My Productive Desktop

I was talking to a client yesterday about productivity and how I move content and communication across my desktop. As someone who has a 95% paperless office, I rely primarily on my computers to keep me organized. Combine that with a need to have all things “in the cloud” so to speak (I move from laptop to desktop often) and I need systems that work and work well. My Productive Desktop The first thing that is the most important for me when it comes to being productive is having what I need at my fingertips.  I need to be able to quickly and easily access and...

How to Be a Basecamp Power User [Video]

This video explains how to be a Basecamp power user as it relates to outsourcing work to a virtual team (or even an in-person team). I cover the best practices, how to make sure your team gets notified of your messages and the key to due dates and milestones that will keep momentum moving forward. These are all things we take into consideration when working with clients via BSETC and Erin Blaskie, Inc. Watch the video below and leave any questions you have in the comments! The video below is tiny - to view it in full-size, click...

9 Resources to Build and Grow Your Busin...

Building a business is hard work.  Often times, being so close to your own business can cause you to overlook some really important and really valuable resources. I asked my network for their favorite resources to build and grow their businesses and what you’ll find below is a mixture of resources, advice and anecdotes designed to help push your business forward. 1. Service is the new marketing. People buy from people/business who make them feel good. Not only through their products, but through their personal service. Most businesses focus on making...

Perfect First or Launch and Edit? Here a...

In a world that is moving so fast, I often wonder what is the best method of deployment for new business ideas: perfect first or launch and edit.  I am often a launch and edit type of gal as I figure it is better to get the idea out to the world instead of never releasing it at all but now that my time is more limited and I am way more focused, I am finding that I am slower to just throw things at the wall. I asked people in my network to share their opinions on what is the better method and here are eleven of their answers. 1. Launch and edit… Perfection will never...

How to Do a Live Broadcast with Ustream

Ustream.tv is a fantastic tool to use when you want to broadcast yourself live to your community.  Ustream allows you to open yourself up in a more engaging way for your audience, take questions on the fly and/or share information in a truly modern format.  This post will teach you the steps to take to start a live broadcast with Ustream, manage the chat and social stream functions and save your recordings. Please note: the photos below are small to fit on our blog template.  If you wish to view them in a larger format, click each photo individually. If you want to...

How to Publish Articles on SelfGrowth.co...

SelfGrowth.com is a fantastic site for anyone in the self-improvement industry.  Part of the SelfGrowth.com offerings is the ability to post and publish articles that appear to the SelfGrowth.com community.  The other benefit, aside from the publicity you get from appearing on their site, is the search engine optimization benefit.  When you post your article onto SelfGrowth.com with a link back to your own site in your bio, you receive an incoming link from a highly reputable website with a good page rank. This blog post will take you through the steps to publish an...

11 Ways to Find New Clients for Your Bus...

Finding clients for your business can be a daunting task.  Especially if you have no idea where to look or what to do first.  Listen to what these eleven entrepreneurs have to say about finding new clients for your business. Leave a comment with your own preferred method of finding clients and be sure to also reach out to the entrepreneurs below on Twitter and Facebook! 1. Talk to everyone you know! You never know when a friend or family member might either need your service or know of someone else that might. The power of referrals and word of mouth for a small business...

Stressed Out Entrepreneur? Get On Board ...

As you may have noticed, each month this year we’ve been focusing some of our efforts on different charities, causes and organizations that are doing awesome things.  A few months ago, we supported the Heart & Stroke Foundation with their February campaign and we’ve teamed up with them again to shed light on their Blood Pressure Awareness Plan for the month of May. I felt that this was relevant to what we blog about over here at ErinBlaskieInc.com because my key demographic is entrepreneurs.  Entrepreneurs tend to be one of the most stressed out,...