Top tier interior designers earn six figures and above, while the majority of design professionals make approximately $45,000. That's one of the findings in the NEW 2012 Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey eBook created by Design Success University. The 80 page ebook is filled with optim
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The Design Success University's 2011 Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey provides a fascinating financial snapshot of how design professionals are doing these days. The results are available for immediate download. Here are a few highlights: + 53.3% of the respondents said total rev
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One person may be holding you back from doubling your income as a design professional. That person isn't a competitor or a customer. That person is you. Interior design professionals can be -- and too often are -- their own worst enemies. At my seminars in recent months I met four individual
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Design Success University is conducting their annual 2011 Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey, and they need your help. As an extra incentive, DSU will award one $100 Amazon gift card per week during the month of November. Four lucky survey participants will win. Click here to take the s
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My colleague, Gail Doby from Design Success University, is presenting her "Fee Fiascos" webinar tomorrow, and I can't recommend it highly enough. The topic is timely, and the price is right. There's no charge to attend. The program is entitled: "How to Avoid I
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It doesn’t take rocket science to attract bigger projects from better clients, and get higher profits in this challenging economy. It takes seven simple strategies. That’s the message I'll share during one of my presentations in Louisville, KY. on Sept. 8 at Inspire 2011, the nationa
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If you're based near Chicago or New York, I want to talk business. Your business. I'm offering 1-on-1, in-person coaching sessions Sept. 1-3 in Chicago, and Oct. 19-21 in New York to interior design professionals and design industry partners. I'll be in both cities on other business. So wha
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Too many design professionals earn too little. The 2011 median income for U.S. interior designers with at least eight years experience is only $68,683. For those with 4-6 years experience, it's $51,962. For designers in business for two years or less, the median is 37,647. My source for
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Bill for your time. All your time. Every time. If you earn too little income, you probably give away too much time. A key reason why many design professionals fail to achieve their financial goals: they give away their expertise. They donate too much time, too often. They don't bill
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Your success in this tricky economy will depend more on your "aim" than your fame. Time was when your reputation, alone, could assure your future prosperity. Times have changed. Welcome to Summer, 2011 a period with more gifted, extensively educated, widely-acclaimed,
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