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Five effective Marketing strategies for your interior design business
Tired of depending on social media to do all the heavy lifting in marketing your interior design business? In this blog post, I will discuss five strategies to market your business in addition to posting on Instagram.
6 tips for interior designers who want to create a strong brand
In this blog post, I will discuss six ways interior designers can use branding to enhance their business and develop a strong brand presence.
Why you Should Use Email Templates in Your Interior Design Business
Ever feel that you are being pulled in several directions as a designer, and you don’t know where to start?
Here are some tips to help you increase your efficiency as an interior designer…
What to Include in an Interior Design Welcome Guide in Your Interior Design Business
Your Interior Design Welcome Guide sets the tone for your project. It outlines your service and how you work with them. Read the blog to find out how to write the best Welcome guide
How to Increase your Efficiency as an Interior Designer
Ever feel that you are being pulled in several directions as a designer, and you don’t know where to start? Read the blog for the best efficiency tips
Best Practices for your Interior Design Consultations
An interior design consultation is an important step to finding your ideal client. Read the blog to find out what are the best practices for running a smooth and effortless interior design consultation.
3 Tips to automate your interior design business
In this blog post, I will give you three tips to start automating tasks in your workflow so that you can spend time on the tasks that push the needle in your interior design business.
What is a CRM and Why Should an Interior Designer Use One
As an interior designer, you can use a CRM to manage client interactions, track leads, and organise your sales process. In this blog post, I’ll explain how to use a CRM effectively as an interior designer.
How to create interior design business policies
In this blog, I’ll look why you should write interior design business policies and the kinds of interior design policies that you should have in your interior design business.
How To Hold a Great Interior Design Discovery Call
An interior design discovery call is essentially a sales call. Find out how you can hold an effective one in this blog post
How to Structure Your Interior Design Services Offers
In this blog, learn how to put together interior design packages at different price points & increase your revenue by serving clients at different price levels but retaining your excellent level of service.
How to Time Track Your Interior Design Projects using harvest time tracker
Time tracking is one of the most important ways that you can manage the profitability of your business. Read the blog to find out more.
What Should be Included in Your Interior Design Inquiry Form?
This important form is the first part of the client journey. A professional and to the point form will help you vet interior design clients to help you find your ideal client. Read the Design Ink Blog to find out more
How to deal with indecisive clients- for interior designers
Dealing with indecisive clients can be a challenging aspect of working as an interior designer. I have had a few projects where the clients have lost sight of their original brief and got distracted by a new shiny object. Read the blog for strategies to help you move from maybe to yes!
Why Interior Designers should Learn SketchUp
SketchUp is a powerful 3D modelling software that is popular among interior designers for its ease of use and versatility. In this blog post, I discuss why SketchUp is the best choice for interior designers who do small to mid-size projects.
How to Implement an Effective Interior Design Process
In my coaching sessions, one of the things that I emphasise to my students is the importance of having a design process. This is the path that you and your client with travel throughout your design project.
What to do When Your Client Asks for a Discount
Though it is a luxury service, it is surprising how many clients ask for a discount. In this blog post, I discuss how to you answer those clients and it doesn’t involve dropping your fees.
Best Time Management Tips for Interior Designers
Want to learn how to make your interior design business more profitable? What is the secret to maximizing your profitability as an interior designer? It’s simple. Manage your time. Read this blog post to find out more.
So You Want to be an Interior Designer? Start Here
So you want to be an interior designer but you don’t know where to start? You don’t have the ability to do an online program or don’t have any knowledge of interior design to get a job as an assistant? I hear you. I coach students in exactly the same position. So what do you do if you haven’t the cash or the time to do a course. In this blog I discuss what you can do.
How to Define your Values for Effective Decision-making- For Interior Designers
In this post, I’m going to discuss why it is important to define your WHY aka your Values as an interior designers and how it can help us make effective decisions.
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