Category Archives: Free-For-All

When The Blogging Barista’s blog posts don’t fit neatly into a category, they land in the free-for-all category.

Merry Christmas (Video) From Blogging Bistro

Merry Christmas from the Blogging Bistro team: Laura, Robert, Jenn, Marty, Christian, Josh, and Sandi! Enjoy “Carol of the Bells” (for 12 cellos), performed by The Piano Guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GtPX6c_kg

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10 Holiday Eating Tips

Do you ever get fed up with the health gurus who spoil the holidays by advising you how to eat right and stay fit during this oh-so-tempting time of year? The author of the following e-mail took it upon herself… more >

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‘Merry Charisma Wrist’ – YouTube Christmas Carol Caption Fail

YouTube’s closed caption tool automatically generates captions for videos you upload based on what it thinks you’re saying. Or, in this case, singing. And sometimes… well… the interpretation tool gets creative with the translation. In this video, Rhett & Link… more >

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Freebie Friday: Win ‘Book of Dreams’ by Davis Bunn

“There comes a point where we must risk everything, our heritage and our training and our future direction, upon a course for which there is no standard definition.”

-Miriam Al-Quais in Book of Dreams

World-renowned psychologist and author, Dr. Elena Burroughs, bases her professional abilities to interpret people’s dreams upon a carefully honed objectivity. She holds patients and their issues at arm’s length.

But when a wealthy and powerful patient describes a recurring dream that defies normal analysis, Elena’s comfortable existence is instantly shattered. more >

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Buy and Sell Professional Services for $5 at Fiverr.com

Did you just go through a bad breakup? Have an ex you’d like to make jealous?

Head on over to Fiverr.com and hire a cute young woman – for only $5 – to be your Facebook girlfriend for one whole week. She advertises:

“I’ll leave you cute comments and all of those other things a girlfriend does! This offer is not just for the guys, ladies are welcomed too!”

This is just one of the many bizarre and entertaining services offered at fiverr, a website where you can buy and sell things you’re willing to do for $5.

Other examples in the “Social Marketing” category:

I will create a video testimony positively reviewing your business, website, or product. more >

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Freebie Friday: Guess What This Phrase Means and Win a Copy of ‘Blogophobia Conquered’

The November issue of Consumer Reports just arrived, and my 15-year-old son and I raced to see who could flip to the inside back cover fastest (he won). The last page of the magazine features bloopers: misspellings in advertisements, missing… more >

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Create Printable PDFs of Any Web Page With Free Joliprint Tool

Every once in a while, I discover a free online tool that makes my eyes light up. Joliprint is my latest discovery (thanks to my friends at WinePress Publishing for pointing it out). Joliprint instantly creates a nicely-formatted, printable PDF… more >

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Free Kindle Download of ‘The Centurion’s Wife’ by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke

I love freebies. Especially free books. While I don’t own a Kindle (yet), I did download the free Kindle app to my PC. Today I downloaded a free copy of The Centurion’s Wife, a historical fiction novel co-authored by my… more >

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Win 1,000 Custom-Designed Business Cards

I planned to publish the next installment of our continuing e-course on The 12 Types of Blog Articles today. But alas, life got in the way. The Blogging Bistro team took on several new clients this week, and we’ve put… more >

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An Easy Screen Capture Tool for PCs

I’m always discovering functions on my computer that I didn’t know existed. When I was searching for a way to take custom screenshots on my PC (other than Ctrl + Prt Scr), I learned about the “Snipping Tool” that comes… more >

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