Business Set-up for the Smart Doula

Learn the Business with Birth Ways International

Squirm at the thought of charging adequately for your services? Unsure of how to attract clients, keep track of expenses, or sustain your practice? Then our Business Set-up for the Smart Doula workshop is for you!

Doulas are passionate about their work, but many struggle with the business/financial aspects. This contributes to a high burn-out rate. You deserve to take care of your clients while also making a living in a long term career.

Learn the basics of running a business that includes both your head and your heart.

You Will Learn:

• Getting paid for your work – set your fees (how much?), client agreements, options for collecting money, and trading for services.
• Creating your “offer” – what’s included, for what will you charge extra, and how to make it attractive to clients.
• How to attract your ideal client.
• “Wow” potential clients at an intro meeting and increase your “yes rate”.
• Benefits of working in partnership / shared care.
• Sustaining a solo practice.
• Working with back-up – setting expectations, working out payments, what to tell your client so they feel good about back-ups.
• Keep more of your money!  Allowable tax expenses and tips for organizing your books.
• Travel expenses – how to track, considerations for how and when to charge your client.
• Navigating (or not) the bureaucracy of business license, insurance, professional associations.
• Ideas to introduce doula support to a community who just doesn’t get it (e.g.: hospital that’s new to doulas, a location that has never had a doula, or a group of folks who would benefit but aren’t aware yet).
• Some amazing apps to help you stay organized and get stuff done!
• Resources for excellent places to go for help with web-sites, marketing, content management.

Everyone who registers for this class will receive handouts and a recording. If you get called to a birth or life happens, you will still get the class!

This class is offered by Zoom Video Conferencing.  Links and instructions will be sent when you register.

Next session:

Sunday, July 12, 2020; 7:30 to 9 pm CST.

Register online – $25

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