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...

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...

Creating an Autoresponder Sequence for E...

If you are a user of MailChimp, Aweber, 1ShoppingCart, InfusionSoft, Constant Contact, Get Response or any of the other e-mail marketing programs that exist out there, you will have undoubtedly found yourself in a position of wanting to set up an autoresponder campaign. What IS an Autoresponder? An autoresponder is essentially what it sounds like - an automatic response to someone providing you their contact info.  The great thing about many of the programs I listed earlier (but not all) is that you can set up a series of e-mails to go out to a specific group of...

Social Media Promotion for Virtual Event...

I was having a conversation with a client today about promotion for a virtual-based series she was running.  She had asked me the question: “What is the best way for me to promote my upcoming virtual event using social media?”  I was going to answer this question on our call but I changed my mind and told her that I would write a blog post instead to explain how I use social media to promote virtual events. It can be a bit daunting when you first look at the number of social media sites that exist and you combine that with the overwhelming amount of advice...