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How to Improve the Business-Side of Your Interior Design Business
Residential interior designers are among the most creative of creative business owners in the entire world. Transforming a house into a home that combines beauty, function, style and meaning is not a task for the unimaginative.
Unfortunately…a LOT of interior designers fail at their business not because of their skill as a designer, but because they struggle with the business side of their interior design business. That’s why we invited / begged Gail Doby to give us some advice on how we can improve the business side of our interior design business.
For those that don’t know, Gail Doby is one of the most skilled and well-known interior design business coaches in the world. With 20+ years’ experience running her own design firm (plus degrees in Finance, Banking and Interior Design), Gail knows what she’s talking about.
In our Q&A interview, we dove deep into interior design business processes, how design school fails interior designers, and how easily you can implement effective systems & processes into your interior design business. Hope this helps :)
Too Much Process: Can You Over-Systematize Your Interior Design Business?
Too Much Process: Can You Over-Systematize Your Interior Design Business?
I love designing business systems & processes. It makes my nerd-brain ridiculously happy. Perhaps a little too happy.
But…as much as I love the processes that help a business run more efficiently, provide an improved service and make more money…it is possible to mess things up and over-process a business. Especially if that business offers a luxury service…like residential interior design.
Designing for Success: Uncovering the Best Interior Design Business Podcasts
Designing for Success: Uncovering the Best Interior Design Business Podcasts
Today’s must-listen interior design business podcasts episodes come from hosts Terri Taylor, LuAnn Nigara, Melissa Galt and Laura Thornton.
No podcast guests today :(
If you’re a residential interior designer looking to make your business better, today’s business podcasts for interior designers is the perfect place to start.
Interior Design Business - Terri Taylor - Getting Out of Your Own Way - 20 min
Window Treatments for Profit - LuAnn Nigara - What Would Lu Do?: What is Exciting Windows and Why Should I care? - 19 min
The Affluent Creative - Melissa Galt - Your Permission Slip to Play (for More Profit) - 40 min
The Business of Beautiful Spaces - Laura Thornton - Let's talk about the 5 items this designer cannot live without. - 40 min
We Review The KEY: Nancy Ganzekaufer’s Pricing Tool for Interior Designers
We Review The KEY: Nancy Ganzekaufer’s Pricing Tool for Interior Designers
Interior design business coach Nancy Ganzekaufer has created a downloadable pricing tool for interior designers called The KEY.
Like many of you, I was introduced to Nancy by her many appearances on LuAnn Nigara’s podcast - A Well Designed Business. During Nancy’s chats with LuAnn, Nancy has always shared a ton of high-quality, actionable advice. As LuAnn says, Nancy Ganzekaufer is one #smartlady.
If The KEY can do half of what Nancy told me it can do for interior designers, I needed to take a long, hard look at The KEY, put it through it’s paces & share my findings with the Interior DesignHer community. So that’s what I did.
After analyzing The KEY, I reached out to Nancy and set up an in-depth Q&A with her about The KEY for this article & accompanying video interview.
So…without any further ado, here is my interview with Nancy Ganzekaufer as we discuss The KEY.