Here are some notes and ideas from Craig Schiller’s class, “Everything Designers Need to Know about Staging”

span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:large;”Here are some important tips from Will Franco’s class, “How Designers Can Increase Profits amp; Save Time with Technology”/span/span/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:large;”br /span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”br //span/span/spandivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”75% of interior designers do NOT have a website!  Yikes!   If nothing else, you must get a blog! No web presence = no business./span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”br //span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”A website is a social validation tool. READ MORE

span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:large;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Today’s post gives you a summary of notes from Debbie Green’s class, “It’s All About Attitude”/span/span/spandivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:large;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”"A good attitude is the foundation for a successful design business.”/span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”br //span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”The more you ACT happy, the more you FEEL happy./span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”br //span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”Attitude Improvers: /span/span/span/divdivullispan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”create and stick to a budget for your business/span/span/lilispan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”clean your desk/span/span/lilispan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”smile/span/span/li/ul/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”You must earn a prospect’s trust before you can ever expect to get a sale.   READ MORE

span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:medium;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: arial;”For the next few weeks, I am going to post inspiration from the Interior Design Summit. Using just ONE of these ideas will boost your design business. If you implement a whole bunch, you will be so far ahead of the pack!br /br /We had 12 amazing experts sharing powerful, valuable ideas for skyrocketing your design business in this market. What I loved is that there were many commonalities. When you hear the same thing from so many experts, you know it’s gold!br /br /The Most Important Success Strategies for Designers:br /br /1. Blog, blog, blog. You MUST have a blog. Even if you don’t have a website, please go start a blog. It is free. It is easy. Do it now!br /br /Then make sure you post at least twice a week. Search engines love updated material, so the more you blog, the more potential clients will find you.br /br /2. Marketing is all about connections and relationships. Don’t try to promote yourself or sell your products. Just join a conversation online, share valuable information, or help someone out. It’s amazing how much better this works to boost your bottom line!br /br /3. (to be continued…)/span/span