http://www.designsuccessu.com/2009/04/interior-designers-%e2%80%93-relationship-mistakes-can-kill-your-business/ Your Shortcut To A More Profitable & Passion-Filled Interior Design Business Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.designsuccessu.com/2009/04/interior-designers-%e2%80%93-relationship-mistakes-can-kill-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 Ann Marie Wed, 13 May 2009 16:31:38 +0000 http://www.designsuccessu.com/?p=1377#comment-3032 Great article. All good points to keep in mind. I always try to think to myself....treat others how you would want to be treated. Great article. All good points to keep in mind. I always try to think to myself….treat others how you would want to be treated.

]]> http://www.designsuccessu.com/2009/04/interior-designers-%e2%80%93-relationship-mistakes-can-kill-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 Gail Doby Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:37:30 +0000 http://www.designsuccessu.com/?p=1377#comment-2890 Hi Kathleen - so glad this helped. We could have a whole teleseminar about this topic alone. Just be clear about your expectation on both sides. You can't enforce it, but you can address this up front. If your subs want future business from you, they need to decide if they are opportunistic about the one chance to get business vs. keeping a long-term referral relationship with you. Once they see the bigger picture - that you can affect their long-term success, they will think twice about working directly with the client. Your first line of defense is to make sure your relationship is clear with your contractor or subcontractor. Clients will be clients. They will always look for the best deal. Hi Kathleen – so glad this helped. We could have a whole teleseminar about this topic alone. Just be clear about your expectation on both sides. You can’t enforce it, but you can address this up front. If your subs want future business from you, they need to decide if they are opportunistic about the one chance to get business vs. keeping a long-term referral relationship with you. Once they see the bigger picture – that you can affect their long-term success, they will think twice about working directly with the client. Your first line of defense is to make sure your relationship is clear with your contractor or subcontractor. Clients will be clients. They will always look for the best deal.

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