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We’ve been experimenting for some time with ways to attach brackets to the wall without requiring customers to drill holes.

We have experimented with a lot of alternatives, but in our experience, 3M Command Strips are the best solution for avoiding holes. They hold the fotoflōt mounting bracket safely in place indefinitely, and leave no mark on the wall when removed properly.

We’re thinking about offering them as an alternative to the screws and anchors we ship with every bracket, but would like more feedback before proceeding. If you’d like to try them out just let us know next time you order a fotoflōt, and we’ll include a set of Command Strips in the shipment box at no charge.

Tags: 3M command strip, drill no holes, wall mount

We’re getting more and more business from organizations using photos and other images mounted on fotoflōts to tell their stories to team members, customers, clients and partners. We call them “photo savvy organizations” because in every case the project is initiated or championed by a photo enthusiast who understands the power of using the organization’s own images.

They tell us that fotoflōts helped them make a much more impactful statement, they appreciate how easy it is to order a complete installation, and they love that everything required for installation comes with the shipment. And some of them utilize the magnetic mounting a lot and rearrange their display frequently.

Orders come from a wide range of organizations. They include engineering consulting companies, real estate developers, manufacturing companies, medical centers, retirement communities, Federal Government agencies and many others.

Send us a note if you have a project in mind that we could help you with.

Tags: engineering consulting methodology, engineering consulting project, federal agancy, fotoflot, photo savvy organization, product display, story telling

We have added two more ways to access your images via photo sharing services. As you probably know, we have been a print fulfillment option for Google’s Picasa software for over a year, and Google’s Picasa Web photo sharing users could access their online images from fotoflot.com.

A few months ago we also became a print fulfillment option for Picasa Web users. This means that Picasa Web users can select a “basket” of images from their gallery, then click on a link that will transfer them and their basket of images to fotoflot.com, ready to place an order.

We recently launched a similar relationship with ACD Systems. They provide ACDSee software – photo editing, photo management and illustration applications for amateurs, professional photographers and businesses. There are over 25 million users of ACDSee software worldwide. They have just launched ACDSee Online, a photo sharing service for use by their software customers. fotoflōt is live as their first print fulfillment partner and similar to Picasa Web, a customer selects a basket of images, then transfers to fotoflot.com via a link.

If you use a photo sharing service that we don’t support and would like to see a simplified fotoflōt interface to that service, let us know. We can’t promise that we can add it, but we’ll certainly take a look.

Tags: ACDSeeOnline.com, image access, Kodak gallery, photo sharing site, Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, SmugMug, Zenfolio

A year ago two photo enthusiasts, one in an Air Force unit and the other in the Department of Homeland Security, discovered fotoflōt. Both were managing projects that involved mounting photographs taken by members of their unit. Both projects required the design of a photo display arrangement that would best fit the available space, and the selection of images for the display from a large pool of potential photos. Both projects selected and purchased fotoflōts, but had to go through some additional approval steps since we were not an approved vendor.

To make it easier for other government units to order from us, we applied for and were awarded a GSA (General Services Administration) contract. A GSA contract greatly simplifies the customer’s vendor selection and ordering process.

Over the past few months we have received several additional Government orders, all from other Air Force units. Our Government customers are displaying mounted photographs in their facilities to better tell their stories to unit personnel, their families, other agencies and visitors. They like the clean look of the frameless, glassless mounting system, and find that they can create a variety of effective wall arrangements using fotoflōts.

All of our government customers tell us that fotoflōts are higher quality and more cost-effective than the other alternatives they considered. They tell us that fotoflōts helped them make a much more impactful statement, they appreciate how easy it is to order a complete installation, and they love that everything required for installation comes with the shipment.

We anticipate the ad shown above will be running in the GSA MarkeTips magazine in the coming months, making hundreds of thousands of Federal Government decision makers and buyers aware of fotoflōt.

Contract # GS-02F-0177V
Schedule # 67
Photographic Services and Solutions

GovtSales@fotoflot.com

The joshspear.com blog is

a daily source of inspiration for marketers, brand managers, advertising executives, and a wide range of everyday people from around the world who love to stay ahead of the curve.

They featured fotoflot.com in a recent post.

Their take:

Displaying your favorite pics on your wall is an undertaking that requires great care. fotoflōt aims to keep your images in immaculate condition by removing the element of glass from the equation. Instead it utilizes a magnetic mounting system that allows for easy access should you want ever switch photos, and eliminates glare and reflection as your photos subtly float off the platform.

Read more at joshspear.com .

Tags: fotoflot.com, Josh Spear

beyondmegapixels.com is “A digital photography guide for the rest of us.” It covers a variety of photo-related topics and recently posted a fotoflōt review written by Cass. She had ordered a fotoflōt sample (pictured below) and loved the result, and everything else about her experience.

Some of her comments:

The tool for uploading and selecting the size and mount was very easy to use..
…the turn around time was incredibly fast…
The packaging is done very well…
The photo coloring was vibrant…
The photo itself is very durable…

You can read her complete review here.

Tags: Beyond Megapixels, fotoflot.com

GREAT OUTPUT, published by Lexjet Corporation, is a bi-monthly magazine for photographers who want to know more about how to print, finish, display and sell digital images.

The article describes the fotoflōt system and provides background on the company and its founders. You can download the magazine here, or read the article on a companion blog, greatoutput.blogspot.com.

Tags: fotoflot.com, great output, lexjet