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Best Passive Income Ideas for Your Small Business in 2022
In this day and age of online business, it’s extremely easy to give into the elusive passive income trend. We talk about it with our family and friends, and we learn from marketing gurus on the internet that the end goal is to “make money while you sleep.”
Sure, it does sound great. Being able to give little to no effort yet still have money rolling in sounds like a dream. Spoiler alert: What they’re teaching you isn’t really passive income.
Keep reading to find out the true definition of passive income, our honest thoughts around it, and what you should do instead.
How to Host Co-working Sessions to Boost Productivity in Your Business
When you have a team that works from home or any sort of virtual community space, it can be a little more difficult to make sure everyone is being productive. One way we’ve been able to set accountability and give that much needed support to each other is by holding co-working sessions.
Co-working sessions are when you, a team member, or even your whole team hop on a group video chat (we prefer Zoom) to literally work together. Back when Boss Project was just Abagail and Emylee, we’d often hop on Zoom or Google Hangouts to complete tasks together. We’d hang out for hours on end, sometimes a whole working day just to hold each other accountable.
Now, we want to share how we host efficient co-working sessions to boost productivity in our business!
How to Host a Virtual Team Mixer or Holiday Party
Not being in the physical presence of team members means that there’s a bit more extra work involved to make sure everyone feels connected. You can absolutely still have a closely knit virtual team, and we absolutely love the workspace tone we’ve set with our team!
One of the ways we get in some much-needed face time is by hosting virtual team mixers. Since the holidays are coming up hot, hosting a virtual holiday party is the perfect way to get your team members chatting and connecting with each other outside of the usual workplace communication!
Keep reading to find out exactly how we host our virtual team mixers, plus some team building questions to ask to keep everyone engaged!
How to Create Your Vision Board in Canva
Get inspired and stay focused for the new year with a vision board showcasing beautiful imagery. We love to use canva for this for a clean and crisp look, and show you how to get it too in this super handy tutorial--including a free template!
All the New Canva Features that Released in 2021
You don’t need to have been a long time follower of Boss Project to know that we absolutely adore Canva. We use it for so many different purposes in our business, and we have for years! It’s the perfect tool for business owners who want to make quick, beautiful graphics without needing a design background.
This year, Canva has dropped tons of amazing new features that have been absolute game-changers for how you create graphics. We also know that this year has been a time of major comeback for so many business owners, so we wanted to give you a recap of all the new Canva features that were released in 2021!
3 Reasons Why We Use Canva
Canva is hands-down the most popular graphic design tool we see used almost every single day by creative business owners. It’s the perfect tool for beginners, people who just want to make a quick graphic, and anyone who values ease-of-use and a moderate amount of tools without having to use and learn robust software.
Here at Boss Project, we definitely fit in with that crowd! Although we have professional designers on our team that are trained in those robust softwares, nothing beats using Canva to whip up jaw-dropping graphics for all purposes.
In fact, there are 5 main reasons why we use Canva (and why you should, too!), which is what we’re going to cover in this blog post!
Everything You Need to Know About Dubsado Before You Buy
There’s definitely no shortage of CRMs available out there for service providers, but the difficulty is choosing which one. If you’ve already started your research, chances are you’ve seen Dubsado pop up quite a few times as being one of the top CRMs. We’ll be the first to back up those claims and say they’re absolutely true!
Dubsado is the #1 CRM that we personally recommend to every service provider who’s struggling to maintain an organized system of managing and streamlining their client processes. However, what makes Dubsado different from the rest, and what are some things you need to know about Dubsado before you even buy?
The Ultimate List of Canva Resources to Create Beautiful Designs
Canva is the ultimate graphic design tool for small businesses. It has a user-friendly interface, is super easy to use, and takes almost no time to get the hang of. We use it almost every single day to create designs for our business and will likely continue to use it for years to come, no matter the fact that we have professional designers on our team. That’s just how good it is!
Because we love it so much, we have a million and one resources out there to help you get to know Canva and begin using it for different purposes in your business. So with that said, enjoy this ultimate list of Canva resources to get you creating beautiful designs ASAP!
5 of Our Favorite Lesser-Known Dubsado Features
If you know anything at all about us over here at Boss Project, you know that we’re long-time Dubsado fans. Before we transitioned to digital courses years ago and were still offering services, Dubsado was our go-to. Now, we’ve kept up with the software updates and new features, and it’s the #1 CRM we recommend to service providers looking to organize and streamline their business.
While we’re positive it would win you over at the major, more well-known features (think workflows, forms, the client portal), it’s the smaller features that will have you shouting from the rooftops about Dubsado. That’s why we want to talk about 5 of our favorite lesser-known Dubsado features and how to use them!
Service Providers Earning Less than $5k Per Month: Essential Skills You Need to Have a Successful Business
There’s undoubtedly a flood of information and resources on the internet for service providers looking to grow their income to $5k+ months. Unfortunately, that also means that it can be difficult to know where to look, what to search for that’ll actually be helpful, and find reliable resources. When you’re a smaller business, your number one priority is essentially increasing your revenue, and there are a number of skills that are essential to have in order to make that happen.
In this post, we’ll be giving you our best resources to help you hone in on those skills so that you can finally break free of the feast or famine mode that so many small service-based businesses find it hard to come out of in the beginning stages of business.
Maximizing Your Potential: Understand the Relationship Between Capacity and Business Goals
One of the largest issues we see in the service industry, specifically related to CEOs and their time, is that they aren’t aware of what their capacity is or how to best split their time to focus on all of the areas that need their attention. Without the knowledge of what baseline their capacity should cover (i.e. 20% in this area and 10% in another), they also aren’t able to see the clear path forward to reaching their goals. In this post, we’ll be breaking down how your time should be spent as a CEO and how to understand your capacity and its effects on your business goals.
How to Know When You Should Pivot or Start Over in Your Business
There comes a point in every service-based business owner’s journey (especially in this market) where they hit what feels like a huge cement wall. Leads feel harder to come by, prospects feel harder to close, and it seems the only way to get through it is to either demolish the wall or change directions. In this case, that would mean pivoting your offer or scrapping everything you’ve built and starting over.
How to Identify and Define Values That Your Business Can Actually Live In
Something we’ve noticed is overlooked by many new or growing business owners is creating brand values. You may think since your business is small or because you may not have a team, that means they aren’t important at the moment, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. If you want to ensure you’re developing a clear and concise brand, creating consistent brand awareness, and attracting the right kinds of clients and audience to your business, then you need to identify and define your brand values.
Roundup: 5 Must Have Templates to Help You Review Your Year in Business and Plan for 2023
The end of the year is possibly our most favorite season of business! It’s the time where you get to reflect on your year in business, assess your analytics and results, and plan for the year ahead. Because this is such a fun time for us, we love making sure our audience is equipped with the resources to help them make these things happen. In The Creative Template Shop, we drop so many helpful templates for reflection and new year planning.
With hundreds of templates to choose from, we wanted to do a quick round-up of our top 5 must-have templates to review your year in business and plan for 2023!
What You Need to Know About Client Acquisition in 2022
Client acquisition is likely the single-handed most asked about topic we get from our audience and members of our various communities. Lately, we’ve been hearing a common complaint from business owners that they need more leads. While there have been some market shifts recently, they’re not necessarily impacting the way we acquire clients. It may feel like it’s changing when actually, everything with clients is exactly the same.
Here’s the thing; marketing is cyclical. There are things that work now that aren’t going to work in 6 months, then in 2 years, those things could come right back around again. There will always be hotspots, but you shouldn’t rely on them if you want consistency. We have lots to talk about on this topic, so let’s dive in!
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Hey, I’m Abagail Pumphrey!
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