About
Buying Time, LLC is a woman-owned business based in California. Our mission is to provide virtual solutions to support business owners and entrepreneurs by creating a partnership with a skilled and diverse team to give them back their time.
Our Committment To Our Clients
- Communicate Often and Effectively
- Listen First and Ask Questions Later
- Be Honest
- Be Accountable
- Provide Guidance and Support
- Be Forward Thinking
- Be Solution Minded
- Overcome Obstacles Through Innovation
- Integrate With Your Organization’s Value System
- Build a Mutually Professional and Courteous Environment
- To Grow With You
- Seamless Interaction With Your Clients
Our Awesome Team
Bibi Goldstein
CEO
Stephanie Lorenz
Operations Manager
Julie McElroy
Julz Whitson
Bibi Goldstein
Before starting my own virtual assistant service business, Buying Time, I spent 22 years in the corporate world working for companies like North American Logistics and UPS Supply Chain. During my time with UPS as National Vendor Manager, I had the highest performing center, while being the youngest and only female manager amongst my peers.
I built a culture that created the largest percentage of promotions from my direct hires. And I also worked with all the centers to create over $2.7 million in annual payroll savings from efficiency and productivity analysis and single-handedly led the implementation of those improvements across all the US locations.
My experiences in the corporate arena, as well as my Infusionsoft and Six Sigma certifications, translate directly to helping entrepreneurs and small business owners understand the value of time management and setting up systems to do the work for them.
In addition to helping businesses with expert implementation and virtual administration jobs, I’m also a regular speaker and workshop facilitator. Through fun, informative sessions, I help business owners learn how to let go of all the day-to-day tasks that either don’t suit them or waste their time. They are suddenly free to work “on” their businesses, not “in” their businesses. Once they begin working this way, many experience significant growth in revenues as well as improved company morale.
Stephanie Lorenz
Stephanie has been on the Buying Time team since 2017 and has been Operations Manager on the team since 2018. She is passionate about ensuring clients have an exceptional experience and focuses on efficiency in both Buying Time operations as well as within the support our team is providing our clients.
Born and raised in Southern California, Stephanie now lives in Texas with her husband. She enjoys watching good movies, reading good books, enjoying the great outdoors, travel, and, most importantly, couch cuddles with her dog, Hank.
Julz Whitson
Julz has a working knowledge of online marketing and a clear understanding of the major marketing channels. Her working experience in social media is extensive, she can generate, edit, publish, and share daily content on social platforms. As a Level 2 V.A., Julz can provide email marketing support, customer service tasks, and much more.
She possesses a positive attitude, can focus on several areas at the same time and has exceptional organizational skills with great attention to detail. Julz has been with Buying Time since 2016 and lives in Southern California while supporting our clients all over the country.
Julie McElroy
Julie McElroy provides administrative, creative, and technical services. Her administrative services include customer service, data entry, bill processing, social media updating, email and campaign blasts. In addition, Julie has expertise in the following online apps/services: Infusionsoft, Lead Pages, One Shopping Cart, WordPress, Payment Gateways, Merchant Services, Evernote, Asana, Webex, Click Meeting, Go to Webinar, and more. She excels in communicating with her clients to fulfill their business needs effectively and keeping them organized and on track.
Astrid Lugar
Astrid previously worked as an office manager and on independent film sets prior to joining the Buying Time team in 2018. Since joining the team Astrid has stepped in to support clients as a generalist and is our resident automation expert helping clients implement automation. Some of her other favorite tasks are editing films and audio clips for clients’ social media. sales pages, podcasts, and more.
Outside of work, Astrid loves learning new tricks in Adobe, going on hikes with her dogs, spending time with her family, filming small projects, and writing.
Carrie Parkes
Carrie graduated with a BA in Fashion Design from AIU-London and has since turned her design skills to the world of graphics. Carrie was a freelance designer for various clients before moving into a role at a global corporation as Graphic Designer and Marketing Specialist for 6 years.
Carrie’s role at Buying Time is to design graphics that help promote our client’s businesses. This includes event collateral, logo design, website design, social media images and more. Carrie prides herself in creating every unique project to fit each one-of-a-kind client that we have.
Tamara Doerner
Tamara is the primary Web Designer and Junior Web Developer at Buying Time. She specializes in WordPress websites and is comfortable working with a variety of themes and page builders including Elementor, Divi, and WP Bakery. Tamara manages several Squarespace, Wix, and Shopify websites as well, while continuing to learn new platforms and coding languages to best serve our clients with their website needs.
Throughout her life, she has always had a strong interest in technology and sustainability, as well as conservation. Born and raised on the island of Kauai, the ocean holds a dear place in her heart, and the removal of plastic from our seas and the protection of our marine animals are passions of hers. She is currently on the board of directors for a local South Bay plant conservation nonprofit and volunteers in her spare time restoring native plants to her local communities.
Raya Whitson
Raya joing the Buying Time team in 2022 and plays a crucial role in supporting our Social Media Team and she also acts as a Level 1 generalist, stepping in to support our other team members where needed to ensure high quality execution on a timely manner.
Raya is a college student who spends her time outside of work focusing on growth and learning while striving to achieve her educational goals.
Some of Our Clients Include
Coaches
Fitness Professionals
Business Owners
Animal Communicator
Photographers
Property Managers
Interior Designers
Education Professionals
Realtors
Caterers
CEO’s
Physicians | Therapists
Entrepreneurs