Speaking from Experience
I love talking about the stuff that makes creative businesses actually work, the systems, the client experience, and the operations that run quietly in the background while you do the work you love.
If you're looking for a guest who'll give your audience something genuinely useful, I’d love to hear from you.
What I Talk About
I've spent years working inside creative businesses, building Dubsado systems, mapping workflows, writing automations, and helping photographers and creatives get out from under the admin chaos. So when I speak, I'm talking from real, hands-on experience.
I love the conversations that happen when you give a room of creative business owners permission to admit that the behind-the-scenes stuff is hard. The systems, the client experience, the pricing, the burnout that creeps in when processes don't work, these are the things I genuinely care about, and they're what I talk about best.
Whether it's a podcast, a webinar, an online workshop, or a live event, I always aim to give your audience something they can actually use.
Topics I Cover
Dubsado & CRM Systems:
How to use Dubsado to genuinely elevate your client experience, not just tick a setup box. I can cover workflow logic, common mistakes, and what a well-built system actually looks like in practice.
Automating Without Losing the Personal Touch:
Automation gets a bad reputation, but done right, it makes your clients feel more looked after, not less. I talk through how to build workflows that feel human, even when they're running on their own.
Building a Seamless Client Journey
From the first enquiry to the final delivery, what does your client actually experience? I dig into the gaps most creative businesses don't even know they have.
Starting or Growing a VA Business
The honest side of building a service business: finding clients, scoping work properly, pricing for value, and making it work around real life. This one tends to go off.
Operations & Systems for Service-Based Businesses
Specifically for service-based businesses, how to get your back-end running so smoothly that the experience feels effortless for your clients, even when it absolutely wasn't for you to set up.
Reclaiming Your Time as a Creative Business Owner
The tasks that drain you, the ones that can be handed off, and how to actually make that shift. I talk through productivity, delegation, and what it looks like to build a business that doesn't rely entirely on you showing up for every single thing.
I’ve been known to show up here
Gather to Grow Live Event
I was a speaker at this is annual live 2 day event for family photographers, full of industry knowledge.
Capturing Motherhood Podcast
A podcast hosted by Suzi Bird for photographers, full of insights and education on running your photography business. You can listen here.
Another Idea Podcast
We got into one of the questions I get asked most - how do you actually let go and hand parts of your business over to someone else? Watch the full episode below.
Let’s Talk
Whether you've got something specific in mind or you just want to explore whether it's a fit, just drop me a message and we can go from there. I'm based in the UK (Bath), always up for travelling far and wide, and speak online too.
Drop me an email on hello@lindseygarvey.com I’d love to hear from you!