By Jackie Minton
When trying to work in a disorganized space, I feel a bit like a fish out of water. Unsorted papers look like abandoned intentions taking up my desk and piano bench. Bring that disorganization into the kitchen and my anxiety can take root when it comes to simply looking for that matching Tupperware lid. If you’re anything like me, a clean workspace is a must.
However, having a clean physical space isn’t the only key to peaceful and productive work these days. With working from home becoming the new normal, an organized area now includes the digital plane. Today, the Olivia team is going to share our secret weapon to making a few hours of elbow grease look like an incorporated production.
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Meet our friend, airtable.com.
Whether you’re looking for a system to organize your personal passwords or a sophisticated way to track project deadlines, Airtable can help make your organizational dreams come true. The best part about this trusty tool is that a free account comes with unlimited data bases to dream, build, and track your information.
Here are a few ideas of ways you can use this powerful tool to maximize your digital workflow!
Centralize Passwords
Get your personal information out of the notes on your phone and into a singular location you can reach from anywhere. Include links to your account’s website to have one place to click through. We use this to keep track of all of our artists’ info from PRO accounts to social media.
Log Contacts
Whether it’s from your last business lunch or the booking contacts for your upcoming show. Log contacts and tag them by company and event needs.
Create a Business Calendar
Or 5! Airtable has a great ability to house different calendars with various sharing parameters, and the ability to overlap calendars in your personal view. Make a calendar for your social media plan, your travel schedule, or your upcoming co-writes.
Sort Your Work Spaces
No matter what business you are in, it’s likely that you have to wear a few different hats to make your job happen. In the music business, we know this best! Venue details, marketing operations, and even managing a blog ;) are all small parts of the big picture we paint every day we come into work.
What parts of your process need some digital additions to the cyber-office space you’re building? Don’t be afraid to dream big!
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Disclaimer: Airtable did not approve nor pay us for this article, but they should have.