All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘business interior design’
Interior Designers…Brilliant! Branding Comes From A Hair Of An Idea…
This is how clear and simple your brand needs to be. Let me know your thoughts…Gary Vee – Linchpin.
This is a great video by Seth Godin, Author of Linchpin with Gary Vuynerchuk who created a $60 million dollar business with social media.
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Read MoreInterior Designers – Are Your Clients Happily Paying Your Hourly Fees?
Have you had challenges with clients about your interior design fees? I posed some questions in an earlier blog post and would love to get your input about this topic.
During other downturns in the economy, or when business is slow, some designers are tempted to lower their hourly fees to get work. Have you done this, or been tempted to [...]
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 billed for .10 hour for [...]
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 success for you?
I’d love to [...]
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 get? The Internet allows people [...]
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 they don’t teach you in [...]
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?
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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. The old ways of marketing [...]
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