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...
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Is Marketing with Facebook Groups on Your Radar? It Should Be!
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...
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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...
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5 Must Do’s For 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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 week,...
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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...
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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...
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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 feel like a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How to Keep Growing Your Business and Making the Time
Shopping has taken a back seat to growing my coaching business and helping my clients and my private Facebook group of Actionable Entrepreneurs become confident, focused and profitable. I was up way too early this morning worrying about when I'm going to have time...
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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...
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