I’ve been taking pictures and video like a crazy woman since Little AG was born – I’m actually borderline obsessive with the “document every moment” stuff. When she was a couple of months old, I attempted to figure out the best way to organize and share all of these little tidbits of multimedia with our families – some of whom lived hundreds of miles away. I eventually settled on creating a website for her, which was fine until I used up all of my allotted space. Sheesh. You’d be surprised at how much room a few pictures and a couple of videos takes up! So I went back to the old way of doing things – photos to Walgreens, videos on YouTube, etc. Sure, I was still able to share it all, but not in the neat little package I had imagined.
Recently I discovered Multiply which is a social networking site that also includes a beginning to end media solution, where moms (and dads!) can quickly and easily store, share and discuss their media, as well as order a full spectrum of print products, with just a few clicks. It serves as an online backup and permanent storage of your original resolution files, which is extremely helpful if your computer ever crashes. For me, that is a scary and all-too-real possibility that became reality for me last summer – my computer crashed and there was a possibility that all of the photos from the first year and a half of Little AG’s life were lost. Thankfully I was able to recover them, but I learned my lesson in the meantime!
The social networking aspect of the Multiply allows family members to join and connect with you as well, so they can see your most recent videos, photos, etc. Even better, if I decide to create and order something on Multiply, my family members can order it too, or they can actually use the photos and other media that I upload to make their own products. So, if I create a photo book from Little AG’s birthday party, my family members can order a duplicate copy of the one I created, or they can use Multiply’s editor to include the photos they would most like to have in their book. You can also add notes to your profile, keep up with your calendar, and import your blog and photo feeds from various services, so you truly can have everything in one place.
Win it! Multiply has generously offered to give away 3 custom-designed photo books, valued at $29.99 each, just in time for Father’s Day! To enter to win, visit Multiply and take a look around then come back here and tell me something interesting about the site that I didn’t mention in this post, or expand on something not mentioned here. Bonus entries available for signing up for the site and coming back here and telling me (I will verify this should you win), blogging about this contest with a link back here and to Multiply , stumbling my site, subscribing to my feed, or tweeting about this! US entries only, contest ends June 18th, 2009 at 11:59 pm CST. Good Luck!
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They have travel calendars
I really love this site’s ‘Vintage’ calendars – I’d love to use pics of my kids when they were growing up and place w/pics of THEIR kids for us, Great-Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles etc. Would be too cute :)
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I love the vintage photo books to store old photos in the corner
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With 10 types of photo books there is bound to be one to please everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
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Their 13 million members upload more than 3,000,000 photos and 20,000 videos every day
I love the vintage photo books!
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Unlike other services, Multiply stores the original full-size versions of your photos and videos. Multiply Premium and the AutoUploader make Multiply the ideal archiving and safekeeping solution for all of your precious memories.
This would be fun to have. I learned that they even have photo calendars.
I subscribe via email.
Multiply lets your friends and family know when you have added something.
I like the variety, so much products and ideas to choose from!
I like the Picture Book Photo Book and how you can customize it with lot of options!
And photos/videos sharing is really made easy :)
Currently, they have Free Photo Card and 20% offers on their website.
I really liked the Construction Paper Themed book. It would be perfect to make a book for a Grandparent or a gift for a teacher. Love the website!
Wow, I’ve never heard of Multiply but it sounds like a lot of people really like it. From browsing around I’m impressed with all of the different products and things that are available and how easy they make it for you. I really like the Mommy And Me and Daddy And Me Photo Books, they’re adorable. Thanks!
I blogged about it here
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Beyond photo storage, they have all kinds of photo calendars you can create!
I love the calenders, I used 2 make my own and give them 4 gifts, but printer ink has gotten so expensive. Thanks for telling us about this website
I’m pretty impressed that you can get your own IP address.
I learned that Multiply’s powerful, flexible “Inbox” not only lets your friends and family know when you’ve posted something new, but also keeps them updated when replies are added. This keeps everyone in the loop, which keeps the discussion flowing
you get your own ip address which is something really amazing thanks eaglesforjack@gmail.com
I liked how you could take a picture (they used a father & kids one) and make a personalized card to send someone (in this case to a father). So cute. I also like the baby book you make as the child ages. Thanks.
I follow your blog – love your stuff! And thanks for the give-away, too!
I didn’t know that it was also a “Social” site where you could share your photos, etc like on facebook :) Great place….
1955nursehjc4me@myway.com
They have photo calendars you can make up to!
:) Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! :)
I love that you can showcase all your favorite moments from the past year with a photo Year Book.
always wanted to make one! would love this opportunity!
I’ve been using Multiply for 4 1/2 years now. It’s great because I can post more generic things (like recipes or thoughts on websites i’ve come across) publicly, but most of my pictures and videos of the kids are visible only to the people i trust enough to add as contacts.
I’ve ordered several photo books, calendars and cards and love them all. And the Autouploader makes it SO EASY to get the pics to the web. Then all I have to do is add titles and post them. And for only $20/year I’ve done the premium thing so that all my pics are backed up. (So I don’t have to worry about losing them if my hard drive and external drive fail.)
I also like that I can personalize my site and make it feel like home.
And there are some great groups you can join as well. I was in a group for new moms for awhile, but I’m kinda past that stage now. Instead I switched over to the moms of teens group. lol! There’s a vegetarians group, knitting and craft groups, environmental groups, etc.
And the staff is always helpful when I have a problem. And there’s a user support group to get help from other users.
I subscribe to your feed
It seems to be a site like Facebook and mySpace where you can find friends
I LOVE that they let you store your media permanently in its full resolution, and easily organize and edit your collection.
nice!
An alert lets you know when new files are in your Media Locker. Pick the best ones, and create photo albums and videos to share with your friends and family.
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Daddy and Me Photo Book would make a great Father’s Day gift.
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i like the security features. i blog and sometimes worry about the “public” seeing everything. also when i add new content, my family is emailed. that is cool.
They do books and calendars.
I’d love to make one of the photo calendars !
I follow.
I follow via email.
20% off all photo products.
I would like to make a photo calendar with photos from all our vacations.
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I’m subscribed to your feed
I’m signed up
I like that you have your own address & that you can both blog & upload photos & videos. What a great way for families to connect!
I love the vintage calendar, I think I may get my mother one for her birthday! Thanks for directing me to the site!
You can make your own photo calendar.
they have photo calendars to make up too. I love those
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You can create and buy a Picture Calendar Photo Calendar from Multiply.
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free photo card with order for dad’s day
There are three cover options for your photo book. . .a Photo Cover, a Die-Cut Leather cover or a Die-Cut Linen cover.
I love the different styles of photo books…especially the vintage one.
they are having a 20% off sale right now!
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they give you your own ip address
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/SavinginStyle/status/2132204355
I subscribe/follow via email! :)
I love that this is primarily a photo sharing site, yet it has all the great qualities of Facebook/MySpace – in that you can invite friends and family as a social network. That way, those coming into it know first hand that it’s your “brag book” of photos!! Love it!
love the personalized calendars
They have calendars. I’d love to make one for my parents for next year. Thanks for sharing~
I meant to type 19 types, not 10. oops.
With 10 types of photo books there is bound to be one to please everyone. Personally, I like the travel one.
i love that you get your own web address….thanks for the chance to win this awesome giveaway!
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Love the watercolor photo books.
They have photo calendars.
I signed up for your email
I signed up for Multiply
I did not know about this site, so I learned about all the products that they have
The Personalized calendars are amazing. I am inspired for Christmas. Thanks for the chance.
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I just tweeted about the giveaway!
I follow your site with RSS – thanks!
I like their calendars – I’d love to do that for the grands!
I subscribe.
I like the baby calendars they have, with the space for adding photos throughout the year. Baby calendars are a fast and easy way to keep track of milestones (like smiling for the first time or sitting up) when you don’t have time to do the baby book.
i suscribe
I signed up for an account
This looks neat! you get your own address and you can share music too!
I also subscribe
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I browsed under the Ideas section…looked interesting and helpful
you get your own ip address! sweeeeeet
I just joined Multiply! If you need to find me, I used the same email address as I use here, on your site. Plus, I wrote a short blog to get things started. Thanks for sharing the site w/us & for this great giveaway!
Very cool. Their site mentioned that it gave you your own web address, which makes it more easily accessible to family & friends. I just recently lost ALL picture & videos of my only son’s 1st whole years of life(plus, my daughters 3rd year, as well). Needless to say, I’m traumatized! Finding the time (& extra $) to upload everything & having it backed up someplace where my bad luck can’t influence it sounds like it just might work!
I’ve been on Multiply for almost three years now. I currently just use it to share YouTube videos with my friends and make an occasional post. I also like to use it for reviewing things like restaurants and movies, and it’s cool that they allow people who comment to rate it on your review so you can compare.
Well, my website url had an error in it above so I’ll resend in case anyone wants to follow it to Multiply.
I’ve been at Multiply for several years because the privacy settings are by far the best you will find anywhere online. What you see on my Multiply is only a small portion of what I’ve posted since each post has a variety of privacy permissions. And the photo cards I’ve designed myself were of such high quality, yet so well priced, that I won’t buy anywhere else. People still have my Christmas cards on their Fridge doors!
Love the Photobook and Calendars!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
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http://www.FeedYourPigBlog.com
The books are cool, but wow, love the calendars! Such an interesting site, gonna look around more!
I have been using Multiply for a very long time now and that is where I also got to meet a lot of nice friends. It is a nice website if you want to keep in touch with family and friends who are far away from you. you get to choose your own setting from being public to have it private. It is nice!
oh I love making photo books- but love they have calendars too
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I love this idea: Showcase all your favorite moments from the past year with a Photo Year Book.
Use Multiply to quickly create a Photo Year Book and organize all your photos from the past year. We recommend our Picture Book design.
They have photo calendars!
I created an account!!
I think that the Save the Date cards are really cool. I love the idea of using them for a bridal shower and include the picture of the couple on them. I have a friend who is getting married this year and i am going to email her the link to Multiply;)
I love the vintage photo books they even have to corner things like I have in so many of my old photo albums.
I did sign up for this great site. Thanks. I was not aware of it.
Didn’t know they have 20% off all photo products.