Successful Residential Interior Designers Are Listening To These Podcasts
Interior Design Business Podcasts #129
Since I started this curated collection of the best interior design business podcasts, I have spoken with a LOT of residential designers about how these podcasts have drastically improved their businesses.
And you don’t have to listen to each & every episode. Pick & choose the hosts & episodes that speak to the needs of your business. You won’t be sorry. Promise.
Today’s collection of interior design business podcasts come from hosts Michael Boodro, Tobi Fairley, LuAnn Nigara, Vita Vygovska, Rebecca Hay, Kate Bendewald, Fred Nicolaus, Dennis Scully, Mirjam Lippuner, Jason Lockhart & Maria Martin.
Today’s podcast guests include Nina Magen, Liz Caan, Rayman Boozer, Kelli Jones, Carly Teigeler & Shea McGee
Now go learn something new & make your interior design business even better:
The Chairish Podcast - Michael Boodro - Putting Creativity First—How to Avoid Burnout - 40 min
The Design You Podcast - Tobi Fairley - Why You Need a Trademark with Kelli Jones - 28 min
Window Treatments for Profit with LuAnn Nigara - LuAnn Nigara - Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Entrepreneurship Is Hard: Do this to Make it Easier - 11 min
Resilient By Design - Rebecca Hay - 5 steps to great onboarding for new hires - 26 min
Designer’s Oasis - Kate Bendewald - Protecting your Creative Energy with Carly Teigeler - 55 min
Business of Home - Dennis Scully - TThe Thursday Show: Shea McGee debuts a MasterClass, highlights from New York Design Week and more - 41 min
Designer Discussions - Mirjam Lippuner, Jason Lockhart & Maria Martin - #1 Way for Your Website to be Found - 12 min
The Chairish Podcast - Putting Creativity First—How to Avoid Burnout - 40 min
It’s not easy to run a business, but interior design can be more difficult than most. On top of coping with the day-to-day issues—from screwed-up deliveries to overbooked artisans to indecisive clients—designers are expected to be constantly creative, nourishing their visions and endlessly coming up with clever solutions. No wonder creative burnout is an issue.
In today’s episode of The Chairish Podcast, host Michael Boodro chats with three top designers—Nina Magen, Liz Caan, and Rayman Boozer - and discusses how they remain creative in the face of all sorts of distractions and stresses, how they structure their staff to allow them to focus on design, and the tricks and techniques they use—from meditation to travel to simply going for a walk—to avoid becoming overwhelmed and to remain creatively engaged.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
The Design You Podcast - Why You Need a Trademark with Kelli Jones - 28 min
Entrepreneurs often think that because they have an LLC, their brand is protected. However, continuing to build a brand on a name you don’t actually own could cost you a fortune, or even force you into an expensive re-brand.
To help you avoid this, in this episode, host Tobi Fairley is speaking to trademark lawyer Kelli Jones.
Kelli is a virtual lawyer for entrepreneurs and business owners, specializing in contracts and trademarks. She shares how trademarks work, and the three questions that will help you decide whether you need to trademark your brand sooner than you thought.
What You'll Learn From This Episode
What a trademark actually is and how it protects your brand.
Why trademarking your brand is super important for creative entrepreneurs and business owners.
3 questions to help you decide whether you need a trademark right now.
The costs and timelines of filing for a trademark.
Why filing for your trademark early can save you a fortune.
How long it takes to register a trademark, the associated costs, and what you can expect from this process.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Window Treatments for Profit with LuAnn Nigara - Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Entrepreneurship Is Hard: Do this to Make it Easier - 11 min
In today’s episode of Window Treatments for Profit, Vita Vygovska is back to discuss how to make entrepreneurship just a little bit easier.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Resilient By Design - 5 steps to great onboarding for new hires - 26 min
In this episode, host Rebecca Hay walks us through we she is planning re onboarding her new hire! This episode is for you if you’re looking to take that next step to grow your team or bring on some help.
Recently my team went through a restructuring and we had to shift into hiring mode.
I truly never worked corporate. My journey began working for an internationally-known design firm where my onboarding consisted of being thrown into the deep end and figuring it out along the way. Through my many hiring experiences over the years, I realized that no matter how experienced someone is they still need to be skillfully onboarded so that they learn about your business and seamlessly integrate into all that you do. In this episode, I share the exact steps that I took after I found the right candidate and walk you through the plan we’ve created to onboard our new hires as seamlessly as possible.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Designer’s Oasis - Protecting your Creative Energy with Carly Teigeler - 55 min
Are you tuned into your creative energy and how it ebbs and flows?
As designers it’s part of our job to read our clients minds and also be able to have time for creative processes but moving back and forth between the two can be a challenge.
In today’s episode, host Kate Bendewald chats with Carly Teigeler about her creative energy patterns. During their chat, Carly shares some great tips on how to move between heading up long strategic conversations or taking in feedback, and producing work of a consistent quality all while protecting your creative energy.
Here’s a glance at the episode:
[05:17] We talk about the need to protect creative and social energy and how Carly started this process for herself.
[12:00] Carly and I discuss boundaries and how to start working through how you really want to work with clients. We discuss how the decision on when to take meetings, how often to engage with clients, and when you want to be social can make a huge impact on your creative energy.
[18:30] We discuss context switching and how for many of us, we lose so much time trying to switch our brains between a variety of tasks rather than go with our natural ebb and flow.
[21:45] Carly and I share about how we use hyperfixation playlists to focus on creative days to help stimulate creativity and focus on projects.
[25:25] We dive into cycle-related trends around creativity and what Carly has learned about her own PMDD and how she now factors this into her schedule and recognizes how negative feedback can impact interactions during this time.
[32:30] Carly shares her self-care list she has created based on time available for reference for quick pick me ups to get into a better creative space so that they are readily available without needing to make another decision!
[38:50] We discuss how to use the Shortcuts app (game-changer!) when we are distracted to help run through a set of prompts to see what kind of support you may need in that moment, and then suggests ideas that you know work for you.
[47:00] We wrap up with a run-down of tools that can help you fight distraction, hyperfixation, and create the natural rhythms in your business to support your creative work in the best way possible.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
Business of Home - The Thursday Show: Shea McGee debuts a MasterClass, highlights from New York Design Week and more - 41 min
BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus joins host Dennis Scully to discuss the biggest news in the design industry, from a check in on New York Design Week to a blue sofa that went viral on TikTok. Later, designer Shea McGee joins the conversation to discuss her new MasterClass.
You can check out this podcast episode here:
