I’ve been hearing so much about mentoring younger professionals these days in all kinds of business talk. We all can find benefits from these relationships, however, I think these days, that we tend to look at them from a rather one-sided standpoint. I’d like to offer up a few thoughts on the subject from the mentor’s point of view today and see if perhaps there are a few other pros out there who might agree.
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Want To Hire An Interior Designer? Here's How We Manage Our Intake Of Clients.
Every designer has a client intake system of some kind. Here's how we manage that process. Oh, and I'm having a sale on my one-time consultations!
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The Lookbook - A Tool For Discerning Interior Designer / Client Compatibility
I have had clients where style and the ultimate goal or look of the project weren't quite defined before we signed the contract.
Or maybe we all thought we understood the ultimate goal, but really, we weren't quite on the same page about what the client wanted for an end result.
Click through to see how we are coping with this on some of our larger scaled project proposals.
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We're Moving! And My 2017 Biz Goals
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There's so much happening right now that I almost let January slip by without revisiting my business goals. :-)
I've been meaning to publish these, since I know there are lots of designers that read this blog and I always like to hear other designers being honest about their businesses. So, finally, I'm screeching in right at the end of January to share what's up. Well, it's February, but who's counting.
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