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Interior Design Business

Are you an interior design professional who wants to create time-accurate, money-generous, and fee-based job offers that clients jump to say "yes" to? Terri Taylor, President and Creative Director of the Interior Design Business Academy and the host of the Interior Design Business Podcast, is here to help interior design professionals who want to create lifestyle design businesses that pay them what they are worth.Each week, Terri is bringing her clear, proven, and repeatable step-by-step "recipes"

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23:35

Stop Leaving Money on the Table

Interior Design Business ·

2024/02/24

Could you be leaving money on the table?We’d all like to hope that we’re not, but it happens all the time, so how can you make sure it’s not happening to you? In this episode of Interior Design Business, I’m taking you through the most common ways design businesses leak money so that you can look at each of these areas in your business and make sure you’re not leaving money on the table.A profitable design business doesn’t happen by accident, it’s something that you grow with intention, consistency,

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24:46

Money and Boundaries

Interior Design Business ·

2024/02/17

Are you setting boundaries around money in your design business?Every designer I’ve ever met (including me) struggles with boundaries because we’re all people pleasers. You’re in this business because you want to serve people and make them happy, but you’ve still got to be paid for it. I’m here to make sure you’re not short-changing yourself. If you have a hard time creating and sticking to boundaries, listen up. In this episode of Interior Design Business, I’m walking you through how to create

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14:39

Ethics and Bad Taste

Interior Design Business ·

2024/02/10

What do you do when you get into a design job and discover that you don't want to put your name on it because the client's taste is so bad?You won’t be in the design industry long before one of these situations comes up, so it’s important that you know how to handle it. In this episode of Interior Design Business, I’m sharing three ethical solutions to working with a client with bad taste. All of these options will protect you and your reputation as a designer while also treating your

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14:53

Clients Asking for Resources?

Interior Design Business ·

2024/02/03

What do you say when a client asks you for your resources? Their questions might sound something like this:“Where did you get the bar stools for my kitchen? My friend wants to buy them!”“What’s the number of your painter? I need to get my daughter’s bedroom painted!”Take a deep breath and remember they’re not trying to steal from you, they just don’t understand how your business works or how to ask for what they need. The good news is, you can educate them on that and you’ll probably end up with

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21:14

Is My Design Fee Enough?

Interior Design Business ·

2024/01/27

Is my design fee enough? This is a very common question to have, especially when you’re making the transition from hourly rates to design fees. It’s hard to figure out what your fee should be, right? You want to ensure you’re getting paid for all your time and making a profit but you might feel like no one will pay for your services if you price them too high. I can help. Your design fee won’t be perfect when you’re getting started, no one’s is, but if you work on it, you’ll start to find the sweet

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27:49

The Magic Question You Should Ask a Prospective Client

Interior Design Business ·

2024/01/20

How do you turn prospective clients into paying clients?Let’s talk about the magic question you should always ask a prospective client on an initial discovery call. This question will tell you everything you need to know about whether they will become a paying client or not. In this replay of a favorite Interior Design Business Podcast episode, you’ll learn how to structure your discovery call, what to charge for it, what to include, and so much more. You’ll be bringing in new paying clients in no

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30:04

The Systems Strategy

Interior Design Business ·

2024/01/13

So, you’ve got a good design practice, a steady stream of ideal clients, and your jobs are consistently profitable. What’s the problem? You have absolutely no time for yourself. In fact, you spend most of your time putting out fires. Does that sound familiar?It’s hard to grow your business when you’re spending all your time fixing things. Do you want to know the solution to the chaos? Systems and processes. When you have repeatable systems and processes in place, your problems will start to solve

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26:54

Profitable Purchasing with Heather McManus from The...

Interior Design Business ·

2024/01/06

Where does the most potential for profit lie in design jobs? Purchasing. If you’re not sure how to get your purchasing profits up, you’re in luck. Let me introduce you to our guest for this episode of the Interior Design Business Podcast, Heather McManus. Heather is the creator and CEO of The Designers Collaborative and she knows pretty much everything there is to know about profitable purchasing in the design world. In this episode, you’ll learn how to find vendors you want to work with, spend less

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26:16

Starting a Design Business

Interior Design Business ·

2023/12/30

Have you been wondering how to start a design business? Maybe you’ve even started already but you’re not sure what to do next. I’m bringing back one of the most popular episodes of the Interior Design Business Podcast all about starting a design business. If you’ve been scouring the internet for information about starting your own design business, you’ve made it to the right place. In this episode, I’m taking you through a list of everything you need to get set up to start your business. From

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22:26

Hold Your Shape with Guest Marsha Sewdass

Interior Design Business ·

2023/12/23

What do you do when you have a client you feel you can’t say no to?This usually happens when it’s a client who put you on the map or helped your career in some way. You feel like you owe them, but they just keep calling with more and more design questions that you’re not getting paid to answer. Are you obligated to help this client? Coach Marsha Sewdass is answering all your questions in this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast. We’re talking about what it means to hold your shape, how

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15:24

Feeling Resentful About Your Business?

Interior Design Business ·

2023/12/16

“I hate my business.”“This isn’t what I signed up for.”“I’m overwhelmed.”Does this sound like your inner dialogue right now? Have you reached a place where you’re feeling resentful toward your business?Let’s talk about what happened, how you got here, and what it means for the future of your business. I want you to know that it’s normal to reach this point, so don’t feel bad about it. This feeling is telling you something about how to move forward in your business, and in this episode, I’m teaching

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29:35

Profitable Remodeling

Interior Design Business ·

2023/12/09

I want to talk about my favorite thing to do: remodeling jobs. They might be fun, but they can easily turn into money leaks if you’re not careful, because let’s be honest, they take a lot of time to do and you still need to get paid for all that time. It took me a long time to figure out how to make remodeling jobs profitable, but now that I’ve got it figured out, I want to share the process with you. This episode of the Interior Design Business podcast will walk you through how to have a successful

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22:24

How to Find Clients

Interior Design Business ·

2023/12/02

It’s all well and good to know how to turn a lead into a profitable client, but how do you get a lead in the first place?We talk about that first part a lot around here, but I want to take it back a step and talk about how to find clients. This is something that a lot of people are missing from their business plans because they don’t think they have the time or money for marketing. Don’t let that be you. I’m going to teach you how to get started with your marketing no matter how busy you are or how

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19:06

Money and You

Interior Design Business ·

2023/11/25

Let’s talk about your relationship with money. One of the biggest challenges you will face as a designer is your money story. If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ve probably heard me talk about this before, and that’s because I can’t overemphasize how important it is that you work on your money mindset. Most of us start with a scarcity mindset through no fault of our own. It could have come from experiences with money in your childhood or messages you’ve received about money from our

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26:42

Losing Control

Interior Design Business ·

2023/11/18

Have you ever had a design job that you felt you somehow lost control of?You could have an ideal client, a huge budget, and the perfect setup, but if you lose control of the job and the client takes over, it’s going to turn into a nightmare, trust me.To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, we’re going to talk about how designers lose control of jobs and what you can do to avoid it. In this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast, we’re taking a look at an example of a designer who lost

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29:16

5 Money Leaks

Interior Design Business ·

2023/11/11

Is your business leaking money?There are a few common mistakes I see designers making that are causing them to lose money without even realizing they’re doing it. If you can learn how to avoid these mistakes, you’ll also learn how to avoid losing money. In this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast, I’m sharing five potential money leaks in your design business. Tune in to find out if you’re making any of these mistakes and what to do about it. The good news is that all of the leaks are

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18:40

Pricing Challenges Part 2

Interior Design Business ·

2023/11/04

What is getting in the way of being paid what you’re worth? In Part 1 we discovered that the main reason designers don’t get paid what they’re worth is that they aren’t comfortable talking about money. We talked about how to fix this pricing challenge, but there’s more to be said, so I’m back with Part 2. In this episode, we’re taking a look at the support you need from yourself and from the people surrounding you in order to feel comfortable charging more. Once you get comfortable talking about

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24:03

Effective Discovery Calls

Interior Design Business ·

2023/10/28

Designers often ask me, “What questions should I ask in a discovery call to see if this could turn into a real paying client?”What if an effective discovery call isn’t so much about the questions you ask as it is about the system you use? Let’s talk about your discovery call system: the process that you use to take your clients from their first interaction with you to your first paid appointment. In this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast, I’m teaching you the five step selling system

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26:54

Pricing Challenges Part 1

Interior Design Business ·

2023/10/21

What is getting in the way of being paid what you’re worth? I want to address the most common pricing challenges that you’ll face as a design business owner. Maybe you’ve struggled with this before or maybe you’re looking out for your future self. Either way, this is important information for you to know. This episode will teach you how to reframe your money mindset, get comfortable talking about money, and ask for what you’re worth. Many of us have been conditioned to be so uncomfortable talking

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17:45

Time Starvation Epidemic

Interior Design Business ·

2023/10/14

Do you feel like you never have enough time for all the things you want to do?Usually, when I ask fellow design business owners what they want their businesses to look like, they can give me a pretty clear answer, but when I ask them why they aren’t working towards it, they say something like “Oh I don’t have time for that.” If that sounds like you then I have another question for you: why not?If your time isn’t being spent creating the business and life you really want then what’s it being spent

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