Seriously Happy Biz Tips
My best advice for growing your interior design business
Are you doing initial interior design consults all wrong?
No judgment. I used to do them wrong too. 😬 I would get on a discovery call or go to an initial consult, ask a few basic questions, get a pretty good sense of the project scope, toss out a few smart design ideas, write a thoughtful design agreement, and then… not get the project.…
How to Say “No” To An Interior Design Client
One of the keys to having a design practice full of ideal clients is learning to say “no.” I don’t just mean during the initial consult when you feel like the client might not be a good fit (I cover that in this blog post) but also when they *are* your client. Over the last…
Five Reasons To Say “No” To A Potential Client
If I’ve learned one thing from running my interior design firm for the past 14 years it’s that I *always* regret it when I don’t listen to that little voice that says “don’t take this project.” Ugh! 😩 If you’ve ignored that voice, then you know what I’m talking about! It doesn’t necessarily mean that…
The #1 most important email to send after a design meeting
Our communication style plays a huge role in creating “good” or “bad” clients. If we don’t set them up for success and tell them *how* to be our very best clients, then how can we expect them to live up to those expectations? Specifically, the way we communicate right after a meeting is KEY to…
My favorite comm app for virtual designs
Communicating successfully with our interior design clients has always been important, but now that many of us are providing virtual interior design services, we need even more tools in our communication tool belt! Today, I am share one of my favorite tools with you, but I’m not going to talk about it – I’m going…
How to get good & useful measurements from your clients for your virtual designs
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to virtual design is getting a decent set of measurements from your client! Here I share two short videos I created to help me communicate what I needed in a quick and easy-to-understand way. The first is this video that shows my clients what kind of measurement…
The most common branding mistake interior designers make
If I ask you what you do for a living and your answer includes “I help others,” “I help people”, or “I help everyone,” then no matter what you say after those words, you’ve just made the most common branding mistake interior designers make. Why? Because “others,” “people,” and “everyone” is the equivalent of no…
How to say “no” to a potential client (when you really mean it)
Have you ever met with a client and left the initial consult feeling like this is just not going to work out? It’s like going on a first date – sometimes you just know it’s a “no.” But what if the client still wants to work with you? How do you say no to a…
5 reasons too many design businesses fail (but anyone can fix!)
1. Generic Messaging – It’s hard to succeed if your message blends into the crowd and no one can remember what you do or who you do it for. Seriously Happy business owners find ways to stand out from the crowd. They aren’t afraid to find a niche and become the go-to expert in that…
What should you charge for your interior design service? What is your service worth?
When talking about what we should charge for our interior design services, people often say to research the market and find out what other folks are charging for their services. While it is certainly essential to understand the market so you aren’t unintentionally priced way higher or lower than your colleagues, it’s just as important…
Looking for something specific?Â