Posts Tagged "internet marketing strategy"

A Quick All-in-One SEO Plugin Check-In

Posted by Erin Blaskie on Jul 23, 2009 in How-To, Marketing, Web & Technology | 0 comments

You might remember that I am doing an experiment with All-in-One SEO Plug-in for WordPress.  If not, read that post here first.

So, I wanted to check in… two days later (and I’ve been barely blogging as often as I was) and the results are already looking pretty good.

Before

Two Days Later

So, we’ve increased our rank by 200,000 or so in the past two days and people are spending 0.1 seconds longer on the site.

Very cool… Stay tuned for more results as time goes on.

I Ain't Gonna Work Wit' You!

Posted by Erin Blaskie on Jul 17, 2009 in Business Tips | 16 comments

Okay.  If you know me, you know I write in two ways… (1) In real-time and (2) Honestly.

There are benefits to this…  I get to be present, in the moment and writing about things I’m actually going through and in being honest, I help out other people or at least let entrepreneurs they are not alone.  There are also downsides.  Generally, when I write about an issue I am going through, the person reads it and thinks, “That’s about me!” and is either right and gets to learn about my way of thinking or is wrong and hates me for having an opinion about them when it was never about them in the first place.

Luckily, I’m willing to take that chance and write honestly.

Way back in the day when I was struggling for new clients and prospects, I used to bend over backwards like crazy for clients.  If they wanted me to fly to the moon, jump through five hoops of fire and walk across coals while eating cockroach legs, I would… and I did.  Now, I still love and cherish and honor the process of getting a new client and I still stand in the place of gratitude of receiving this new, awesome business but I no longer compromise my own needs and my desired lifestyle to do so.

Case in point: I have a 100% virtually based business. I don’t have an office, I don’t have a physical space, I tried to do co-working once (even bought a certificate at a Twestival) but they never opened their doors so even that failed.  I have a love / hate relationship with working from Starbucks (love – coffee… hate – people who bring their babies into Starbucks and the babies cry and I can’t write a sentence with words let alone anything intelligent… just sayin’.. Mommas, don’t be angry – it’s just the crying ones that force me to do that!)

I also have zero local clients. Well, I have one but we’ve never met in person so it’s almost like she’s virtual too!  I’d say I was sad about this but I’m not.  I like to live my life online…  I like being on the Internet.  I get more done. In-person meetings are ineffective for me because of the time it takes to get dressed up, drive, find parking, get to the location, etc., etc., etc.  In fact, the minute someone suggests meeting in-person, I immediately realize it isn’t going to work.

I’m not trying to be mean to the people who like in-person meetings, it’s just not my style.

Ya... So! I Live Online!

So, what do I do?  Well, I could compromise my working habits but that’s not me. I am the kind of person who, when she realizes that travel puts a damper on her creativity, cancels a fun trip to San Diego.  You might say fun police, I say honoring what I need as a business owner and as a person.  Maintaining happiness and sanity.

So instead, I just don’t do it. I’d rather take the chance of losing business than do something that goes against my own beliefs, needs and standards of work.  It’s me and I need to honor that.  Most of my clients are fine working virtually.  We do great work, they are millions of miles away, some are in other countries and it works out great.  I get more done, I can stay in my pajamas and do what I do best…  Building kick ass online businesses.

What do you do when faced with something that compromises your beliefs and needs?

Are you making this deadly Twitter mistake?

Posted by Erin Blaskie on May 1, 2009 in Business Tips, Social Media, Twitter | 0 comments

What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to Twitter a whole lot is in a name. So many people using Twitter make this one simple mistake that could be simply avoided (and takes three seconds to fix…) What is it? Well, watch the video to find out.

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Ask Erin Live — May 1, 2009

Posted by Erin Blaskie on May 1, 2009 in Events | 0 comments

Today’s Ask Erin Live was FUN as usual! We had lots of great guests, lots of people show up with questions and as always, we had lots of laughs too! The thing I love most about Ask Erin Live is that it is the one place where I can just be me… It doesn’t matter if I’m wearing a button up shirt or a t-shirt. It doesn’t matter if I sit upright and completely professional the entire time. I can be me. It’s what I like to call the corporate office’s “Casual Friday”. The cool thing is, it attracts people who are just like that too! Register for future updates by going to www.askerinlive.tv.

You can catch the replay of today’s event below. The music at the beginning of the show (if you weren’t there live) was by a band called Crush Luther who you can follow on Twitter here or follow on MySpace here.

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Woohoo! I'm In Chatelaine Magazine

Posted by Erin Blaskie on Apr 28, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

I know I Tweeted about this a few times but I am in Chatelaine Magazine and I FINALLY did a video so you could all see the article.  Since Chatelaine is a National Canadian magazine, my colleagues in the US may not be able to grab a copy.  Here is the video I did about the article.

I bought four copies of the magazine, my grandmother bought a copy, my parents bought eight copies, my best friend’s mother-in-law shipped her the article (my BF lives in the Caribbean right now) and I’m sure any store that is within reach of my family has been rummaged through for their copies… It’s too funny!

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