Does this posting look familiar? Maybe so. I've published this article before. I'm re-running it because so many design professionals continue to struggle in this uncertain economy with getting their foot in the door of higher caliber clients. This article, based on information in the the A
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Few experiences prepare interior design students for the Real World like internships. And nothing prepares students for internships like the book From Interior Design Intern to Employee: How to Be a Keeper, by Jeanette Simpson. The book provides a step-by-step guide "through the challenges of prepar
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In these highly competitive times, you need new and better ways to promote yourself. You need new and better words to describe what makes you special. You need a Victory Vocabulary. The Victory Vocabulary is a collection of the 75 very best self promotion words that design professionals can include
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download inception full lenght It's a time of transition in the business of interior design, and there are a whole lotta changes going on. Your prospects are changing. The Web has made them wiser. Never has it been easier for them to buy elsewhere the design services and products you sell. All tho
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Their web sites are hindering rather than helping too many interior design professionals. That's my conclusion after surveying hundreds of web sites created by interior designers, kitchen and bath professionals, home stagers, window fashion specialists, architects, and others throughout the U.S. and
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How many competitors do you have? More than you think, if online search engines are any indication. Go to Google.com, and enter "Interior Designer" next to the name of your city, and you'll be astounded at the numbers you come up with. I asked members of my audience last week at my "Supercharge Yo
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I hear a whole lot about the issues that design professionals have with their vendors and suppliers. But what are the challenges industry partners face in dealing with design professionals? That's the focus of a national survey I've launched this Spring. buy black swan the film online The survey is
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