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​I have gathered up some of my favorite smart tools here for you and hope that they can help to reduce stress and move the needle in your business, allowing you more time to bring in new clients and take care of them.
FREEEUP
ONE-STOP SHOP FOR OUTSOURCING YOUR FULL TEAM
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Meet affordable virtual assistants, freelance specialists, and boutique agencies to help grow your business within 1 business day. No signup fees. No minimums. Choose from professionals abroad or in the US. Fixed hourly rates. Pay FreeeUp, not the professionals.
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Services that will help your travel business include:
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Video editors
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Copywriters
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Admin Assistants
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Sales professionals
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Programmers
INTERACT
CREATE INCREDIBLE QUIZZES TO BUILD YOUR EMAIL LIST
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If creating an email list of your ideal clients is your priority, look no further. Quizzes are the perfect list building tool as they are engaging and fun for your audience and also full of intel for you.
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If you are a member of Travel Marketing Revolution, Module 2 will provide you with a wonderful worksheet that you can use as a baseline to create your quiz.
You can either create it yourself with little tech skills or pass it onto our Virtual Assistant partner, Task Birdie (mentioned below).
ROCKET LAWYER
LEGAL MADE SIMPLE
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You can make easy and fast legal documents by simply selecting the state that your business is registered in (the US only) and then answering a series of questions.
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There are literally hundreds of contracts for your personal and business use including but not limited to:
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Independent Contractor (IC) Agreement
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Business Agreement
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Partnership Agreement
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Release of Liability
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Fee Agreement
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Website Terms & Conditions
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Privacy Policy
CONVERTKIT
AN EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE TOOL TO BUILD AND NURTURE YOUR EMAIL LIST
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With email list building being the #1 marketing priority for travel agents around the world, it is essential to have technology that leads you to your goals without leaving you confused and frustrated.
ConvertKit is a powerful email service provider that provides automation capabilities without the high price tag.
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From creating evergreen sequences, tagging and segmenting, sending out broadcasts, and a variety of brand-friendly opt-in templates, there simply isn't any better.
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Delivery rates to your audience inboxes are high, ensuring maximum open-rates for well written and strategic emails.
PLACEiT
MAKE A MOCKUP IN SECONDS!
It's the largest library of mockups on the internet.
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Upload your graphic, choose a template and they'll generate your mockup in less than a minute.
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No more DIY looking graphics.
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Here are a few things you can do in your travel business with mockups:
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Graphics for your lead magnets
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Graphics for your Facebook Ads
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Facebook Covers
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Social Media Templates
EVERY LEGAL CONTRACT YOU COULD EVER NEED FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND CUSTOMIZED TO THE LAW IN YOUR STATE
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What time works for you?
Tuesday.
I'm busy, Tuesday.
How about Wednesday?
I can do between 10am - 11am and 3:15pm and 4:00pm.
Which time zone?
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NEVER do the appointment scheduling dance again! Setup an availability calendar where your clients, suppliers, and vendors can make appointments based around both of your availabilities. You can even schedule reminder emails to reduce missed meetings. Plus you can embed the calendar right there on your website allowing you to wake up to new meetings!
ACUITY SCHEDULING
CANVA
FOR QUICK AND SIMPLE DESIGN JOBS
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While there is definitely a time and place to hire a design agency (like us) to create big assets like websites, business cards, logos, and pull-up banners, there are jobs here and there that you can do yourself using Canva's templates:
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Facebook covers to match your business focus
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Flyers
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Calendars
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Invitations
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Infographics
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Social media stories icons
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Social media text posts
LIBSYN
A PODCAST HOSTING PLATFORM
Ready to get your message out there? Consider hosting your podcast with Libsyn.
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Libsyn is the combination of Liberated and Syndication and has from the start stayed true to developing a platform where podcasters have the freedom they need to deliver the kind of podcast they want. Everyone from a hobby podcaster to enterprise-level corporations finds a home and support they need through Libsyn or LibsynPro.
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A SMART WAY TO LOVE ON YOUR CLIENTS!
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Create and curate a secure address book for your clients to impress them with mailed out postcards and personalized messages.
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By collecting their anniversary date you can also plan ahead to the big milestone celebrations that deserve a memorable vacation!
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It's free to set up and will really build that Know, Like and Trust factor quickly.
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TASK BIRDIE
A VIRTUAL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SERVICE
"I need an extra pair of hands!", said every business owner ever! You need help accomplishing items on your business to-do list, and Task Birdie is designed to focus on the components you don't have time for. They are US based and have fully qualified executive assistants who possess one main goal, to get those tasks done!
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Check out a few of the many task solutions they offer:
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Newsletter Setup
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Email Marketing Platform Setup
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Calendar & Appointment Management
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Powerpoint Presentations
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Email Migration
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Copywriting
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Online Research and/or Data Mining
Some of these tools contain affiliate links.