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The Project Board That Chases Its Own Deadlines

The goal: Keep every client project moving, paid for and followed up, without the owner chasing it.

WHO THIS WAS FOR

A small business that designs and fulfills wedding albums for clients.

Trello (Butler automations)

The situation

Projects came in as design only, yearbooks and full concierge work. Each needed deadlines, payments, fulfillment steps and follow-ups.

The owner needed visibility across the business, and the team was not technical.

What we built

Three boards (Design Only, Yearbooks, Concierge) with custom fields, labels, checklists, due dates, saved filters and overdue tracking.

Butler automations for payment reminders after 5 days, monthly follow-ups for stalled projects, routing to the right photographer for fulfillment, and 6-month follow-ups for lost opportunities.

How it works

SEE IT IN MOTION
TrelloProject boards
ButlerWatches the cards
Your teamGets the alerts
PhotographerGets the job

Step 1 of 3Each project is a card that moves through a 9-stage pipeline, with due dates, labels, checklists and saved filters.

An illustration of the steps below. Example flow only, no client data.

  1. 01Each project is a card that moves through a 9-stage pipeline, with due dates, labels, checklists and saved filters.
  2. 02Butler watches the cards. A payment reminder goes out after 5 days, stalled projects get a monthly follow-up, and finished designs are routed to the right photographer.
  3. 03Lost opportunities get a follow-up after 6 months, and the team is alerted whenever a card is overdue.

The challenges we solved

  • The system had to stay simple enough for non-technical team members to run daily.
  • Live projects had to be migrated without breaking anything in progress.

The result

The workspace now watches deadlines and payments and alerts the team when something needs action.

3boards, one per service type
9stages in the main project pipeline
5 dayspayment reminder trigger
6 monthsfollow-up on lost opportunities

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