Posts Tagged ‘interior design fees’
5 Tips to Consider When Pricing Your Design Services
If you plan to move from being a hobbyist designer to being the creative CEO of a design business, then you definitely need to understand how to price those services appropriately. Charging for interior design services is one of the most challenging hurdles for designers. Did you know that 77% of businesses fail because they…
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 MoreA Great Article in Pricing Strategy … Applies to Interior Designers Too!
How Much Should That Doggie in the Window Be? by Bill Glazer According to surveys conducted by INC. Magazine, nearly 60% of all businesses set their prices based on their competitors’ prices. Another 30% set them based on some kind of “cost plus” formula. I can ONLY imagine that this is also what is taught…
Read More10 Goal Setting Mistakes Most Interior Designer’s Make
It’s that time again, when most of us are thinking about setting goals for 2016… and most of us won’t accomplish them. Why is that? We get excited and create amazing resolutions or goals, and within days, we stop working on what we know we want to do, but do we really truly want to…
Read MoreHow Scary is Your Cash Flow?
I’ve heard from a few designers lately that their cash flow is very low right now. Why is that? There are many reasons: There was some time in the past that your marketing was happening inconsistently. You may not see the immediate effect of not marketing consistently – it always shows up months later. You’re…
Read MoreDo You Enjoy the Hunt for Interior Design Clients? Part 2
In the first part of the series, I asked if you enjoy the hunt for interior design clients. Here are some questions to contemplate whether you are a seasoned veteran, or you are thinking of being an interior designer: What is your real reason for being an interior designer…what is your why? Do you have…
Read MoreDo You Enjoy the Hunt for Interior Design Clients? Part 1
You have to enjoy the hunt for interior design clients or your business will falter and/or fail. I’ve discussed this “non-negotiable” with many designers that come to me for coaching or advice. Some whine because they don’t really enjoy marketing and sales. My advice? Get over it or get a job. I know that sounds…
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…
Read MoreThe Biggest Mistake Interior Designers Make with Fees, Part 2
Not doing a good job of qualifying clients with effective questions that help uncover potential problems before developing a design proposal is mistake #2. What are some of the problems that may be encountered? Pricing a project based on a typical client instead of understanding that someone may be indecisive may cost you money,…
Read MoreAvoiding Client Nightmares, Part 2
We talked last week about things you can do and look for to prevent clients from turning into nightmares. You can reference the points we discussed HERE. Today, we’re going to touch on clues you can look for and the questions you can ask Clues Watch for one spouse to dominate the conversation, talking…
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