Freedom Focus Photography

Taming Your Workflow with Jessica Wasik

• Nicole Begley, Jessica Wasik • Episode 98

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098 - The more pet photography clients you have, the more likely it is that something—or someone—will slip through the cracks. Once Pittsburgh-based photographer Jessica Wasik reached the point of potential client-management chaos, she realized it was time to upgrade her workflow and client tracking system.

Fast-forward to today and Jessica's a full-on Dubsado evangelist, sharing with fellow photogs the sanity-saving magic of this robust client-management tool. This week we talk about workflow in general and Dubsado specifically, including why and how you might make the leap. 

What To Listen For: 

  • Why Jessica chose Dubsado for her customer relationship management (CRM) software
  • How to get started using a CRM system
  • The time-saving Dubsado feature that Jessica loves 
  • An important question to ask each new lead, to help personalize the process
  • The 3 different sections to tackle when setting up your workflow
  • Nicole's personal rule for every single client interaction

We're thrilled to have Jessica's new Dubsado 101 course available (for free!) inside the Hair of the Dog Academy. If you're ready for a grown-up CRM but could use some hand-holding as you get started, you'll definitely want to check out this thorough video series!

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Welcome to the hair of the dog podcast.

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I'm your host,

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Nicole Begley.

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And today we have Jessica Wasik from Bark and Gold photography

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sharing with us when you might or might not need to

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dive into that studio management software and how to navigate the

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process once you decide to do so,

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if you're in business and if you're serving clients,

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whether you've just started your pet photography business,

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or if you've been in business for decades,

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today's episode is definitely worth the listen.

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Stay Tuned.

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Welcome To the hair of the dog podcast.

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If you're a pet photographer,

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ready to make more money and start living a life by

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your design,

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you've come to the right place.

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And now your host,

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pet photographer,

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travel addict,

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chocolate martini connoisseur,

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Nicole Begley.

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Nicole here from hair of the dog.

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And I am here today on the podcast with a good

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friend of mine,

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Jessica Wasik from Bark and Gold Photography.

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Sorry. Yeah,

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no bark and gold.

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I was like,

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wait, no black and gold,

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which is the play on bark and gold because we're from

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Pittsburgh where everything is black and gold.

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Because if you aren't familiar with Pittsburgh,

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we're kind of obsessed with our sports teams.

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the good ones,

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the pirates people could kind of take her leave,

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but anyway,

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they're all black and gold.

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So hence Jessica's business is barking gold.

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So Jessica,

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welcome back to the pot.

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So good to have you back here.

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You were originally on the podcast way back in the day

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on episode number 20.

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I can't believe it.

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Yes. Yeah.

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And that one,

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we talked about the calendar contest that you've run that has

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been, oh my gosh.

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So successful.

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How much money did you raise this past year?

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This Year?

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It was 21,500

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so far.

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And that does not include the calendar is wrapping up for

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September to have those available.

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So hopefully it goes up from there.

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That's awesome.

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That's incredible.

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Yeah. There,

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the calendar contest,

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if you guys want more info on that,

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go listen to that podcast.

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Episode. Number 20,

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if you're in the academy,

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Jessica has a guest artist or a guest artist program in

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there where she explains it a little bit more.

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And then there's also available as an upgrade in there,

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all the templates of all of the things.

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So definitely check that out if you guys are in the

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academy, but I just have to say that the ripple effect

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of good,

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that has happened from your calendar contest is just amazing.

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I've seen some of the academy students with like the first

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time running it,

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$30,000 that they've made for the charity or $20,000,

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like these big,

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huge, incredible numbers.

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So how does that make you feel?

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It's Incredible.

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I love seeing people doing more than I ever thought was

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possible and it's their first year and they have taken this

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in such a direction that I have never thought to do.

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it's an amazing feeling and they feel good and the rest

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of these feel good.

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I love it.

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It's awesome.

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It's awesome.

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I love it so much.

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But today we're not talking about calendar contest,

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even though it is amazing and incredible today,

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we're going to talk about workflow and<inaudible> or any CRM.

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Really this conversation does not dip Sato specific.

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It is just workflow specific.

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So if you guys are in business or you're getting started

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in business and you're like,

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I need to get a handle on like,

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what the heck happens when a client contacts me and go

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through that process.

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This is a podcast episode for you.

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So Jessica let's start off.

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Maybe let's go back in our head,

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back to when we first started our business.

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And what was your workflow like then?

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you probably didn't.

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I know I didn't start out of the gate with like

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a CRM software.

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So what did your process look like when you first started?

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Yeah, I had no CRM.

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I had a couple of Google Gmail files.

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I had a Google drive where I was storing stuff and

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I was sending most of my contacts through jot form.

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So everything was in one place,

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but coming in for many different areas.

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So it was a little bit chaotic to keep track of

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it. Yeah.

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Yeah. I remember I started mine and actually ran mine like

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this for quite a few years of straight up like file

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folder. And actually when I first started,

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I started my business in 2010.

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When I first started,

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I actually printed off session agreements and mailed them to my

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clients for them to sign and return,

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which, you know,

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in the 20,

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21 digital world,

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I just,

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I really just can't believe that we did.

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And then I started using JotForm.

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So I streamlined that part a little bit.

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So at least wasn't pruning or expecting my clients to print

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anything because we all know that so many of our homes

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have a printer that may or may not have ANC or

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just doesn't have a printer at all.

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So No I'm saying that's exactly right.

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Like any work I can take off of their plate makes

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life easier on my end too.

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Yes, Absolutely.

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I think that's a great strategy for every aspect of our

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client experience is like,

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alright, how can I make this easier for my client?

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But yeah,

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I ended up having a magazine rack on my wall.

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Like if you go into a doctor's office and there's like

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six different levels,

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it's like,

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I'm making these different things with my hands here.

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Like you guys can see me,

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this is a podcast.

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like the magazine racks on the wall,

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it had six buckets and I would get like Manila folder

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and I would write the client's name on the tab.

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my workflow is just a piece of paper.

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I would print out and staple on the front of that

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folder. And then just check off things as we went and

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put any paperwork,

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like their questionnaire that they would send from jot form.

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I would send them through jot form for that and keep

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that all in there and then I'd move it down.

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So the top one was,

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they had booked,

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but I was still waiting for all of the things to

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finalize, like waiting for the contractor,

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their payment.

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And the second one was they were booked and we were

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waiting for the session or their pre-session consultation.

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And then it was like the session was held and they

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needed to edit and then it was edited and I needed

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to have the sales session.

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And then it was like the sales session was done in

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production. So I just moved it down.

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It actually worked really,

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really well until I just wanted some aspect of it digitally.

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And until I started getting a little bit busier than managing

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the inquiry process and the leads became my biggest pain point

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where I realized I needed to change it up.

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my big thing is I know everyone loves paper and you're

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supposed to write stuff down and it's supposed to be so

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much more beneficial,

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but from calendars and everything,

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I am a digital person all the way.

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I still use that type of set up a little bit

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just in keeping track of where the client is through that

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workflow, but I use it on Trello boards.

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So I have it wrote down and I can just drag

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and drop them as I go.

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And I can still see that visual,

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but I don't have papers and notes and folders everywhere right

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now. Yeah.

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Are you still using Trello a bit even though now you're

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using DeSanto so much more.

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process. Yeah.

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somewhere. So yeah.

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So what if you want to tell us maybe a little

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bit about like what someone should look for,

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because when you're starting your business,

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there's so many things going on.

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So I think a lot of people get really hung up

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on this feeling like I have to have a CRM.

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And for those of you guys that don't know what CRM

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it's client relationship management,

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I think is what it technically stands for.

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It's basically a software that helps manage your leads and manage

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your clients.

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And there's a lot of different ones out there on the

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market. But Jessica kind of tell us a little bit about,

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if people definitely need it and what they might want to

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look for or what might cause them to start to think

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that they should maybe consider moving to.

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I was okay until I started getting more clients and I

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never want to be in a place where I overlooked something

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or I have a client asking what's next.

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I want to stay one step ahead of them.

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So when I got to that point and I can see

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how easily everything could be managed in one central area that

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really helped the hard part was knowing when you need one,

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because I love shiny object syndrome.

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I love,

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especially technology,

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like new fun things are really cool to invest in,

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but there's a point where you don't necessarily need to,

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and you can take that freeway and use the free resources

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that you have before you have to invest because it is,

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it is an investment.

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I mean,

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they're not,

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they're not cheap,

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but when I compare the time versus the money that,

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that comparison and what I'm saving,

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I'd rather save my time.

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And my sanity,

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then a couple of hundred dollars for a CRM.

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Oh my gosh,

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I am with you with the shiny object syndrome.

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I'm like,

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oh my God,

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what is that new productivity software?

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Which ironically then takes away my productivity because I've spent like

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a day and a half playing with it.

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I'm like,

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okay, I should just stick back to what actually works.

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Even then Alan would work.

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But I'm like,

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I have a system that is just fine if it's not

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broken, don't fix it.

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Exactly. Yeah.

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Yeah. So if you guys are out there and you're,

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going through your,

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your business and you're not feeling like there's too many balls

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up in the air,

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then you know,

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you're probably fine kind of sticking with the process that you

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have, but I know for me,

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yeah, it started to be when I felt like there were

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too many balls in the air was too much juggling and,

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you know,

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I would have the leads coming in that I wasn't sure

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where I was in the followup process with them and things

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like that.

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So that's when I discovered that I needed to,

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you know,

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look at it,

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moving on to something else.

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So Jessica,

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you and I both out of all the different programs out

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there, we both landed dub Sato.

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What, what was it about that program that,

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that had you,

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well actually,

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did you try a whole bunch of other ones at the

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same time?

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Or did you kind of just go in with that one?

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Definitely trialed like every CRM under the sun,

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but the trick with that was there was only that limited

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time. So it might be a week or a month and

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I typically cannot run a full client workflow,

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start to finish in a week,

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swift them side,

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or you get the full three clients to tile.

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And then from there you can make that decision.

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You don't have to pay anything up until you use those

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three clients up.

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And so having that time to really space it out,

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figure out my workflows and see what I needed within that

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time period was really helpful.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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I know for me the biggest thing,

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cause back when I started using,

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I've been using it for years,

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they were the only ones that integrated with Zapier at the

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time. Now a few others do as well,

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but that was a deal breaker for me because I did

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have some other pieces of software that I wasn't going to

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switch. Like I had already been using QuickBooks and you know,

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my books are a little bit more complicated because I have

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the hair of the dog side and my photography business side.

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But my accountant like had that all set up and I,

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you know,

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that that was all good and didn't need to be touched.

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And there were a couple other pieces of software that I

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didn't want to give up.

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So being able to have that,

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talk to my different things,

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such as my email,

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I was using MailChimp at the time now use flow desk,

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but whenever somebody would fill out my inquiry form that I

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could have that email automatically added into my email system.

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And whenever somebody came a client,

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I can have that automatically tagged in my email system as

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a client.

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And so it saves just a lot of work being able

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to utilize that software too.

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So that was,

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that was definitely my,

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my, my non-negotiable when I was looking and really it's kind

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of a non-negotiable for any other software that I bring into

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my business,

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that it needs to be able to connect to my other

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things, because at some point I'm going to want to connect

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something. So that's a whole nother podcast jumping into how we

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use Zapier,

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but what else?

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Well, what do you use for like,

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what do you have DeSoto?

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Do you connect it to anything else?

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I Connected,

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I think to flow desk,

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I have a connection.

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Yeah. I was connected to square,

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of course,

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for my payment processing.

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And then that connects into my wave app,

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which is what I use for my accounting right now.

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I think that's it.

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But there's so many integrations with Zapier and you could just

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spend a whole day connecting things.

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You Could definitely have someone depending where you bring them in

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onto your trailer board.

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You can have,

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you know,

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with either a lead or when they book,

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when they like signed their contract,

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it can make a card and pull in all that stuff.

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Now I'm going to be now your afternoon shot.

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There you go.

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Down that tech rabbit hole.

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All right.

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Well, let's let for the people out there too that are

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maybe, I mean,

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it could work either way if they're just getting started with

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their workflow or let's maybe start with the photographer that has

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been, that has been in business for a little bit and

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they kind of have a workflow,

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but they're thinking of jumping into CRM,

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kind of what are the first steps that they need to

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do once they get started,

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whether it's<inaudible> or some other CRM,

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like how do they even start to figure out that process?

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Yeah, it's,

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it's a bit of a beast of a getting started with

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mine. I set up all of my payment processing because I

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wanted to be able to have any money that was coming

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into those invoices going right into,

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through Divisadero and into my square account.

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So for sure,

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getting your bank accounts set up,

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any branding colors for your business fonts,

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you can do your email signature is getting your canned emails

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set up,

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which for me is one of my favorite features in Sato.

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And then after you've kind of got that basic stuff set

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up, then you can go into getting the contracts and your

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proposals and your workflows and your questionnaires going.

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Yeah, no,

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that's a good workflow for,

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for most of them.

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I think I know one of the things that helps me

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kind of get a handle on it.

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If I'm looking at revamping my client experience or my workflow,

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or bringing it into DeSoto or any other software is I

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will actually sit down and kind of write out an entire

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flow of what happens throughout the process.

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And I think where a lot of people get hung up

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or at least I did,

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I feel like I got hung up on figuring out my

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inquiry process for years because it was like,

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well, what if it comes in this way?

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Or what if they're ready to book at this point?

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Or do I have to call everyone?

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Or what if I can't get ahold of this person?

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Because there were so many,

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it wasn't linear,

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there were so many options.

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So I discovered that there were kind of like three workflow

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sections and that is number one,

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that inquiry process.

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So getting a potential client from that inquiry to booking.

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And then the second one is once they say,

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Hey, yes,

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I want a book like getting them onboarded.

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So getting all the things paid and signed and prepared and

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scheduling their session.

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And then the third section is that,

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you know,

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order to delivery.

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So after you have the session,

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have the ordering appointment,

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like what's the workflow there and the follow-up.

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So if you guys are out there trying to figure out

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your workflow and you're feeling completely overwhelmed,

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break it down into those three sections and maybe start with

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the delivery.

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Cause I think that's the easiest one to be like,

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oh, they've ordered,

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what's my process now.

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Like that's a pretty easy one to feel like you got

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like, all right,

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I got a quick win.

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I can do this.

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And then maybe start to go to the like basically work

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backwards, then go to the,

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oh, I'm interested in booking a session.

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All right.

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How do I want to onboard them?

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Is it a new form?

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I know for me,

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end up Sato,

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when they're ready to book,

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I have a client booking form,

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which like kicks off a new process in my CRM that

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then said,

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like gets their contract together and their invoice and all of

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that stuff.

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So yeah.

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So no matter how that inquiry process goes,

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when they're ready,

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I can just send them a link to them,

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that kind of new process starting the booking one.

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And if I'm on the phone with them,

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I can just take their information and put it in myself

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in that form.

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So you don't have to send an email.

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It can be given on however customer service.

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Have you found kind of the same?

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Sure. I,

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I started with just a big brain dump that was circles

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and arrows and boxes and scribbling notes.

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And I just kind of spelled it out because doing it

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on paper,

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there didn't feel like the commitment to have to stick with

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that word flow and make big changes within<inaudible>.

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So I had that filled out and then I could start

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to build it back.

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The one thing I liked too was within that lead capture,

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you have those different options of how they want to be

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contacted. So,

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you know,

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if they don't want to talk on the phone right away,

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then it's a little bit different.

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I'm not going to call them.

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I'm going to send them more information through email.

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And it kind of sent me up a little bit easier

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knowing how they wanted to be approached as well.

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Hmm. A hundred percent.

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And especially with the rise of video options that we can

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cause really the reason we wanted to get them on the

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phone is to make a connection with us,

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but we can kind of see that connection a little bit

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in video and other ways.

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So we can,

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we don't have to get,

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I don't think it's as critical to get people on a

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phone now as it used to be.

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And I,

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I do the same.

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I ask them if they want to be contacted via phone

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or email,

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actually thinking I should probably even add text on there as

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an option.

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And at least I could text them then and let them

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know, Hey,

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I sent you more information on email.

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Like here's something really easy or it could even be text

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a link that goes to a page on your website that

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has kind of their inquiry information.

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Cool. All right.

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Mental note.

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Now there goes my afternoon too.

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That's all right.

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So yeah,

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so that works really well for if you are guys are

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in business already.

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And you know,

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one of the other things too is I think a lot

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of people feel like when they are going to move towards

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a software like this,

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that they have to set up every single automation,

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like all this automation right out of the gate and really

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correct me if I'm wrong,

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but you can basically do it all manually at first.

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And then like slowly add one automation here and one,

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add one automation here.

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And then I would imagine you would feel much more secure

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knowing that your processes working and knowing exactly like kind of

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where the hang ups are and working through that.

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And I've changed my workflows as time has gone on and

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I've seen what I like and what's been working or where

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I'm kind of having little gaps,

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the workflow that I love too,

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has a lot of approves.

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So I might not want to send something right away if

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I'm waiting to hear back or it doesn't apply to that

528
00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,120
person, I just want to prove it.

529
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,350
And so I don't feel like I'm super stressed about missing

530
00:18:51,350 --> 00:18:54,320
a staff or sending something to someone that they didn't need.

531
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,300
Yeah, absolutely.

532
00:18:56,690 --> 00:18:57,890
That works out really well.

533
00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:01,250
What about for people that maybe are just getting started?

534
00:19:01,310 --> 00:19:05,330
Like how do they begin to start to get a handle

535
00:19:05,330 --> 00:19:06,050
on this workflow?

536
00:19:06,050 --> 00:19:08,300
Like what are the most important pieces that they should focus

537
00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:09,050
on in your opinion?

538
00:19:09,950 --> 00:19:12,230
Definitely your inquiry process,

539
00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:13,970
getting that lead capture form set up,

540
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,490
just so that any leads that are coming in are going

541
00:19:16,490 --> 00:19:17,390
into them Sato,

542
00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,460
because now they're just in there.

543
00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:22,400
And as you start to build that workflow for that onboarding

544
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,560
process, they're already in there.

545
00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,040
And so you've got the basic information down,

546
00:19:27,050 --> 00:19:28,400
you have their contact info,

547
00:19:28,970 --> 00:19:30,530
what type of session they're looking for.

548
00:19:30,530 --> 00:19:34,550
So I would spend time getting that lead capture form set

549
00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:37,820
up first and just making sure that that's working,

550
00:19:37,820 --> 00:19:39,440
because if it's not working then your leads,

551
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:40,970
aren't going to be coming in and they're not going to

552
00:19:40,970 --> 00:19:41,600
hear from you.

553
00:19:42,260 --> 00:19:43,610
And that's a big,

554
00:19:43,670 --> 00:19:44,960
bad broken part to have.

555
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,730
So start there.

556
00:19:46,730 --> 00:19:47,360
And then,

557
00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:48,170
like you said,

558
00:19:48,170 --> 00:19:49,400
just kind of work backwards.

559
00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,470
Like once they've booked you,

560
00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:52,940
like, what do you want to happen?

561
00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:54,440
How are they getting to booking you?

562
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,350
It will make sense as you start to build backwards from

563
00:19:57,350 --> 00:19:58,520
there. Yeah.

564
00:19:58,640 --> 00:19:59,780
Yeah. Those are great points.

565
00:19:59,780 --> 00:20:02,990
Just one of the other things that I think is really

566
00:20:02,990 --> 00:20:04,730
important to kind of sit down,

567
00:20:04,730 --> 00:20:08,090
we always tend to look at our workflow through our eyes.

568
00:20:08,210 --> 00:20:09,320
And I think it's really,

569
00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,440
really important once you start to build out your workflow or

570
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:13,310
if your workflows,

571
00:20:13,310 --> 00:20:13,520
you know,

572
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,920
whether you're new or been doing this for 20 years,

573
00:20:15,950 --> 00:20:16,610
I think it's poor.

574
00:20:16,610 --> 00:20:19,160
And every once in a while to sit down and really

575
00:20:19,190 --> 00:20:22,730
try to go through your process from your client's perspective,

576
00:20:22,790 --> 00:20:25,160
to see what potential holes there are,

577
00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:29,840
are grab a photographer friend of yours or a regular friend

578
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:30,650
of yours and just say,

579
00:20:30,650 --> 00:20:31,850
Hey, do me a favor.

580
00:20:31,850 --> 00:20:33,110
Will you go through this process?

581
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,210
And let me know if you're confused anywhere,

582
00:20:35,540 --> 00:20:39,290
because that way you can kind of really make sure that

583
00:20:39,290 --> 00:20:40,610
you are covering all your bases.

584
00:20:40,610 --> 00:20:44,300
Because one of the hardest things I think is we know

585
00:20:44,330 --> 00:20:45,650
we know what the next step is.

586
00:20:45,650 --> 00:20:51,250
We're so close to everything that we often don't realize what's

587
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:56,470
missing. So a potential client has no idea like where we

588
00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:57,280
say, of course,

589
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,590
we're going to have a pre-session consultation and we're going to

590
00:20:59,590 --> 00:21:02,520
discuss where we're going to be in this or that they

591
00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:03,250
have no idea.

592
00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:04,150
And they just,

593
00:21:04,150 --> 00:21:05,440
all of a sudden know that,

594
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,090
okay, I just paid you and signed a contract and what

595
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:13,690
what's next or my sessions next Saturday.

596
00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:14,650
But I haven't heard from them.

597
00:21:14,650 --> 00:21:16,150
Do I need to take a leash?

598
00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:16,600
Do I need to,

599
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,590
what do I need to take?

600
00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:18,970
Do I need to get my dog groomed?

601
00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:20,260
Like, what do I need to do?

602
00:21:20,530 --> 00:21:24,970
So really looking at it from that and making sure your

603
00:21:24,970 --> 00:21:29,290
client knows what's expected at every step and letting them know.

604
00:21:29,290 --> 00:21:31,870
I know my personal role is any time I have any

605
00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:33,100
interaction with a client,

606
00:21:33,130 --> 00:21:36,190
I let them know what the next step is when they'll

607
00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:38,980
expect to hear from me is that they are welcome to

608
00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,060
contact me at any time.

609
00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:42,910
So those are kind of my,

610
00:21:43,090 --> 00:21:43,690
yeah, my,

611
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:49,150
my kind of non-negotiable map to get through my workflow.

612
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,920
Yeah. It Seems so obvious to us because we're so in

613
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:53,400
our business,

614
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,750
like we've built that workflow out.

615
00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:56,640
We know what is supposed to happen,

616
00:21:56,730 --> 00:21:58,200
but they don't end.

617
00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,430
They, people don't read.

618
00:21:59,430 --> 00:22:00,690
We want to think they do.

619
00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:02,190
They don't sit down and read.

620
00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:02,970
So it's okay.

621
00:22:02,970 --> 00:22:05,370
If I have to tell them something seven times it feels

622
00:22:05,370 --> 00:22:06,090
like a lot to me,

623
00:22:06,090 --> 00:22:07,530
but they might've cut it twice.

624
00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:10,150
So just be mindful that you're,

625
00:22:10,150 --> 00:22:14,100
you're making enough attempts to really the really important information,

626
00:22:14,190 --> 00:22:15,390
but not overwhelm them.

627
00:22:15,390 --> 00:22:17,940
Because one of the steps I did have to change in

628
00:22:17,940 --> 00:22:20,730
my workflow in terms of the time I was sending between

629
00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:22,980
emails is I had an older client tell me,

630
00:22:22,980 --> 00:22:25,650
like, basically I feel bombarded with emails.

631
00:22:25,650 --> 00:22:26,580
Like they couldn't keep up.

632
00:22:27,030 --> 00:22:28,200
So at that point,

633
00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:29,550
okay, red flag,

634
00:22:29,610 --> 00:22:31,740
I have to just step back a little and give a

635
00:22:31,740 --> 00:22:34,080
little bit more time in between emails,

636
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,910
firing off and links being sent.

637
00:22:35,910 --> 00:22:37,920
Because if it's overwhelming one client,

638
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,450
it'll probably overwhelm someone else.<inaudible>,

639
00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:44,100
that's a really good point because it's very generational too.

640
00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,510
Like someone that's a,

641
00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:45,840
you know,

642
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,780
young professional maybe is like 32 wouldn't mind,

643
00:22:48,810 --> 00:22:51,600
necessarily all the emails they might prefer to be contacted that

644
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,490
way. But if you have an empty desk client,

645
00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:55,050
who's maybe 65,

646
00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:55,890
you know,

647
00:22:55,890 --> 00:22:58,860
they don't really check their email that often or want to

648
00:22:58,860 --> 00:22:59,850
get that many emails.

649
00:22:59,850 --> 00:23:00,690
So do you,

650
00:23:00,990 --> 00:23:05,100
do you have different workflows kind of based on your clients,

651
00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:08,160
do you kind of find out their preference and tweak how

652
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,320
you're getting that information to them based on their,

653
00:23:11,010 --> 00:23:13,200
Not particularly just in that inquiry phase,

654
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,730
if they want phone or email right now,

655
00:23:16,110 --> 00:23:17,640
I do send a lot of stuff digitally.

656
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,750
I love PDFs.

657
00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:21,900
I love sending links because it's so convenient and easy and

658
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:23,190
they can reference it whenever.

659
00:23:23,190 --> 00:23:26,700
But I also do a mail hold like a tangible client

660
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:30,180
welcome package that has the things I absolutely want them not

661
00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:31,020
to miss in there.

662
00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:35,040
So their session guide their pricing preview about their room.

663
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,220
Mock-ups because if they're not going to look at it digitally,

664
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,480
they're not going to see it.

665
00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:40,980
Right. Right.

666
00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:41,910
Yeah. And that,

667
00:23:41,910 --> 00:23:43,830
I think builds so much value too.

668
00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:45,530
When you get something you in the mail.

669
00:23:45,530 --> 00:23:46,370
Cause how many times,

670
00:23:46,370 --> 00:23:48,050
what are we getting in the mail bills and junk mail

671
00:23:48,050 --> 00:23:48,740
usually. Right.

672
00:23:48,770 --> 00:23:52,160
So when you get something that's fun and you know,

673
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,900
it's something you're excited for.

674
00:23:54,050 --> 00:23:57,500
Yeah. That adds to the client experience for sure.

675
00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,030
Oh, this has been so good.

676
00:23:59,090 --> 00:24:01,490
Any other words of advice,

677
00:24:01,490 --> 00:24:07,400
words of wisdom for pet photographers out there that are maybe

678
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,580
feeling like they could use a little tune-up in the workflow.

679
00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:12,040
Yeah. Take your time.

680
00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:14,000
I am a little crazy and that I want it done

681
00:24:14,290 --> 00:24:15,700
all at once in one day,

682
00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,500
but space out,

683
00:24:18,220 --> 00:24:19,900
spell out what you actually need.

684
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,240
And what's just kind of nice to have and what might

685
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,500
be nice to have down the road.

686
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,460
We get so inspired by other people's work flows and what's

687
00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:30,100
working, but we often forget where we're at in our stage

688
00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,980
of business and where we're eventually growing too.

689
00:24:33,370 --> 00:24:35,350
So it may not be necessary right now,

690
00:24:35,380 --> 00:24:37,330
but it's good to be inspired,

691
00:24:37,330 --> 00:24:39,760
but you have to just kind of stay on your own

692
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,230
path. What's working.

693
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,220
If it's not broke,

694
00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:42,850
don't fix it.

695
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:44,710
Yeah, absolutely.

696
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,300
And I think too,

697
00:24:46,330 --> 00:24:50,380
to not feel overwhelmed or the pressure to all of a

698
00:24:50,380 --> 00:24:52,360
sudden, like come out of the gate,

699
00:24:52,420 --> 00:24:55,270
sending a thank you postcard and this and that.

700
00:24:55,270 --> 00:24:58,810
And like having all these extra bells and whistles.

701
00:24:58,870 --> 00:25:01,150
Yeah. That'd be great to build our business to the place

702
00:25:01,150 --> 00:25:02,650
where you have that printed,

703
00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:03,430
you know,

704
00:25:03,490 --> 00:25:06,850
client preparation guide that you're sending them an actually welcome guide

705
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,690
in the mail.

706
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,330
Do you have to have that while you're having your first

707
00:25:10,330 --> 00:25:11,200
couple of clients?

708
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,000
No. It can be an email.

709
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,080
It can be a phone call.

710
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,370
It could be a text message.

711
00:25:15,990 --> 00:25:18,040
It can be anything.

712
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,780
It doesn't have to be that.

713
00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:21,520
So I think that's the biggest,

714
00:25:21,610 --> 00:25:25,240
the biggest struggle I see people do is that they feel

715
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,440
like there's this.

716
00:25:26,470 --> 00:25:30,040
I have two level of all these bells and whistles that

717
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,510
if they're not doing that,

718
00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:34,000
they can't be taking clients yet.

719
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,810
They don't have the permission to be charging what they're worth

720
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,140
to be able to be charging full prices unless they have

721
00:25:41,170 --> 00:25:43,780
all of these things spelled out and finished.

722
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,580
And yeah,

723
00:25:45,730 --> 00:25:46,600
that's not true.

724
00:25:48,010 --> 00:25:50,740
You can add one little piece here and there as you

725
00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:52,180
go. So yeah,

726
00:25:52,210 --> 00:25:53,290
not don't get overwhelmed.

727
00:25:53,290 --> 00:25:56,770
And I think it causes a lot of people to just

728
00:25:56,770 --> 00:26:00,730
not start because they feel like they have to do all

729
00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:01,870
of these things first.

730
00:26:02,110 --> 00:26:02,530
Let's see.

731
00:26:02,530 --> 00:26:03,640
What would it be?

732
00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:06,280
If somebody came to me and said like,

733
00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:09,580
I what's the bare minimum that I need to have in

734
00:26:09,580 --> 00:26:11,200
place to take a client.

735
00:26:11,260 --> 00:26:14,740
I would say you need a way to talk to them

736
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,120
for them to get in touch with you.

737
00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:20,800
You need a way to communicate with them,

738
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,210
whether that's phone or email,

739
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,610
once they get in touch with you and you need to

740
00:26:24,610 --> 00:26:26,260
have a session agreement,

741
00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:28,480
a way to take money and pricing set up.

742
00:26:28,540 --> 00:26:32,290
I think that's really all you absolutely need need.

743
00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:34,270
Cause the rest you can talk to them on the phone

744
00:26:34,270 --> 00:26:37,120
about what to expect everything else.

745
00:26:37,150 --> 00:26:39,280
And then you can have the session,

746
00:26:39,550 --> 00:26:41,290
have a in-person sales session,

747
00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:46,350
create some products and make some money and then reinvest it

748
00:26:46,350 --> 00:26:49,890
in your business and start adding some pieces on there.

749
00:26:49,890 --> 00:26:51,900
Anything else you think they need that I forgot?

750
00:26:52,130 --> 00:26:53,570
And that is what I started with.

751
00:26:53,570 --> 00:26:56,300
And it was a great experience then as it is now,

752
00:26:56,330 --> 00:26:57,860
it's just a different level.

753
00:26:58,190 --> 00:26:59,210
Everything worked fine.

754
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,190
Even at the bare minimum basics,

755
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,710
I still got my information across.

756
00:27:03,710 --> 00:27:04,850
My plants are still happy.

757
00:27:04,850 --> 00:27:06,890
They still have great photos and I made money.

758
00:27:07,130 --> 00:27:08,480
Yeah. And they still,

759
00:27:08,510 --> 00:27:09,020
you know,

760
00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:10,580
when I was starting,

761
00:27:10,580 --> 00:27:11,600
I had,

762
00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:14,030
and I think you are pretty similar to like the,

763
00:27:14,030 --> 00:27:16,010
our, our averages were still,

764
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:16,910
you know,

765
00:27:17,090 --> 00:27:19,010
a four figure average.

766
00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:19,280
I mean,

767
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,360
they grew as,

768
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,680
as the business grew,

769
00:27:21,770 --> 00:27:25,190
but it was still a really good average because I think

770
00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:28,280
a lot of people feel like there's this unwritten rule that,

771
00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:28,900
oh, I,

772
00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,070
I don't have this all in place.

773
00:27:31,070 --> 00:27:32,420
It's not perfect yet.

774
00:27:32,420 --> 00:27:33,170
And spoiler alert,

775
00:27:33,170 --> 00:27:35,000
it's never perfect and it's never done,

776
00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:37,970
but they think since I don't have all of that,

777
00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:41,180
I can't possibly charge more.

778
00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:44,660
So I have to charge just like $200 for everything because

779
00:27:44,660 --> 00:27:45,620
I'm just getting started.

780
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:46,900
What she asked,

781
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:51,740
could turn into a pricing conversation and yeah.

782
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:52,880
Yeah. You don't,

783
00:27:52,940 --> 00:27:56,210
you don't have to charge that little tiny bit just because

784
00:27:56,210 --> 00:27:56,690
you don't,

785
00:27:56,810 --> 00:27:59,330
you don't feel that it's worth,

786
00:27:59,510 --> 00:28:01,250
I don't know that your experience is worth.

787
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,410
If you're creating beautiful images that people enjoy and you're responsive

788
00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:09,470
and giving them good service and telling them like,

789
00:28:09,470 --> 00:28:10,010
what's next,

790
00:28:10,010 --> 00:28:13,430
what's expected and delivering on time and exceeded expectations.

791
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:15,320
It doesn't matter what workflow,

792
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,820
bells and whistles you have on the backend.

793
00:28:17,150 --> 00:28:17,990
Yeah. Completely.

794
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:18,290
I mean,

795
00:28:18,290 --> 00:28:20,960
they're just happy that you have captured beautiful photos of their

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cuts. So that alone is a great experience for them.

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All of this automation and integration is kind of just icing

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on the cake at that point.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Oh man,

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Jessica, this conversation has been so good and you have some

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exciting news.

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Is it completely done your Sato?

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Are you working on it?

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I Am done with the pre-assessment exam and the certified Assata

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specialist test is in October.

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So I am working towards studying really hard and hopefully that'll

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be done by.

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mid-October Awesome.

810
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So are you hoping that I'm putting you on the spot

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on the podcast here?

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Are you hoping to be able to help other photographers with

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their<inaudible> set up workflow needs?

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Yeah, that's my goal.

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So I mean,

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I can do it now,

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but just legitimizing.

818
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It feels a lot better.

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I like to have my goal.

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So that's been a big goal for the last year and

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when it opened in August,

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I hopped right in.

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Nice. That's awesome.

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Well, and in the meantime academy members,

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Jessica just created a new course in the academy of Sato

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one. Oh,

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one-on-one walks you through setting up Sato.

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You can really put it towards any CRM,

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but it's,

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it's specific to<inaudible> and with their platform of showing the examples,

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but it could work on any CRM and going through her

832
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workflow and it's such a good course,

833
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breaks it down into just a really straightforward,

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easy to implement way.

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So definitely check that out and academy doors open again on

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September 2nd,

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if you are not an academy member yet,

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and want to be jump on the waitlist hair of the

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dog academy.com/academy,

840
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if you need some personalized help with your Divisadero,

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so reach out to Jessica and she can help you get

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that workflow.

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Beast tamed Jessica,

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where can they find you out on the interwebs Bark and

845
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goes to target.com?

846
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And I am on Instagram at bark N golden photography and

847
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on Facebook as well.

848
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Yeah. Perfect.

849
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Awesome. Thanks again for being with us here,

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Jessica, for diving into workflow and for creating the incredible DeSoto.

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One-on-one it?

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It's so good.

853
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And yeah,

854
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I'm sure we'll have you back on the podcast again soon.

855
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Thank you so much.

856
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Thanks for being here.

857
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You're so welcome.

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