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Top 10 Ways To Create Happy Interior Design Client Relationships And Avoid Disasters
Shane Reilly asked me to write this post for Decorati, and I think it is a topic that could easily expand to hundreds of ways to create happy client relationships and prevent disasters. I’ll start with ten for now, and feel free to comment with your own best practices so we can help our colleagues, [...]
February 4, 2010 | Gail Doby | Continued
Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey
It’s so interesting how many questions we’re getting in our Design Mastermind groups about fees these days. One of the biggest reasons? Consumers are more resistant than ever to hourly fees and mark-up.
I just received a bill from one of my attorneys (a junior partner) and I have to admit I was annoyed to be [...]
What Is Your Most Burning Question About Social Media?
There is so much buzz about social media and social networking today, and there are many people who are offering classes and services to help you with it. Are they legitimate? Do they know what they are doing? Do they really understand what works for our industry? How are they measuring success and is that [...]
January 29, 2010 | Gail Doby | Continued
Competitive Intelligence – It’s What You Do With What You Know That Matters
A phone call today sparked an interesting thought. What is healthy competition, and what is fair and ethical?
Is it OK to get ideas from your competitors? We all do. You can’t ignore your competitors, and in fact, that would be a huge mistake.
The real question is, what do you do with the information that you [...]
5 Things They Don’t Teach You In Interior Design School
Interior design colleges do their very best to teach you how to design and to do the technical parts of the business. Please do not think I am knocking them at all. Their time is limited in the curriculum, and it is impossible to learn everything you need to know.
So, what are the five things [...]
Interior Design & Twitter Meet Offline
Interior design is alive and well in the offices of Twitter. Here is a link to the article about the interior designer who created the interior for this high-flying firm (pun intended).
It’s nice that she included recycled items. Did anyone see tweets about this?
10 Threats to an Interior Designer’s Financial Success & What to Do About It!
10 Threats to an Interior Designer’s Financial Success & What to Do About It is an article I just posted on Ezine articles this week. I’d love to hear your comments about it, so please add your thoughts. Let’s get a conversation going.
2010 is the perfect year to change your mindset about your design business. [...]
Is Your Interior Design Firm Setting The Standard?
I have to admit, I’m a bit of a Seth Godin fanatic. In fact, I look forward to every single post that I have delivered to my email by RSS feed (automatically sends me his latest post…you can sign up for our feed with the little orange button on the right of the blog).
What I [...]
Interior Designer’s New Years Resolutions
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 [...]
Interior Designers – Do You Struggle With Hiring?
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 [...]
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