News for Business Counselors

Business Counselor News Briefs

This page is dedicated to providing Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors with tips, tools and information to support progress in working with customers and clients around self-employment and small business development endeavors.

Select from the topics below to view current and past news briefs. Most recent news briefs are on top follow by prior topics below.

News Briefs

February: Self-Employment is Like a River: It's all about the flow
January: To Be or Not to Be in Business: The Role of the VR Counselor & 5 Habits to Venture Progress
December: VR Training Session Highlights & Rehearsing the Sale
November: 8 Tips for How to Start a Business & Crowd Funding
October: Help Customers Navigate Resources & Should I Be in Business?

Marketing Tips & Tools

Discover 5 ways to build business through innovative marketing approaches:

Test Marketing

Publicity

Social Media

SEO

Loyalty Programs

Training Resources & Forecasting Model

Based on counselor feedback, select from the following enhanced and new counseling support resources:

Certificate of Achievements

Marketing & Forecasting Resources

Forecasting Spreadsheet Model

Common Mistakes to Business Failure

Ask the Expert any time!

Through collaboration, we can help many more individuals attain financial independence through self-employment and small business development...

Ask a Business Expert: A resource community that matches entrepreneurial questions to volunteer expert business practitioners

Ask BUZ: A state-based customer service network for referring individuals to available free and low-cost government and public sources of self-employment resources

Ask KI: If you can't find what you're looking for or you have further recommendations for making BuzVR a robust source of business counseling support, please let us know. We value your ideas and your time.

Connect with Resource Partners outside of VR who have participated in Tier 1 Business Proposal Training to support VR Counselors and Customers.

Knowledge Institute Consulting Support: We are available to help you develop new customer ideas around your self-employment projects. Share your ideas or concerns by email, and we will help develop a solution.