Roundup -The Best Business Resources for Creatives in 2021

This year has been a wild year of content for us! We’ve cranked out almost 200 total blog posts and podcast episodes, dropped almost 50 new collections of templates, updated some of our programs and added a new one, and overall have really been dedicated to helping creative business owners.

We thought the perfect post for the end of 2021 would be to gather all of the best resources for creatives and wrap them all up with a pretty bow. (Late Christmas gift, maybe?) We have a lot to dive into, so let’s get started!

The Best Dubsado Resources for Creatives

Whether you haven’t signed up for Dubsado yet, are brand new, or are an intermediate user, we have resources to help you with various parts of using Dubsado. From setting up your account, to creating forms, to starting with workflows, we’ve got you covered!

BEGINNER USER RESOURCES

• Everything You Need to Know About Dubsado Before You Buy

• The Beginner’s Guide to Dubsado

• Why Dubsado is the #1 CRM for Service-Based Businesses

• The Ultimate Dubsado Set Up Checklist

• Dubsado vs. 17Hats - Which CRM is the best for your business?

• Dubsado vs. HoneyBook - The Best CRM for Creatives

• Step by step Guide for Using Dubsado for Bookkeeping

• How to Use Dubsado Custom Mapped Fields

• Everything You Need to Know About Dubsado Canned Emails

• 5 Steps to Use Dubsado to Launch a New Business or Service

• How to Streamline Projects and Tasks Using Dubsado

• How to Use Dubsado When You Don't Have a Website

• Strategies to Help You Develop and Iterate on Your Product or Offer

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED USER RESOURCES

• 5 of Our Favorite Lesser-Known Dubsado Features

• How to Automate and Personalize Your Client Experience Using Dubsado

• How to Amplify Your Client Experience Using the Dubsado Client Portal

• Use Dubsado Subcontracts to Create and Send Proofs!

• 5 Ways to Use Dubsado Forms to Run Your Business

• How to Take Your Dubsado Forms to the Next Level Using Code Blocks

• 4 Things to Automate Using Dubsado and Zapier Integration

• How to Use Dubsado Workflows + Tips

• Automating and Simplifying Your Business Using Dubsado Workflows

• Creating a Premium High-Touch Experience Utilizing Dubsado with Cami Monet

• Scaling Your Service-Based Business to 6-Figures Using Dubsado with Elizabeth McCravy

• Selling High Four-Figure Packages Utilizing Dubsado with Tiffany Tolliver

DONE-FOR-YOU DUBSADO TEMPLATES

• Proposal Template

• VIP Day Proposal

• Ultimate Dubsado Client Experience Bundle

• New Client Checklist

• Get to Know You Form

• Onboarding Guide

• Client Portal Template

• Subcontract Template

• Onboarding Form

• Dashboard Tutorial

• Task Boards Tutorial

• Client Feedback and Referral Form

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The Best Canva Resources for Creatives

Canva plays a humongous role in our business. 80% of all graphics used in our business are made using Canva because it’s so user-friendly and has all of the basic features the average creative business owner would need! Here are our top Canva resources for you to check out:

BLOG POSTS

• How to Create Your Brand in Canva

• How We Use Canva as Creative Entrepreneurs

• 15 Ways You Could be Using Canva Right Now

• Canva vs. Adobe, Which one is right for your online business

• Canva vs. Picmonkey, Which is the best photo editor and why

• The Ultimate Guide to Canva Features + How to Use Them

• How to Create Your Vision Board in Canva

• Why are My Canva Images so Blurry and What Can I do About It?

PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED CANVA TEMPLATES

• Client Magazine Catalogs

• Social Giveaway Templates

• Client Thank You Kit

• Client Experience Bundle

• Pinterest Idea Pin Templates

• Opt-in Marketing Bundle

• Client Results Presentation

• Client Welcome Kit

• Social Media Content Pillars

• Instagram Stories Sales Sequence

• Highly Shareable Social Media Graphics

• Email Signature Templates

• Branding Kit

• View all templates >>

The Best Productivity Resources for Creatives

We’re all about finding new hacks to help us stay productive. So much so that we’ve compiled quite a mighty list of resources we’ve published all about productivity!

BLOG POSTS

• Our Top 10 Favorite Productivity Tools for 2021

• The 5 Myths about Productivity that are Wasting Your Time, Energy & Money

• 10 Office Items that are Destroying Your Productivity

• 3 Essential Automation Strategies that will Rapidly Improve Your Productivity

• 44 Quick Tips to Becoming the Most Productive Person You Know

• 7 Habits of Highly Productive Biz Bosses

• 15 Productivity Tools We Use in Business (HINT: 8 of them are free!)

• Lazy Proof Your Day: How to Stay Productive While Working From Home

• 10 Productivity Tools Your Small Business Needs to Organize, Plan, Streamline and Succeed

PODCAST EPISODES

• Boss Talk - How to Deal with Stress and Remain Productive

• How to Create A Super Productive Work Environment At Home

• Busy vs Productive: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Get Some Traction

• Tips to Structure Your Work Day for Productivity

• 7 Productivity Hacks for the New Year

The Best Resources for 1:1 Service Providers

Although we serve all kinds of businesses, 1:1 service providers most definitely make up the majority of our audience. We’ve cranked out tons of great content this year tailored to our friends in the service-based industry.

BLOG POSTS

• The Ultimate List of Tools for New Service-Based Businesses

• How to Develop a High-Touch Signature Service on Autopilot

• How to Start Charging More for Your Services So You Can Work Less

• 4 Marketing Strategies That Work for 1:1 Service Providers

• 3 Easy Ways to Make New Clients Feel Valued

• What is a VIP Client Experience + How to Create One Easily

• Our Top Time Saving Secrets to Managing Clients

• 5 Ways to 5x the Value of Your Services (Without Increasing Your Time)

• 3 Ways to Nurture Clients Even After They’re Finished Working with You

• So You’ve Booked Too Many Clients: Here’s What to Do

• Our Ultimate Guide to Finding and Pitching Potential Clients

PODCAST EPISODES

• Our Ultimate Guide to Client Onboarding + Crafting an Extraordinary Client Experience

• Getting Clear on the Service You Offer: Why Niching isn't Always the Answer

• How High Earning Service Providers Manage Their Clients

• The 3 Biggest Time Wasters Holding Service Providers Back From Working Less Hours in Their Business

• The #1 Thing Service Providers Shouldn't Do If They Want to Grow

• Avoiding Burnout & Becoming a New You

• Identifying Your Value Proposition and Starting Your Service Based Business with Courtney Chaal

CREATE A HIGH-TOUCH SIGNATURE SERVICE

Hands-down, our best and most valuable resource for 1:1 service providers is The Incubator. Inside, we teach you how to craft a High-Touch Signature Service, so you can charge more while working less. Over 12 months, we’ll teach you how to:

• Only work with dreamy clients while providing more value and better results (less clients, more money)

• Get your time back and stay in your zone of genius (let’s ditch the parts of your business that you don’t enjoy)

• Build and grow sustainably with predictable income (no more guessing games)

You can expect weekly coaching sessions, video critiques, a private community, and 1:1 milestone coaching calls. Not only will you have access to us, but also the other amazing support and client success coaches we have on Team Boss Project.

We’d love to have you apply now, so you can get invited to watch an exclusive private training we put together only for approved applicants! This training is all about How to Double Your Income While Working 20 Hours per Week or Less. So, if you’re ready to finally, actually get to spend your time doing things outside of your business, just fill out this quick application and then let us know you applied over on our Instagram DMs @bossproject!