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How to run the whole job on Arbour.

One article per screen. What it is for, how the work goes, and what happens to the data.

First week

Getting started

  1. 01

    Setting up

    The wizard that creates your account, then the checklist that gets the organisation ready to trade.
  2. 02

    Overview

    The console home, where the rail of work you start sits beside the numbers.
  3. 03

    Importing data

    Bring across a CRM export or match your own CSV columns to contacts and jobs in Arbour.
  4. 04

    Importing from Studio Ninja

    Download the Studio Ninja job export and bring across bookings, clients, notes and documents.
  5. 05

    Importing from Dubsado

    Export projects, contacts, invoice totals, transactions and PDFs from Dubsado, then prepare one ZIP for Arbour.
  6. 06

    Importing from Pixieset

    Export Studio Manager contacts and payments, download invoices and documents, and understand the project data the export omits.
  7. 07

    Importing from Sprout Studio

    Export both contact reports and four financial reports with consistent dates and currency before importing them into Arbour.
  8. 08

    Search and shortcuts

    The command menu that reaches every page, and the letter shortcuts on the overview.
  9. 09

    Arby

    Ask questions about your bookings, contacts, money and calendar, and get the answer without hunting for the screen.
  10. 10

    Switching organisations

    Move between the businesses you belong to, answer an invitation, and add another organisation.
Every screen

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  • 10 articles

    Getting started

    The first week: setup, the overview and finding your way around.

  • 5 articles

    Enquiries and contacts

    The pipeline, the people in it and the fields you track them with.

  • 4 articles

    Quotes and packages

    What you sell, how you price it and how a quote goes out.

  • 5 articles

    Bookings and calendar

    Won jobs, run sheets, questionnaires and the calendar behind them.

  • 5 articles

    Payments and invoices

    Invoices, payment plans, Stripe and document numbering.

  • 9 articles

    Inbox and email

    Your mailbox in Arbour, templates, scheduled sends and automations.

  • 5 articles

    Client portal and forms

    The enquiry form, the portal your clients see and how it is branded.

  • 4 articles

    Settings

    Organisation details, notifications, your profile and the AI assistant.

  • 2 articles

    Team

    Members, roles and what each permission unlocks.

  • 4 articles

    Account and billing

    Plans, owners, more than one organisation and read-only accounts.

  • 6 articles

    Integrations

    Accounting, webhooks and API keys.

  • 1 article

    Reports

    Sales and financial reporting.

Most opened
  • Bookings and calendar

    Bookings

    The board of confirmed work, and what sits on a booking once it is won.

  • Inbox and email

    Connecting your mailbox

    Connect Google or Microsoft, choose what syncs, and manage the signatures your sends go out with.

  • Enquiries and contacts

    Enquiries

    The pipeline board for everyone who has asked about your work, from first contact to quote.

  • Payments and invoices

    Invoices

    Raise an invoice on a job, issue it, and take the money through the client portal.

  • Getting started

    Importing data

    Bring across a CRM export or match your own CSV columns to contacts and jobs in Arbour.

  • Quotes and packages

    Sending a quote

    Build a quote on an enquiry, send it, and what happens the moment a client accepts.