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This Week's APHA Agenda
 
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Miss a week. Miss a lot!
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Link & Learn
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Don't forget: 
you'll need to be logged into the APHA membership site to access most of these links:
www.myAPHA.org
bullet new Aging and Alone? Who Will Hold Your Hand Through Healthcare Challenges? (from the AdvoConnection Blog - share with clients!)
   
bullet archive You’re Not Charging Enough, and It’s Hurting Our Entire Profession (APHA Blog)
   
bullet archive Growing Your Practice: Scaling with Intent
   
bullet ORB Sign the Health Advocate's Code of Conduct & Professional Standards
 
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Schedule & Attend
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Link to the
Advocacy Master Calendar
of Events
 
APHA Expert Call-in
Guerrilla Marketing Tactics Advocates and Care Managers Will Love


Tuesday, September 8

CE logo One (1) CE for BCPAs will be available for this call-in. (Free to APHA members.)

Once you understand marketing basics – audiences, messaging, and tools – then it’s time to begin letting the world of potential clients know you are available to help them, and how to find you.

Easier said than done, of course! Where do you begin? How do you decide what to do? And then, how do you do it?
 
  Often we look to traditional service marketing tactics like building a website, sending a regular newsletter, doing some public speaking, or running an ad in your community newspaper. They are a great start! But sometimes we need something “more.”

“Guerrilla Marketing” describes more non-traditional marketing tactics; steps you can take to get your target audiences to take notice, perhaps to be pleasantly surprised, and which should, ultimately, make your phone ring more frequently with potential business.

Nancy Ruffner, APHA member, has been in advocacy practice for seven years. When she started, she didn’t know much about marketing, but knew she needed potential clients to think of her when they needed the services she could provide. Today she has a thriving advocacy practice – with a few interesting twists to her approach, and to her marketing.

Trisha Torrey, director of APHA, and author of two marketing books for advocates and care managers, has also employed some more guerrilla-like marketing tactics over the years.

Listen in on this conversation with Nancy and Trisha to better understand the guerrilla thinking process and how to get started with promoting your practice using these more unusual tactics.
 
     
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Celebrating
Five Star Reviews!
 
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Premium +ADL
members:

Find instructions for asking your clients to submit their reviews.
 
 
 
 
 
Congratulations to these AdvoConnection Directory-Listed members who have achieved and received 5 star reviews for their work!

These stars were awarded by clients for whom they have saved lives, health, or money, and improved the quality of life for the person who provided the review.
star Mary Daniel
star Gabrielle Hochberg
star Lea Ann Biafora
star Laura Mendez
star Cindi Gatton (x2!)
star Deidra Kindred
   
A job very well done. Congratulations!
 
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BCPA
Certification Corner
 
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Congratulations to all newly minted BCPAs! 

APHA is so proud to have so many of the new BCPA group as members of our organization. A job well done!

If you are not yet certified....
 
Now is the time to take the
BCPA certification exam...
 
You, too, can ecome a Board Certified Patient Advocate!  The next exam is scheduled to begin in late September. Choose your date and venue.  Pre-registration is required.

Register by September 10th.  
 
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Updates
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Online Courses for Advocates
 
PracticeUP! online is a sister site to APHA. APHA members may take courses for free or at a discount.

www.PracticeUPOnline.com
 
Coming Soon!
New Course:
Overcoming Objections
 
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CEs for BCPA
will be available for this course.
 
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If you're looking for a good
client management software solution
,
look no further than MyJunna!


Developed by a care manager who understands the needs of advocates.
MyJunna is your cloud-based, HIPAA compliant solution for tracking your
work with your clients every step of the way.

Contact Us for a Live Demo!

Or reach out to MyJunna at
(614) 707-9273  or  shanna@myjunna.com
 
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Want to increase your directory visits?

Find help here.
 
AdvoConnection Directory Top Search and SEO* congrats to:
 
bulletMarina Emery (253 visits / 136 potential clients)
bulletAnnMarie McIlwain (San Francisco listing)
(86 visits / 81 potential clients)
bulletScott Fraser (82 visits / 79 potential clients)
These members had the most visits to their AdvoConnection Directory listings in July.

How many visits did your profile get?

*SEO = Search Engine Optimization = tweaking your listing so search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing include your listing at the top of their search results.
 
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for ADL members
 
A special section for AdvoConnection
Directory Listed members.
 
Reminders for +ADL members:
bullet  new Are you a new BCPA with a listing in the directory? Submit this request form, and we will add the logo to your listing.  
   
bullet new July directory profile stats are available! Here's how to retrieve yours.
   
bullet Monitor requests for help!  Patients need you! Recent requests have come from:
Texas Washington State South Carolina
New York Florida Missouri
... and other states and provinces!
 
bullet Reminder!  It's always a good time to ask former clients for a testimonial for your AdvoConnection listing.  Here's how to make it easy.
 
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Reviews found on Amazon:
 
This is a great marketing book that is exceptionally organized, easy to understand and includes exceptional advice. The specific marketing strategies on public relations, creative ideas on developing and defining your brand and the wonderful resource list at the end of the book are just a few reasons why I love and recommend this book.
     
  While the information in the book is basic - good for someone with no business experience - it also lays out a concrete path of 'must do' tasks for anyone starting a private healthcare advocate business and keeps you on track.
 
  This book is well written, well organized, and contains valuable information for businesses in this field. I recommend it without reservation.   
 
  Learn more about
The Health Advocate's Basic Marketing Handbook


Take advantage of your APHA Discount from here.
 
 
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