Therapy For Your Money

Episode 4: How Productivity & Outsourcing Can Lead to Increased Profits (with Uriah Guilford)

October 02, 2020 Julie Herres Season 1 Episode 4
Therapy For Your Money
Episode 4: How Productivity & Outsourcing Can Lead to Increased Profits (with Uriah Guilford)
Show Notes

How can being intentional about productivity and outsourcing lead to increased profits of your private practice? Simply follow three keys to productivity as your business grows because successful therapists flirt with burnout.

Today's guest is Uriah Guilford, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) with Guilford Family Counseling in Northern California. Uriah is the founder of Productive Therapist, which provides virtual assistants (VAs) & support with delegating outsourcing to therapists. He also hosts the Productive Therapist Podcast to offer bite sized pieces of advice for therapists.

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Episode Highlights

  • 3 Keys to Productivity: Eliminate, Automate, and Delegate
  • Generalized vs. Specialized VA: Virtual or in-house specialist for specific roles/responsibilities
  • Zone of Genius: What do you excel at? What do you love to do? Outsource the rest
  • ROI: Outsourcing expense always increases revenue; save time to make more money
  • Reputation: Therapists don't answer their phones or get back to people who need help
  • Value proposition: Focus on better customer service over 100% live answering
  • COVID Convers: Stay connected and productive when working online & remotely
  • Free Courses/Resources: Comprehensive list of support services for therapy practices
  • To-Do List: Reflect on pain points to delegate tasks and set up systems to run business


Links and Resources:
Guilford Family Counseling
Productive Therapist
Productive Therapist’s Podcast
Productive Therapist’s Free Resources
The Master List
Basecamp
ClickUp
Asana
Belay Solutions
Michael Hyatt
Group Practice Owners Summit
Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
GreenOak Accounting
Therapy For Your Money Podcast