How to Solve the Profit Puzzle
As an entrepreneur or business owner, increasing your profitability can be an ongoing challenge. Learning how to solve the profit puzzle can help you achieve exponential business growth. But where is the best place to start? At its core, your business is no...
How to Find Success in Negative Moments
As a business owner, do you know how to find success in negative moments? Believe it or not, it is possible. In my past life as a 1st VP of Mortgage Servicing for The Dime Savings Bank of NY, I learned how true this is. Back then, it was my responsibility to...
8 Traits of a High-Value Business
What is a high-value business? I’m sure you have encountered companies that are a pleasure to work with, and of course, those that are not. The traits of a high-value business are many. But what are the qualities that make you feel good about working with someone? I...
How Can Interior Designers Work Smarter?
I think we can all agree that the business world of today does not have a shortage of challenges, especially for entrepreneurs. How can Interior Designers work smarter, not harder? Achieving a healthy work/life balance can seem practically impossible. But trust me -...
Financial Management for Interior Designers
Do you have days where you want to pull your hair out because of finances and money management? Financial management for Interior Designers (and small businesses in general) presents unique challenges.
Navigating Difficult Times in your Interior Design Business
Due to the recent global pandemic, are you finding yourself navigating through difficult times in your Interior Design business? It can be challenging to decide which direction you should steer your business on any given day, but it’s even more harrowing during the...
Benefits of Process Improvement for Interior Designers
Finding new ways to grow your business should always be your goal. How can your Interior Design business benefit from process improvement?
Social Media for Interior Designers
What is your biggest challenge as an interior designer? According to a Unity Marketing poll attracting new clients is problem #1 across the board. Social media marketing seems to be the go-to solution these days for business growth. But unless you have a solid plan...
Can You Start An Interior Design Business?
For starters, let me say YOU can do whatever you want to do! Maybe you're fresh out of interior design school. Perhaps you have been an interior designer for a long time, but you dabble in the business side here and there, and now you're ready to actually make a real...
Benefits Of Joining Or Starting Facebook Groups
Participating in a Facebook group created by others is a great way to sell your personal brand. Once users are interested in what you share while in the group, they can look you up and learn more about you, hence finding out what you do for a living. However,...
Making Your Design Business Persona Memorable
How can you create a memorable business persona? I am so glad you asked! Your business and your words are definitely the first things to consider if you’re looking to build a business persona. Creating a memorable business persona can set your brand apart from the...
How One Interior Designer Increased Her Income 600%
THE BACKGROUND In 2011, Nicole began taking her first interior design clients. They came slowly at first, but by 2014 she realized she was on to something. In 2014 she decided it was time to start acting like the CEO of her business. Even with that mindset shift, she...
Grow Your Business Like A Man
For the ladies in my following, this is a learning opportunity that could cause your business to soar! I've coached quite a number of men. What I have observed about most men is they don't second guess or dwell on their price. They set it and go after making that...
What Your Interior Design Clients REALLY Need
Needs! One thing that I have come to learn as an interior design business coach, is that sometimes what you think is the most important need of a client is not what is most significant to them. Let me help you figure this one out because it really is right under your...
The Formula To Getting Your First Design Client
How do you get your first client? There's so much to this, but I'm going to try to summarize it. First, you gotta get clear on exactly what you do, and on what you offer. You want to get really clear and concise on your messaging, who you're trying to attract,...
The Profit Formula That Will Explode Your Interior Design Business
So, you have finished interior design school or you have been working hard to expand your interior design business, BUT you are hitting a wall! You feel overwhelmed as you try to start your interior design business or grow what you’ve already built! As you pull your...
Secrets To Filling Your Interior Design Business Pipeline
If you don’t implement a way to access new and potential clients regularly, your business could eventually dry up! You don’t want that, you’ve worked too hard for that to happen. There are so many ways to fill your client pipeline but it does take effort. When you...
Using Body Language To Solidify More Design Clients
I have some very exciting news for all my readers… I am a Certified Body Language Trainer, certified directly by Vanessa Van Edwards of The Science of People! Do you know her? She wrote the book “Captivate, The Science of Succeeding with People” and she is...
Say “YES” To Interior Design Jobs That Scare You!
Have you ever had that moment when you said “YES” to a job that was bigger than you've ever taken on before? Then you started to panic because you got the job and now you don’t know what you are actually going to do? I can almost guarantee that if it hasn’t...
Getting Unstuck From Feeling Stuck In Your Design Business
It’s sad but true how all the excitement that existed when starting your own design business could soon turn into frustration! Don’t you just hate that? Unfortunately, it happens to the best of us! Entrepreneurs experience this a lot after finding out they do not feel...
Time Management Equals Design Business Survival Skills!
TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS Timing is everything. And while time remains to be one of the world's most valuable assets, most people will still find it their greatest common enemy, mostly when wanting to do a lot of different things during the same period. Those of you who...
Be A “Designer For A Day” And Revolutionize Your Profit Margin
This is not just something that I want you to glance over, but something I want you to take into full consideration. This service option can be offered to potential clients as a real and legit service that can make your Interior Design Business much more profitable!...
Smart Ways To Maximize Social Media Time In Your Design Business
I want to talk a little bit about being very precise with your social media time! One of the things I’ve shared with my group and with my one on one clients, is how I (every once in a while), get on this crazy path when I go on my social media! I don't do it with...
Using Your Personal Facebook Page For Your Design Business
It's important for you to grow your personal Facebook page as a starting point because more people will see your posts. In addition, there are people who will see your Facebook Business Page posts on a regular basis but might hop on over to your personal account...
The Shy Person’s Guide To Marketing Interior Design Services
Some of you are superstars when it comes to promoting yourselves! You thrive in it and look forward to it. Then there are some of you who struggle even to put a blog out, because you are too shy, let alone market your services on various platforms. What to do? What to...
Dealing With Interior Design Clients
VAMPIRE interior design clients! You feel like they are out to get you! You know who they are...the ones who seem pretty decent during the initial consultation and then morph into "monsters" as the project gets into full swing! Having been in that phase of the...
Building Constant Workflow During Slow Season As A Designer
As your interior design business coach, I know that there are times when things are at their peak. Business doesn't seem too slow, and you can barely keep up! You're on a high and having the time of your life. Then suddenly about the same time every year that...
The Truth Designers Need To Know About Confidence
As your interior design business coach, I have to tell you that the truth about confidence is that it's a roller coaster and it's really like that for almost everybody, whether they admit it or not. It's really true, no matter what you do that confidence wavers. There...
How Solopreneurs Can Revitalize And Energize Their Passion
I wanted to talk about revitalizing your energy. You know, sometimes working from home and being a solopreneur, you struggle with waking up and just feeling Blah. Being an interior design business coach, I know how that can be. When that happens, I always find it's...
The Truth About Being Obsessed With Your Competition
Are you one of those entrepreneurs that is obsessed with your competition, spend hours and hours online looking to see what they're doing, how they're doing it? Where are they posting on social media and should you be doing the same? You look at their website and sort...
How To Make A Fabulous Compelling Statement About Yourself
I have been one busy interior design business coach! I've been busy rolling out many different programs and talking to so many people, helping them grow their interior design businesses to new levels, and staying focused on their 90-day plans. I just wanted to talk a...
Power Tools For Dealing With Self-Doubt
You have all probably been there before. Doubting your existence. Doubting the purpose behind your existence. Doubting if moving forward in life will be better than you expected. These feelings are part of the human experience. However, if self-doubt is a lingering...
Identifying Your Ideal Client For The New Year
It is still so early in the year, and as your interior design business coach, I have been thinking about your ideal client and how you can get laser focused for this first part of the year. I know, I know... You can google this subject, and you're going to find so...
Are Your Emotions Ready For The New Year?
There might be many of you who have left the last year side-eyeing it, right? Not that last year was all wrong. I believe that many of you had some notable highlights. I believe that some of you may have ended the year with some disappointments, traumas,...
Kissing Distractions Goodbye And Holding Your Peace
Isn’t it an amazing feeling when you can find yourself in the zone? When you are focused on the most important aspects of life. You have never been more focused on growing your business and you are seeing the fruit of your labor. Nothing could be more perfect. You are...
Marketing Your Interior Design Services To Real Estate Agents
Some Real Estate agents can be disconnected from the world of interior design. So, “staging” homes may not be something they are too skilled in! With your honed in skills, you will be able to constructively and creatively stage the home or commercial unit in a way...
When Self-Growth Feels Like Your Enemy
To live is to grow, change and develop. Some of you are great at growth and others may fear it because it may cause you some pain or discomfort. Sometimes, growth feels like an enemy is attacking you, because you are not able to stop its pain or detour it’s force! I...
Using A Crisis To Your Advantage
When you think of a crisis, a trial, or extended stressful periods of time you tend to focus on the negative aspect of it. I get it. It’s totally not fun at all. You tend to dwell on how uncomfortable you are and how you can't wait to get past this phase of your life....
Characteristics Of An Empowered Person
Sometimes, it's just so hard to believe that you were actually made to be an empowered person. In this time of history, there is so much being written about mindfulness, empowerment and self-awareness. All these different topics help you understand who you are as an...
Signs You May Not Have Control Over Your Life
It is not an uncommon thing to feel like you don't have any control over your life at times. All of us go through seasons where life is a bit much and it seems like everything else is taking priority. It is one thing to have seasons like that, but to experience that...
Evaluate Your Time Management As An Interior Designer
Business Reboot- Evaluate Your Time Management Every few months, it’s a good idea to go back and review your time management skills to see if they have been beneficial. I know it feels like an extra thing to do, but if you keep doing things that are not efficient or...
Strategies For Balancing Work And Family As An Interior Designer
Being a mom is one of the greatest blessings a woman could ever have in life. Being able to influence your children in a way that will help them be better contributors to society is a great and amazing journey.However, you know that being a mom is also one of the most...
Gain The Confidence To Market Yourself Authentically As A Designer
So, you figure it’s time to expand your business. You start getting your LinkedIn profile updated. You start a marketing campaign for your Facebook and begin marketing your Instagram and following up with clients. All that is great until you have to meet with people...
Making Time For Yourself – Life And Work Balance
It would be nice if you were all supermen and superwomen. Able to work on and on, being productive with perfection all of the time. I used to think like that, on the way to becoming an interior design business coach. I mean, you would not mind if that could be your...
6 Effective Communication Tips For Interior Designers
I wish communication didn’t have so many layers, but it really does! It would be great if it were simply as easy as you talk, you talk and everything is good to go. However, I think we all know that it’s never that simple, and to make it that simple often gets you in...
How To Reconnect With Your Value Part 2
Are you still struggling to reconnect with your value? It’s OK! One thing that our culture does not teach us is how to do that. You are literally doing a work of reformation to bring yourself back to a place of value and that just won’t happen overnight, but it is...
How To Reconnect With Your Value Part 1
We know that life can be hard and trying. At times it’s to the point that you can lose sight of your value and worth in the world around you. It is easy to get lost in a sea of emptiness, during those times you feel that you have hit rock bottom or are just frustrated...
How To Break Negative Self Talk
It has been said throughout the generations that you can be your own worst enemy. I don’t know about you but that can take so many different forms throughout your lifetime. If you have never had a problem with self-sabotage then I salute you. You have really done...
Tools For Creating A Growth Mindset
I hope that you had the chance to read my last blog, “Signs That You're Stuck in a Fixed Mindset”. If not, please take a few minutes to read it to get the most out of it! Now that you can identify what a “fixed mindset” is all about (if you see it in yourself) it is...
Signs That You’re Stuck In A Fixed Mindset
Things are always shifting, changing and moving. It seems like with each passing year those elements are picking up the pace! What that means for you is that you have to be willing to shift and expand with those changes. Whether you are talking about businesses or...
Setting Your Travel Policy As An Interior Designer
You never know how far a job could take you. Even if you try to keep your marketing local to your area, you never know when someone more long distance will reach out to you wanting your services. Also, word of mouth can take you further than you have ever dreamed! So,...
How To Give Up Your Job To Go Out On Your Own
It has been on your mind for a long time to hang up the hat of your 9 to 5 job and pursue your own business. However, you feel a little bit unsure. I get it, the nerves are high and you’re racking your brain to see how you can actually pull this off. There is this...
Is Marketing With Facebook Groups On Your Radar?
Instead of always being on a hunt for new people to reach out to, why not create a Facebook group amongst the people who already follow you on various platforms? They already know you. Many probably trust you and look forward to your posts. This is your very warm...
The Blueprint For Setting Client Communication Boundaries
The thrill of getting a new client puts you on some kind of cloud nine. You’re feeling accomplished and looking forward to the new project at hand. However, that can quickly change depending on the type of client that you just brought on. Let’s face it, in this day...
5 Must Do’s For Interior Designers To Keep Business Coming
We live in the era of information overload! Especially, when it comes to running any type of business. There are so many courses. So many eBooks and blogs. So many webinars. Trying to sort through what to implement can end up being paralyzing. So, let's take a step...
Six Yearly Must Do’s for All Interior Designers
There are many things to keep up with in business. Several things can fall through the cracks and you can keep on truckin’ easily. However, there are certain things that you must NOT let fall through the cracks. In this blog post, I will spell out six “must do’s” to...
Questions to Ask Clients Before You Start Your Interior Design Job
Getting booked for a new interior design job is always a great feeling! If you are new to working with clients, one thing you might have experienced is regretting NOT asking all the right questions! You had a great consultation. Good vibes were all around and your...
Following Up When Design Clients Don’t Hire You Right Away
There is so much emotion around following up with people after an initial consultation. Interior Designers tend to say and think things like: “I don't want to bother them, be too salesy, too pushy etc.” But then what happens? You wait and wait only to become more and...
How To Focus On Building Your Interior Design Business
FOCUS is a huge part of building anything that you wish to be successful. There are many things to focus on and ways to focus. What we focus on and how we focus shapes our world for the good or the bad. So, let’s take a moment to talk about putting our business in a...
5 Underutilized Ways To Market Yourself As An Interior Designer
They are under your nose. Yes, just right under your nose are tools needed to market yourself as an interior designer. The 5 tools I want to discuss with you are probably underutilized methods in a number of niches, but especially in the Interior Design industry. So...
5 Tips On How To Raise Your Design Rates
These 5 tips will help you shift your mindset and teach you how to raise your design rates with confidence. Taking the leap of faith and raising your fees can be terrifying! The fear comes out, as the voice in your head saying: No one will hire me for that price. I...
7 Client Attraction Methods Every Interior Designer Needs
When it comes to new client attraction we can swing from having no idea how to begin to having way too many options, and feeling overwhelmed. I would say having 5 to 7 outlets to pace yourself with is a good way to begin. The key IS pace yourself. As you peruse these...
Your Online Bio: Is it a Boost or a Bust? By Fred Berns
When it comes to a design industry coach and copy writer my friend Fred Berns is among the best. Check out his guest blog post on the importance of your online bio profile. Those who need to know you, don’t. Your top prospects don’t. Your website visitors don’t....
11 Ways Interior Designers Can Manage Client Expectations PT 2
Managing an interior design business has many demanding components! One that will never go away is the need to manage client expectations. In the first part of this two-part series I discussed the initial steps. Part two wraps things up with some additional...
What To Do When A Client Questions Your Pricing
Every week I help my coaching clients respond to client objections and help them manage client expectations. Price objections can cause such angst to an Interior Designer, but having a well thought out response can go a long way in relieving your anxiety. This...
11 Ways Interior Designers Can Manage Client Expectations PT 1
Managing an interior design business has many demanding components! One component that will never go away is the need to manage client expectations. Read this blog post as a guide or even a checklist to help you strategically manage client expectations. You work in a...
Urgent! 5 Business Building Blocks Every Interior Designer Needs To Do Weekly
The power of your growth as a person and business depends on the strategic duties you do on a weekly basis. Sometimes, duties that we partake in day after day, feels rather redundant. However, effective redundancy is what builds the momentum for ongoing success. These...
7 Networking Secrets Every Interior Designer Needs to Know
An Interior Designer is no different than any other entrepreneur, fundamentally. In order to keep the flow of your interior design business going, the ongoing routine of the networking game, cannot be circumvented. Networking is sometimes a word that may...
3 Effective Ways Every Interior Designer Should Be Using To Generate New Clients
As an interior designer wanting to generate new clients, you want to be effective and consistent. Any search online will leave an interior designer feeling confident about getting new clients. There are seemingly so many options and great ideas floating around in...
Attracting Clients To An Interior Design Firm
As much as I wish I could say that getting clients is easy if you’re a talented designer, the truth is that a lot of great designers and their firms tend to stay undiscovered simply because they are putting their energy and attention on things that don’t attract new...
9 Reasons Why Interior Designers Need A Website
While there are probably very few businesses that wouldn’t benefit from having a website in today’s increasingly online world, for interior designers having a website is non-negotiable. If you are just launching your interior design business, or if you’ve been in the...
How To Get More Clients As An Interior Designer
I work with so many interior designers that absolutely love what they do. From the very beginning of a design project to the styling and big reveal, these passionate designers look forward to every detail. And, they’re really good at what they do. But, there’s one...
How Do Interior Designers Really Feel About Using Houzz?
From an outsider’s perspective, the popular website and online community Houzz seems like a great way for interior designers to not only showcase their work for generating new clients, but also a convenient way to collaborate with current clients, better understanding...
How To Keep Growing Your Business And Making The Time To
Shopping has taken a back seat to growing my coaching business and helping my clients and my private Facebook group The Interior Design Business Forum become confident, focused, and profitable. I was up way too early this morning worrying about when I'm going to...
How Do I Get Back In The Sales Zone?
What do you do when an event in your life just stops you in your tracks and takes the wind out of your sales? (no, that is not a typo) And now it’s years later or stuff is still happening in your personal life but you really want to get back on track with your...
What Does Making Money Or More Money Mean To You?
Everyone's opinion differs on what making money or more money means to them and that's fine... For years, I just thought, "It’s nice to have extra money and I like to work so I'll just keep doing what I do, the way I'm doing it." Then at Some Point, It Changed for Me...
How To Attract Clients To Your Interior Design Firm
How many times have you thought to yourself, “How can I attract more clients to me?” When I built Expressive Living Art, Framing, and Accessories (a niche company in the Interior Design world), I knew I had a great service and was convinced that absolutely EVERYONE...
Pricing An Interior Designers Services
It’s always every Interior Designers' constant battle when it comes to pricing their services. Do you ask yourself? How do others in my industry price? What is an hour worth with me? Am I too low or too high? How much mark up should I have on...
An Important Business Lesson To Learn In Your Working Career As A Designer
The “Jesus Christ Factor”, was a Lesson From My Father My father was a contracts negotiator his entire working career. He would negotiate LARGE contracts for a government subcontracting company in Queens, NY who made army airplane parts and navy ship stuff (that’s...
How To Find Interior Design Clients
Your success as an interior designer hinges on finding the right clients and gaining their business. My business coaching strategy sessions can help you figure out how to attract those clients, grow your business, and feel confident in your professional decisions....
Hidden Costs Of Running A Business
Pricing your services can be one of the toughest jobs for an entrepreneur. Once you start learning the hidden costs of running your business it will be helpful in your pricing structure. Do you ever find yourself leading with, “Well, how much are people willing to...
No More Difficult Clients
How many times have you said no more working with difficult clients and once again you find yourself with another one. Do you have difficulty managing client’s expectations? Do they expect you to jump through hoops and be available always? Have you found yourself...
Interior Designer Questions
Two Important Questions from an Interior Design I received an email from an Interior Designer, she asked two very important questions: How are Interior Designers finding their leads? Since clients can find almost anything now online, how are designers making sure they...
Treat Your Time Like It’s Money
We are entrepreneurs and people with full lives who need to treat time like it's money You always have a lot to do, we all do - we are entrepreneurs and people with full lives. We have goals. Goals that will never be achieved if we don’t hone the skills and gain the...
A Well-Designed Business Podcast
Are you listening to a great design business podcast? I know I’m not the only one who listens to podcasts while I’m on the treadmill in the morning! This is common practice for so many. You can listen while walking the dog, listen while cooking, listen while folding...
Letting Go Of Habits That Don’t Serve Your Entrepreneurial Journey
Sometimes drama, speculation, and hear-say take over and suck up so much time! It happened this week in the Interior Design Industry when HOUZZ acquired IVY Mark (a project management software for Interior Designers). As you know, my background and current coaching...
It’s Scary To Make A Change!
I’m selling my house! Yup, taking another leap of faith in myself, my kids, and the universe. It’s scary to make a change but exciting and invigorating all at the same time. It requires many coping skills on my part and learning new ones when the past ones just...
Wondering How To Make Your Sales Rock? Read This!
One of the things you’ve probably heard over and over again is that when you're in business for yourself, you're in sales. I mean - that’s the bottom line. When you’re a solopreneur, you're selling yourself and you're selling your services. So, whether you realize...
6 Steps To Get More Business Today
There are so many ways to get more interior design business today, it can be very overwhelming so I decided to take it back to 6 basic steps. Not talking about Facebook, Instagram, websites, Linked In, or any of that noise we all participate in, in some capacity....
What Makes You Relatable To Your Clients?
Let me ask you…What makes you relatable? Relatable to others? Relatable to your ideal client? In this day in age, you might have noticed just like I did, that complaining on Social Media sometimes gets you A LOT of interaction! Everyone has an opinion. So, does...
How Is Your Small Business Like A Bridge?
Bridges are amazing structures They allow cars to travel across huge chasms, canyons, and rivers. But, bridges aren’t just roads in the sky. Bridges have huge beams and supports that help it breach the gap. Like a bridge, your business is much more than it appears to...
The Secret To Unlocking Your Superpower
Everyone has a superpower but some just need to learn the secret to unlocking it. Did you know that you are a superhero? You may not feel like it, but you have a superpower. You probably just haven’t figured out how to unlock it yet. Don’t worry; you don’t have to...
Indecision…It’s So Frustrating!
Here’s the thing about indecision that you may already know, but need a reminder of, it’s not always logical, most of the time it’s completely EMOTIONAL. Especially for Creative Entrepreneurs like you. What stops you from making a decision? I bet you it’s fear! ...
How Do You Create Collaborations?
When it comes to your business an important factor to consider is how you create collaborations. Collaborations are one of the foundations of growing a profitable business As an Interior Design Professional, being creative in honing relationships that form profitable...
Seven Degrees Of Separation Or Less
How often do you reach out to your immediate network when you need something? Last month, someone from High School reached out to me on Facebook knowing that I’ve been in the Interior Design world asking if I knew an Interior Designer who could complete their design...
The Best Christmas Or Hanukkah Gift Ever
Having a very long list of “to-do’s” is always my greatest nemesis. Do you feel the same way? I realized this morning that the best gift I could get from all my family and close friends for Christmas would be for them to ask me, “What can I do for you?” and then...
Are You An Actionable Entrepreneur?
As I discussed in my private Facebook group, Interior Design Business Forum, it takes a lot of strong characteristics to be a profitable entrepreneur! So, be proud you are an entrepreneur! But, let me ask you, are you profitable? You may not be profitable yet and...
Feeling Like Everyone Needs You?
I see and hear from entrepreneurs daily that they are too overwhelmed to make progress. They convince themselves that their overwhelm or “busy-ness” is WHY they can’t make a true decision to do anything differently. That this is “just their life” right now and it is...
The Best Interior Design Hashtags
FINDING THE BEST HASHTAGS TO GROW YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS We all know and love Instagram for its instant gratification and seemingly endless collection of beautifully curated design galleries. In fact, for a lot of visually inclined people, Instagram is the...
Marketing Tips For Interior Designers
MARKETING TIPS TO MAKE YOU STAND OUT You LOVE what you do! As an interior designer, you are living your dream. You might not love the number of other designers out there though. If you are struggling to figure out how to set yourself apart from the...
How Testimonials Help Grow Your Business
Have you ever had a client who was really gushing over your service and how much you helped them? Did you take advantage of that moment and say, "Thank you so much, that is so nice to hear. I was wondering if you would write that down for me as a short testimonial...
The Perfect Pitch – Your Voice Matters!
Your voice matters! Remember the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? When the economics teacher calls attendance? “Bueller … Bueller … Bueller”. Everyone has had at least one terribly boring teacher! Please don't ever let that be you! I can assure you that a monotone,...
3 Easy Tips To Remember Your Client’s Name
It's terrible when you can't remember someone but when it's with a client's name it's not only embarrassing it can cost you a sale. These are some of the ways to help you remember a name. TOP 3 TIPS TO HELP REMEMBER CLIENT NAMES AND LEAD TO MORE SALES Your potential...
Learning From Your Life Experiences
Life experiences are valuable lessons towards personal growth Since being a Mom is integral to my identity, and the role that I value the most in the entire world, I thought it would be a good day to tell you my story in the hopes it inspires you or someone else in...
5 Easy Elevator Pitch Examples
If you're an entrepreneur who has struggled at one time or another with your Elevator Pitch or how to describe what you do in a way that distinguishes you from your “competition” you've come to the right place. It’s often hard to find the words to use to describe who...
Time Analysis For Busy Growing Entrepreneurs
How much of your day do you spend actively working on growing your business and revenue generating activities? I ask this question because I know that in this day and age, it is so easy to get distracted by all the information coming at you. It comes from the...
Unexpected Places To Find Interior Design Clients
Your number one question, the one that keeps you up at night, is where can you find new and more clients? Here's the answer I give my one-on-one coaching clients: "Your potential clients, the ones that don’t know they need you yet, are hanging out and gathering online...
Sales And The Dreaded Money Objection
One of the most difficult hurdles to overcome in a sales conversation is the dreaded money objection. If you’ve been in business for any length of time, you’ve heard this objection over and over again. Frustrating as it is, I’d like to reframe the way you approach the...
Overcome Your Fear Of Big Business Risks
We all have fears we need to overcome and a significant one is when it comes to taking big business risks. Keep your eye on the open field in business When we think about taking big risks, many of us find it easier to imagine how it can all go wrong rather than how it...
Ways To Use Facebook To Grow Your Business
Let's talk about using Facebook and why it's so critical to marketing and helping grow your business. Facebook and Facebook LIVE! Do you use it? People are spending so many hours per day on social media. Facebook alone gets over 900 million independent visits per day!...
Don’t Lose Your Rhythm
I’m feeling a little overwhelmed this morning having to do with things out of my control, so I’ll apologize in advance. I have so many balls up in the air that sometimes it can feel like I’m juggling. When one ball falls, I lose my rhythm. Do you ever feel like...
4 Tips On How To Sell Your Services
I often hear that selling a service is more difficult than selling a product but I completely disagree. What do you think? Selling a service, whether you are a coach, interior designer, hairdresser, marketing guru, writer, virtual assistant etc…... can be easy! And...
Are You Stuck Today?
Time to get up and go, go, go... or is it? I have to be honest, I'm a bit stuck today. Staying motivated to grow my business is freakin' hard! Then add to it my other five full-time jobs of Mother, Housekeeper, Cook, Girlfriend, and Personal-Trainer-to-Myself and...
Today Is A Day For Action
How many times have you said to yourself, “I’m going to lose 10 pounds,” or “I’m going to send this email tomorrow,” or even the simple thought, “I want to do better”? I was thinking today about how many promises we break to ourselves every day, from the little ones...
Experiencing Success Resistance
Are you experiencing resistance in keeping a steady flow of progress towards your goals? I wanted to share this morning how normal that is! We all feel it and we all have days that are more unfocused than others. I experience it myself! Here's how I help myself break...
Your Business In Words
Your Business In Words - Just the beginning! Do you go to networking events and find it never benefits your business quite as much as you would like? When asked what you do, do you know what to say?? Do you just give your title? I'm a Business Coach. I'm an Interior...
Being A Mompreneur And Releasing The Guilt!
It feels like a lifetime ago when I was married with young kids. There was always the need to hop up out of bed for a crying or hungry child. Then I'd have a coffee on the way to the gym while my husband watched them and then the need to get home quickly so he could...