This guest post is by Julien Smith of inoveryourhead.net Are you repeating the same things every other blogger is saying? Are your valuable visitors turning away as soon as they see what you have to offer? Is your blog great, or is it boring? How would you know? Very few blogs turn you away with their design. You may have a custom theme or you may have something you just plopped on there for free. But what matters is getting people with your words and your ideas. Are they any good? Only Read more [...]

“Can starting a blog really grow my interior design business?” That is a very pertinent  question to ask yourself if you’re looking to grow your business. The definitive answer is, YES! Blogging can and will grow your interior design business, but you have to do it right. More and more people are starting blogs everyday. Whether they are personal blogs, sports blogs, movie blogs, product review blogs or business blogs they are popping up everywhere! So should you start a blog? If you haven’t Read more [...]

Have you ever met someone at a cocktail party that talked only about themselves? The conversation might have gone something like this… You: Hello. My name is Mary Whitehouse. What about you, what’s yours? Them: Oh hi, my name is Susie Smith. I do interior design. I really like residential design, but I have also done a few offices. I’ve been on HGTV, I belong to ASID and passed the NCIDQ on the first try. I really love creating beautiful environments for my clients and have been in business Read more [...]

When I was a young girl, all I ever wanted to do was ‘fit in’ with the rest of the kids in school. I never wanted to be singled out or ‘different’. The thought of that could send a young girl into a tizzy! I just wanted to blend in. That kind of thinking today however, is detrimental to any interior design business! As a business owner there’s nothing more important than setting yourself apart from everyone else so you can get the attention of and draw in more customers. After all, why would someone Read more [...]

Yesterday, I showed you why LinkedIn marketing expert Kristina Jaramillo changed my profile headline – and how she made it stronger in order to attract more clients and better clients. Today, we’re covering the information in the top blue box where you list your positions and your websites. 1. Before Kristina started revamping my profile, my position was “Marketing Consultant / CEO High Dollar Designer”. Pretty bland. It certainly didn’t show how I help my clients. But now, if you look below, Read more [...]

In this post, I reveal why failing to have an enticing headline is causing your prospects to skip over your profile – and go to your competitors. Now, having a lame, boring headline is just 1 way you are causing disconnect. Here are some more profile mistakes revealed to me by LinkedIn marketing expert Kristina Jaramillo…  1. Your profile summary reads like an author’s bio. For example, here’s my summary before Kristina made her changes: “As president of The Shadey Ladies for over 19 years, Read more [...]

To run a successful, vibrant, satisfying interior design business it’s important to have new clients and/or projects coming in on a regular basis. Social networking can help you get those clients and grow your interior design business, even today. If you’ve been using social media marketing to promote your interior design business and still aren’t getting the response you’d like, something’s wrong. By following a few simple steps you can get better results from your efforts. Below I’ve listed Read more [...]

I found some awesome planning worksheets that have helped me stay focused on my projects and I thought you might like them too. If you Google ‘Charlie Gilkey’ you’ll see the guy who makes these. You can even get a new set from him each month! Pretty cool huh!?  Below are the ones I like the best. I’ve made mine ‘generic’ so I can just use them over and over again each month. * Daily Action Plan * Weekly Action Plan * Monthly Action Plan I encourage you to download the FR:EE Action Read more [...]

Today I want to share with you an email written by a very well-known internet marketer – John Reese. As you start marketing your interior design business online, more than likely you’ll run across these scenarios, if you haven’t already. I’ve experienced quite a few and would like to avoid the others! I hope you’ll find this email just as helpful as I did. I found it originally on a website of another great marketer – Alex Wayo. It is quite long – but well-worth your time. I am copying Read more [...]