Posts by Melissa Galt
The Best Client Gifts to Grow Your Business
Let’s be honest, every time you think of the best client gifts, you are also thinking about what will make you memorable, irresistible, and referable. I’m just stating what you’re thinking! And there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, it makes great business sense to invest in the best client gifts that will absolutely deliver…
Read MoreInterior Designer Follow Up, Find Your Fortune
In order to juggle multiple projects effectively, I’ve always had a specific interior designer follow up process. It’s the same simple process that I teach to the designers that I coach. It not only awes and amazes your clients but can also be a great way to get add on sales. Each week, either on…
Read MoreBoost Your Interior Design Social Media at the Holidays
When you’re taking time off for the holidays, you can boost your interior design social media. In fact, what social media thrives on isn’t just pretty interior images, they also want to see you. Leverage the hashtag #interiordesignerslife along with other selected tags to build your brand across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, even while you’re…
Read MoreHow to Raise Your Rate and Keep Your Clients
As an interior designer you may be reluctant to raise your rate because you fear you’ll lose current clients, and will fail to attract new clients. In reality when you do it right, a rate increase reinforces your value and attracts a higher quality of client. Regardless of how you charge, you can raise your…
Read MoreHow to Create Add-On Sales on Every Interior Project
Did you know that you can significantly increase your revenue as an interior designer when you create add-on sales on every project? I see so many beautiful projects that missed thousands of dollars in additional revenue by failing to do add-on sales. (I know because the designers I’m looking at are my coaching clients who…
Read MoreInterior Design Website Marketing: 5 Essentials to Get More Clients
The whole point of interior design website marketing is to attract and capture clients. It isn’t just because everyone else has a site or to hold a place on the web. Your interior design site is your invitation to check out your talent, your design process, and your story and explore a fit. When a…
Read More15 Ways to Stop Losing Money in Your Interior Design Practice
You deserve to make more money in interior design today. You have the talent, education and experience but you’ve noticed that despite working long hours, you aren’t earning the return you expected. The reality is that you may not need to add clients or projects to increase your income. Instead you simply need to more…
Read MoreHow to Borrow Credibility for More Business
Do you know how to borrow credibility to catapult your trust and capture more clients? Here is a recent and real experience that will show you how to do it right. Recently, I was contacted by a business coach out of Australia to participate in a telesummit. (It’s better to re-frame those as master classes…
Read MorePurposeful Priorities Learned from Loss
Do you ever find that you lose track of your most purposeful priorities in the crush of day to day operations? As I headed up to Highlands over Labor Day I was thinking of one of my neighbors who had just lost one of their pets. They have a pair of Wheaton terriers, Zooey and…
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