This is the start of a new series on the blog where I outline my response to various questions that get asked in my free Facebook group. The question I am answering in this post is whether you should take commissions from trades you send work to.
Read MoreHere’s your path to a $100K per year design business! 🚀 This list will help you focus on the right things to be working on for YOUR stage of business so you can move up a revenue bracket this year! 🎉🎉
Read MoreI have a very strong opinion on the topic of whether or not designers should be keeping their trade discounts or sharing them with clients and it goes against what many designers in the industry believe (or do themselves). But here are 9 of the benefits that I see in sharing your trade discounts with clients.
Read MoreWriting online is completely different to how we were taught to write in school. You’ve only got a couple of seconds to capture someone’s attention and make them realise that your blog post, newsletter or Instagram caption is worth their time and attention. Here are four tips for how to improve your online writing.
Read MoreHere is my monthly business reset and review for January 2023. I share my revenue, wins and learnings from last month and plan for the month ahead.
Read MoreIf you only service clients 1:1 in your business then you are limiting your ability to make money and scale what you are doing (i.e. work less hours and make more money). This is a topic I am really passionate about and is the way I have scaled my own business from a 6 figure business working 1 to 1 with clients to one that makes multiple 7 figures per year where I work only a few hours a day. Here’s some ideas for you…
Read MoreYou may be wondering what resources and tools you need as an interior designer. In this post I share some of the essentials that every interior designer should have in their kit.
Read MoreAs we get going with 2023 I want to share the framework I've used to grow my business over the past 10 years or so. I have used this simple framework to grow from $0 in revenue and no community to the business I have today that makes 7 figures + per year and has a community of more than 120K across all the different channels I create on.
Read MoreVery little about running an interior design business is actually about design itself. In this post I share the common traits and characteristics that define the world's top interior designers and how these traits contribute to their success.
Read MoreYou will no doubt have seen all the talk about ChatGPT and how amazing it is and how we all need to learn how to use it. But ChatGPT is only as good as the prompts you give it. In this post I want to share 5 ways that interior designers can make the most of ChatGPT to improve their workflow and get work done faster.
Read MoreA short story about Picasso and why you should probably be charging more for your work.
Read MoreThere are 49 weeks left in 2023. Don’t let another year pass without getting on top of your content creation for your interior design business. To help you start taking action and reduce your excuses for content creation I’ve brainstormed 49 content topic ideas for you in this post. I also give you a step-by-step plan for how to get your content created. If you take action on this post you’ll have 49 content pieces created by the end of 2023!
Read MoreIn this post I’m sharing what I would do if my entire business disappeared tomorrow and I had to rebuild it again from scratch. Building a million dollar a year business may seem completely overwhelming but it’s honestly not that complicated when you break it down step by step. Here’s what I would do…
Read MoreI don’t think enough designers think about the fact that we are quite vulnerable when we go and meet new clients. Here’s a few things I used to do to make myself feel more safe going into people’s homes by myself.
Read MoreI have nearly 100,000 followers across my two Instagram pages. In this post I’m sharing my approach to Instagram in 2023 and how I’m planning to continue growing (and adding value) on the platform this year.
Read More95% of the books I read are not that helpful. But there are a handful of books that I have returned to time and again as I’ve built my business over the past decade or so. These are the books that have fundamentally shifted my thinking and the way I do business. Or they are resource books that I have used time and again to look things up. In this post I want to share what those books are.
Read MoreIt’s important that we are always trying to move our community off the platforms we don't own and to assets that we own and control ourselves - and your email list is one of the big assets you can build in your business. But I know many people find email a bit overwhelming so in this post I share what I do and how I’ve become consistent with it.
Read MoreA guiding principle of my business is that I don’t want any full time staff. But I still want my business to grow and I can’t do it all on my own. So I get my help in other ways - mostly via contractor roles where I outsource certain parts of my personal life or business to free up my time to work on my business. Here’s how I run my multi-million dollar business with no employees…
Read MoreIn this post I share the pros and cons of using your own name in your interior design business name, and offer some other tips on naming your design business as well.
Read MoreStarting a business can be both exciting and challenging, and making mistakes is a natural part of the process. In this post I share some of the mistakes I made when starting my interior design business and offer tips on how to avoid making the same mistakes I did!
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