Biz Buddies #19: Talking about Printers

In this episode, Tina Marie Hilton of Clerical Advantage joins me to talk about office printers, including:

• Laser vs Ink Jet?
• Repair or Replace?
• Do you need a printer?
• Printer alternatives – eg services like Staples and FedEx Office
• What do we have for printers?

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Biz Buddies Episode 17: Leveraging Special Promotions to Increase Your Income

In this episode of Biz Buddies for You, Vicki Voisin and Tina Hilton discuss ways to promote your business -- and increase your income -- by taking advantage of holidays. We discuss thoughts on adapting promotions to both traditional and non-traditional holidays. 

Vicki and Tina discuss:

• The beauty of special promotions
• Why you should tie your promotion to a holiday
• Ideas for holiday promotions
• How to locate holiday information
• Ideas for promotion offers
• What you need to do to prepare for a special promotion
• And more!

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Our next episode: Tips for Getting the Help You Need

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Biz Buddies #14: Bumps in the Business Road: Dealing with the Unexpected

In this episode of Biz Buddies for Virtual Professionals, Vicki and Tina talk about Dealing with Bumps in the Business Road: The Unexpected.
We have a winner! Our One Year Anniversary Celebration Winner is Pamela J. Starr who will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. Congratulations! 
Discussion included:

• Vicki is BACK!  And she’s sharing stories regarding her knee replacement surgery, how she prepared, what she was unprepared for and how she dealt with it.
• The totally unexpected:  Tina shares how she’s dealt with an unexpected need to ‘leave the grid'.
• Can you do anything to prepare for the unexpected? If so, what and how?

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Our next episode: Nov 14th – Holiday gifting tips and ideas

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Biz Buddies: Tips for Working with Friends

In this 13th episode of Biz Buddies 4 Virtual Professionals, Vicki and Tina talk about Working with Friends. 

They discuss:

• The Biz Buddy One Year Anniversary Celebration where you can win:

$20 gift card to Amazon.com After listening to this podcast, go to the Clerical Advantage Facebook Page  (like us if you haven’t already) and tell us you’re a friend of Biz Buddies. You can get as creative as you want.  The winner will be announced on our August episode.

A copy of The Professional Paralegal; How to Find a Job and Career Success; This book (co-authored by Vicki with Charlsye Smith Diaz, PhD) is a $60 value and contains tips that would help everyone with resumes, organizing office, time management. Just leave a comment below about the benefit(s) of listening to podcasts.   Winner to be announced on our August episode.

• And a Special offer for all of our Biz Buddies Friends:

Vicki is offering a steep discount on her Virtual Paralegal Interview Series, a 6 CD set that includes interviews with 6 people who have established successful virtual businesses. Regular price is $79... reduced to $47 for Biz Buddies fans. Go to www.paralegalmentor.com and click on the "resources" page to order this product..

Vicki and Tina also discuss:        

• The benefits of working with a friend
• Is there a downside to working with friends?
• How do you charge friends?
• What about bartering?
• What if your friends ask for free services?

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Biz Buddies: Vacation Tips for Virtual Professionals

With Memorial Day still a fresh memory, Biz Buddies Tina Marie Hilton of Clerical Advantage and Vicki Voisin, The Paralegal Mentor, discuss vacation time for virtual professionals, including the challenges of disconnecting and the importance of taking time away from your business.

Tina and Vicki addressed: 

• How vacations differ for business owners and employees
• Making time for vacations
• Working vacations
• Mini-vacations
• Handling Holidays
• Stay-cations
• Earning passive revenue during vacation
• The benefits of taking vacation time

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Biz Buddies: Do Your Clients Know About Your Services?

This month's episode of Biz Buddies 4 Virtual Professionals explores why your clients may not be utilizing your services to the maximum potential and what you can do to fix it.

Do your clients know about all of your services? 

Are they turning to someone else for services you offer simply because they aren't aware you provide them? 

Are there services that they aren't taking advantage of that could be helping their businesses? 

Hosts Tina Marie Hilton and Vicki Voisin discuss:

• Why clients of virtual assistants  hire them for a certain service but are never aware of the full scope of services offered;
• Ways to keep clients aware of what you offer: and
• What to do if your client goes to someone else for what you already offer? 

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