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Squarespace, Tech Tips, Blog Posts Ellie McBride Squarespace, Tech Tips, Blog Posts Ellie McBride

The 6 key pieces you should pull together before you design your website (or have it designed)

Let’s start with why it’s important to get organized before starting your website project.

To kick it off with the obvious, it saves time to have everything together from the start of the project. But probably more importantly, if you’ve taken some time to gather up all the elements I’m going to share with you today, you’ll have a much easier time creating a cohesive website design. 

This website is the one and only place on the internet that you have full control over what people see and how they interact with your expertise. So you definitely need to think through what you share through your website pretty carefully.

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Women need to stop telling themselves they can't handle the tech side of business

“I’m not ‘techy’.” I hear this all the time from the women I work with.⁠⁠

The thing is that it’s almost never true. Once my clients have been walked through the basic steps of using a new software, website platform, or email marketing tool they realise that it’s easier than they ever thought it would be! ⁠

You are more than capable of handing the tech in your life and business.

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Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride

How to make the financial side of your business easy peasy

I’ve grown so much and have a much healthier relationship with money and how I can use it for good in my life and to invest in the relationships and small businesses I love.

However, I really wanted to make the money stuff in my business really easy. I didn’t want to be bogged down by spreadsheets or those awkward “hey, you haven’t paid me yet’ conversations.

So I made sure I was using great tools! I filed my self-assessment tax return a few days ago and it took no math. Because my system had all the answers for me!

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Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride

How to FINALLY take a vacation & trust your business will be (more than) okay!

This summer, I’m taking two trips to the US to visit my friends and family! One is a few days in NYC for a gals weekend and the other trip is a full 3 weeks back in Oregon to visit my other home. This has really gotten me thinking about how prepared we, as entrepreneurs, need to be to actually get the most out of a vacation. So here is my foolproof formula for finally getting away from it all for a bit.

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Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride

#SolopreneurStruggles Solved: Real Stories, Real Solutions (Part 2)

Solopreneurship offers the incredible opportunity to call your own shots and answer to no one (except maybe your clients). However it does create a unique set of struggles that other types of entrepreneurs don’t always have to face (or at least have to take on alone). I’ve been speaking with other solopreneurs to discuss some of the biggest pet-peeves, struggles and challenges they face. Are you running the same sticking points in your solo business?

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Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride Tech Tips, Simplified Systems, Blog Posts Ellie McBride

Top 5 Time-Wasters & the tools that will make your life so much easier.

As entrepreneurs sometimes it can feel like there's never enough time to tackle everything on our to-do lists. In my line of work, as a virtual assistant, I see people committing to the same time-wasters over and over. And while there are a million apps, tools, and resources available - it can be very overwhelming to try to find exactly the right tools for your business.

Are you wasting your time on any of these 5 things? Here are my recommended tools for solving your most time-consuming, daily, administrative tasks!

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