Podcasts Beyond Design: Business Insights for Residential Interior Designers
Interior Design Business Podcasts - Episode 188
Today’s curated collection of interior design podcasts include episodes from hosts Michael Boodro, Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi, Emily Janzen McGrath, Rhiannon Lee, Tobi Fairley, LuAnn Nigara and Kate Bendewald.
Podcast guests include Martha Mulholland, Kesha Franklin, Katie Davis, Laura Martin Bovard, Alessandra Smith, Jude Charles and Vita Vygovska.
7 interior design podcasts designed to boost your interior design business.
The Chairish Podcast - Michael Boodro - Should You Take Your Clients Shopping? - 50 min
The Mindful Designer - Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi - The Power Of Your Mind - 35 min
Business Building By Design - Emily Janzen McGrath - Fabrics, Creative Juices & Inspiration - 8 min
Designing Success - Rhiannon Lee - Alessandra Smith, From lab coat to living rooms, how daring to resign, paved her way to design - 58 min
The Design You Podcast - Tobi Fairley - How to Leverage Storytelling in Your Business with Jude Charles - 48 min
Window Treatments for Profit - LuAnn Nigara - Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why You Should Inspect What You Expect - 14 min
Designer’s Oasis - Kate Bendewald - How to Raise your Rates without the “ick” - REPLAY - 15 min
The Chairish Podcast - Michael Boodro - Should You Take Your Clients Shopping? - 50 min
Shopping with clients is always fraught. Can you take clients to showrooms and dealers without them beginning to view you as their personal shoppers? How do you make them see that the process is about creativity, not access, and that your job is not just to source furnishings and objects? And how has the interaction changed in the internet era?
Three designers from across the country—Martha Mulholland, Kesha Franklin, and Katie Davis— join host Michael Boodro and weigh in on when and why they take their clients into the design marketplace. and the price you may have to pay if you decide not to.
The Mindful Designer - Hannah Bowyer & Timothy Murenzi - The Power Of Your Mind - 35 min
In today’s episode, host Timothy Murenzi is joined by Laura Martin Bovard from "The Divine Hustler". They discuss letting the universe work for you, what this means, and the practices we can do to help us ease our busy minds and excel in our careers as designers.
Business Building By Design - Emily Janzen McGrath - Fabrics, Creative Juices & Inspiration - 8 min
Do you wonder where your inspiration comes from? Having trouble being creative? Today, host Emily Janzen McGrath talks about how to get those juices flowing and back into creative mode.
Designing Success - Rhiannon Lee - Alessandra Smith, From lab coat to living rooms, how daring to resign, paved her way to design - 58 min
In this episode, host Rhiannon Lee sits down with Alessandra Smith, the creative mind behind Alessandra Smith Designs. Leaving behind a career in pharmaceuticals, Alessandra took a risk that many would shy away from, embarking on a whole new path in interior design. In this episode, we dive deep into Alessandra's courageous leap from the safety of the lab to the vibrant world of fabrics and furnishings.
What stands out in Alessandra's journey is not just her passion for design, but her authentic approach to connecting with people she admires, seeking opportunities, and designing a business around her love for creating beauty in homes. From the way she reached out to industry leaders to her unique approach to projects, Alessandra's story is a road map for anyone looking to make a change in their career.
Whether you're an aspiring designer, a solo entrepreneur, or someone feeling a bit overwhelmed by taking that next big step, this conversation with Alessandra is packed with insights, inspiration, and real-world advice. Tune in to hear how she turned her risk-aversion into a thriving business, and how you can too!
The Design You Podcast - Tobi Fairley - How to Leverage Storytelling in Your Business with Jude Charles - 48 min
Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways you can communicate your value in this world, and Tobi’s guest this week is here to help you leverage the power of tenacious storytelling and vulnerability in your business.
Jude Charles has been producing documentaries for entrepreneurs for the past 17 years, and it’s fair to say he’s learned everything there is to know about storytelling in that time. He is sharing how he helps his clients bring their stories to life, the importance of continually redefining your why, and his tips for building unwavering courage in everything you do as an entrepreneur.
What You'll Learn From This Episode
Why designers sometimes struggle to tell their real story through their business.
The stories that help your clients truly understand you.
How Jude helps his clients share their most important stories.
Why people can do what you do, but they can’t be who you are.
How Jude’s why has been a guiding star in his business.
Why your vulnerability is what makes people want to work with you.
How to share your story and show up with courage, vulnerability, and tenacity.
Window Treatments for Profit with LuAnn Nigara - LuAnn Nigara - Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why You Should Inspect What You Expect - 14 min
Designer’s Oasis - Kate Bendewald - How to Raise your Rates without the “ick” - REPLAY - 15 min
Want to raise your design rates? Your costs have increased and it’s time you raise your rates to match this. It’s tempting to put our emotions into these decisions but today is all about sharing how to make this a little easier!
In this episode, we discuss things like…
How to raise your rates and fees with ease.
How to deliver the message that your rates will be changing.
How to feel you're worth what you’re charging so your clients do as well.
Here’s a glance at this episode…
[05:13] I share about how you could gradually increase existing clients as you increase your rates to newer clients coming in. Remember: not all clients have to be at the same rate.
[08:35] Don’t be afraid to lose some clients. I share how raising your rates may lead to some loss of clients but this makes room for new clients.
[09:45] I share how you can explain your rate increase to clients and discussion points you may want to have.
[12:00] I share about using a fee ladder structure and how you can share this with your clients as well as timelines to share with clients.
