The fastest path to growing your business and your revenue is to build better client relationships. Business is all about relationships, and particularly the business of design. As design … [Read more...] about 5 Simple Steps to Build Better Client Relationships
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7 Savvy Reasons to Attend High Point Market (and Other Top Design Markets)
High Point Market is the largest home furnishings market in the world, but that's not the reason you want to go. In fact, what I'm telling you here applies to every design market whether it's High … [Read more...] about 7 Savvy Reasons to Attend High Point Market (and Other Top Design Markets)
Are You an Interior Design CEO or Stuck Wearing the Business Owner Hat?
Interior Design CEO is more than just a title you adopt in your design practice or words you print on your business card, it's a mindset and way of being. There are 3 core differences between being an … [Read more...] about Are You an Interior Design CEO or Stuck Wearing the Business Owner Hat?
How to be a True Interior Design Professional
In reading a lot of the conversations in online forums for designers, I've noticed something worrisome. It seems that many designers, new to the field in the last 2-10 years, are not stepping into … [Read more...] about How to be a True Interior Design Professional
Interior Design Marketing: Instead of Doing Everything, Do This
Interior design marketing can swallow you whole and leave you with less time for clients and creative design work than it takes to market. UGH! Stop trying to do it all and get super … [Read more...] about Interior Design Marketing: Instead of Doing Everything, Do This
3 Ways You’re Hiding in Your Business
When I spoke with Andrea and Jonathan, they said they'd launched their design practice almost 8 months ago. They were struggling to meet clients and getting frustrated. I took a look at their … [Read more...] about 3 Ways You’re Hiding in Your Business
What to Do When Your Social Media Isn’t Working…
Social media is not your salvation, in fact when social media isn't working it can trap your business in a downward spiral. Are you one of those interior designers that keeps doing what you've always … [Read more...] about What to Do When Your Social Media Isn’t Working…
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 … [Read more...] about Are Your Business Cards Costing You Business?
Power Marketing Words: How to Erase the Limitations of a Budget
Your business growth is intrinsically tied to the words you use, dictated by the thoughts you think. When you use powerful words that indicate wealth, possibility, and abundance, that is going to … [Read more...] about Power Marketing Words: How to Erase the Limitations of a Budget