Marketing & Sales

Interior Design Discovery Call that Wins Clients

Whether you meet a potential interior design client online or offline, you want to schedule a discovery call. This is a structured conversation  that allows you to find out if they are truly a good fit and if their project is one that you want to take on. (You always have a choice!) The discovery…

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How to Increase Your Furniture Profit Potential

The great news about home furnishings is that for every home built, every home renovation completed, every move made, and every family addition whether a baby, young adults, or seniors moving in, furniture is needed. Knowing how to increase your furniture profit potential is the key to benefiting from the consumer need for home furnishings.…

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3 Keys to Sell More Furniture Without Being Salesy or Pushy

You can sell more furniture without being salesy or pushy. Do you remember in the iconic classic movie “Pretty Woman” when Richard Gere, well dressed and handsome, comes to pick up Julia Roberts, decadent in a red evening gown, and he offers her a velvet box. That was INTRIGUE! Then he teases her by popping…

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How to Sell More Furniture by Design

How to sell more furniture is actually pretty simple, but you may have been hiding your retail gold. I meet a lot of furniture retailers who have a valuable team of designers but they aren’t showing them off as the gold they are, to attract and capture a boatload more business. If you don’t have…

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Retail Furniture Sales Techniques for Increased Profits

While most brick and mortar stores are focused on digital marketing today, retail furniture sales techniques can be honed to uniquely increase sales. Shopping for furniture can unfortunately too often be compared to shopping for a car (used or otherwise) when in person. And women drive both the furniture and car buying decisions, so when…

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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…

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Interior 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…

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Boost 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…

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Don’t Send Holiday Cards to Clients…Here’s WHY

Do you always send holiday cards to clients? Stop it. You aren’t standing out from the crowd, in fact, you are just another bit of noise at a very busy time of year for everyone. In addition, if your card isn’t written personally and addressed by hand, all it says is “I sent one of…

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