Blog written by: Certified Dubsado Specialist Raye Hines
My dream of working for myself started long before I ever actually did it. I always tell people, when I realized that I was going to have find something I wanted to do for the rest of my life to make money, I knew I wanted it to be creative. And I knew I wanted it to be something that I started on my own
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that my wedding day would spark that career and open a whole new world of opportunity. After enjoying the planing process more than most and creating a connection with many of my vendors, it opened up an entire new world that I didn’t even know existed. Until you plan a wedding, you don’t truly understand all of the people that play a part in each day. And I really loved that time so I wasn’t ready to step away from the wedding world when our wedding day was over.
Through my connections with my vendors, I tried out a few wedding days, but that wasn’t for me. Vendors are truly super heroes when it comes to a wedding day and the long hours that go into it. But, I wanted to help them. And I wanted to use my strengths from what I had learned in my career so far to do so. And thus it started. I helped a few vendors from my own day with services such as social media, blog writing and Pinterest. Before I knew it, I had an entire list of clients and was broadening my offerings for them.
Throughout this time, client experience has always been my top priority. I want to make sure that they feel paid attention to, have all of the information they need, and are easily able to get paid.
When I first started, I didn’t have a system and quickly realized that that wasn’t going to work if I wanted to deliver the high level of service that my clients deserved. So I set out to find one that worked best for me - working in 3 different systems at one point to see which I liked best. And in the end, it came down to Dubsado.
Why I love it for myself:
• I can customize it to my multiple service offerings.
• I am able to provide my clients a single place with their contract, invoices and any forms they complete for me in their portal.
• If a client has multiple projects with me, they can see all of these in their portal.
• It allows me to do the bulk of running my business all in one place.
Not only has Dubsado granted my peace in my own business, but it also allowed me to add another service offering. From full setups to workflow kits, and everything in between, Dubsado allowed me to up-level my offerings to serve wedding pros even further.
As my business has grown, I have learned that I love not only helping wedding pros market their business, but I also love helping them make sure it run as efficiently as possible. Some things, we can not get around doing manually, but I believe when their is an option to customize that will not only make your life easier, but delivers a better service, we must use it. And I wanted to give that to all of the wedding pros that I work with!
Setting up your account to work efficiently does not always come easy. And that’s not to say because you don’t know how. It’s just that when you get down to things, your processes are usually more complex than you realize. And this could be what’s been stopping you from doing it all along.
Through my time as a Certified Specialist, I have helped businesses not only setup their accounts, but understand their business. While a setup account is the end goal, there are many things to get there:
• An understanding of your ideal client and how they expect to be treated by you.
• Working through each of your processes from the time they come in through your contact page until their project is complete.
• Knowing the ins and outs of the system so that you can customize it to your business needs.
Now there’s no hiding that I think Dubsado is the best platform if you are looking to give couples a completely customized experience through their time working with you. But why exactly do I think that is?
• No matter how you serve couples on their wedding day, you can customize Dubsado to show up for them how you’d prefer.
• Dubsado protects you and your business through contacts and automatic payment options.
• It allows you to stop spending all of your spare time in your business and automate parts of it so that you can focus more on your relationship with your clients and/or your personal life.
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I’m Raye - a Certified Dubsado specialist, wife, entrepreneur and so much more! Through my time of self-employment and starting my own flourishing business, I have found that what I really love is helping women thrive while they also contribute to their families. And doing it all without being tied to work all day. My agency offers Dubsado services for all skill levels, blog writing, Pinterest management, social media planning and many DIY options for running your wedding business as efficiently as possible.
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