Birth Pros Speak

Product Review – “File-It Calendar” by Andrea Lythgoe

Mar 1st, 2010 | By Darlene MacAuley | Category: Accounting/Bookkeeping, Birth Pros Speak, Birth Resources, Creating Structure, Getting Organized, Home Office, Products, Reorganize Your Doula Biz For 09, Resources, Savvy New Tip

For the first five years, my doula business finances were a mess! I was getting plenty of births, but I had no idea if I was making a profit, how much, and when it came to the end of the year, figuring out my expenses for tax time was just awful!

And then I stumbled on a product that has solved all most of my accounting problems. It’s called the “File-it!” calendar, and I’ve used it for the last five years with great success.



Resource – Reducing Infant Mortality

Jan 22nd, 2010 | By Darlene MacAuley | Category: Birth In The Media, Birth Pros Speak, Birth Resources

A film is being released on July 26th about reducing infant mortality. It will be free to download. They are seeking help in the form of donations and marketing this film. See the video and check out their website.



Using NLP For Birth

Dec 28th, 2009 | By Darlene MacAuley | Category: Birth Pros Speak, Continuing Education, Savvy New Tip

Many people talk about NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming, however very few people actually know what it is. That’s largely due to the fact that’s it’s a collection of techniques rather than one specific thing.



Birth Pros and Baby Experts Share Top Pregnancy and Birth Books on Twitter & Facebook

Dec 27th, 2009 | By Darlene MacAuley | Category: Birth Pros Speak, Birth Resources, Savvy New Tip

There are so many books on the market for pregnancy and childbirth, it can make your head spin. I asked my friends on Facebook and Twitter to share their favorites.



A Fun Way To Connect With Former Clients

Dec 26th, 2009 | By Darlene MacAuley | Category: Birth Pros Speak, Marketing, Savvy New Tip

Nurturing relationships with former clients is an important marketing strategy. A lot of any service business is the result of personal referrals. It makes sense, then, that connecting with former clients is important to keeping that formerly very close and trusting relationship alive.