Posts Tagged ‘Interior Design Clients’
Are Your “Affluent Client” Ready?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Clients come in all varieties, it’s true. Some of my best clients and some of my worst clients have been very well off financially. Still, as a group, affluent clients have certain traits that we as designers need to…
Read More3 Tips to Avoid Fee Fiascos
Are you ready to make the changes necessary to transform your business? I hope at least some of you will act on these 3 tips that can help you transform your results. Mistake #1 – We push consumers to do business our way rather than how they prefer. Research has shown that clients prefer fixed…
Read MoreHow To Nicely Say “No” To Non Ideal Clients
How do I politely tell a non-ideal client that we are not a good fit? I am asked so often how to answer this question that I thought it would be a good idea to address it in this article. What you ultimately want to accomplish in this scenario is to be authentic, handle the…
Read MoreUnderstanding The Average Value of Your Interior Design Clients
Understanding the average value of your interior design clients is a key component of any successful interior design business. Why? Knowing this answer will help you create your plan for the year. Here’s how knowing the average value of your interior design clients will help you create your plan: Estimate how much your average client…
Read MoreHow to Get Your Interior Design Clients to Sell You on Working with Them
Interior designers … this is for you! So many interior designers have told me that the get nervous when they meet a prospective client for the first time. That’s completely understandable. After all, you want them to like you enough to hire you, right? How would you like to learn an easy way to change…
Read MoreGetting More Prospects Or Clients
What would it take to double your business? It might take less than you think. Two-thirds of the designers who participated in this year’s Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey said they needed to convert more prospects into clients. The question is, do you need a higher rate of conversions or do you need more…
Read More10 Ways to Create Happy Interior Design Client Relationships and Avoid Disasters
Creating happy client relationships and preventing disasters is an important goal for interior designers because one unhappy client will tell up to ten other people. I’ll start with ten tips for now – feel free to share your own best practices, too. The business of interior design is full of potential landmines, and many are…
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