#53: Using Automations and Boundaries to Create a Business You Love with Colie James
Release Date: 05/26/2022
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info_outlineColie James is a family filmmaker turned Dubsado and systems guru. She is based out of Colorado, has been married 21 years, has an almost 12 year old, and a love for Disneyland.
In this episode, we talk all things automations, systems, Dubsado, and more. Here are a few highlights:
- Colie’s background and how she got started with automations
- What a CRM is
- Automating emails and how you can still sound personable
- Using gifs to add personality to your emails (and how Colie makes her own gifs!)
- Colie’s favorite CRM and another great system for photographers
- Setting your website up to help clients clearly understand what it is you do and offer (and how that can possibly allow you to skip over client phone consults)
- How to figure out what CRM is right for you
- Colie’s process from contact form to proposal to onboarding
- Simplifying emails and using a system so you don’t have to hold all the information in your head
- Getting people into your CRM even if they don’t go through your normal contact form or process (i.e. they reached out over Instagram DMs)
- How automations can help you stick to your boundaries
- Always tell the client when they will hear from you next
- How to get started with automations
- Setting up your systems before hiring a VA
- Info on Colie’s VIP days and online course
This was a great conversation with Colie as she truly is an expert in all things CRMs and automations. We share a love for Dubsado, and it was so fun to hear about her processes and how systems can make businesses (and lives) run smoother.
You can connect with Colie on Instagram @coliejames or her website is coliejames.com. She has information about her VIP days here!
If you are ready to up-level the back end of your business and make your life easier, you can check out Dubsado here or use the code MADDIEPESCHONG to get 20% off your first month or year.
Full show notes here
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