Interior Design Business
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Does Your Website Sell Your Business? business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends designing a great website entrepreneur female entrepreneur how to be a ceo interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo return on interiors roi system running a small business selling from your website small business small business owner smart business updating your website website updates women led business women run business

One of the most important sales tools that you have is the one that is most often overlooked!! That's your website, of course! It's the first place many of your prospective clients will find you - so what does it SAY about you?? It's also the first place that press or potential partners will go...

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4 Ways to Boost Your Confidence boost your confidence business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends confidence is key confident ceo entrepreneur female entrepreneur how to be a ceo interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business women led business women run business

I have said it so many times - confidence is THE key to your company's success! If you don't have confidence in your talent and in your business, it's going to be very difficult for you to convince people to hire you. You also tend to second guess yourself when you aren't confident. That can mean...

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Getting Back on Track When the Wheels Fall Off business coach business ideas business leader business solutions business tips business trends entrepreneur female entrepreneur getting back on track how to be a ceo improving business interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo making mistakes return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business women led business women run business

Things don't always go our way. A project can go sideways, one mistake can seriously impact cash flow, or we can get hit with something crazy, like a pandemic or economic crisis. Some things we can plan for, and some we definitely cannot. But the old saying is true: It isn't about how we fall,...

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How to Have Difficult Client Conversations business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends clients customer service entrepreneur female entrepreneur handling tough clients how to be a ceo interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business tough conversations women led business women run business

It is never fun to have a hard conversation with anyone, but it's especially difficult when it's your client. It doesn't matter if they're being difficult, if you've made a mistake on the project, or if you've got to tell them that their furniture order is delayed again. Those tough talks are one...

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How to Stay on Budget for Your Design Projects budgeting for home design business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends entrepreneur female entrepreneur how to be a ceo interior design interior design budget interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo renovation budget return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business staying on budget women led business women run business

Setting a budget - and sticking to it - can be one of the hardest and most stressful parts of an interior design project. Especially today! Costs are rising every day on both supplies and furnishings, and it's so important to lock in pricing when you can. But once you FINALLY have set a budget,...

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5 Tasks You Need to Delegate business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends delegating tasks employees entrepreneur female entrepreneur how to be a ceo how to delegate how to delegate at work interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business women led business women run business

Delegating is one of the HARDEST things for interior designers to do! We tell ourselves that if we just do a task then we'll save money. Or that it takes longer to tell someone else how to do it than to just do it ourselves. None of that is true!! You are the biggest money-maker in your company,...

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Why Employee Performance Reviews Are Important being the boss business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends employee relations employee reviews employees entrepreneur female entrepreneur how to be a ceo interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo leading your company return on interiors roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business women led business women run business

There's been a trend away from formal employee reviews with the long documents and the metrics. And I understand that - it can be a pain and it seems weird to do in a small office. BUT - it is actually critical that you have a performance review system in place. Even if your team is just you and...

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How Is Your Cash Flow? business coach business ideas business leader business tips business trends cash flow entrepreneur female entrepreneur financial review financials how to be a ceo interior design interior design business interior designer kathleen dipaolo return on interiors reviewing your cash flow roi system running a small business small business small business owner smart business time to review your financials women led business women run business

The number-one thing that can hurt your business more than any other thing is your cash flow - or the LACK of cash flow! That single issue has brought down huge companies - especially when bills have come due before there are funds to pay them. It's something that businesses of all sizes need to...

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