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Interior Design Business — 204 episodes
Getting Out of Your Own Way
Why Design Fees Work Best… and Why They Don't
Why Hourly Billing Works and Doesn't Work
Why Templates Don't Work
Do You Have the Right Insurance?
Is My Design Fee Enough?
How to Manage Clients Who Can't Make a Decision
Looking for Clients?
Abundance vs. Scarcity
Success Story
Why Are Boundaries So Hard?
The Secret to Asking for Money
Leadership Part 2
Leadership Part 1
5 Tips for Time Management
Presenting Your Design
How to Up-Level Your Clients
Healthy Boundaries Part 2
Healthy Boundaries Part 1
Boundaries and Financial Risks Part 2
Boundaries and Financial Risks
Boundaries and Scope Creep
Boundaries and Pricing
Why Boundaries Matter
Starting a Design Business
Financially Sustainable Design Business Part 4
Financially Sustainable Design Business Part 3
Financially Sustainable Design Business Part 2
Financially Sustainable Design Business Part 1
Design Jobs Gone Wrong
Hiring Lessons Learned
Fees By the sq ft? Hourly?
Absolutely Fabulous Job
Asking For Help
Bad Contractors
Planning Profitable Jobs
Protecting Profits
Confidence Builder
Reality Check-In
Ethics and Bad Taste
How to Get Clients
Revisions and Boundaries
Systems = Freedom
Boundaries and People Pleasing
Boundaries and Overdelivering
Boundaries and Your Time
Boundaries and Billing Design Services
5 Money Leaks
Budgets and Clients
How to Handle Challenging Clients
Confidence or Imposter Syndrome
Breaking the Money Ceiling
Purchase Orders: Who, What, Why, When
Debt and Design Business
Design Fee Boundaries
Tariffs - Heads Up
Tariffs and Clients
Experiencing Hesitation
The 4 Rules of Pricing
Imposter Syndrome
Shine Your Light
Clients with Bad Taste
Hobby or Business?
Standing Up to Clients
Powerful Budgets
Getting Clients and Social Media
About Overwhelm
Making Clear Offers for Design Services
Scale Doesn’t Mean Bigger
Money Boundaries
Budgets and Money Conversations
Starting Out Cheap
Remodel Right, 5 Mistakes Costing You Big
Design Without Limits or You Are Not Getting Paid for This
Profitable Remodeling
Avoiding the Money Conversation
Published in House Beautiful with Erin Shakoor of Shakoor Interiors
Starting a Design Business
Money Conversations with Clients
You don't need to network...
Partnering for Profit
When is the Right Time to Hire?
I can’t afford to hire
When 3 is a crowd
Streamline Your Design Jobs
Fees: By the sq ft? Hourly?
Design Fee Guide Part 3
Design Fee Guide Part 2
Design Fee Guide - Part 1
Pricing Challenges Part 2
Pricing Challenges Part 1
Crickets Again?
The Energy Crash (and how to fix it)
What is a Money Magnet?
Saying No
Dream Big
Discovery Call Expectations
Published in House Beautiful with Erin Shakoor of Shakoor Interiors
Looking for Clients?
About Those Systems
From Lead to Design Job
Designer Marketing
"Keep Your Shape"
Too Many Little Jobs
True Green with Special Guest Megan Thompson of IDGreenList.com
Business or Hobby?
5 Tips for Time Management
What's Profitable and What's Not
5 Profit Strategies for Design Businesses
Appointment Do’s and Don'ts
Control Your Design Job
How Perfectionism Gets in Your Way
From Roadblock to Success
The Mini-Me Myth
Networking Doesn't Work
Not Charging Enough?
Why Crazy Busy Doesn't Work
Systems = Freedom
Template Trouble
Owning Your Financial Situation
The Golden Moment
Getting Out of Your Own Way
Stop Leaving Money on the Table
Money and Boundaries
Ethics and Bad Taste
Clients Asking for Resources?
Is My Design Fee Enough?
The Magic Question You Should Ask a Prospective Client
The Systems Strategy
Profitable Purchasing with Heather McManus from The Designers Collaborative
Starting a Design Business
Hold Your Shape with Guest Marsha Sewdass
Feeling Resentful About Your Business?
Profitable Remodeling
How to Find Clients
Money and You
Losing Control
5 Money Leaks
Pricing Challenges Part 2
Effective Discovery Calls
Pricing Challenges Part 1
Time Starvation Epidemic
The Luxury Mindset
5 Ways Design Fees Are Better Than Hourly Rates
The Tipping Point
The 4 Rules of Pricing
Abundance vs. Scarcity
When Should I Hire?
Growing Too Fast
Getting Out of Your Own Way
Scale Your Design Business
Is Perfection Slowing You Down?
Design Fees and Legacy Clients
Stop Working So Much
Time Values
Designer Marketing
Take Back Your Time
Leadership Part 2
Leadership Part 1
Healthy Boundaries Part 2
Healthy Boundaries Part 1
What to Do When You Look Successful But You’re Not Profitable
The Luxury Mindset
Big Price Tags
Follow the System
From Lead to Design Job
The Slow Design Advantage
Profitable Remodeling Jobs
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Purchasing Secrets
How to Handle Challenging Clients
Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make Working With Contractors
Boundaries and You
The Danger of Throwing Out Design Fee Numbers
How to Use a VA (Virtual Assistant)
3 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid
Common Mistakes
The Art of Delegating
The Big Goal Secret
Commercial Design with Guest Megan Thompson
Design the Business You Love
The Systems Strategy
Goodbye Imposter Syndrome with Guest Thea Stephens
Starting a Design Business
Design.Peace.Freedom with Guest Sarah Conti
Where Is the Money?
Moving Upmarket Part 2
Moving Upmarket Part 1
Little Money Habits with Big Results
The People-Pleasing Problem
Eliminating Distractions
First Appointment Dos and Don'ts
Budget Mistakes (Part 2)
Budget Mistakes (Part 1)
Establishing Boundaries
Little Money Magnets with Great Results
Stop Apologizing For Your Design Fee
Owning Your Value
Making Clear Offers for Design Services
The Power of Abundant Thinking
What Are You Really Making Per Hour?
5 Ways Design Fees Are Better Than Hourly Rates
The Magic Question You Should Ask a Prospective Client
Welcome to The Interior Design Business Podcast