Do you own your own interior design business? Are you wondering how to increase your client base? Then check out this guide to interior design marketing! There are currently more than 66,000 interior designers working in the U.S. Are you one of them? Are you having a hard time establishing your business and bringing in…
Starting an interior design business on your own is hard and stressful: you have to get lots of professional knowledge, you need to overcome the fear of self-promotion, find new clients, get the payment and finally, you need to handle your own doubts and frustrations. On the top of that, I am sure many of…
How many of us working as professional interior designers faced the situation when a client insists on buying something (whether it is furniture, materials or decor) that we see will contradict with the style or concept we want to create for them. For me those situations always resemble walking on a thin ice: on one…
When it comes to the business of blogging and interior design, there is no better way to reach potential clients and develop your expertise than publishing regular blog posts. Churning out content can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Your business is your passion, so do what it takes to get…
Today I want to talk about this very important topic and I am sure many of you have experienced it, especially if you work in such a competitive industry as the interior design. First of all, I made this short video on my Youtube channel: I know that it is not always convenient to watch…
Let’s admit it. At some point in our interior design career, most of us face the situation where we have an overpowering desire to quit project we are working on. This could be for various reasons, but we have our own interior design business, we do actually have the luxury to fire a client we…
When I started my own interior design business one of the hardest things I had to deal with was impostor syndrome – basically a self-created feeling of a fraud. It’s when you doubt your expertise and ask yourself questions like “Do I have enough knowledge?” “Am I good enough at what I am doing?” “Can I…
If you started your own interior design business, one of the things you need to learn is successful delegation. Otherwise you will end up doing some robotic tasks instead of focusing on growing your business and the fun part – design itself. Why is it so difficult to delegate? These are usually the most frequent…
If you are just starting your own interior design business, one of the common mistakes you might make is undercharging for your work. This usually happens for various reasons: Fear to loose potential client and thus quoting lower rate to win the project. Lack of confidence and impostor syndrome (“I am not good enough, professional enough,…
It’s been a while since I wanted to write this post about how to get ready for your first meeting with a client. I remember when I started my own interior design business in Moscow it was one of the most daunting things to do for me. Especially when you don’t have a mentor around to…