Browsing Tag 'tech'
I’ve read my fair share of “how to prep and technically format your book for the Kindle”-type books, since there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of them on Amazon, in Kindle ebook form, and at dirt cheap one-click impulse pricing. And for the most part… …they’re crap. Sorry to be so blunt, but of [...]
More stuff moving in from the old Kindle Journal. Note that my Kindle is 2nd gen, so if you have a later generation, things may work a bit differently (but still shouldn’t be all that different, I would think). But the Kindle Fire is a game-changer — I’ve never played with one, but it’s almost [...]
As its name implies, an “editorial calendar” is a — surprise! — calendar that helps you plan and manage, even sell, the editorial content of your upcoming publications. As far as concepts go, it’s about as basic, simple and non-fancy straightforward a tool as it could possibly get: Everyone knows how to use one to [...]
More stuff moving in from the old Kindle Journal. Note that my Kindle is 2nd gen, so if you have a later generation, things may work a bit differently (but still shouldn’t be all that different, I would think). But the Kindle Fire is a game-changer — I’ve never played with one, but it’s almost [...]
More stuff moving in from the old Kindle Journal. Note that my Kindle is 2nd gen, so if you have a later generation, things may work a bit differently (but still shouldn’t be all that different, I would think). But the Kindle Fire is a game-changer — I’ve never played with one, but it’s almost [...]
Moving in from SketchCo… As I mentioned in my previous post, you may want to do some split testing to measure the effectiveness any new site design changes may have on your specific goals before totally adopting — or dropping — the new stuff. Also known as A/B testing or bucket testing, split testing, according to Wikipedia, [...]
The last of the Thumbpreneur posts I’m bringing in house: Just realized a “working with a smartphone” benefit this morning that I did not anticipate. Not a big deal really this part of the world — they happen very infrequently, but when they do occur, everything goes to a screeching halt… except if you’re using [...]
Formerly in Thumbpreneur: Here’s one of those WordPress plugins you thumbpreneurs will really love: free, very easy, and it really truly multiplies your efforts requiring nothing much more of anything from you after the easy setup. The approprately named Tweet Old Post plugin’s reason for being: to tweet your old, already published WordPress blog posts, [...]
Another Thumbpreneur post moving in: Smartphones never really interested me much. I work at home, so it’s not like I need portable tools to stay connected. For years, in fact, I carried nothing more than a small Samsung cell phone — an ergonomic dream, it was so small and convenient to carry around and hold, [...]
Why do people still ask this question? For the longest time now, the answer has been: Hell yeah. That’s neither good news nor bad. It’s just the way it is. But there is good news, and here it is: Paid hosting? Your own domain? Knowledge of HTML? Not necessary. Having all those would be better, [...]
You’ve likely heard of the Amazon Kindle. And maybe you also know that with free Kindle Reader apps (for the PC, Mac, iPads/iPhones, smartphones, etc.), you don’t really need to have the actual Kindle device to read Kindle ebooks (paid and free). The Kindle device is obviously primarily designed to serve content acquired from Amazon, [...]
You’ve got an Amazon account, right? Silly question — who the heck doesn’t have one? Having one doesn’t automatically mean, however, that you’ve got a Kindle ereader. Just in case you missed this bit of news: you don’t need one to benefit from the amazingly fast-growing collection of Kindle books — many free or really [...]
One of the unfortunate online facts of life is the need to manage multiple accounts and passwords. And it never really ends either — it seems like at least once a week, usually more, there’s one new service, website, shop, etc., that requires us to “Create an Account” to use. The fact that we need [...]
Just doing a bit of cleaning up and organizing, prepping for upcoming posts featuring more WordPress plugins I feel you’ll find quite useful. So, I’ve gathered and listed down the WordPress plugins I’ve already written about (at least those I’ve managed to find in short order) and still recommend. I’ve skipped over a few I [...]
My problem (and probably yours): There’s just too much darned good stuff to read and learn online. With writers being natural avid readers and learners, even the simplest of surf sessions (such as, say, when doing “a little research” for an article you’re writing) can easily and often does turn into an hour or two [...]
And, here’s yet another Thumbpreneur post you could find useful if you have a WordPress blog: a free and easy way to bring your old posts back to work by automatically tweeting them to your Twitter followers on a preset schedule: Automatically Tweet Old WordPress Content As you’ll see from the article, it’s something I’ve [...]
My new Thumbpreneur blog not for you? Perfectly understandable. It’s obviously not for everyone. But it will have some posts that, as a Wordpreneur reader, you may find useful. Such as… Finally, a Free Blog Hosting Service for Professional Blogging? A few more such links to potentially Wordpreneur-useful Thumbpreneur posts forthcoming today or tomorrow.
