Podcast Your Way To a Bigger, Better, Bountiful Interior Design Business
Interior Design Business Podcasts - Episode 107
We’ve got 4 interior design business podcasts today from hosts Laura Thornton, Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi, LuAnn Nigara and Emily Janzen McGrath. Today’s interior design podcast guests include Laura Thornton and Amber Lewis.
The Business of Beautiful Space - Laura Thornton - Let's Talk Renderings with Rachel Acevedo Design - 48 min
The Mindful Designer - Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi - Networking For Success - 18 min
A Well-Designed Business - LuAnn Nigara - Throwback Tuesday: Amber Lewis: The Business Side of Your Interior Design Firm - 1 hr 26 min
Business Building by Design - Emily Janzen McGrath - Transition in Your Business, Busyness & Keeping Your Eye on the Prize! - 8 min
The Business of Beautiful Spaces - Let's Talk Renderings with Rachel Acevedo Design - 48 min
Rachel Acevedo Design doesn’t just bring beautiful spaces to life for her clients, she also offers her expert 3D rendering skills to designers looking to outsource. If you are an overwhelmed designer who wants to add 3D rendering to your services packages or if you already offer this but are spending more time doing this than growing your business, it's time to outsource.
As interior designers, we know how challenging it can be to convey our design ideas to clients in a way that truly captures the vision we have in mind. That's where rendering services come in.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
The Mindful Designer - Networking For Success - 18 min
In today’s episode, hosts Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi discuss their top 4 ways to network as a designer! Though there are tons more, they focus on ones that they believe would yield the best results for you as a designer.
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A Well-Designed Business - Throwback Tuesday: Amber Lewis: The Business Side of Your Interior Design Firm - 1 hr 26 min
In today’s episode, host LuAnn Nigara is doing one of her Throwback Tuesday episodes. From 2017, LuAnn sits down with Amber Lewis & talks about what it was that catapulted her to a level above her own in the beginning, the importance of figuring out your system and the chain of command in your firm, parenting and running a business.
Today, Amber talks to LuAnn about:
Some of the things that she’s struggled with and challenges that she’s faced, in her business.
How she had to fake it, to make it, in the beginning, when dealing with people that were way more professional and talented than she was.
What it was that catapulted her into a level above her own, in the beginning.
Being comfortable with evolving and knowing that your style could change often.
Being firm in your convictions, if you trust your own style.
That clients will tend to focus on your weakness if you let it show.
Parenting and running a business.
Figuring out invoicing in a way that makes sense to the client- it’s everything!
The importance of figuring out how to create a good contract.
Studio Webware– Amber finds this to be an amazingly intuitive program.
The importance of figuring out your system and the chain of command in your firm.
How she really works really together with her whole team.
That she understands and accepts that there will always be variables with the trade.
That her organization takes overall responsibility for everything in a project.
How she works very specifically with vendors and contractors.
That client couldn’t care less who’s fault it is if there’s a problem- It’s your responsibility!
Treating your job as if it’s your business and learning as much as possible about all it’s aspects if you intend starting out on your own, one day.
That she’s always learning, growing and being humbled.
That there’s always the human factor in business.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Business Building by Design - Transition in Your Business, Busyness & Keeping Your Eye on the Prize! - 8 min
In today’s shortest podcast episode,host Emily Janzen McGrath talks about how her life is at the moment, going through tough time sand how "It's OKAY!" to take a deep breath and how to stay the course.
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