Fail Tagged - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/tag/fail/ The Davis-Allman Business Development Blog - Alpha: life is an ongoing experiment Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:57:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.barefootbusinessman.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fail Tagged - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/tag/fail/ 32 32 42648053 Flickr’s New Photo Page (Test Version) https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/10/flickrs-new-photo-page/ Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:25:59 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1656 Notwithstanding the fact that the Flickr site seems to be down more often than it is up at the moment (Bad, bad panda!) Flickr currently has a whole new look photo page that is being trialed with some users. Flickr has a history of implementing changes without consultation, so anything that involves Flickr actually listening […]

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]]> 1656 7 reasons why Facebook doesn’t care about your business page. https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/7-reasons-why-facebook-doesnt-care-about-your-business-page/ Sat, 25 May 2013 18:17:19 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1319 Yup. I agree. Unless you have a highly motivated and engaged audience Facebook now makes it really hard to make things happen. Unless, that is, you spend some dollars with them. All the more reason to brush up your SEO and Analytics skills and make sure you are concentrating your efforts and money in the […]

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]]> 1319 Instagram performs a U-turn and will re-word Terms and Conditions https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/12/instagram-performs-a-u-turn-and-will-re-write-terms-and-conditions/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:17:16 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=871 In what has to be a damage control exercise, Kevin Systrom co-founder of Instagram has admitted they made a mistake and promised to re-word their terms and conditions text. On the Instagram company blog he posted: To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in […]

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]]> 871 Check your Facebook Page’s Profile Picture https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/11/check-your-facebook-pages-profile-picture/ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/11/check-your-facebook-pages-profile-picture/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:47:12 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=207 Strange things are happening on Facebook today. On several (but not all) of the pages we look after the profile images no longer display properly. I discovered that the profile pictures had lost their ‘Scale to fit’ option setting. The quickest way to fix it is to hover over your profile picture, click on ‘Edit […]

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]]> https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/11/check-your-facebook-pages-profile-picture/feed/ 2 207 I’d really like to rant about Facebook… https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/11/id-really-like-to-rant-about-facebook/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:28:26 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=61 I’ll try to be civil. Facebook’s in flux, and the best we can do is sit back and enjoy the ride. Their latest trick is to pick a page your page is following and spam your page’s feed with every single thing that page likes. Pages have no way of selecting what shows in their […]

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]]> 61 Facebook makes major changes to who sees your page’s posts https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/10/facebook-makes-major-changes-to-who-sees-your-pages-posts/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:55:29 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=291 The article (link below) asserts that the latest Facebook changes implemented on September 20 are for the good. I’ve heard nothing but howls of dismay from page owners whose pages no longer get seen by a large number of their followers. So I disagree with the article’s basic premise and this is why: Facebook’s changes […]

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