Doing it all is for the birds! On this episode of Share the Law-ve, we chat with Amber Gray, founder and CEO of Trusty Oak. Trusty Oak is a different kind of virtual assistant company, matching you with a highly skilled professional virtual assistant who can expertly tackle big projects and ongoing tasks for your business. Amber shares with us one of the tasks that she recently outsourced, as well as tips on taking the plunge to outsource something from your business for the first time.In this episode: What makes Trusty Oak different from your typical virtual assistant How to determine what tasks you should outsource first Do you have to have a list of tasks ready to go before hiring a virtual assistant? How to trust that your virtual assistant will do a good job If Amber could be anyone's personal assistant, it would be... Get in touch with the Law-vely people and businesses you heard from today:Amber Gray, Founder & CEOTrusty OakWebsite: www.trustyoak.comTwitter: @trustyoakFacebook: @trustyoakLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/trustyoakYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RxZrXptKsTwgTZblzwhywEmily LaRusch, Founder & CEOBack Office BettiesWebsite: www.backofficebetties.comFacebook: @backofficebettiesLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emily-larusch/Email: emily@backofficebetties.comPhone: (800) 958-8591

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Episode 039: Outsourcing is the Key to Scaling Your Business

White Glove Service sets Cameron's IT business, The Helpful Geek, apart from the other guys. He shares with us how he ensures that clients are really getting the best service and why it's important to go that extra step and make your clients feel valued. In this episode: What is white glove service? How can going above and beyond help your client to have a better experience? What you can do to better your client's experience, even if they are completely wrong. The importance of contracting with an IT guy Bonus - Cameron shares with us quite an impressive hidden talent! Get in touch with the Lawve-ly people and businesses you met: Cameron Murdoch, Founder The Helpful Geek Email: cameron@thehelpfulgeek.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHelpfulGeek/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehelpfulgeek/ Website: https://thehelpfulgeek.com Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties Phone: (800) 958-8591 Email: bettiegram@backofficebetties.com Website: https://BackOfficeBetties.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties

Episode 038: White Glove Service

Creating a compatible team is the first step to a successful business. On this episode of Share The Law-ve, we speak with Vanessa Shaw, business coach and growth mentor. She's been in your shoes and knows just the right way to expedite your growth and help you keep up! In this Episode: Vanessa has discovered a secret weapon that allows businesses to work better and achieve more through team compatibility What happens when you hire the wrong people Leaders need to understand their own strengths Should you hire someone just like you? What Vanessa has noticed about team compatibility How can you reduce stress between team members? How to make better hires Get in touch with the Law-vely people and businesses you've heard from today: Vanessa Shaw, Business Coach and Mentor Email: Vanessa@VanessaShaw.com Website: https://VanessaShaw.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/vcshaw Instagram: @vanessashawcoach Twitter: @vcshaw Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties Phone: (800) 958-8591 Email: bettiegram@backofficebetties.com Website: https://BackOfficeBetties.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/backofficebetties

Episode 037: Creating a Compatible Team

In the last episode of our 4-week series on how to completely form your business, Emily shares her final tip which is to have a meeting with your team or yourself and create a company scorecard. This will be filled with the important details from your company and should be checked weekly to see if you are making progress towards your goal and if not, what needs to be fixed.   Get in touch with the law-vely people you meet! Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 036 | 4 Weeks To A Smoother Running Law Firm - Week 4: Company Scorecard

In the third episode of our 4-week series on how to completely form your business, Emily shares her third tip which is to imagine yourself being stranded in an island, you have someone managing your firm and you can only ask them for 3 pieces of information to determine how the business is running.   Get in touch with the law-vely people you meet! Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 035 | 4 Weeks To A Smoother Running Law Firm – Week 3: What's Your Big 3?

In the second episode of our 4-week series on how to completely form your business, Emily shares how to “work backwards” after creating your vision map. You must put your big goals into a timeline and break it down month by month. This will create a process flow and will make you see what needs to be accomplished month by month in order to achieve your goal.   Get in touch with the law-vely people you meet! Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 034 | 4 Weeks To A Smoother Running Law Firm – Week 2: Working Backwards

In the first episode of our 4-week series on how to completely form your business, Emily shares her first thing to do – designing a vision map.   Get in touch with the law-vely people you meet! Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 033 | 4 Weeks to A Smoother Running Law Firm – Week 1: Vision Map

Social media isn’t just about posting anything you want. In this interview, we have Shannon Hardy, co-founder of The Project Pros - a business support company that helps other businesses in need of assistance whether virtual and non-virtual. They can do scheduling appointments, organizing office systems, and answering and scheduling appointments, social media, and much more. In this episode, Shannon shared 3 things that you are doing wrong on social media. In this episode: What does Project Pros do The first thing you’re doing wrong in social media Second thing you’re doing wrong in social media Third thing you’re doing wrong in social media Promoting your social media account Guest Offer: Social Media & Blogging Package for $600/mo   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Shannon Hardy, Partner The Project Pros INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/projectprosaz/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectPros/ LINKEDIN:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-project-prosaz/ WEBSITE: ProjectProsAZ.com   Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 032 | 3 Ways You Are Doing Social Media Wrong

In this episode, we have Nueces County's District Attorney Mark Gonzalez. He gained national attention since the beginning of his campaign in 2015 as being a non-traditional candidate for district attorney. He’s describes himself as "Mexican biker lawyer covered in tattoos" and has been a defense attorney his entire legal career. In this episode Mark shares his backstory to become a lawyer Mark’s early career defending citizens accused of crime Bring business mentality to the courthouse as a District Attorney Being smart vs. tough on crime [6:40 - 7:41] [8:44 - 9:52] What’s next for Mark as a D.A. Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Mark Gonzales, NNueces County's District Attorney   Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties  

Episode 031 | The Most Unlikely D.A. In America

Are you an overworked attorney who doesn’t have enough time to go on a vacation without leaving your computer at home? Do you feel like you’re not earning what you deserve or you don’t have any exit strategy for retirement? In this week’s episode we have Richard James - Founder and President of Automated Business Results LLC. Richard has devised a process for helping attorneys build a practice that supports their lifestyle, not undermines it. He believes that systems should run your law firm and people should run your systems. In this episode: The First thing he works on when a lawyer comes to him Misconceptions about coaching Why Richard still has a coach How a mastermind works and why it’s important Is a mastermind fit for solo lawyers? Making sure your business is profitable to help more people Can entrepreneurship be taught to lawyers Upcoming Mastermind meeting & Bootcamp by Richard James   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Richard James, Founder Partners Club / Automated Business Results FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AutomatedBusinessResults/about/ LINKEDIN:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-james-partners-club-leader-9721535/ YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6xJ2SdmsCVA4ELkedD46A INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/podcastmemes4u WEBSITE:  https://therichardjames.com/     Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 030 | Teaching Entrepreneurship to Lawyers

In this interview, we have Mae Innabi - an attorney, business-owner, and unshakable advocate dedicated to helping her clients reach new levels of success. She is the recipient of the 2018 Super Lawyers Rising Star Award, awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys in the country. Innabi Law Firm PLLC is an AV-Preeminent Rated Law Firm by Martindale-Hubble, the highest rating available for professional excellence. Managing clients with excellence became harder and harder for her firm as the business grows. She reached out to other attorneys and one of them referred her to join a program called ‘Strategic Coach’ and has been really helpful for her firm. In this episode, she shared some tips that she learned on that program and how to form a great team for your firm.   In this episode: Why Business Law? Mae’s first exposure to a coaching program A recent change that she made that feels like all attorney’s should have [03:12 - 03:53] “If you have the right people in place, your absence will actually fuel the business” Secrets to forming a great team   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Mae Innabi, Lawyer Innabi Law Firm FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/minnabilaw LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/innabi/ TWITTER: ​https://twitter.com/innabilaw GOOGLE+: https://plus.google.com/112951699306670464565?hl=en AVVO: https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/85020-az-mae-innabi-4577487.html YELP: https://www.yelp.com/biz/innabi-law-firm-phoenix WEBSITE: https://www.innabilaw.com/     Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 029 | Taking A Break To Fuel Your Business

Are you planning to launch a podcast? If so, this week’s episode is for you. Shaina Weisinger from Podcast Memes and Video Podcast Producers shares her pro tips on how to do video podcasting. In this episode: Why every business should have a podcast [0:52 - 1:42] Barriers to entry on podcasting What does Podcast Memes do Tips for someone who’s making a video podcast Video Podcast Producers’ training course More tips from Shaina on video podcasting   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Shaina Weisinger, Founder Podcast Memes FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/shainaweisinger INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/shainaweisinger FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/podcastmemes4u INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/podcastmemes4u WEBSITE: http://podcastmemes.com WEBSITE: http://videopodcastproducers.com     Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 028 | Podcast Pro Tips

Our guest for this week is an inspiration to everyone who feels stuck in a rut or dealing with problems both in business and personal life. Andre Norman is an international public speaker, TED presenter, advocate, and consultant. Known to many as “The Ambassador Of Hope”, Andre Norman’s experience and expertise is what empowers him to speak about and create training programs for families in crisis, substance abuse and teen drinking, re-entry, ex-offender, gangs, prison reform, and mentoring. Andre travels to schools, churches, and community centers around the world to serve as a mentor and friend to youth and community members alike. His story of prison yard to Harvard is definitely inspiring and will motivate you on staying resilient while dealing with adversity and holding on to hope.   In this episode: Andre’s childhood story “The right thing is the hard thing” Andre’s life in prison and some things he’s done Story where Andre was being advocated by a someone who was taking care of her while being forced medicated Pivotal moment when Andre realized that he needs to change for the better The moment where he signed up for a GED program and went out of prison in 1999 Andre’s advocacy and outreach at Guatemala Andre’s ideas on reforming the prison system as presented in his TED talk One thing that Andre wants us to advocate for   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Andre Norman, Public Speaker, Consultant FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/andrenorman21/ INSTAGRAM: @andrenorman TWITTER: ​https://twitter.com/andrenorman WEBSITE: http://andrenorman.com     Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 027 | Prison Yard to Harvard

In this week’s episode Emily shares her three things to look for when searching for the perfect virtual receptionist for your law firm.   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 026 | ​Choosing The Best Virtual Receptionist For Your Law Firm

Ben Ellis is the owner and designated broker of E&G Real Estate Services. E & G Real Estate is a full-service residential real estate brokerage offering property management, leasing and sales in the Metro Phoenix area. Also, it is one of just 4% of all small businesses that has been able to exceed one million in revenue and he’s here today to share one tip that helped him along the way.   In this episode: What E&G Real Estate does What helped Ben’s business to reach 1 million dollars in revenue Cultivating relationships as a secret to success E&G’s hiring process How to get your team understand your vision   Get in touch with the law-vely People you meet! Ben Ellis, Designated Broker/Owner E&G Real Estate FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/benellisaz WEBSITE: www.EandGRealEstate.com     Emily LaRusch, CEO & Founder Back Office Betties EMAIL: HiBettie@BackOfficeBetties.com WEB: www.BackOfficebetties.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CallBetties FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackOfficeBetties 

Episode 025 | Ben’s Million Dollar Secret

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