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!

Be sure to listen to this episode. It’s easy…and it’s free! Just click on the following links:

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iTunes Link:    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biz-buddies-4-virtual-professionals/id541315755?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Our next episode: Tips for Getting the Help You Need

Please share the links to this episode of Biz Buddies for Virtual Professionals with your friends and colleagues.

If you have a request for a future show, or a question for us, you are welcome to contact us at bizbuddies@vasurvivalschool.com .

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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?

Be sure to listen to this episode. It’s easy…and it’s free! Just click on the following links:

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iTunes Link:    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biz-buddies-4-virtual-professionals/id541315755?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Please share the links to this episode of Biz Buddies for Virtual Professionals with your friends and colleagues. If you have a request for a future show, or a question for us, you are welcome to contact us at bizbuddies@vasurvivalschool.com

Also, be sure you never miss a podcast by subscribing to Biz Buddies 4 Virtual Professionals on iTunes.

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

Be sure to listen to this episode. It’s easy…and it’s free! Just click on the following links:

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iTunes Link:    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biz-buddies-4-virtual-professionals/id541315755?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Please share the links to this episode of Biz Buddies for Virtual Professionals with your friends and colleagues. If you have a request for a future show, or a question for us, you are welcome to contact us at bizbuddies@vasurvivalschool.com .

Also, be sure you never miss a podcast by subscribing to Biz Buddies 4 Virtual Professionals on iTunes.

How to Have the "Pricing Talk" .. it's not so difficult!

How do I make them understand what
I'm really worth?

• Do you have an established virtual paralegal business?
• Are you just starting your business?
• Do you think you may want to work as a virtual paralegal sometime in the future?

Whatever your stage, you'll want to be sure to attend Virtual Paralegals: Find and Claim Your Value - How to Charge What You're Really Worth -- with Confidence Wednesday, June 22nd at 1pm Eastern time.

What's the NUMBER ONE question everyone asks when they think about working virtually? You guessed it: what do I charge?

First, remember that you are no longer an employee. You have a full-fledged business that comes with expenses, such as insurance, equipment and supplies. You have to do all the marketing and you have to do all the billing. In addition, you have training, experience and expertise. All of this is taken into consideration when determining what you will charge.

Think about how attorneys charge for their services: the more experience they have, the higher their hourly rate charged to their "customers". That hourly rate also takes into consideration the over head involved with running the firm. This is the "thinking" you must have when determining your rates and then conveying that information to the attorneys who are now your customers.

Tina Hilton of Clerical Advantage is teaming up with me to answer this burning question. We'll discuss how to set your rates so they reflect your training and experience, how to use research to establish your value, how to "have the pricing talk" with potential clients and more.                                                                 

This is a high-value low-cost opportunity for anyone considering a virtual paralegal business or who is in the process of forming their business. Follow this link for more information and to register.