Blog Posts & Resources
Browse blog posts on Dubsado, systems, automation, and tech — all created to help you save time, streamline your processes, and run your business with ease.
Whether you’re looking to elevate your client experience, improve your workflows, or learn how to set up systems that grow with you, these posts will give you practical insights and actionable steps to help you work smarter, not harder.
Automating Your Wedding Planning Business: What You Can (and Should) Hand Off to Software
Discover how to use Dubsado as your wedding planner software to automate key parts of your planning process. From sending proposals and questionnaires to scheduling calls and follow-ups, this guide walks you through what you can streamline with the right wedding planning software to save time and serve your couples better.
Systems That Grow With Your Business
Learn which business systems and tools you actually need at each stage of running a service-based business. This guide walks you through the best systems for small business owners, from foundational tools to advanced automations, so you can stay organized, save time, and grow with confidence.
5 Client Touchpoints Wedding Planners Can Automate with Dubsado
Looking for the best wedding planner software to streamline your client experience? This post breaks down 5 key client touchpoints you can automate using Dubsado—from inquiry to follow-up—so you can save time, stay organized, and deliver a polished, high-end experience every step of the way.
Why You Shouldn’t Add External Links to Your Proposals
Adding external links to your proposals (or sales pages) might seem harmless, but it’s a sales mistake that can hurt your conversions. Learn why the only clickable link should be the one to submit the proposal—and how removing distractions can increase your conversion rate.
How to Onboard Clients as a Wedding Planner
An efficient wedding planner client onboarding process is key to creating a seamless experience for your couples. From welcome emails and client portals to questionnaires and meetings, having a structured workflow ensures clear communication and keeps everything organized. In this blog post, I’ll break down the essential steps for onboarding new wedding planning clients—and how using tools like Dubsado can help you automate and streamline your process.
Automate your Wedding Timeline Creation
Streamline your wedding timeline creation process by automating data entry with Dubsado and Zapier. This guide walks you through setting up custom forms, mapping fields, and connecting Dubsado to Google Docs. Save valuable time, reduce errors, and create seamless wedding timelines in minutes, giving you more time to focus on your clients.
Tips for Setting Boundaries with Clients
Discover essential tips for setting boundaries with clients to create a healthier working relationship and avoid burnout. This tips include, using detailed contracts, using automated reminders, learning to say no, and more. These strategies will help you protect your time and focus on ideal clients, ensuring a positive and productive collaboration. Discover how tools like Dubsado or HoneyBook can streamline some of these steps, ensuring you provide an exceptional client experience while maintaining your well-being.
Tips for using Dubsado Smart Fields
Learn how to make the most of Dubsado smart fields in your emails and forms.
This blog post goes through different smart fields that aren’t listed inside of Dubsado or in their smart field reference guide, but can prove extremely helpful in your Dubsado projects.
Whether you're new to Dubsado or looking to optimize your current use, these tips will help you get the best out of the platform.
How to Automate Your Client Onboarding Process with Dubsado
Streamline your client onboarding process with Dubsado! Learn how to automate essential tasks, personalize client interactions, and save time with efficient onboarding workflows. Discover the benefits, practical steps, and examples of actions you can include in your Dubsado setup.
This comprehensive guide provides detailed steps to set up and trigger various actions within your onboarding workflow. Explore how to set up and use Dubsado workflows tailored to your specific needs, ensuring no steps are missed and clients receive timely follow-ups.
4 Tips to Simplify Your Client Process in Dubsado
For clients where Dubsado made the most impact, they made some changes in their process keeping their clients top of mind while also allowing for a more streamlined & automated approach.
In this blog post we’ll cover 4 tips to help you simplify your client process in Dubsado, reducing friction and enhancing automation, ensuring a seamless experience for both you and your clients.
How to Set Up Payment Plans in Dubsado
Learn how Dubsado payment plans can help you streamline invoicing and enhance your client experience. Review step by step instructions on how to create, customize, and apply payment plans into your workflows or projects effortlessly. Explore different payment plan options and learn how to apply them to your projects manually or via workflows.
How to use Dubsado without a payment processor
One of Dubsado’s great features is streamlining the invoicing process. But what happens when you prefer to manage payments manually, without integrating a payment processor?
In this blog post we’ll explore how to use Dubsado without an integrated payment processor, how to apply manual payments, use workflows without a payment process and the pros and cons of this approach.
Dubsado Payments: A Complete Guide
Dubsado recently announced it's new payment processor: Dubsado Payments powered by Stripe.
In this blog post, we'll go through what Dubsado Payments is, how it’s different vs. the Stripe payment processor that was previously offered, the new features offered by Dubsado payments, and more.
If you’ve been wondering what Dubsado payments are and how it’s different - keep on reading, I’ve summarized all the information I could find online to help you answer all your questions.
How to Create a Public Proposal in Dubsado
Public proposals are a great feature of Dubsado. They allow business owners to sell their products or services directly on their website or via a direct link - without the need for clients to first fill out a lead capture form or book a call.
In this blog post, we'll explore the features of public proposals in Dubsado and step-by-step guides on how to create them and share them with potential clients.
✅ Dos and ❌ Don'ts to Create Effective Dubsado Proposals
Want to create an effective Dubsado proposal? This guide will show you 5 dos and don’ts to create Dubsado proposal that help you sign clients.
How to Book Appointments for Clients in Dubsado
Using appointment schedulers is a huge part of why Dubsado is such a helpful tool for small business owners.
But sometimes, you need to book appointments on behalf of your clients - and there are different reasons for doing this.
In this blog post, we'll explore how to book appointments on behalf of your clients and step-by-step guides on how to do this manually and when using workflows.
How to Build a Booking Workflow in Dubsado
Booking clients is a critical phase in your client process, and therefore important to design correctly. It’s also where Dubsado can really help you simplify the process for clients and yourself, automate follow ups and save you time.
In this blog post, we'll explore who can benefit from a booking workflow in Dubsado, when to use it, the steps involved, and how to trigger it.
Using the Scheduler Group in Dubsado
In this blog post, we'll explore how you can use Dubsado Scheduler Groups to optimize your appointment bookings. We’ll look at three different ways to use the Dubsado group scheduler: for appointments with different locations, appointments with different prices, or to create a landing page for different types of appointments.
Collecting Client Feedback & Testimonials with Dubsado
In this blog post, I’ll show you how you can use Dubsado's features to improve your feedback and testimonial collection process. We’ll go over how to create a client feedback form in Dubsado and how to automate the process with workflows to help improve the number of client testimonials and feedback you collect
Dubsado Tips for Streamlining Your Photography Business
I’m sharing some of the tips I’ve learned after working with many clients who are photographers. Learn about the 8 tips that will help you utilize Dubsado in the best way possible as a photographer. These tips will help you automate your client process and provide your clients with a more elevated client experience.