinctive business marketing products and souvenirs. Giving yourself a visual presence, whether strictly online or through physical products like photo books, is certain to help your business stand out from the crowd.

When using Flickr photo books as a business tool, remember a few key facts. Anybody can view your Flickr photos (the source material for your Flickr personalized Flickr photo books) unless they're specifically marked as "Private" when you upload them. Also, any photos you post on the Internet can easily be taken and used by others. With that said, Flickr photo books are a valuable business and marketing tool that help put a face to your business name. There are several advantages to creating photo books through Flickr as opposed to other services:

1. Flickr photo books have quick turnaround; no wait for a publisher to vet your material.

2. You have complete control over what goes into your custom Flickr photo books.

3. You still have the option of bringing in outside expert help if you think it would be helpful.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Keep complete control over your own Flickr photo books

You retain full control of what goes into your Flickr photo books. Information like business services and products offered, rewards, distinguished employees and other marketing materials is all fair game for your Flickr photo books.

I recommend: HP's Flickr photo books site lets you choose between hard cover and soft cover formats for your book and modify book size according to the number of photos you'd like to publish. If you're having trouble organizing photos for your Flickr photo books, help is available through the Flickr Organizr tool, which sorts your uploaded photos into sets and makes it easier to quickly organize your photo book.

Branch out from the Flickr photo books site

While a wide variety of self-publishing tools allow you to publish your own photo books or prints of digital photos, Flickr gives you the unique advantage of making the same photos you've uploaded for other purposes available for inclusion in your photo books without further hassle.

I recommend: QOOP and Blurb are two Flickr partners that have geared their services toward convenience and ease of use for Flickr users.

Get Flickr photo books advice straight from the experts

Organizing and printing an entire library of photos into Flickr photo books is easy, but can be a little confusing at first. When you run into problems with your Flickr photo books, advice and trouble-shooting are readily available. Best of all, they're free.

I recommend: Having trouble keeping what goes where in which photo book straight? Use the Flickr tags tool to help you keep tabs on what goes into each of your Flickr photo books. If you're struggling with the interface to the Flickr photo books printing partner you've chosen, you have many options--maybe a new partner like Viovio will be easier to use.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Because almost anybody can easily take and use photos made public over the Internet, consider putting a watermark or other distinctive branding market on photos you post online for inclusion in Flickr photo books. This turns unwanted photo use into another marketing opportunity.