Build a Better Interior Design Business With the Help of these Design Podcasts
The BEST Interior Design Business Podcasts - Episode 106
In today’s curated collection, we’ve got 9 great interior design podcasts designed to help you build a better interior design business.
Today’s interior design podcasts episodes come from Terri Taylor, Michele Williams, Michelle Lynne, Darla Powell, LuAnn Nigara, Rick Campos, Dennis Scully, Melissa Galt, Rebecca Ward AND featuring guests Ericka Saurit, Julie Wood, Hillary Kaplan and Miriam Silver Verga and Jeremiah Brent.
So much good stuff to help you build a better interior design biz.
Interior Design Business - Terri Taylor - The Slow Design Advantage - 27 min
Profit Is A Choice - Michele Williams - Using Your Past to Create Your Story - 1 hr
Designed for the Creative Mind - Michelle Lynne - Structuring Your Business to Navigate in Any Economy (Re-Release) - 39 min
Designed by Wingnut Social - Darla Powell - Mini News : Are Instagram Subscriptions Worth It? - 9 min
Window Treatments for Profit - LuAnn Nigara - Julie Wood: Let Passion and Enthusiasm Be Your Guide - 59 min
Design Biz Survival Guide - Rick Campos - Building a Diversity-Based Business - 49 min
Business of Home Podcast - Dennis Scully - Jeremiah Brent wants to shift the narrative on the design industry - 1 hr 1 min
The Affluent Creative - Melissa Galt - How To Reclaim Your Productivity & Profit From Procrastination - 45 min
Design Curious - Rebecca Ward - The CEO Mindset: How It Drives Success in Your Interior Design Business - 14 min
Interior Design Business - The Slow Design Advantage - 27 min
In this episode, host Terri Taylor talks about how to slow things down and avoid saying yes to a job too quickly. The advantages of a slower design process are that you get paid appropriately for your time, you know exactly what the job will require of you, and your client knows what to expect from the very beginning.
Topics covered in this episode include:
Avoiding messy jobs
When to use an exploratory agreement
How to become a trusted consultant to your client
How to structure a job upfront
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Profit Is A Choice - Using Your Past to Create Your Story - 1 hr
In today’s episode, host Michele Williams chats with Ericka Saurit. Ericka is the founder of Saurit Creative, which is a boutique brand marketing agency.
Michele & Ericka talk about story, leaning into your story and inviting people in. You're going to learn a lot not only about your brand and marketing, but about being able to invite people in to share your story and to feel a part of it, and to use words and emotions to do that.
Topics Mentioned:
Brand mindset
Emotional connection
Curiosity
Business values
Key Thoughts:
Even the best ideas, even the very best interior design will not matter if you can't present it, if you can't sell it to your client, if you can't sell the right story. Ericka Saurit (12:46)
I'm happy that we can make use of our varied experiences, to live out what's in our heart and the joy that it brings us in doing what we do. It is something that has been able to carry forward. Pulling all of the things together, the love of numbers, the way you tell stories with words, I can tell stories with numbers, I can look at them, I can see what they're showing you. I can tell you where it's going to go, I can tell you how it's going to play out, I can tell you the changes we need to make to change the story. It doesn't have to stay that static story; I can tell you how to immerse yourself into the financials. Michele (22:14)
Creativity doesn't have to manifest itself as like an artist or musician or writer, like, I think some of I mean, you'll, you know, this, like some of the most brilliant minds, in finance and in math, and in physics, and in any kind of, like, any industry, creativity is essential to innovation. Ericka Saurit (25:53)
Whether we're making a marketing decision, a hiring decision, a process decision or a financial decision, it must be in alignment with why you're here and what you're trying to do. Michele (39:29)
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Designed for the Creative Mind - Structuring Your Business to Navigate in Any Economy (Re-Release) - 39 min
Structuring your business the right way can help you navigate in any economy, no matter where you are in your interior design business. Whether you are just starting out or already a few years in, host Michelle Lynne is sharing ways for us to uplevel your business during these uncertain times.
Michelle’s intention is to give us some inspiration and courage to keep going even through all the uncertainty. Because ultimately, the structure of your business to navigate in any economy all starts with you.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Designed by Wingnut Social - Mini News : Are Instagram Subscriptions Worth It? - 9 min
Instagram Subscriptions are here, but it is a realistic way to make money? Are Instagram Subscriptions a good fit for you and your business? Stay tuned for host Darla Powell’s Weekly Mini News Sesh to find out!
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Window Treatments for Profit - Julie Wood: Let Passion and Enthusiasm Be Your Guide - 59 min
Today on Window Treatments for Profit, host LuAnn Nigara chats with Julie Wood, who calls herself “the interior designer’s best friend.” Julie’s business, The Leading Edge Drapery, is a professional workroom specializing in custom collaboration with interior designers to create luxury window treatments and soft home furnishings. She knows how to work with designers because she was trained as one.
Pick It Apart
[1:00] LuAnn thanks Julie for building a leader and helping to build relationships among others in the industry.
[6:36] Julie gives credit to her childhood sewing teacher for helping her hone a natural love of fabric and sewing.
[22:11] Julie discusses the importance of business knowledge, especially in a creative industry.
[28:38] LuAnn and Julie talk about the importance of taking leaps in your business, whether you are ready or not.
[33:23] Julie and LuAnn discuss the importance of defining your ideal client.
[45:20] Julie reminds listeners not to feel guilty or internalize mistakes because it’s business, so make decisions and move on.
LuAnn Nigara and Julie Wood's Ah-Ha Moments
“That's what I enjoy about getting groups together. You take away so much more than you ever put into just organizing it.” – Julie Wood
“Custom is when you don’t know what you’re doing and you’ve said ‘yes’.” – Julie Wood
“You can practice all day long, in whatever kind of career you want. You can practice stained glass. You can practice woodworking. You can practice that all day and night. However, if you have no business knowledge, it's almost like you're setting yourself up for failure.” – Julie Wood
“We know what we know. And we don't have any idea what we don't know.” – LuAnn Nigara
“If you wait until you're ready to leap, you're never going to leap because you're never going to be ready.” – Julie Wood
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Design Biz Survival Guide - Building a Diversity-Based Business - 49 min
In today’s episode, host Rick Campos chats with Hillary Kaplan and Miriam Silver Verga – principal designers of Mimi & Hill, a full-service interior design firm based in Westfield, New Jersey. During this convo, Hillary and Miriam share how they met, their shared passions, their distinct differences, and how their relationship culminated into a design business. They also discuss their team structure and how they rely on an untapped pool of talent to create a more diverse scope of design services.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Business of Home Podcast - Jeremiah Brent wants to shift the narrative on the design industry - 1 hr 1 min
At 38, Jeremiah Brent is a young designer. But from building a bicoastal firm to an appearance on the AD100 list to product lines to TV shows with his husband Nate Berkus, he’s packed a great deal into his career already. On this episode of the podcast, Brent speaks to host Dennis Scully about learning to let go as he grew his firm, why personalization is the ultimate form of luxury, and why he wants to change the industry’s checkered reputation.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
The Affluent Creative - How To Reclaim Your Productivity & Profit From Procrastination - 45 min
In this episode, host Melissa Galt shares her rules and tips to help reclaim our productivity.
There are plenty of important tasks that many designers and creatives tend to procrastinate on–I’m looking at you, invoicing! But I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve to help you reclaim your focus on those daunting tasks, reset your mind frame, and learn to prioritize productivity over perfectionism.
In this episode, you will hear:
Melissa’s two rules and twelve tips for reclaiming your productivity
The best way to make yourself a lasting and impactful list of incompletions
Creative ways to hold yourself accountable for finishing up those incompletions
How sometimes sprucing up your working environment can also make the task at hand more enjoyable
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Design Curious - The CEO Mindset: How It Drives Success in Your Interior Design Business - 14 min
What does it take to be the CEO of your own interior design business?
In this episode, host Rebecca Ward explores what the CEO mindset entails, why it matters, and how it can drive your interior design business to new heights.
Rebecca also shares what it is like to be one – and it’s way more than doing design work and establishing processes, procedures, and structure. There are other traits a business owner must possess to grow a business and lead effectively.
As a designer, Rebecca encourages us to adopt a CEO mindset and be accountable for our businesses. Because to achieve success, a plan, goals, and processes must be implemented.
This week's episode allows us to embrace the CEO mindset and implement strategies to help you build a successful business. These skills will help us be better leaders, delegate tasks effectively, and trust ours team to ensure a positive work environment.
Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode:
Define what a CEO is and discover why you need a CEO Mindset
Identify the different ways you can delegate in your business
Learn about the 4 CEO Mindset Tips you can use to succeed in your interior design business
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