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Tips About Confidence You Need To Know
Nearly every time I’m out talking with a design group about steps for growing a design business, a designer will come up to me afterward and share that she is just not ready to do those things because she needs to feel a bit more confident before making that kind of...
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That One Thing… For Marketing & Rooms!
Designers often ask me, “What is the one marketing thing I could do to ensure that I have a consistent flow of affluent customer calling me on a regular basis?” It’s a great question but most designers don’t like the answer. Let me put it in a different context, it’s...
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Mindset Shifts – FINAL VIDEO IN FREE TRAINING SERIES
Mindset shifts have filled my life with opportunity, transformation, and abundance, and I know it can happen for you too! A quick recap of the work you’ve done so far: In the first video, you reconnected with your bigger why/dreams/vision for being a designer, owning...
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What do ALL successful designers have in common? – FREE TRAINING VIDEO SERIES – PART 2
I’ll share that with you in just a second, but first… thank you! My cupeth (and email) runneth over with the moving, passionate, and thoughtful sharing of the dreams and bigger whys for becoming an interior designer. Working with great clients, enjoying plump bank...
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The Art of Creating The Life You Love – FREE TRAINING VIDEO SERIES
Broke, divorced, and heartbroken. This was me when I found myself as a single parent with a straight commission furniture store designer job selling the ugliest pink sleeper sofas you can possibly imagine. Motivated, passionate, and abundant. That’s how my world...
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Helping Your Business Grow – Secret for Doubling Your Income
A little-known fact about doubling your business and making twice as much income this year over last year is that it isn’t a matter of working twice as hard or twice as many hours. That’s right, it’s actually accomplished with a shift of your mindset. Your mindset is...
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She Did What?! How A Designer Made 10x More This Year!
This week a designer sent me an email full of joy, wonder, nd excitement… and I just have to share her story with you! Why all the excitement? She just received her biggest deposit check ever on a design fee of almost $30K and a signed Letter of Agreement that notes...
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Tips For Avoiding Travel Nightmares This Summer
Summer is a great time for traveling (especially if you live in Arizona) and it seems all too common to feel surrounded by a cloud of tension and chaos, with hordes of edgy, fearful people who seem to be waiting for something negative to happen when flying these...
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Don’t Have Time for Marketing?
I took some time off and had a fun with my kids at the San Diego Zoo. My grandson Easton and I searched for that little monkey we know is in there… somewhere. Just like you know that your next ideal client is out there… somewhere, but where are they? If you’ve been...
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You Owe Who What?
After one of my recent workshops for the Hawaii ASID Community, a designer shared how her practice had grown, how successful her design practice had become, and how incredibly busy she was… like so busy she had no free time. She had a staff to help her, but as I spoke...
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Pricing Expert Secret Revealed!
There’s a simple trick for shifting an “I don’t know what my budget is” client into a “How soon can we get started” client, who then hands over a deposit check during your very first meeting. All you need is become a Pricing Expert and I’ll share exactly how to do...
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99 Problems… but A Budget Ain’t One
There is a problem that just doesn’t seem to ever go away for us designers. It starts when we ask a potential residential client what’s their project budget. What do they ALMOST ALWAYS say? “I don’t know.” At least ninety percent of the time, right?! So what gives? Do...
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Business by Accident or by Design?
Some designers love goal setting and thrive on reaching lofty standards. They bask in the glow of their creative and financial accomplishments. While other designers have great difficulty and hold many fears around making a commitment to their business and personal...
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