There are many social networking outlets these days and picture sharing is one of them.
Fortunately, one app has made it easier than ever to upload, tag, and share your pictures through Twitter.
It's called Twitpic, and if you have a Twitter account you already have a Twitpic account.
Twitpic is free to use and makes tweeting your pictures a snap.
All that's required is logging into Twitpic using your Twitter name and password and then you can upload your pictures via computer or phone to your unique Twitpic address (available through Twitpic account settings).
After uploading your picture(s) you can then decide if you want the picture(s) shared via your Twitter stream or not, and you and other users can add tags to you your photos so they can be easily identified.
You can also allow other users to add comments to your pictures, and you can easily view statistics for each individual picture to see how many times it has been viewed and gain perspective on the popularity and success of that picture posting (great tool for blogs and companies).
Unfortunately, you are limited to only uploading pictures in three different formats:.
jpg,.
png, and.
gif.
However, this is only a minor setback as these are the most common photo formats anyway; therefore this limitation shouldn't affect you too much.
Another negative to Twitpic is that anyone can maintain an account and upload pictures to Twitpic, so every now and then you will run into some offensive, absurd, or irrelevant images - but again, this is just a minor setback as this problem isn't just limited to Twitpic and is more of an internet standard, if you will.
Twitpic can be a great tool for companies, especially in the marketing department.
For instance, if a company held a press conference, party, or any such event, they can easily post pictures of their event to Twitpic and allow comments/tags and have the pictures tweeted.
This is great because it is a great way to give followers an inside view of the company and its employees and get a little more personal with fans.
Another way companies can use Twitpic to their benefit is by integrating their website with Twitpic.
This could potentially be a great way to invite reviews and comments on the company.
The company could even allow users to post their own pictures.
For instance, showing them interacting with the company product and open up a new door to social media advertising.
In the end, Twitpic is definitely a very user friendly app for both the individual and the corporation and should be seen as another welcomed and positive addition to the online social world.
It enhances the connection of people to people and companies to people.
What's not to love?