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How I Got Seriously Happy
Lessons on getting schooled by business.
How to respond to a bad yelp review
As service professionals our reputation is everything, so it can feel like the end of the world when you get a bad Yelp, Google, or Houzz review. If you’ve just gotten a rotten review don’t despair! Handled well, a bad Yelp review can actually improve your business and get you more and better clients! I’ll…
How much should you charge for your interior design service?
When you are just starting your interior design business it can feel really weird to set your design fees. How much should you charge? Will people really pay you what your worth? What are you worth, anyway? Setting the right price for your interior design services is ESSENTIAL for succeeding in business. The right price…
How to name your interior design business: Should you use your own name?
When you are just launching your interior design business one of the hardest decisions you face is what to name the company. Do you name the interior design company after yourself? Julie Johnson Interiors JJ Designs Deluxe Interiors by Julie Or do you name the interior design company something bigger than yourself, something that captures…
Should you charge your interior design clients hourly, or with a flat fee?
Whether you charge hourly or with a flat fee in your interior design business is entirely up to you, and there are pros and cons to both options. Pros of charging interior design clients hourly: Cons of charging interior design clients hourly: Pros of charging interior design clients a flat fee: Cons of charging interior…
How to avoid the pick-your-brain clients (or at least get paid for working with them!)
Have you ever spent an hour with a client on an “initial consultation” and then not get hired you because they just took your ideas and ran with them on their own? It is SO frustrating! That used to happen to me, but I figured how to fix it. Now – I may have 99 problems,…
Why you should track your time (even if you don’t have employees)
The list of things I wish I’d known when I started my business is too long to count, but one of them is this: the sooner you start tracking your time, the more money you will make. Want to know more? Time tracking doesn’t have to be hard, but it does mean building a new habit.…
Self-Care for small business owners: Setting communication expectations with your clients
Your boss isn’t likely to help you take care of yourself (cuz it’s YOU lol) Whether you work for yourself as a small business owner or as a freelancer in the gig economy, it’s essential that you find ways to care of yourself… cuz no one else is going to do it for you. Unlike…
Hey Rebecca, how do I handle client questions like: “can I bring a friend?”
Rules & boundaries that serve you *and* your clients. You know that moment when things are going great with your interior design client, and then they throw a question at you that you didn’t expect? Here’s a great formula for dealing with this kind of sticky situation. A colleague of mine was about to go on a…
What to say when a contractor low-balls a remodel project (without bad mouthing the contractor)
No interior design project can become a reality without the help of a contractor (unless you are dealing with an avid DIYer, of course) and that means you need to keep these hard working folks on your side. So what do you do when a contractor has given a client a really low, unrealistic price…
It’s not a competition
If you’ve ever had an idea, maybe for a business, or a poem, or a painting, I’ll bet a little voice inside you piped up and said something along the lines of “you’re not good enough,” “it’s not a good idea,” or “someone else is, can, or will be doing it better.” If you have…
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