Interior Design Business

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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" for attracting ideal luxury clients along with her overreaching attitude of gratitude, abundance, beauty, and joy for creating long-lasting and meaningful success.

Terri knows that what you believe to be true and how you feel about wealth and money have a direct connection to the level of clients, budgets, and jobs you attract, so tune in each week to discover the strategies and support mechanics you need to achieve your goals as an interior design professional.

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Not Charging Enough?

Apr 13 2024 22 mins

Are you charging enough for your product purchasing services?I talk a lot about design fees and prices here on the Interior Design Business podcast, but in this episode, I want to discuss the product sales side of things. I’m teaching you why you should separate your design services from your product sales, how to change your mindset around product sales, and how to profit from y

Why Crazy Busy Doesn't Work

Apr 06 2024 13 mins

Do you feel like you’re always busy and yet you can never seem to get ahead?The truth is that staying crazy busy isn’t helping you as much as you think it is and in this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast, I’m exploring why. Successful business owners have teams of different people to do different jobs, leaving them with more time to work on the things that pay t

Systems = Freedom

Mar 30 2024 26 mins

Do you want to create more freedom in your life? What if I told you I know a simple and effective way to achieve that?The answer lies in systems, which is what we’re covering in this episode of Interior Design Business. I’m teaching you how to shift into a systems mindset so that you can simplify and streamline any area of your life. I’m sharing examples of systems in your da

Template Trouble

Mar 23 2024 20 mins

Are you using templates to create your letters of agreement?If you are, it’s really important that you hear this episode! Templates can be helpful, but they aren’t the be-all-end-all of letters of agreement (otherwise known as contracts). If you use a template without thoroughly reading it through or making any changes, you’re going to end up in a world of hurt. The problem i

Owning Your Financial Situation

Mar 16 2024 29 mins

Do you feel like you’re in control of your financial situation?Growing up and even into early adulthood, I always thought that my financial situation was something that just happened to me. I didn’t have control and I had to make do with what I had. When someone told me that I was the creator of my situation and I could control what happened, it changed my life. If you feel lik

The Golden Moment

Mar 09 2024 19 mins

Let’s talk about selling. Don’t freak out! I know a lot of people hate this topic. There’s a lot of bad energy and negative stories around selling, but most of them aren’t actually true, so we’re going to unpack them in this episode of Interior Design Business. I promise you do not have to be like a sleazy car salesman in order to sell. I’m here to teach you how to buil

Getting Out of Your Own Way

Mar 02 2024 26 mins

Hands up if this sounds familiar: your cash flow goes up and down like a rollercoaster, you’re struggling to attract clients and even then they can’t make any decisions on their $5,000 budget, and you’re afraid to tell your friends or family how much you made last year because they’ll tell you to get a real job.If your hand’s in the air, you’re not alone, but it doesn�

Stop Leaving Money on the Table

Feb 24 2024 23 mins

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 mon

Money and Boundaries

Feb 17 2024 25 mins

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 cre

Ethics and Bad Taste

Feb 10 2024 14 mins

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