STOP THE INFORMATION OVERLOAD
You don’t need more general courses & memberships; you need eyes on your business from someone who has been there, a clear action plan tailored to YOU, and support with implementation.
You’re confident in your abilities as a brand and/or website designer, but this whole other side of running a business has you spinning
The result?
Your time, energy, resources, and budget are spread over so many directions that it's no wonder you don’t know where to start to make your design studio financially stable.
It is just too overwhelming despite all those courses & memberships that you’ve invested in that told you exactly how to copy another designer’s processes to grow to a 6-figure design studio.
Maybe you’ve even thought about quitting because it feels like your business has taken over your life…
You didn't start your business to be consumed by it, to have it feel like any other job where you're just trying to get through the tasks for that day and to get so stressed that you can't seem to wind down even when you're not working.
All you want is to stop working evenings & weekends to make your design clients happy and, have more time for your family, and have the mental headspace to be more present.
But you keep hitting these roadblocks.
You've been in business for a while and feel like your business is running you, not the other way around.
You want to make more money, but you're maxed out on capacity (time, energy & mental capacity).
You know that if you pay some attention to the back end of your business, you'll be able to go to the next level, but you need to know where to start.
You struggle with keeping track of your finances and setting financial goals.
You lack the time or know how to set up workflows and client management.
It’s time to simplify, structure and streamline your design studio…
… and increase your time, physical, and mental capacity by building your back-end foundations so that you have space & energy for the clients you serve and can implement strategies for growth
BIG PICTURE GOALS
We want to know the big dreams for your business and determine how your business can support your lifestyle. What does this mean for where your business needs to be three months from now? Where does it need to be in 3 years from now?
SERVICES, PRICING & PROFIT
We’ll evaluate your services and pricing and create an action plan to build an offer suite that gets you paid for your expertise and allows you to reach your income and profit goals without overcommitting, burning out, or resenting your clients.
PRODUCTIVITY
We’ll evaluate how you’re spending your time and create a weekly schedule with dedicated time blocks so that you can make sure you have time to serve your clients & can focus on building your back-end operational foundation.
CLIENT WORKFLOWS & DESIGN PROCESS
No more recreating the wheel for every client project. With updated workflows that cover every step of your processes and emails, proposals, and other assets to support your brand or website design process, you’ll feel more confident than ever.
OPERATIONAL PROCESSES
You’ll need to have clear processes in place to manage and plan the day-to-day activities of your business, which includes processes to manage your admin & finance, nurture your leads, and ensure you have marketing & content planning.
PROJECT & CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
The last piece of the puzzle to building a sustainable design studio: Streamline and automate the processes you have in place with project and client management systems to boost your productivity and elevate your client experience
↓ Here’s how we can work together to achieve that ↓
Done-with-You Dubsado Setup Program
Did you try to set up your Dubsado but never really finished? You know you are losing time with every client project because you keep reinventing the wheel and are sending emails on the fly. Hoping that you’re not forgetting any important steps.
It’s time to map out your client workflows in a way that works for your business, elevate your client experience, and learn to use Dusado to its full capability. So that you can go back to actually serving your clients.
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+ Done-with-you systems set-up
+ Client workflow mapping sessions
+ 2x 60-min implementation sessions per month
+ Email support in between sessions
+ Assignments for in between the calls so that you see progress straight away -
A 1-on-1 collaborative experience that will help you to map out your client workflows and learn you how to translate these into a Dubsado setup that works for you. You'll not only have streamlined processes and your system built out as a pro would have (without the price tag), but you'll also know exactly how the system works and how to make adjustments.
Done-with-You ClickUp Setup Program
Is your ClickUp a glorified to-do list? You know ClickUp can help you manage your client projects and other day-to-day tasks. But you never finished your setup, and now, you’ve gone back to using Post-it notes to remember what you're supposed to work on today.
It's time to establish a centralized platform designed to manage all your design tasks and track progress across all your projects, personalized to align seamlessly with your specific needs. This way, you can return to doing what you love most—designing.
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+ Done-with-you systems set-up
+ Client workflow & Business process mapping sessions
+ 2x 60-min implementation sessions per month
+ Email support in between sessions
+ Assignments for in between the calls so that you see progress straight away -
A 1-on-1 collaborative experience that will help you to map out your client and/or business processes and learn you how to translate these into a ClickUp setup that works for you. You'll not only have streamlined processes and your system built out as a pro would have (without the price tag), but you'll also know exactly how the system works and how to make adjustments.
Simplify, Structure, and Streamline Program
Your business is running you, not the other way around. It has been for a while. And while you know something needs to change, you’re struggling so much to either find the time or know where to start that you don’t take any action.
You don’t need more information. you need eyes on your business from someone who has been there, a clear action plan tailored to YOU to transform your design studio into a thriving business and support & accountability to implement all the steps.
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+ 2x 60-min mentoring sessions per month
+ Focus on implementation & accountability
+ Email support in between sessions -
This 1-on-1 personalised mentor program experience will help you to transform your design studio from a hot mess to an organised success. With my 3-step Simplify, Structure, and Streamline framework, I’ll help you to go from feeling like your business is running you to taking back the reins so that you can be confident in yourself as a designer & business owner and take back control of your life and business again.
Elevate Your Client Workflows with Dubsado
Here's what you'll get your hands on:
4.5 hours of video recordings from the live workshops held in February 2024
20 email templates designed specifically for use in Dubsado
A Notion Board featuring a step-by-step Dubsado setup guide
^^OMG, I've fallen in love with this template, I was not expecting this at all it will answer all my questions— some of the responses to the setup guide.
In an industry where everyone seems to be competing for the same high-budget clients who value your experience, processes and input, an elevated client experience is your best marketing.
Besides that, you do need to stop writing that same email again and again...
That's where Elevate your Client Workflow with Dubsado comes in.
Book a 1:1 Support Session
Get my eyes on your client workflows, Dubsado or ClickUp for 60 minutes.
Don’t need long-term support? No worries!
These sessions offer valuable assistance in mapping out your client workflows or setting up your Dubsado and/or ClickUp, all without the price tag of one of my Done-with-You programs.
All you need to do is:
Click the button below to book your support call.
Let me know if you want to talk about your client workflows or your Dubsado and/or ClickUp setup.
After the session, I’ll send you the recording of the call and a summary of the key points we discussed including any recourses I recommended during your support session.
HI, I AM STEPHANIE
I'm a wife, a dog-mama, an explorer and a Scotland-based mentor and brand strategist for brand and website designers who built a business as a self-taught designer after 6+ years as a business analyst and pricing manager (and managing a 65-million revenue portfolio for a Fortune 500 company).
While working as a designer I noticed that many established brand & website designers are overwhelmed and are feeling uncomfortable with the strategic and numbers side of their business and struggle to grow their business and increase their revenue (and profit) without working more.
And you don’t break a person away from creating action plans to streamline processes and increase revenue and profit so easily. So now I –
Bring this corporate experience into the creative world to teach established yet overwhelmed designers to step into their role as a CEO.
Help them transform their business to be more profitable and sustainable through a proven 3-step framework.
And serve up custom strategies based on their business, vision and this-is-enough-for-me-goals
… all in an era of feeling pressured to become a 6-figure business owner and one-size-fits-all approaches to growing a business.
When I am not developing the best strategies for my clients you can find me hiking with my husband and border collie Robbie, curled up on the couch with a book or exploring Africa with a 4x4 with a rooftop tent.
Are we a great fit?
Choosing the right coach for your business is important, so let’s ensure we are a great fit.
We’re a great fit
+ I am ready to finally feel confident in myself as a designer and a business owner, and I am ready to do the work, even if it’s uncomfortable, to get there.
+ I am ready to put my trust in an expert, trust the process, and understand that all of the work we are doing together is aimed to fit with my business, my goals, and where I am right now.
+ I might want to outsource parts of my business at a later stage, but right now, I want to invest my time and money in learning everything that comes with having a sustainable design studio.
+ I have been in business for a couple of years and while I don’t have enough inquires and revenue coming in I have worked with clients.
We’re not such a great fit
+ I don’t feel comfortable when it comes to numbers, systems, or processes, and I am not sure if I am ready to spend time on things that I really don’t like.
+ I don’t know if I am ready to trust an expert. I am taking courses and workshops all the time and just want to copy what I like from all of these educational resources. I just need some help to put it all together.
+ I know I need to take the business side of my design studio more seriously, but in all honesty, I just want to be creative and have someone else manage the rest of the business for me as soon as possible.
+ I just started my studio, am still deciding my services, who I want to work with and don’t have experience working with clients.
Not sure which service is best for you and your design studio?
Simply fill out the form below, and we’ll figure it out together.
I was not expecting this at all from the Dubsado setup Guide, it will answer all my questions