Custom Flickr prints creation tools are just a few of the 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 prints, is certain to help your business stand out from the crowd.

When using a Flickr prints site as a business tool, remember that anyone can view your Flickr photos (the source material for your personalized Flickr prints) unless they're specifically marked as "Private" when you upload them. With that said, Flickr prints are a valuable business and marketing tool that help put a face to your business name. There are several advantages to creating prints through Flickr as opposed to other services:

1. Sort easily through the photos you've already uploaded.

2. Create Flickr prints of other marketing materials you've created.

3. Retain the benefits of expert advice when you need it.

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

Sort and organize your Flickr prints information with the right tools

You retain full control of what goes into your Flickr prints. Photos of business functions or depictions of products and services offered, distinguished employees or branch offices are all fair game.

I recommend: Use the Flickr Organizr tool to sort your uploaded photos into sets by theme, business function or marketing purpose. Then you can make Flickr photo prints directly through Flickr and pick them up at a Target store near you.

Make Flickr prints work for you

While a wide variety of self-publishing tools allow you to publish your own prints of digital photos, Flickr gives you the unique advantage of making the same photos you've uploaded for other purposes available as prints with little to no hassle.

I recommend: Make sure the Flickr filter for each of the photos you want to turn into a print is set to "safe" and "public"--otherwise the photos you want to see will not be accessible to the Flickr partners you're using for printing. HP offers tools specifically for Flickr users to render their Flickr photos into beautiful hard copy prints, delivered right to your door.

Surf wisely for Flickr prints help

If you're trying to resize or otherwise tweak your Flickr prints, advice may come in handy. Solve your own problems quickly and for free by finding the right Flickr prints help.

I recommend: Having a hard time keeping straight what's been turned into Flickr prints and what hasn't? Try Flickr tagging each printed photo with "print" or "prints." If you're struggling with the interface through one of Flickr's printing partners, try working with another company like Imagekind.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  You can use your Flickr account preferences to determine whether other Flickr users will be able to make Flickr prints out of photos that you have uploaded. You can keep your business photos private, make them public for viewing but not printing, or allow family, friends, and contacts--or any of the above--to print them.