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7.5 Weekly Questions to Grow You and Your Design Business
Running a successful interior design business requires more than just creative talent—it demands ongoing reflection, strategic planning, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Here you’ll explore 7.5 essential questions that you should be asking yourself every week to help in growing your interior design business. These questions are designed to keep you focused…
The Three Gs for a Successful Business
Success in your interior design business is more than just talent and hard work; it requires a strong foundation built on three key principles: gratitude, goals, and grit. In this guide, we’ll dive into how these three Gs can transform your business and lead you toward lasting success, highlighting essential success strategies for interior designers.…
What to Do When Your Client Is Not Responding to You
When your client is not responding to you it can be frustrating, and make you anxious and prone to bouts of overthinking. Design is your top priority; it’s your livelihood and your passion. And yet, it’s only one of a million priorities that your client has. Our clients lead busy lives and it’s important not…
Interior Design Lead Generation: 3 Sources
The fastest path to interior design lead generation is to connect with other businesses who already serve your ideal client but aren’t competing with you. Instead of creating your own visibility and credibility, you can leverage theirs; this is the path to building Profit Partners. Here are three you’ll want to consider. #1 Interior Design…
5 Ways Frugality is Killing Your Design Profits
So you want to see an increase at your bottom line but (and it’s a biggie) your frugality is killing your design profits. You’re not willing to invest what is necessary in your interior design business to get better clients, bigger projects, and more rewarding work. That sucks. Here are 5 ways frugality is killing…
Self Care for Interior Designers: Avoid Burnout
Self care for interior designers has become an increasing hot topic with the unique challenges of the pandemic and the demand for design soaring. The bottom line is that if you don’t care of yourself, you won’t be available to take care of your clients, your business, your family and your friends. Here are seven…
WHAT’S YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS MINDSET?
Your interior design business mindset will determine your success or struggle. The great news is that you can change it! See how here…
Interior Design Burnout: 5 Big Ass Causes to Avoid Burnout & How to Identify Them and to Heal from It
Interior design burnout is a real thing. And in case you’ve been fortunate enough to escape it so far, here are the five primary big ass business challenges that cause burnout. My goal is to help you identify these inside your design practice […]
3 Ways to Boost Your Interior Design Confidence
Confidence is inside of each of us, and it’s a lot like a muscle. You have to build it up with consistent exercise, or risk it getting weak. If you’re finding yourself with a lack of interior design confidence around getting great clients, delivering excellent design solutions and service, and being well compensated, there is…

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