Monthly Archive for: ‘December, 2009’

If your an interior designer that is hoping for a better 2010…here are a few thoughts…

Choose your mindset carefully.  What you think determines your results
Choose your friends and associates.  Are your friends and associates supporting your success?  Are they positive and encouraging?  It is said that we can measure our success by the people that surround us.  Choose wisely – [...]

Interior design is a creative venture and who knew that we’d spend so much of our time running a business?  When you’re growing, hiring is one of the most challenging parts of the business because you’re dealing with so many subjective issues.
Here’s a great post from Seth Godin. I’d recommend reading this one – his articles are always short and [...]

Interior Designer, Faith Sheridan, shared this article with me and I spent days thinking about it.  I just posted a reply and hopefully it will be approved by Monday.
This is a controversial topic that deserves thought and input from all of us in the industry.  Thank you, Crans, for starting a conversation that will likely spark lots of thought and [...]

Interior designers have struggled to get business, much less make money in 2009.  The recession has affected every single person including the ultra wealthy.  Granted they have more money to begin with, but their sense of security and affluence has affected their willingness to spend money.
What do you do as an interior designer to get business in spite of the [...]

Networking is a tired word in many people’s vocabulary, but it is still important.  What’s even more important today is to keep up with the newer forms of networking through Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
This topic is huge and is growing fast.  The problem for most interior designers is to figure out what to do, how often and [...]

The lifetime value of your interior design clients is an important metric (measure) of your interior design business.  Why? It helps you create budgets for one.
If your average client does $30,000 of revenue with you, and the profit for that client is $6,000 after the cost of materials and overhead for your business, but before your salary, how many clients [...]