By Fred Berns Business By Design, Inc Photro Credit: DesiLu Photography .Those who need to know you, don’t. Your top prospects don’t. Your website visitors don’t. Vendors and suppliers don’t. Even your current and past clients don’t. They don’t, because they don’t understand and appreciate all that you do, and...
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The Chaise Lounge Interview with Vicky Serany
By Nick May Owner at Walls By Design and Podcast Host at The Chaise Lounge Today in the Lounge Nick sits down with Vicky Serany, founder, and principal of the interior design firm Southern Studio. They chat about the beauty of living in North Carolina, how Vicky has had tremendous...
Style Spotters Spring 2018 Preview
Our design stars pick the emerging trends of the new season Organic textures and natural colors soften clean-lined contemporary forms. A renaissance of traditional shapes and classic structures is starting to emerge. Sculptural elements add a new and exclusive layer of sophistication. Taken together, the shapes, styles, and textures of...
Lack of Planning = Lack of Results
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University This is the perfect time of year to establish and plan your strategies to meet your end of year goals in 2018. There are a number of common talking points or recommendations, such as...
See You Tomorrow at the Interior Design Summit!
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Photo by Erin Weir It’s finally here! The Interior Design Summit begins tomorrow at High Point Market. We’re putting the finishing touches on the arrangements and checking everything twice to make sure all is in readiness to welcome...
Are Affluent Clients Worth The Stress?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Photo by Dana McGrath You may ask yourself if it’s worth the stress to focus on working with affluent clients, but ask yourself how much stress it causes you when you are trying to...
Best Practices to Close More Ideal Clients More Easily – Only at IDS
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Photo by Brittany Beach for Editor at Large Have you registered for the 2017 Interior Design Summit? As the only industry event offering growth and profitability strategies focused on the business side of interior...
Are You Running Your Business On Gut Instincts?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Photo by Brittany Beach A Fortune Knowledge Group study reported that “62 percent of executives feel it is often necessary to rely on gut feelings and soft factors when making big decisions on partnerships...
Do You Feel Guilty When You’re Not “Connected”?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Photo by Brittany Beach With so many channels of communication vying for our attention, we can feel compelled to keep up with all the chats, posts, tweets and conversations going on. In fact, that...
Are You Feeling Overwhelmed with Details?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Do you sometimes feel like you are drowning in details? You try to keep your head above water, have one eye on the big picture, watch out for what may be coming up ahead,...
