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New look, same great content (September 2011 website update)

By Cliff Paulick On 2011-09-10 · Add Comment

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I’ve been planning on changing my website’s look for a while, but I wanted to get just the right mix of features and simplicity. I hope you consider this a great improvement, both in aesthetics and usability. The theme is called Ribbons. Overall, it’s a great theme. I really enjoy optimizing/tweaking pre-built WordPress themes so I’ve edited it since installing last night: Added Matt Mullenweg’s Random Image Script so that if a post doesn’t have a featured image, a random image from a certain directory will be shown. Otherwise it was an empty image area – terrible [...]

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Create an “Add to Google Calendar” button for a single event — Eventbrite & Facebook Too!

By Cliff Paulick On 2011-02-06 · 1 Comment

Purpose Google Calendar is widely used You don’t have to be a GCal user yourself Avoid typos from someone adding an event manually Just share 1 event — we’re not trying to create an entire calendar — just sharing 1 event at a time But, yes, you can create an entire calendar / list of events It’s easy You can have one version of the event on your GCal but but create a Public version for others Example: For my own open house calendar event, I might make it from 1:30pm to 4:30pm, but the Public event should be from [...]

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Upload from Picasa directly to Facebook

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-11-23 · 1 Comment

If you use or have heard of Picasa or are considering it as a FREE desktop photo manager and editor, you’ll be happy to know that there’s an easy way to send photos from Picasa to Facebook. Visit http://apps.facebook.com/picasauploader/, download the FREE program, install it, and see how you like it. For a step-by-step preview of the functionality, visit Techie-Buzz.com’s post. If you’re looking for a way to sync your Picasa Web Albums with Facebook, that’s possible too, but not using this tool–this is an uploading tool (i.e. computer to Internet).

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See What My Friends “Like” and “Share” via LikeButton.me

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-09-13 · Add Comment

You may wonder if anyone ever notices when you click one of those convenient, little Facebook ”Like” buttons on a website, article, blog post, Facebook page, or anywhere else across the Internet. Well, your friends click those buttons too, but in the world of status updates, tweets, news feeds, trending, and other terms for what’s-happening-right-now, you may wonder how to keep up with it all or if you’re missing something. Well, now you can see what your Facebook friends recently liked or shared by visiting http://LikeButton.me. Tell Me More Here’s the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Like Button website: [...]

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Find Your Family On Facebook (Search by Last Name)

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-08-26 · 1 Comment

Did you know? http://www.facebook.com/family/ The Good: Cool / Fun Explore / Find Forgot the first name? Search by last name. Are those tattoos or really last names? (j/k) Basically, it’s like the regular Facebook search (http://www.facebook.com/search/) but you can search by last name only instead of full name (first, middle, last, maiden, etc). The Bad: Let me just say that if you don’t want to be found, you shouldn’t be on Facebook…at all. At the least, everything should be so private that you’re talking to yourself. Thus, it’s not really bad; it’s just Facebook. Have fun exploring your own family [...]

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Turn Social Networking Into $$$ (Those are Dollars, in case you haven’t seen them in a while)

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-08-23 · Add Comment

Be encouraged; social networking IS for you! How do I know who you are? It doesn’t matter. It’s for you. If As time and technology progresses, new ways of finding, communicating with, and advertising to people come out of the labs and become mainstream. I’ve heard real estate agents say they feel social networks like Facebook were developed just for them. It’s true! If you are a single person selling yourself as a business (e.g. real estate agent, loan officer, etc.), you have the blessing/curse of FULL CONTROL over your social media presence. You can add profiles and pages, update your photos [...]

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The Most Popular Website in the World

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-08-19 · Add Comment

Think about your own Internet usage. Once you boot your computer and open the web, where do you go, if even for a second? Let’s just say, “You’re not alone if you’re on Facebook!” Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner ranks popular websites’ traffic. You can search for a specific domain or click to see the Ad Planner top 1,000 sites: In order to make the June 2010 list, a site needed to have at least 3.8 million “Unique Visitors (users)”. June 2010′s Top 20 Most-Visited Sites on the Web: facebook.com youtube.com yahoo.com Read Full Article →

HGTV’s “Designers’ Portfolio”: Get Inspired — Search by Room, Style, Color, and/or Designer!

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-08-16 · Add Comment

What a great tool from HGTV! HGTV’s Designers’ Portfolio Get Inspired Searched for: Kitchens, Contemporary, Brown, Any Designer Searched for: Bedrooms, English Country, Pink, Any Designer Searched for: Any Room, Any Style, Black, Christopher J. Grubb Searched for: Bedrooms, Transitional, Red, Any Designer Searched for: Living Rooms, Transitional, Green, Any Designer What Will You Think of Next? I hope you enjoy this site as much as I did. Maybe you’ll reference it when looking for some color or theme inspiration on your next [...]

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Twitter.com: What, Why, and How

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-08-15 · Add Comment

Who is this Written for? Having spoken to several real estate pros about social networking, blogging, and such, it seems Facebook has a greater mindshare than Twitter. Often, they say they’ve never heard of Twitter or at least they have no idea what it is. IMHO (In my humble opinion), I think that Twitter is MUCH easier than Facebook. Plus, if you have Facebook, you can just connect your Twitter account to Facebook and you don’t have to really manage another social network. So… this is written for those who need it… you would know by now if you [...]

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Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC): Now for Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010, and for Facebook

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-07-13 · Add Comment

Summary: The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) is available for Outlook 2010, 2007, and 2003. Once the core OSC piece is installed, you need to subsequently install each “social network provider” (e.g. Facebook and LinkedIn) component separately. The OSC beta software was announced November 19, 2009, for Outlook 2010; however, the Facebook and Windows Live Messenger “social network provider” options were added today, July 13, 2010, along with support for Outlook 2007 and 2003 (reported today at Mashable.com: “Microsoft Launches Outlook Facebook Integration [Exclusive]“). OSC continues to support LinkedIn and MySpace. You can also [...]

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Text Message to Become a Fan of a Facebook Fan Page

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-07-06 · Add Comment

Many people with Facebook profiles have smart phones and can use their phone’s application to interact with Facebook (get it here: http://www.facebook.com/mobile/), or they could visit the Facebook Mobile site (http://m.facebook.com/). But anyone can send a text message to Facebook → SMS: FBOOK (32665). Whether on a web page, in audio format, or in a video, people can become fans via SMS, which also subscribes them to your status updates automatically. In order for this to work, you need a Facebook Fan Page with a custom username. Here are the steps for a not-yet-fan to [...]

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How To Create A Custom Username for Your Facebook Fan Page

By Cliff Paulick On 2010-07-05 · 1 Comment

Once you have a Facebook fan page (i.e. business page) with 25 or more fans, you can specify a custom username, similar to setting your personal page’s username. However, you can choose to change your personal page’s username once. You can never change your fan page’s username. Here are two answers from Facebook’s Help Topic “Usernames: Facebook Pages”: What are the guidelines around creating a username for Facebook Pages? Usernames were created to make it easier for Facebook users to identify their profile and share with others. As a public figure, business or brand with [...]

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