The biggest of decisions are made in the slowest of times. Times like these, for example. It’s when we have the most time on our hands that we often make choices that profoundly affect our future. This certainly qualifies as one of those slower times, thanks to the holiday season and the
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What’s the best way to charge for your design services? How can you set and get higher fees in this challenging economy? What do you say when clients say you’re too expensive? You’ll get answers to those and other vital questions in a tele-panel scheduled for next Tuesday, Dec. 7.
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If you're like many design professionals, you're woefully underpaid for your time and expertise. Don’t blame your clients for taking advantage of you. Blame yourself for letting it happen. How to bill for your design services will be the key topic of a tele-panel on Tues., Dec. 7 entitle
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How should design professionals charge for their services? I say: by the hour. Others say: by the project. Others say: both ways. Still others say: neither way. What do you say? How to bill for your design services is, and always has been a complicated and controversial question. I
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What are your key challenges? How can you make next year your best year? Where you are, and where you want to go in your design business and career are among the topics we can discuss in a year-end telephone Coach Call. How to land bigger projects from better clients, create a 2011 marketing p
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Some of the best books on how to succeed in your interior design business aren't about interior design. And they aren't about business. The most valuable books for design professionals in these uncertain times emphasize peak performance and prosperity. And positive thinking. And managing
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Gail Doby offered up some interesting ideas recently about the “business of the business” – so interesting, in fact, that I want to share them with you. Gail, a designer with more than 20 years experience and the Co-Founder of Design Success University, shared her perspectives in an exc
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You have until 5 p.m.(Eastern time) today to save 50% off the prices of the best business audio collection available to interior design professionals. Order by 5 p.m. and you'll pay only $73.50 for the Digital Audio Success Series. After that, the regular price of $147 applies. How to substant
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Interior Design professionals worldwide share a common goal: higher profits. That's my takeaway now that nearly 300 design pros and design industry partners in nearly 40 countries have ordered my analysis on how to increase profits. (I'm preparing a similar report for the North American desi
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Tracee Bomberger has a website that works. That's saying something, at a time when so many interior design industry websites are so lacking. Her site, http://www.trademarkinteriordesign.com/, is as good a website as I've seen in a long time for a design professional with 15 years experience.
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