Posts Tagged ‘design’
Without Clarity of Vision, You’re Only Guessing at Success
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit: @bakerbroductions We’ve all had the experience of working with a prospective client whose not really sure what they want. It takes some time and patience to probe and prompt in order to eventually get them to give you some specific…
Read MoreThinking Outside of the Box: How to Spark Your Creativity
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Are you looking for ways to get inspired and spark your creativity? Look over the following ideas and you just might find a few that may help you to recharge that creative streak. Take a “trip” outside your daily environment – do…
Read MoreAre You Playing Small?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~Nelson Mandela If you were about to retire and looking back on your career, would you be…
Read MoreGet Inspired At Fall HPMKT
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting There is a quote on the High Point website from a friend and member of my local design community, Jeanne Chung, stating “I can’t afford to just hear about trends. I have to experience them for myself.” It caused me to think about…
Read MoreChristmas In July
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Use the lazy days of summer to help fill your pipeline now by tempting clients to plan ahead to prepare their homes to be “design ready” for the fall and winter holidays. Why not nudge clients to start planning (and hiring your firm)…
Read MoreBuilding Lasting Client Relationships
Developing a relationship with an ideal client takes time and effort so why wouldn’t you want to continue that relationship long after the project is completed. When you find those ideal clients, you not only want to keep them, but you want them to refer other ideal clients to you. Be organized. Have an agenda…
Read MoreAre You Marketing 10 Hours a Week?
Whenever designers tell me they are not satisfied with the amount of work they are getting or with how much they are earning, my first question is, “How much marketing are you doing?” Why? Because I know from years of counseling and conducting surveys that most designers do shockingly little marketing. And yet they wonder…
Read MoreWhat is Your Design Style?
How important is it to you to have an easily identified design style? If you feel it is not important, then why is that? And if you feel it is important, how would you define your design style? You may rebel against having an identifiable style, worrying about losing prospective design clients, but ask yourself…
Read MoreGet Published in Mountain Living Magazine
We spoke with Darla Worden, editor-in-chief of Mountain Living Magazine, and asked her for tips about how to get projects published. Mountain Living is a niche magazine for mountain lovers who own or are hoping to buy a high-country home. The magazine focuses on homes in mountain towns in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, California/Nevada (Lake…
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