Business Tips
How 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…
15 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…
What is Being Cheap in Business Costing You?
Being cheap in business is one of the fastest ways to attract cheap clients. These are the kind of clients that are never satisfied and will constantly demand more for less. Your money values are what attract your clients, when you are being cheap in business, you will attract like minded clients. Here’s an example.…
Forget Your Weaknesses: Focus on Your Strengths
One of the biggest keys to success is to focus on your strengths and let your weaknesses go. This means that you’ve got to know clearly (as in slap your face silly), what you are NOT any good at. And then making sure you either never do it or do very little of it. (Ideally…
Power Words to Grow Your Business: Are You Under Valued?
Words are a powerful tool to impact your business growth. Leveraging power words will grow your business and there is no better pair than price vs value. Understanding the key difference between price and value can add thousands of dollars of revenue to your business bottom line. Years ago when I was a Purchasing Agent…
3 Real Reasons Your Business Is NOT All About Your Clients
I got an email from a client recently, bemoaning a client she had who was arguing over fee and suggesting her agreement wasn’t clear. My client was very upset and worried that her client would speak poorly of her and damage her reputation. She wanted to know what to do. Never Allow Your Clients to…
How to Craft Your Pitch Perfect Elevator Pitch in Just 30 Seconds
If you are like a lot of business owners, you struggle with creating a truly engaging and effective elevator pitch. As you move around the room at a lunch or networking event, do you find yourself tuning out because everyone sounds the same no matter what their business is? Check out the formula I describe…
Small Business Success Tips: 5 Sneaky Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Success
Success requires focus, commitment, resilience, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to move your business forward. It is all too easy to be derailed by temporary obstacles, to spin your wheels in confusion and chaos, and to allow poor choices and bad habits to stall your climb to the top. #1 Sickness You…
10 Smart Reasons Successful People Take Vacations
Whether you make it a STAYCATION or you vacate your everyday life and make it a VACATION isn’t as important as that you take the time to call a digital disconnect and recharge your own internal batteries. This is about resting and refueling your body, your mind, and your spirit. While I’m certainly a fan…
