Posts Tagged ‘interior design business’
Focus on the Future
In this podcast, Gail and Erin talk with award-winning interior designer Valerie Garrett. In addition to offering high-end residential and commercial services, Valerie also has contributed to a number of historic preservation projects in and around Macon.
Read MorePush Past Your Comfort Zone
Taking risks can be scary. Life can be scary. The only way to get to the other side of things as they are is to move past the fear in the belief that something better waits ahead. The rewards can be great. As a bonus, you acquire more resilience and wisdom along the way. In this podcast, Gail and Erin talk with interior designer Ginger Curtis, owner and principal designer, Urbanology Designs, North Richland Hills, Texas. She recently published her first book on design, Beauty by Design, in which she also recounts how she overcame a number of personal challenges and gained the confidence to start her own business.
Read MoreTeamwork is the Ultimate Shortcut
I’ve frequently heard busy designers say, “if only I could clone myself.” If only. I admit I’ve often wished I could add more hours to the day. I wish. As the old song says, wishing and hoping won’t get you where you want to go. You can’t clone yourself or add more hours to the…
Read MoreA Successful Business is Your Real Art
If I were to ask you how do you think of yourself, as an interior designer who has a business or as a business owner who offers design services, what would you say? Most designers I know consider themselves interior designers first and foremost. They happen to have a business because they prefer not to…
Read MoreWhat is Relationship Marketing?
By far the way most design firms acquire new clients is through referrals. Most of those referrals come from satisfied clients. But there are only so many of them. So if you’re looking to grow your business, how do you increase the number and frequency of referrals? You can do it through what I call…
Read MoreKnow Your Numbers
In this podcast, Gail is joined by Nick May, host of the interior design business podcast “The Chaise Lounge”. Do you know how much profit your business is making? Do know what your business is worth? Do you know how much you owe and how much is owed to you? If you don’t know where your numbers are, you could be heading for big trouble.
Read MorePlanning for Profit
It’s called the bottom line, but for a business owner it should be top-of-mind. I’m talking about net profit, the money that you get to keep after all the bills, salaries, taxes, insurance, and other expenditures have been paid. If you’re not reaping a healthy profit for your labors, you’re probably underpaid and you could…
Read MoreWhy Half of New Businesses Fail Within 5 Years
Did you know that nearly half of all new businesses fail within the first five years and nearly two-thirds within the first ten years? Even more shocking to me was learning that 60 percent of all small businesses are NOT profitable, and of those 30 percent lose money every year. In many cases, it’s not…
Read MoreGail Doby Shares Her Business Success Secrets in New Book for Design Professionals
Denver, CO, April 5, 2021—Gail Doby, co-founder and chief vision officer, of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting began her coaching and consulting business several years ago because she wanted to save interior designers the stress and suffering that she had experienced while running her own design firm. After helping literally thousands of designers find remarkable…
Read MoreWhat Does Financial Freedom Mean to You?
For some people, financial freedom means being debt-free. For others, it means having enough money to pay the bills and a little bit extra to cover emergencies. Still others seek long-term financial security and have built up reserves of cash and investments to hedge against unforeseen future expenses. And then there are those for whom…
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