Ever noticed how when you published a post (you have published something, right?), a thumbnail and mini-bio of you, the author, shows up under the post? That happens either manually (which is not all that easy) or more automatically using a Gravatar. A what-a-tar? You mean blue aliens versions of my persona? Slow down, partner, [...]
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Success … how do you define it?
So much of our culture defines ‘success’ as how much we have: cars, a home, and especially work. While being financially successful gives us comfort and security, the question is, at the end of the day, at the end of the decade, or at the end of our lives [...]
Add an article to the BNI Embarcadero website
Here’s a quick, less than two minutes, how to video that will walk you through adding content to the BNI site.
Live from Schroeder’s: BNI WordPress Website with Bradley and Gil
Basic overview of adding to your profile on the BNI Embarcadero website.
Mac Printing Tips – Printer Problems?
Printing problems plague everyone. Usually most printing problems are the “drivers” which a geek can easily re-install.
I sent an email to the mailing list, but I didn’t get a copy of it myself.
If you send an email to the mailing list, you should get a copy yourself UNLESS you use an email service such as Gmail. Gmail, for whatever reason, doesn’t send you back emails that you send out.
Adding or removing members from Mailman mailing list software
Mailman (usually provided for free with a cPanel backend control panel on Unix hosting) does a good job with mailing lists. This is one-to-all email, not necessarily a newsletter that everyone in the group can use. Pretty simple software, but it works well. Here’s a quick video showing how to add a new member to a list or remover an existing member from a list.
WordPress Tutorial (2.8.4) Statistics and Keywords
Overview of the dashboard stats and then deeper statistics provided by the wordpress.com stats plugin. Quickly go over the different areas of the stats (Referrers, Top Posts & Pages, Search Engine Terms, Clicks, and Incoming Links) and then a bit of analysis of the keywords. Finally, a very brief example of how to put those [...]
Your Extended Profile
Update your company information in just a few minutes by logging in and going to Profile in the left sidebar. It’s painless!
Using “comments” for testimonials
In my Educational Moment this morning, I spoke about using the “comments” feature to add testimonials for fellow BNIers using this website (bniembarcadero.com). Here’s the quick and dirty:
Search: do a search (upper right) for, say, the last name of the person you’d like to give a testimonial to. If that doesn’t find them, try their [...]
How to Add an Event
Here’s a quick video tutorial walking you through adding an event in WordPress using the EventCalendar3 plugin.
Add an event in WordPress
That link will take you to the Likoma site where you can watch the video.
Page Editing in WordPress
Here’s a video that walks through editing an existing page (e.g. the Speaker Schedule) using the BNI Embarcadero website.
Lost Password, Update User Info
I just created a new WordPress Tutorial Video walking through retrieving your lost password and updating some user information.
Lost Password, Update User Info Video
Subs Distribution List
Dear BNI Embarcadero Members and Past Substitutes,
I have set up a new email distribution list so that if you send an email to the special email address that will only go to all of the BNI Embarcadero Subs list (I’m not going to post it here as this is a public website), it will go [...]
Did my post go to everyone?
Bradley,
I’m trying to figure out how to use all the wonderful helpful features on the website. This morning I posted an announcement to the Forum, looking for a roofer, but it did not go out as an email to the membership. What did I do wrong? Help?
Thanks, Julia
Posted a comment, but it’s not showing up.
Hi … twice I posted for the painter category … hit submit … and it deleted me … am sooo upset w/ this site … what’s my problem!! Cannot take the rejection … kh
How do you send an email through the site to only select members?
Not the whole group, not just one, but to a few?
Email This
Don’t have someone’s business card? Want to send an email and a bit more to a potential referral about another member? There’s a great tool on our own BNI Embarcadero site that allows you to email a page of our site from you to another person and include a note. I just put up a [...]
Welcome to BNI Embarcadero !
Welcome as a new member to BNI Embarcadero!
Here’s a quick overview about what you can get out of the BNI Embarcadero Website.
Member Roster :: Contact information for all of our members.
Website Help :: For more help with how you can get the most out of this Website (e.g. How to add an event, How to [...]
My post arrived three times
Hi everyone,
I don’t know what happened to my last post, but it got delivered to me three times. (lol)
I am in the process of updating and getting new business cards with my new contact info. Please update your records to show the following information for me:
Victoria Javier
Executive District Manager
Arbonne International
415.239.1639 h/o/f
email: mariavictoria@myarbonne.com
website: http://mariavictoria.myarbonne.com/
Thank you!
Victoria
Subscriptions
Here’s how we’re going to kill a few birds with one stone.
As you all know, it’s better for the search engines and our own site’s appeal if we post content onto our site and then email that to our members. Using “subscriptions” it even takes one step out of the mix. Just post an entry [...]
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Digital Printed Banner for Freaks!
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Service Team of Professionals (STOP)
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BNI Social: Leadership Party! Climbing the Filbert Steps
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Digital Printed Banner for Freaks!
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