BLOG World Of Bernie - FAQ's I got myself into a little bit of very constructive trouble this week. With two clicks on my phone, I was part of two blogging challenges. Day Two of the ProBlogger on is right a FAQ post. You can listen to Darren's podcast instructions here. Being a Freelancer, a 'hired gun, an independent economic agent I don't have a lot of FAQ's like an accountant or VP of Product does. I thought long and hard about these so you had better take notes. 1. Are you on your way Bernie? I am so shit at bein
BLOG I'm Living On Process Street Today? Already? Bloody hell this is tricky. But I have discovered something so groundbreaking it is going to be the making of my blogging career. I can share it right here, right now before anyone else in the World finds out - think of it as your exclusive reader first. Here it is: Having a process helps. Take a few minutes to let that sink in and you'll be able to appreciate the true extent of that "pro tip" I just shared with you. Making Ideas Happen I have always been a bit crap at the
BLOG Take It To The Mat And Pull The Trigger Sorry to keep you.So there I was dicking around about which pearl of my infinite wisdom to share with you today.Sorry to keep you. I had a lot on, like checking every blog about blogging on the planet to be sure I was doing it right.Then I had to check a page on my website that even I don't look at, so no one like you is going to take a glance.By this time I was so fucking bored with my attitude I was going to set fire to myself as a diversion.Life is urgentOver the last few years as I swam uphi
BLOG Why I Don’t Blog Every Day I just don’t know what to wear! So far I have walked around my room, made some breakfast, read ten things and then played about in a couple of other apps and now I am here. I have just got #Babybernie to superglue me to the table and here we go! Hell’s Teeth Batman All I have to do is write, and even worse this feels like the type of conversation I would be having with myself in 2009 about blogging. I remember little Meet Up’s I would run in London with my mates where we got together to wri
BLOG Managing your team with Trello You manage a team using Trello and want to assign tasks to your team members. But how can you see what else they already have going on and whether they are overloaded or have spare capacity? How can you keep an eye on whether your team members are meeting their deadlines and what they should focus on next? Finding out what your team members are working on in Trello is simple but the functionality is incredibly well hidden. When people see it for the first time it’s one of those eye-opening ‘aha
BLOG How to use the Trello Calendar to meet your deadlines How to use the Trello Calendar to meet your deadlines Introduction Perhaps you already know Trello as an easy-to-use project management tool and online to-do list. Did you know that you can also use Trello to schedule your time, set deadlines and integrate with your appointments and other calendars? Let me show you how in 3 easy steps. 3 Steps to Set up the Trello Calendar Step 1: Set a Due Date on a Trello Card To begin with, you will need to set a due date on a Trello card. This is str
BLOG How can I add recurring cards to Trello? Are you using Trello to organise your life, your business or a particular project? Then you've probably wanted to create cards that repeat on a regular basis. Most calendars support recurring events, so is there an equivalent in Trello? How can you create recurring cards in Trello? It's one of the questions that we get asked a lot in the Trello workshops and that also affects us in our own lives. For example: We invoice clients on a monthly basis, review our Google Analytics stats at month end
BLOG Trello Tip: See what you need to work on right now We're going to take it back to the bare essentials with this tip. And that's to answer the age-old question: What do you need to work on right now? How can you become more productive and focus on the most important tasks in your to do list? Here's a scenario you might be familiar with: You diligently add all tasks into Trello. After a while you have so many cards on your Trello board that it becomes really difficult to know what you should be working on next. You are constantly playing catchup,
BLOG Automate Trello to send an email for a completed task You love Trello but your clients still use email. They don't receive project notifications because they are not on the Trello board. How can you automate Trello so that it sends an email when a task has been completed? Rob, who manages a property maintenance business, recently got in touch with this very question. He runs his company very effectively with Trello but most of his clients work exclusively by email. So when Rob's contractors finish a task, like painting a room or fixing a cooker, s
BLOG Trello Tip: Make your meetings 1000 times more productive The Win: Make your meetings, phone calls, Skype calls massively more productive. Keep track of what is decided during meetings, phone calls, Skype calls. Easily create tasks and assign them to members of your team. The Problem: During a call, it's easy to make decisions, plan the next move, come up with a brilliant strategy. Everybody agrees on the next few steps. Some may take notes. But often the details are forgotten, nobody takes action afterwards and the meeting ends up being an unproducti
BLOG Trello Tip: Keep track of lots of projects at the same time The Win: You'll be able to keep track of all your projects at the same time, across multiple Trello boards and gives you back a feeling of control. The Pain: Once you start using Trello in earnest, you automatically end up with lots of boards. It can become difficult to keep track of what you should be doing where and to get insight into all your projects without having to switch between boards all the time. As a result you miss important tasks and become an inefficient manager. Possible solut
