Tips Tagged - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/tag/tips/ The Davis-Allman Business Development Blog - Alpha: life is an ongoing experiment Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:31:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.barefootbusinessman.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tips Tagged - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/tag/tips/ 32 32 42648053 Kindle for PC – This dictionary is not supported in your country https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2014/09/kindle-for-pc-this-dictionary-is-not-supported-in-your-country/ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2014/09/kindle-for-pc-this-dictionary-is-not-supported-in-your-country/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:27:25 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1874 Here’s a simple fix for the error message “This dictionary is not supported in your country” on Kindle for PC. The Kindle for PC reader is a great resource, I use it to organize, read and add notes to various informational brochures (in pdf format) as well as books I’ve purchased from Amazon. One problem was […]

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]]> https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2014/09/kindle-for-pc-this-dictionary-is-not-supported-in-your-country/feed/ 5 1874 Facebook Promotions Simplified https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/08/facebook-promotions-simplified/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:21:09 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1581 Facebook have simplified their requirements for your business to run a Facebook promotion.  You longer need to use a Facebook apps, promotions can be offered via your timeline, which is good news for many small businesses. It’s probably not so good news for the companies proving app generating services such as Woobox. Here’s the gist of […]

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]]> 1581 How to Add a Video to a WordPress Blog https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/07/how-to-add-a-video-to-a-wordpress-blog/ Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:34:51 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1468 Here’s a quick step-by-step guide on how to add a YouTube video to a WordPress blog. This will work equally well for a WordPress page or post. It is easy to add a link to a video, but, if you do your site’s visitors will end up leaving your site to see the video and […]

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]]> 1468 How to copy and paste text with a mouse or keyboard (Windows) https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/07/how-to-cut-and-paste-text-with-a-mouse-or-keyboard-windows/ Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:01:26 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1446 Few people are taught how to copy and paste text on their computers. Here's a simple how-to complete with links to some keyboard shortcut resources.

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]]> 1446 Something to sell? Do not make this mistake https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/something-to-sell-do-not-make-this-mistake/ Mon, 27 May 2013 18:22:30 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1351 You are browsing the Internet. You see a product you like, you might even want to buy it. Then, suddenly you hit an information roadblock and they lose your sale… The example above came as a link in an email from Adobe. Yes, I am interested in buying it – How much is it going […]

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]]> 1351 The New Flickr Cover Image – Templates https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/the-new-flickr-cover-image-templates/ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/the-new-flickr-cover-image-templates/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:47 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1283 We've produced a couple of free templates for creating cover images for Flickr's new-look interface. If you have a Flickr photo-sharing account hopefully by now you'll have seen the new interface and heard about the new free account's one terabyte photo-storage limit.

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]]> https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/the-new-flickr-cover-image-templates/feed/ 46 1283 How to Search Gmail Using Logical Operators OR and NOT, Advanced Searches https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/02/search-gmail-using-logical-operators-or-and-not-advanced-searches/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:25:38 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1081 You know the scenario. You received an email a while ago, you're sure you have it, but now you can't find it. When you try to search for it you get so many matching mails you don't know which is the one you are looking for. If you know how, you can be very specific when you search Gmail making finding that email much easier. Here's how.

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]]> 1081 Facebook comments can be edited (you did know that, didn’t you?) https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/12/facebook-comments-can-be-edited-you-did-know-that/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:24:10 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=795 Why not share this post with all your Facebook friends who insist on typing two or more comments because they haven’t worked out how to edit the one they got wrong… (you did know this, didn’t you?) I was prompted to produce this after seeing a rash of comments on Facebook where there were a […]

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]]> 795 Quick Guide to the new Gmail editor https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/12/quick-guide-to-the-new-gmail-editor/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:17:22 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=711 I love the new Gmail editor interface. Unfortunately, not all the features are obvious. Especially when items seem to disappear as you are using it. For example, working out how to go back and add more recipients, or check if you are sending mail from the correct email address took me a while to work […]

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]]> 711 Are your emails too long? https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2012/12/are-your-emails-too-long/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:21:35 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=590 I try not to write long emails, but I often fail. I suppose writing an email to tell the poor bludgeoned recipients that I’ve seen the error of my ways is not the best of ideas? I saw this post: Your Emails Are Too Long: Here’s How to Fix Them  on  Lifehacker today. It was a […]

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