Industry Partners Keep Talking, But Are Designers Listening?

Interior design industry partners (IPs) are scrambling in a tough economy to tune into design professionals who have tuned out to traditional marketing. That's my takeaway from dozens of interviews in recent weeks with manufacturing executives, showroom personnel, sales reps and others desperatel

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Failing to Get Your Fees? 10 Reasons Why

If you're feeling overworked and underpaid this long, hot summer, don't blame your clients. Chances are,  you're undervaluing your services or committing one of the other common “money miscues” of interior design professionals. The audio program Twice the Price: Double Your Dollars as a D

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Million $$$ Marketing Audio Now Available

Million $$$ Marketing Audio Now Available

Some of the most powerful promotion costs the least.   Some of the most effective marketing costs nothing at all. Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring Budget is your guide to high impact, low cost marketing. This audio program, available as a digital download or as a CD, walks you throu

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Interior Design Business Brainteaser: Is There Fortune or Failure in Your Future?

Interior Design Business Brainteaser: Is There Fortune or Failure in Your Future?

Will you find financial success or scarcity in the months ahead? You have a choice, you know. It's as easy to attain one as the other. All you have to do is put your mind to it.  All you have to do is decide. Too many design professionals make that decision without even re

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