You and Marlene Oliphant have something in common: photos on your website. The difference is, her photos have captions. Chances are, yours don't. Marlene, a Glendale, CA. designer who is a coaching client of mine, has an explanation for every one of her photos at www.marleneoliphant.com. There's the
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The median income for U.S. interior designers with at least eight years experience is only $72,120. For those with 4-6 years experience, it's $50,501. For those with an experience level of 2-4 years: $43,374. My source for those numbers: a report released by Salary.com. My word for those numbers: "d
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Forget, for a moment, what your income is. Focus, instead, on what it can be. Your income this year can be substantially higher. And it WILL be if you follow the steps in my new FREE report entitled: “10 for ’10: The Ten VERY BEST Ways to Turbocharge Your Design Business in 2010.” Thi
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When you work with large commercial clients, multiple contacts are as key as meaningful ones. For years you work with a big client-- a firm responsible, say, for hospitals, or banks or shopping malls. The design projects and the orders and the money keep pouring in. You couldn't be happier. On
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Asking more questions ges your more business. Just ask a physician. The most financially successful doctors do the best job of finding their clients’ pain, and prescribing remedies. Make this the year that you play doctor. download movie paranormal activity 2 Make this the year that you spend mor
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If bigger sales and higher profits are on your mind, Baltimore is the place to be on Feb. 13-14. Baltimore is the site of the Exciting Windows! annual conference, for which registration is free. The two day event will offer programs on topics ranging from building your sales to internet mark
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There may have been as many industry partners as design professionals on hand last week at my presentation for an ASID chapter. Maybe more. The ample IP turnout at my "Supersize Your Success" program for the ASID Los Angeles chapter was a familiar sight. I've noticed an increased effort in
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