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If you run free or paid group trainings or webinars, Dubsado can handle registration, payment, reminders, and follow up. Here are the seven steps to set it up in a tool you already pay for.

7 Steps to Use Dubsado for Group Trainings

Dubsado, All Industries, Coaching

7 Steps to Use Dubsado for Group Trainings | Cait Potter blog

A pay what you can offer in Dubsado does not require custom booking forms for every lead. Using package quantities, clients choose their own price on a standard form and the rest of the workflow runs as usual.

Create a Pay-What-You-Can Offer in Dubsado

Systems, Dubsado

Create a Pay-What-You-Can Offer in Dubsado | Cait Potter blog

Dubsado can send a reminder before a recurring invoice is due, but the setup is not intuitive. This walkthrough and video show the payment plan and workflow settings that make it work.

Dubsado Recurring Invoice Reminders

Systems, Dubsado, All Industries

Dubsado Recurring Invoice Reminders | Cait Potter blog

Doing everything by hand does not make you more dedicated, and it does not make your client experience more personal. Automation done right means EVERYONE gets your best day, including the clients who book during your worst week.

Manual ≠ More Personal

All Industries, Business Advice

Manual ≠ More Personal

How to calculate the return on a Dubsado setup, plus real ROI numbers from my client projects.

Dubsado Setup ROI: How to Calculate Your Return on Investment

Systems, All Industries, Business Advice

Return on Investment with a System Strategist

What HoneyBook users praise and complain about, what HoneyBook costs in 2026, and when a Dubsado Certified Specialist recommends switching to Dubsado.

HoneyBook Reviews (2026): What Users Love, What They Don’t, and When to Switch

All Industries, HoneyBook, System Spotlight, Business Advice

HoneyBook Reviews: What Service Providers Are Saying | Cait Potter blog

People switch payment processors because they think Stripe is slow. It is not, once payouts are set up correctly. Here is how I get paid quickly through Stripe and keep fees low with ACH in Dubsado.

Get Money Quickly with Stripe

Systems, All Industries, Other

Get Money Quickly with Stripe | Cait Potter blog

Want clients to book and pay for a consultation, mini session, or strategy call right from the start? This guide covers how to set up paid Dubsado schedulers and the workflows that go with them.

A Guide to Using Paid Dubsado Schedulers

Dubsado, Systems, All Industries

A Guide to Using Paid Dubsado Schedulers | Cait Potter blog

Dubsado workflow approvals promise manual control over when actions send. In practice they create a queue you have to babysit. Here is why I never use them in client builds and what I set up instead.

Why I Never Use Dubsado Workflow Approvals

Systems, Dubsado, All Industries

Why I Never Use Dubsado Workflow Approvals

Sometimes you schedule a call for a client yourself but still want them to get the confirmation and reminder emails. Using the Dubsado scheduler on their behalf handles both. The video walks through it.

Automate Appointment Reminders Without the Dubsado Scheduler

Photography, Dubsado, Systems, All Industries, System Strategy, Coaching, Business Advice

Automate Appointment Reminders Without the Dubsado Scheduler | Cait Potter blog

This post is not a tutorial on collecting feedback with Dubsado. It explains why I stopped using Dubsado forms for testimonials and what works better for getting reviews you can actually use.

Collecting Feedback with Dubsado

Systems, Dubsado, All Industries

Collecting Feedback with Dubsado | Cait Potter blog

If you use Dubsado proposals for custom quotes in interior design, event planning, or stationery, this setup lets clients move to the contract and invoice without selecting a package or add on.

Using Dubsado Proposals with Custom Quotes

Systems, Dubsado, All Industries

Using Dubsado Proposals with Custom Quotes | Cait Potter blog

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