Interior Design Business Life Lesson: You’re the Boss!

Several design professionals have gone to work for a new company recently. Their own. сперма в пизде As some large design firms downsize in this uncertain economy, many of their former employees are going into business for themselves. That topic came up yesterday in my conversation with

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Interior Design Professionals Should Seek Solutions, Not Scapegoats

If your business is off in this uncertain economy, blaming others won’t help. If you’re facing financial challenges this summer, it’s not the economy's fault. порно фото сын зачем штурмуем мы упорно Nor should you blame your clients. Or your competitors.

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Interior Design Business “Don’t's” for Success

What you don't do in the second half of 2009 could have a huge impact.  Want to finish this challenging year with a flourish? Then make sure you DON'T... ...meet your customers needs. Exceed them. Good service isn't good enough anymore. ... wait for customers to come to you. Go to them. In-home

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Interior Design Success Story: A New Firm Makes Good

Interior Design Success Story: A New Firm Makes Good

Maybe you've heard those dire predictions about new design firms : that one out of three of them will be out of business within two years, and that less than half of new firms will survive beyond four years. So, it's nice to be the bearer of good news about a new firm -- just a little news from a

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$100 “Power Pack” Discount Through 12/7

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Interior Design Schools Get an “F” on Business Education

Interior design schools are flunking when it comes to teaching business skills. One Magic Christmas divx There's a crisis in the classrooms at America's nearly 150 accredited interior design schools. Dirty Sanchez: The Movie hd Those schools are doing a crummy job of teaching the business side of

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Want a Design Career? Then Learn Design Business

Want a Design Career? Then Learn Design Business

Get real. The Master of Disguise movies That's my advice to students who are serious -- really serious -- about a career in interior design. "Getting real" means enrolling in schools, and taking courses that will prepare you for the business of design. That, after all,  is what design as we know i

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Prospecting Takes Preparation

Prospecting Takes Preparation

Design  professionals don't get a second chance to make a first impression.  That's why it's so important for them to to  present themselves with polish from the very outset. How do you come across in your first meeting with a key prospect? Do you give the impression you're a striver, or an ar

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A Design Career Killer: Holding on to Too Much for Too Long

A Design Career Killer: Holding on to Too Much for Too Long

  The unreasonable client. The underachieving employee. The unprofitable product line. Those kind of headaches suck up your time and steal your profits. Let 'em go. One of the best ways to gain financial freedom is to eliminate the obstacles to it. Say "see ya" to the client who bellyaches

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Positive Thinking: A Lesson Learned from Wesley Snipes

Positive Thinking: A Lesson Learned from Wesley Snipes

Even the divas of design have doubts. Cecil Hayes, a nationally-recognized Florida-based designer whose clients include prominent movie stars, athletes and CEOS, told me a while back about  her first meeting with Wesley Snipes. Snipes, the actor and producer, hired her to design his home in an

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