The Great CRM Debate: Dubsado or Honeybook

Every service based business needs the magical saving powers of a CRM system. As you scale, it’s really needed to have the help of automation, templates, and organization. It’s hard to choose between which CRM to use for your business. In this blog post, I discuss the features of Dubsado and Honeybook to hep you in your choice.

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After 1 Year of Full Time Business:

With this year now under my belt, I thought I’d write a blog post sharing my top ten most felt lessons in business that have helped me get to where I am now and have given me the ability to chart an exciting future. Grab a cup of tea and some snacks, this is going to be a long one. And, it’s a vulnerable post!

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22 Things You Need to Do to Get Ready for 2022

In preparation for another go around the sun, I thought I’d compile a list of 22 things you as business owners can do to get ready for 2022. One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten busier and that I’ve observed from my clients is it’s so important to have processes for basically everything. And yes, these help enormously! This includes wrapping up the year.

So here’s my list to get ready for 2022. All points have been categorized so that they are easy to find and pick what you need.

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Admin Support for the Busy Entrepreneur

The bread and butter of virtual assistant services is administrative support. For my business, it connects to many different service areas such as influencer management and on-going monthly support. Administrative services cover a wide range of tasks and they are the behind the scenes action of most business owners that I work with. It’s usually the tasks that business owners don’t have time for, don’t want to do, and just have to get done!

Do you have admin tasks that are taking up too much of your time? If so, read on to see how I can help you take your time back and scale your business!

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Help with Putting Your Business into Words

Providing copywriting services for clients is easily one of my favourite tasks to do. I enter into my happy place the more I learn about new businesses, along with what motivates business owners, and what they are struggling to convey into words. To demonstrate how this can help you and your business, I will outline past examples of copywriting work I’ve done for clients to show you how much a virtual assistant such as myself can help you with writing. See, it’s not only done by marketers and copywriters.

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CRM & Other Systems You Need for Your Business

So you are going to onboard some new clients. Whoo! Congrats, that’s exciting! Before you get started on the work, there are some crucial admin tasks that are fundamental to ensuring a smooth client on-boarding process.

Throughout this article, I’m going to explain to you what you need in terms of systems, how these systems can make your business more efficient, and how a VA can help a small business like yours. Ready? Let’s get to it!

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Helping You Manage Influencers that Work with Your Brand

One of my favourite services to offer my virtual assistant clients is influencer management. I know this can seem like an ambiguous service, almost like I made it up! I can assure you that it’s a very real service and something that clients of mine who are building up a large following really need. Throughout this blog post, we are going to go through together what influencer management is, why it’s helpful to have a VA take on this role and how to know if you are ready to have this type of support in your business.

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