Ask and Track – a Simple Trick to Save Time or Money

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You have a website. You are listed in multiple directories. Your Facebook page and Twitter feeds stay active. You spoke to the Rotary Club and your local Chamber of Commerce. You send an email newsletter once a month to your list of subscribers. And you blog your little fingers off every other week. A good estimate of your marketing time spent might be 20 hours a month. A good estimate of your marketing costs might be an average of $200 […]

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How Do You Get to (the Advocate’s Version of) Carnegie Hall?

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As the punchline goes…. Practice, practice, practice! It should not surprise you when I tell you that convincing a potential client to sign a contract to work with you requires the same thing: practice, practice, practice. I hear from so many new, wannabe advocates that they just can’t get a client to sign a contract, or they just hate asking for money and oh – yes! I do understand that!  Making those requests can be quite uncomfortable when doing so

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A Third Ba-a-a-ad Habit (with a Simple Fix)

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Over the past two weeks we’ve taken a look at a couple of bad habits that often come into play during a first conversation with a potential client, and some alternatives that will work far better: Overcoming Ba-a-a-ad Habits That Sabotage Your Success – this bad habit addresses being way too helpful. Another Ba-a-a-ad Habit That Will Sabotage Your Success – this one looks at the bad, bad idea of answering the “how much do you charge?” question with an

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Another Ba-a-a-ad Habit That Will Sabotage Your Success

A week ago we took a look at the first of three ba-a-a-d habits, one that gets in the way of a new advocate’s success. I say “new” advocate because, without learning to overcome that bad habit, an independent advocate won’t be in business long enough to become an old… er…. more experienced and successful health or patient advocate or care manager. Sounds dire, right? Yeah. It’s that ba-a-ad. This week we’re going to take a look at a second

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