Her newest offering is a membership site that is powered by Ning and offers members the chance to get amazing content, support and access to Stacy for a nominal fee.  Check out the site and register to become a member if you’re stuck with your marketing.

We did many things for this project including: the website / sales page, the Ning site, execution of the marketing materials, autoresponder setup, video integration and more.

Stacy’s energy is infectious!

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Her previous radio show page was great but this one now showcases her past shows, allows for conversation and communication to happen amongst her listeners and also showcases the upcoming shows in a really exciting way.  I love the work Amirah is doing and I think this is a great representation of her energy and spirit.

You can check it out here:

Visit Lessons from the Light Radio and subscribe by clicking this link.

Follow Amirah on Twitter.

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Well… I’m finally figuring that out.  After a good Skype chat with my friend Laura Roeder (thanks Laura!), I discovered that my own site at www.erinblaskie.com would be a great place to host the strategy, coaching, mentoring and teaching services I do and I can keep Business Services, ETC as it was before…  For support and assistance.  I’ll be less apparent over at BSETC as it is a company I’ve grown and built but I also have other things I am focusing on now as well.

So, this blog will serve as my diary of sorts for this passionate love affair I have with Internet Marketing.  I’ll talk to you about the things I love, the things I don’t like as much and I will always write with honesty, authenticity and candidness as I think that is what the world needs.

Let me know what you think and if there are specific topics you’d like to see me blog about.

Photo credit: fdecomite on Flickr

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Have a question you want to send Erin? Send it to erin@bsetc.ca and she’d be more than happy to answer it for you.

Don’t forget to check out the YouTube channel for more great videos just like this one!

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In the spirit of giving back, I am honoring my 6,000th follower with a FREE one-year membership in our Build & Grow Your Online Business Mentorship Program.

The 6,000th follower is………………

Mark Kerrigan

So, do me the favor of going to their profile to follow them and let’s allow the universe to return the honor.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who is a part of my social networks. I appreciate every single one of you!

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Watch future episodes of the show and hear archived audios by clicking on the Internet Marketing Chat with Erin Blaskie page on Blog Talk Radio.

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Sign up for updates at our Ask Erin Live webpage.

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Video #2 is the Inspirational Video I Ask People to Watch

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3 Scary Misconceptions About Money

It’s strange that for a society that’s so focused on making money and owning assets, we have some pretty unusual and downright scary approaches to the stuff and how it comes into our possession. Money doesn’t grow on trees, but we give our children and ourselves the idea that it’s nearly unattainable to make enough of it to live the way we want. Here are three of the common misconceptions that our society taught me that my own experiences in business have shattered.

It Takes Money to Make Money

Having money can make it easier to make more money, properly utilized. If not for that fact, venture capital wouldn’t be a big industry. However, if you don’t have money, it doesn’t mean you can’t make any. Plenty of big earners today started off bootstrapping. I bootstrapped my business and it worked.

Perhaps it’s more convenient to make money when you’ve got money but in no way is it a prerequisite. You just need to put in some effort, some brains and be good at what you do.

Personally, I’m of the opposite opinion: if you can acquire funding that you need to pay back later, you’re not in the best position. The best position is to bootstrap your operation and build it up from small but affordable beginnings. You don’t want to be owing anything to anyone at any point; perhaps the “it’s cool to get into debt even if you don’t really have to” myth should be shattered in another article!

Evidently if you want to open a retail business you’ll need funding, but there are plenty of business plans that can be thought up and executed without the need for capital or loans, which means the old saying that it takes money to make money is not true.

Time and Money are Proportionally Related

This is a very common one. Because the industrial age and the model of employment it brought about is based on a proportional relationship between time and money we tend to associate that relationship with money, rather than with employment.

So let’s get that clear: the relationship between time and money is imposed by employment, not the idea of money itself.

If you’re clever with your business plan, you can create something that makes money based on other things, like product sales. Look at online membership training sites as an example — if you can find 100 customers for a $100 a month program you’ve made $10,000 (from which you subtract your marketing and hosting expenses, among any others). I’m not insinuating it is easy to make $10,000 a month but I am saying that your income doesn’t have to be proportional to your time investment.

Money is the Root of Evil

This old proverb is a pet peeve of mine because it and the attitudes it engenders are the seeds of what make people averse to making money. Seeing money as some kind of enemy, or something that is difficult to work with, is like setting yourself up not to make any. Money is a tool like any other and these emotional connotations do not assist in the acquisition or use of that tool.

Once you begin to see it for what it is, your business decisions can be based in reality and have a level of objectivity associated with them. Many people make stupid business decisions because they have developed certain mindsets regarding cash and these need to be put to the back of your mind. Fears about losing money, or the idea that money is evil, simply don’t help anyone.

Change Your Mind

If you’ve fallen prey to these misconceptions, it isn’t too late to change your mind. It can be hard to escape from old mindsets and habits imposed on you by the culture you live in, but that doesn’t make it impossible. I don’t subscribe to the “it’s only worth doing if it’s difficult” mindset but in this case, the difficult is certainly worth doing!

Article Written by Joel Falconer

Offering a unique perspective and insight on productivity based on his experience as a writer, musician, family man and manager, Joel Falconer has been published online and off, and brings to Lifehack’s readers practical advice you can use to be more efficient and effective.

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This Ustream event (live video / audio feed from my office) this Friday will allow you the opportunity to hear more about the mentorship program and how we intend on making it the one thing all entrepreneurs will need to skyrocket their businesses out of this recession.

The session is completely free to attend and will be recorded and placed on the website afterward! You can register below to receive complete instructions and also to receive a reminder the day of the event.

Date: Friday, April 17, 2009
Time: 2:30 PM Eastern
Length: 1 Hour
Format: Ustream live streaming audio / video

12-month program details here.

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