by Sean Durkin | Aug 10, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If you want a real behind the scenes look at what it takes to grow an interior design business, here it is: it is rarely neat, perfectly timed, or fully figured out before the next move happens. You make decisions before you feel fully ready. You test ideas before...
by Sean Durkin | Aug 2, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If you want better interior design projects, better referrals, and more opportunities to work with affluent clients, you need to be more intentional about where you network. The best places to network for high-value opportunities are the places where affluent people...
by Sean Durkin | Aug 2, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If you want better projects, better clients, and better referral relationships, you need to be more intentional about where you spend your time. The short answer is this: the best places to network for the big fish are the rooms where affluent homeowners, trusted...
by Sean Durkin | Jul 22, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If you want to close more interior design projects, the answer is usually not to become pushier, slicker, or more salesy. It is to become better at qualification. The designers who consistently close a high percentage of the right projects are not winging discovery...
by Sean Durkin | Jul 15, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If a potential client says all the right things, seems excited, praises your work, and then hires someone else, it can feel personal. But in most cases, it is not a verdict on your talent, your portfolio, or your future. Here is the direct answer: when they love you...
by Sean Durkin | Jul 8, 2024 | Marketing By Design
If you want better clients, better projects, and a healthier business, you do not need more random visibility. You need to be in the right rooms, build the right relationships, and follow up in a way that makes people remember you. Here is the direct answer: great...