Time Management
Interior Design Sourcing in Less Time
Interior design sourcing in less time means you have more time for design, more time for marketing, more time for client care, and more time for your life! And it’s not about hiring a team or short changing your client selections by using the same old resources all the time. In fact, when you smart…
Best Practices for Interior Design Client Communication
Interior design client communication is the cornerstone to your success. It doesn’t matter how talented you are, how many certifications you have, how many clients you’ve worked with, or how much experience you have, if you don’t communicate effectively with clients and prospects. And today with so many channels of communication, it can be harder…
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…
Time Management for Interior Designers: Get More Done
Time management for interior designers can be distilled to a single simple 3-step practice that keeps you on track every day and having a wildly productive week, every week. It isn’t complicated, it is a new habit that you’ll want to implement. The tricky bit about habits is that they take 21 days to form,…
Stop Doing TOO Much: The ONLY 3 Activities You Need to Get More Business
Are you one of those business owners that likes to brag about how busy you are? Do you get a kind of insane sense of satisfaction by being on a hamster wheel of business activities none of which you’ve proven to be effective? Well, if you enjoy that, then DO NOT read any farther. On…
Time Management Tips: 3 Secrets to Making More in Less Time
Rebecca is a talented interior designer, but lacks the time management tips and savvy to claim the success she deserves. She’s made a beautiful difference to many clients over the last decade. Her frustration is that her business growth seems to have plateaued and she’s stuck spinning her wheels and not moving forward. Her time…
How to Get Out of Overwhelm and Back on Track: Move It Forward
I did a survey to my community this week and have to say that I was blown away by the responses. And I want to let you know that I have faced (and still do on some days) the very same challenges that you laid out to me. One of the biggest that you mentioned…
How to Beat Overwhelm in 3 Simple Steps
As I readied myself to write this I took stock of what I am juggling and very nearly curled up in a ball of inertia. Now I know that may come as a surprise. You probably think of me as most of my clients do, the Energizer Bunny of productivity and positivity. Well, now you…
Get More Done in Less Time: Taming S.T.U.F.F.
Are you ready to get more done? Here’s a loaded question for you. Do you know where your work day time is going? I don’t mean the big chunks that is usually easy for you to track. I mean all the five, fifteen, and thirty minute pieces that seem to get gobbled up by “stuff.”…