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A little over a year ago Mary hired me to streamline her business in Dubsado. She was switching from Honeybook to Dubsado, but to be honest, she was barely using that CRM for more than sending out invoices and contracts. So we can safely say this was a brand-new systems setup ? We started with […]

Episode 008: Switching from Honeybook to Dubsado w/ Mary Otanez

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I am very excited to share a conversation with one of my own clients today. Maddie Peschong is a fabulous brand photographer and business coach based in Sioux Falls, SD. While she has been a Dubsado user since 2017, she was using automated workflows in a very minimal way.  Recently Maddie hired me to update […]

Episode 003: I needed more than a new proposal – Maddie Peschong

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