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Our Top 3 Favorite Dubsado Features

Dubsado is our absolute favorite CRM because it brings the perfect blend of simplicity and robustness. It’s laid out in such a user-friendly way, yet it takes care of so many functions that the average business owner would need. From their forms, to workflows, to client portal, Dubsado is truly an all-in-one platform that we just can’t get enough of. Out of all of these amazing features though, we want to share our top three favorites.

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How to Automate Your Client Onboarding Process

Contrary to popular belief, you can automate your client process and still sound like a human.

If you searched every page of our website for the words “automation” or “automating”, it’s likely that more results would come up than there are people in the state of Missouri. We talk about it so much because we’re in love with it! We’re two women with a lot of stuff on our plates, and whenever we can put something on autopilot, we’re all over it in a heartbeat.

One of the key places we believe automation should happen is in your client onboarding process. Wait a second, we see that grimace on your face. Oftentimes, it isn’t thought that “automate” and “client” should be in the same sentence together because automation usually brings images of a robot *beep boop beep*, and no one wants to seem like a depersonalized robot to the people that are going to be giving you their money.

But what if we told you there’s a way you can automate your client onboarding process while, yes, still sounding like a human being? In today’s blog post, we’re going to take a dive into how you can do this in Dubsado so that you’ll have more time on your hands to care for your clients like the human you are.

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4 Things to Automate Using Dubsado and Zapier Integration

We all know how much we love Dubsado’s workflows (so much so that we wrote a whole blog post about them, which you can check out here). But what you may not know is that, although their native workflows serve tons of amazing actions, you can take your automation game one step further by integrating with Zapier.

We’ve been around the block with Zapier a few times, so much so that we could dub ourselves Zap experts, and we’ve thought of more ways that you can take Dubsado to the next level! Keep reading to learn 4 more things you can automate using the Dubsado and Zapier integration.

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How to Create a Beautiful and Branded Client Portal in Dubsado

Dubsado is one of our favorite CRMs, and a big reason for that is because it’s so robust. There are tons of features that are needed by any service-based business, and one that we think is sometimes overlooked is the client portal. Not only is it useful for your clients to easily keep track of files, emails, and documents that you’ve shared with them, but it also adds that “wow” factor to their experience.

We’re all about branding everything, so it’s no surprise that we fell in love when we learned that the client portal can also be branded. With a few quick tweaks in your settings and 15 minutes in Canva, you can have a beautifully branded client portal.

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The Ultimate Guide for Dubsado Features and How to Use Them in 2021

Dubsado can seem like this monster CRM that you really want to learn but are just too intimidated to do so. While it is a super robust software, it actually isn’t as hard to learn nor navigate as you might think. In fact, it’s one of the more user-friendly softwares that we’ve come across during our business journey, and it’s only gotten better since we first laid eyes on it a few years ago.

From forms to call schedulers to automated workflows, there are many features that beautifully work together to make your client processes as easy and streamlined as ever. We believe in its power to change your business around for the better, which is why we want to give you a complete guide to Dubsado’s features, how to use them in 2021, plus more tips to better your experience so that you’re using it to its fullest potential!

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

So, you’re either about to launch your business or add a new service, but you want to know if the logistics of that are possible using just Dubsado? We’re here to tell you that the answer is yes!

Dubsado is a CRM that has many robust features that can be turned into whatever you need them to be to help you launch, meaning you don’t even need a website nor sales page to make it happen. For example, lead capture forms can be turned into waitlists, proposals can act as a landing page, workflows can allow you to send automated emails, and more.

We know you’re wondering But how?, so that’s what we’re going to dive into today!

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How Your Enneagram Type Affects Your Life & Business

In the age of Myers Briggs and the Enneagram, personality types have never been more of a topic of conversation in the online business world than they are now. This increased popularity is leading to more talks about strengths and weaknesses, which we think is absolutely wonderful!

Knowing this information about yourself allows you to learn how to leverage those qualities in the way you do business. Not only that, but you’re also able to find business companions that you fit along with really nicely, which can be especially useful when growing a team.

But in what other ways does your Enneagram affect your life and business?

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How to Stay Motivated by Making Your Goals Visible

The month of December (a.k.a. the month of goal-setting) is one of our favorite times of the year. Nothing fuels us more than to sit down with each other and discuss our aspirations for what we aim to achieve in the new year. For some reason we’re especially fueled this month, probably because we can’t wait to leave behind the chaos that is 2020 (or soon to be was).

However, a struggle for many of our fellow creatives is actually staying motivated all year long. We know the feeling– you’re pumped to crush your goals while you’re planning them, and you still have the ball rolling through Q1, but then.. it slows down.

And it keeps getting slower.. and slower.. and slower until you reflect on your year, realize how shitty it’s been, aim to change that in the next year, get all pumped up again, and the cycle repeats.

So, how do you break the cycle?

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The Power of Unplugging from Social Media

Do you ever notice how you read one post online about a topic and next thing you know you’re being served up ads or related content out the wazoo? Yeah, the secret that our phones are listening to us 24/7 is out. Although this is fantastic for a personalized ad experience it certainly doesn’t help our already overwhelmed minds. When we sit down to read just one thing, all of a sudden we look up and we’ve zombie-style zonked out, staring at our phone for hours on end.

When this happens it makes us begin to hate our phones. It makes resentful of social media apps that may not be at fault in the first place. So what do we normally do when we feel this way? We shut down completely and never look back. Well, since our businesses rely on the buzz of social media, we can’t leave it for too long.

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