Marketing & Sales
Are Your Business Cards Costing You Business?
It may seem like an odd question “are your business cards costing you business?” Yet, I see so many interior designer cards that are poorly branded, cheaply produced, badly designed, and even missing key information (like an email address.) Your business card is that tiny, tangible piece of your brand that has a powerful and…
10 Wickedly Simple Ways to Woo Your Clients
You can do what everyone else in business does or you can stand head and shoulders above the competition and make a real impact and remarkable difference. The “10 Wickedly Simple Ways to Woo Your Clients” described here will help you stand out when you implement them on a consistent and persistent basis with your…
How to Bring a Decorator Showhouse Room to Life
When you bring a decorator showhouse room to life, it’s a collaborative effort between you, your suppliers, your workrooms, artists, and your installers. You can invest a fortune or you can do it the smart way and negotiate for all goods with suppliers whether you’ve worked with them in the past and have a relationship…
Why Participate in a Designer Showhouse?
When you participate in a designer showhouse, while it may seem glamorous, that isn’t why you do it. In fact, it’s actually a boatload of work, expense, time, and then there is the reward. Having done 5 showhomes in the last 20 years, there is that familiar feeling of “no way, not going to do…
6 Secrets to Direct Mail for Interior Design
Direct mail for interior design may seem old school but it still works very well today when done correctly. One of the key reasons it works well is because with email becoming a daily avalanche and spam filters kicking in hard, your message in email may never get through. Direct mail is part of an…