Profit Is A Choice
268 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsOwning every choice in your business is not for the faint of heart. Each Monday, join Michele Williams, strategic profitability coach for the interior design industry as she interviews guests who are taking control of their business one decision at a time to increase their profits. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to make money while working in your passion, this is the podcast for you.
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How to View Your Relationship with Money in Your Design Firm
September 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB161: How to View Your Relationship with Money in Your Design Firm with Aimee LaLiberti With us on the podcast today is Aimee LaLiberte. Aimee is the owner of My Virtual CFO and is also a life and money coach. We are chatting about having a relationship with money – the good and the bad. Listen in as we talk about money being neutral and amoral. Afterward, leave yourself some time to reflect on how money was viewed by your family during your childhood and how that influences the type of b...
Building Profitability Into Your Design Business
September 05, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 31.8 MB160: Building Profitability Into Your Design Business with Michele Williams When I started my podcast journey in September of 2018, I knew I would only do it if I could have the time and resources to do it well and consistently. I have now wrapped up 3 full years of podcasting and this is the start of year 4. Thank you all for continuing to be willing to listen, share, and talk about the choices that make our businesses and lives profitable. I would love for you to leave a review of the ...
How to Create Profit in your Design Firm with SideDoor
August 29, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 70.1 MB159: How to Create Profit in your Design Firm with SideDoor with Chad Smith Joining me today is Chad Smith of SideDoor. Chad is an entrepreneur with a long background in the design industry. On today’s podcast we are discussing how to monetize and streamline the ordering and procurement process by using an online tool that has digitized the order process. SideDoor can be used in a multitude of ways in your business, and I hope you are as excited about learning and considering the opportu...
How to Get Unstuck in Your Interior Design Business
August 22, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 76.8 MB158: How to Get Unstuck in Your Interior Design Business with Misty Molloy Joining me on the podcast today is Misty Molloy of CoCreative Interiors. Misty began her design business a little over a year ago and has had rapid growth both in the development of her business and in her designs. After working through her financials, Misty experienced some overwhelm which lead to her getting stuck with how to move forward. Listen in as we dissect her challenge, remove obstacles, and make a path ...
How to Hire for the Weaknesses in Your Design Firm
August 15, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MB157: How to Hire for the Weaknesses in Your Design Firm At some point we all need to consider hiring. But have you considered hiring for the weaknesses in your firm? In this episode we will look at how to identify the weaknesses of your firm, how to use the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment tool to gain clarity on what is missing, and how to choose between two weak areas to determine which position to hire for first. Topics Mentioned: Hiring StrengthsFinder Decision making Key Thoughts...
How to Have a Successful Brand Photo Shoot for Your Design Firm
August 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB156: How to Have a Successful Brand Photo Shoot for Your Design Firm with Catrina Maxwell Catrina Maxwell from Cat Max Photography is joining me on the podcast today to talk all about how to create a successful brand and lifestyle photo shoot. Cat and I recently worked together to create my new photos and her process was top-notch. I loved crafting the story lines, then taking the pictures to tell the story. Listen in as Cat shares her journey in photography and how we can take photos th...
3 Ways to Protect Your CEO Position in Your Design Firm
August 01, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 17.2 MB155: 3 Ways to Protect Your CEO Position in Your Design Firm Each firm needs a CEO. A Chief Executive Officer. Perhaps, the position does not use that label – but the work of the CEO is still needed. On the podcast today we are going to look at the role of the CEO, why it is needed, and how to protect it no matter the size of your firm. Topics Mentioned: CEO Job responsibilities Ownership Key Thoughts: We need to recognize that the role and the position of CEO in your company exist...
How to Restart Your Interior Design Firm
July 25, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 78.9 MB154: How to Restart Your Interior Design Firm with Lesley Myrick With me today is Lesley Myrick of Lesley Myrick Interiors. Lesley is fun and has a super cool style. She is going to share with us on today the challenges of moving 3 times in 5 years and constantly restarting her business. There are some lessons learned and insight gained from these moves that can assist us all, no matter where we are in business. Listen in as Lesley shares how simplifying her offerings has been freeing an...
3 Reasons to Set New Goals For Your Design Business Every July
July 18, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 15.2 MB153: 3 Reasons to Set New Goals For Your Design Business Every July Here we are, midway through the year. And the question becomes, are you on track to meet your goals? I believe that July is a great time to renew your energy and also to renew your goals with a goal setting session. Listen in as we chat about the 3 reasons to set new goals in July. Topics Mentioned: New information Monitoring Energize your team Goal setting Key Thoughts: When we are creating strategic plans ...
How to Choose the Best Insurance for Your Design Firm
July 11, 2021 10:00152: How to Choose the Best Insurance for Your Design Firm with Michelle O’Connor With me today is Michelle O’Connor of O’Connor Insurance Associates located in Charlotte, NC. Michelle and I are going to talk about what insurance is, and why we need it, discuss the different types of insurance available, when to get insurance, and when to make a claim against it. There are so many different types of insurance and knowing what serves our company best will allow us to make the best decisio...
How to Choose the Best Insurance for Your Design Firm
July 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB152: How to Choose the Best Insurance for Your Design Firm with Michelle O’Connor With me today is Michelle O’Connor of O’Connor Insurance Associates located in Charlotte, NC. Michelle and I are going to talk about what insurance is, and why we need it, discuss the different types of insurance available, when to get insurance, and when to make a claim against it. There are so many different types of insurance and knowing what serves our company best will allow us to make the best decisio...
How to Conduct a Midyear Employee Check Up for Your Design Team
July 04, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 16 MB151: How to Conduct a Midyear Employee Check Up for Your Design Team with Michele Williams Years ago, employee reviews were done yearly, and they were so very formal that most people entered with some form of fear. Even those who were high performers. Why? Because you never knew how they were going to go – and the sentiment was that the reviews were always done in favor of the company. Listen in as I break down how to do a mid-year review with each of your team members, why this is im...
6 Layers of Referral Strategy for Your Interior Design Business
June 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 82 MB150: 6 Layers of Referral Strategy for Your Interior Design Business with Stacey Brown Randall With me on the podcast, today is Stacey Brown Randall. Stacey is an award-winning author of Generating Referrals Without Asking, which we talked about on episode 27 of my podcast back in 2019, and she is the host of the popular podcast, Roadmap to Grow Your Business. Stacey and I met when we were both working together as co-authors of the book, “The Things I Learned From A Well-Designed Busi...
Ways to Make Your Interior Design Business More Fun
June 20, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 24.2 MB149: Ways to Make Your Interior Design Business More Fun with Michele Williams The last year and a half have been taxing for businesses, and for business owners. The time we used to take to create a great team culture and to do things together was changed to how do we all do things apart from each other. On today’s podcast we are going to dig in to why it is important to have fun in the workplace and how to do that in a multitude of ways. I hope you can take away a few new ideas for your...
How to Create a Laser-Focused, Profitable Interior Design Firm
June 13, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 70.1 MB148: How to Create a Laser-Focused, Profitable Interior Design Firm with Desi Creswell With me today on the podcast is Desi Creswell. Desi is a coach focused on helping Interior Designers get out of the overwhelm and learning to live with more freedom and fulfillment. Desi is a co-author in the second edition of The Power Talk Friday Experts book produced by LuAnn Nigara and A Well-Designed Business. Desi and I will be talking about finding focus in your business, not only in the day ...
How to Upscale Your Design Firm with Your Mindset
June 06, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 19.8 MB147: How to Upscale Your Design Firm with Your Mindset with Michele Williams Everything we do begins in our minds. Yes, you heard that right. Our work is based on our thoughts about what we can and cannot accomplish. In today’s podcast we will discuss the mindset that allows us to upscale our design firm. Enjoy! Topics Mentioned: Fear Success Intentionality Action Oriented Key Thoughts: I've shared in the podcast before that I was greatly impacted by the book Atomic Habits by Ja...
How to Accelerate Your Design Business with Critical Thinking
May 30, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 81.5 MB146: How to Accelerate Your Design Business with Critical Thinking with Lane McNab Joining me on the podcast today is Lane McNab of Lane McNab Interiors based in Berkeley, California. Lane had a very interesting start to her design business and some immediate success right out of the gate. In this podcast we talk about moving forward without knowing everything in advance, managing fear and risk, critical thinking, and how these elements allowed her to move forward with creating her own f...
Insider Secrets of a Serial Interior Design Entrepreneur
May 23, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MB145: Insider Secrets of a Serial Interior Design Entrepreneur with Morgan Motsinger Joining me on the podcast today is Morgan Mostinger of Lot35 Homes. Together, Morgan and her husband, Ryan, own 5 businesses. Morgan and I have coached together for a year, and in that time we discovered her superpower – starting businesses. In this episode, Morgan will share how she made peace with being a starter and how conquering fear allowed her to have more experiences in her personal and profession...
How to Quickly Stress Test Your Interior Design Firm
May 16, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MB144: How to Quickly Stress Test Your Interior Design Firm with Michele Williams I have seen it before. We go through a goal setting process and then move forward without continually checking to see if the goal is truly attainable and realistic. Maybe you have heard of SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound. Today we are going to talk about stress testing our goals to check for attainable and realistic. Topics Mentioned: SMART goals Stress test Attai...
How to Grow an Influential Interior Design Business
May 09, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 41.1 MB143: How to Grow an Influential Interior Design Business with Diane Diaz Joining me on the podcast today is Diane Diaz, the Lead Speaking Coach and Personal Brand Strategist with Speaking Your Brand. She works with women entrepreneurs to help them create their signature talk so they can speak with clarity, conviction, and confidence. Today we are going to talk about creating your voice, ways to use it in your marketing and personal sales cycle, as well as how to use it as a thought leade...
3 Reasons to Take Your Design Business on Vacation
May 03, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB142: 3 Reasons to Take Your Design Business on Vacation with Michele Williams So, I did a thing. I took my business on vacation. We had such a wonderful time together. Just me and Scarlet Thread Consulting. I had been thinking of this and wanting to do this trip for a while, but the timing was not working. On this podcast, I am going to share the 3 benefits of taking your company on a vacation. Topics Mentioned: Rest Reflection Reset Key Thoughts: I wanted to have no schedule, no...
5 Ways to Attract & Keep Good Interior Design Employees
April 25, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 47.1 MB141: 5 Ways to Attract & Keep Good Interior Design Employees with Jessica Harling With me today is Jessica Harling of Behind the Design. Jessica loves to work with organizations to create training and operational systems to inspire their employees, streamline costs and develop a Rockstar culture. On the podcast today we are going to tackle the topic of client retention. What are the 5 big tips to creating an environment where our employees want to hang around and work for the success of ...
How to Easily Manage the Money Goals In Your Design Firm
April 18, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 16.4 MB140: How to Easily Manage the Money Goals In Your Design Firm with Michele Williams I am so excited to speak with you today regarding managing the money goals in your business. On our last podcast together, episode 138, we discussed the 5 main money goals that needed to be established in your firm. Now we are going to talk about how and when to manage to them. This time grab your pen, paper and a calendar and let’s get to it. Topics Mentioned: Profit and Loss Calendaring Measurem...
Top Reasons Your Design Firm Needs a Spanx Strategy
April 11, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 45.7 MB139: Top Reasons Your Design Firm Needs a Spanx Strategy with Crista Grasso With me today is Crista Grasso, creator of the Lean Out Method and the 90 Day Lean Out Planner. Crista helps growing businesses achieve more by doing less through a combination of strategic planning and lean business practices. Today we are going to talk about what that looks like for the design industry. There are many actionable activities in this podcast, so get ready to lean out your business. Topics M...
How to Easily Set Reachable Money Goals in Your Design Firm
April 04, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 19.3 MB138: How to Easily Set Reachable Money Goals in Your Design Firm with Michele Williams Are you feeling overwhelmed with work? Many businesses are right now due to the massive desire our clients are having to control where and how they live since we are spending more time at home. On this podcast, we are going to discuss how to delegate work without dumping it. There is a difference, and you might be surprised to know many of us thought we were delegating work when really, we were just du...
5 Mistakes to Avoid when Scaling Your Interior Design Firm
March 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB137: 5 Mistakes to Avoid when Scaling Your Interior Design Firm with Courtney DeRonde With me on the podcast today is Courtney DeRonde. Courtney is a CPA and Managing Partner of TDT CPAs and Advisors in Iowa. Courtney and her team provide boutique advisory services for small businesses that are in a growth mode. Today, she shares with us the 5 blindspots of a growing and scaling company. If we ignore these blindspots issues can certainly arise. Courtney offers actionable ways we can reco...
How to Easily Understand Your Interior Design Business Finances
March 21, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 48.7 MB136: How to Easily Understand Your Interior Design Business Finances with Jack Tomkins Joining me on the podcast today is Jack Tompkins of Pineapple Consulting Firm. Jack began his career in the insurance world where he focused on analytics, financials, and building relationships. Now, he works with business owners to turn their flat data into beautiful visual representations to make analyzing and understanding the data so much easier. This was a really fun conversation to have and it se...
How Successful Interior Designers Delegate to Their Team
March 14, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MB135: How Successful Interior Designers Delegate to Their Team WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS Are you feeling overwhelmed with work? Many businesses are right now due to the massive desire our clients are having to control where and how they live since we are spending more time at home. On this podcast we are going to discuss how to delegate work without dumping it. There is a difference, and you might be surprised to know many of us thought we were delegating work when really, we were just dumpin...
How to Hire the Best Assistant for Your Interior Design Business
March 07, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 38.7 MB134: How to Hire the Best Assistant for Your Interior Design Business with Laura Licursi Laura Licursi is the founder and owner of Elite Virtual Assistants, a virtual staffing agency that helps busy professionals, like all of us listening, go from busy and overwhelmed to productive by helping them delegate work that is keeping them IN their business so that they can work ON their business. In our time together today, Laura and I will hit some of the following topics surrounding hiring...
How to Build the Best Team for Your Interior Design Business
February 28, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB133: How to Build the Best Team for Your Interior Design Business WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS How often do you consider the idea of a team in your business? Perhaps you are a solopreneur and think you work alone. Or maybe you have a huge group of employees and sub-contractors. Either way, and everywhere in between – we work as teams to get things done. On today’s podcast, we will look at the 5 areas to focus on for our teams to be strong. Topics Mentioned: Role Expectations Team Characte...
The Top Skill Set That Can Explode Your Interior Design Firm
February 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB132: The Top Skill Set That Can Explode Your Interior Design Firm with Rose Zefferino Rose Zefferino is the owner of Z Domus Designs, a builder’s interior design firm, located in Pennsylvania. Rose began her career in homebuilding as a project manager right out of college then moved over the years into more of a design position focusing on selections and assisting other builders in creating a smooth-running process. This process serves both the clients buying and building the home as wel...
How to Build a Drapery Workroom from Day One
February 07, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 47.5 MB130: How to Build a Drapery Workroom from Day One with Julia Hash Julia Hash of JSH Designs in Raleigh, NC joins us today. Julia owns a full-service boutique drapery fabrication and design studio. She shares with us how her dream started in her attic, moved down to the main living space, then outside of her home. Listen in to the journey of entrepreneurship that Julia has taken, and continues to take to grow the business in a way that accentuates what she and her team do best. Topics M...
5 Reasons Successful Interior Designers Use a Strategic Plan
January 31, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MB129: 5 Reasons Successful Interior Designers Use a Strategic Plan WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS When I started my first business, I was just doing the work that was in front of me. I had no real plan for where I wanted the business to go and no real plan for the financial success and long-term sustainability of my company. Each year setting goals felt like I was just choosing what felt right or what I was hearing from others at the time without any real basis at all. And you know what, the goals...
How to Grow Your Interior Design Business via Collaborations
January 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB128: How to Grow Your Interior Design Business via Collaborations with Lori May Lori May of Lori May Interiors is with me today on the podcast. Lori started her business by blogging which led to rapid growth, an opportunity to be on HGTV, and now running a full-service design business with a team. Lori’s passion to make the ordinary – extraordinary comes through in our conversation. She focuses on building trust with her clients and vendors and enjoys the collaboration aspect of design t...
The Belief That Could Be Killing Your Design Business
January 17, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB127: The Belief That Could Be Killing Your Design Business WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS Today on the podcast, we are going to talk about the saying, “You Are Enough”. Just to be clear, I think that is a lie stated like that. And it is a lie that keeps us down, trapped, feeling less than and encouraging the imposter syndrome to grow larger in our minds. Listen in as I tell you why I believe this to be a lie, and I balance it with some truth. Topics Mentioned: Need Team Accountability Comm...
Top Ways to Define Your Interior Design Brand Beyond Your Style
January 10, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 66.3 MB126: Top Ways to Define Your Interior Design Brand Beyond Your Style with Katie Saunders With me today is Katie Saunders of Pop and Grey. Katie is a brand strategist and website designer who partners with interior designers to elevate their strategic brand design and messaging so that their brand presence reflects their style and story in every unique detail. Katie is a southern girl, so get ready for the double southern accents between the two of us. We are going to discuss why our ...
Top Reasons Every Interior Designer Should Know Her Why
January 03, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB125: Top Reasons Every Interior Designer Should Know Her Why WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS Why is Why So Important? Jack Canfield wrote the book, “The Success Principles” in 2005. I remember reading the book and just being blown away by the title of the first chapter, which was “Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life.” I will just let that one sit with us for a minute. Topics Mentioned: Why Values Alignment Decision Making Key Thoughts: I do a review of the people I work with. Michel...
Hindsight Brings Clarity to your Business
December 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB124: Hindsight Brings Clarity to Your Business with Ceil DiGuglielmo For the third year, Ceil DiGuglielmo, of the Sew Much More podcast is joining me to review the year we have just had, what made it different, how we approached moving forward, and lessons learned. Make sure to go back and listen to the last two-year end recaps, they all have something to teach. I hope you enjoy! Topics Mentioned: Gift Clarity Pride Focus Key Thoughts: I need you to have an 8, 10, 12-week plan. M...
Merging Architecture and Interior Design in Business
December 20, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 54.9 MB123: Merging Architecture and Interior Design in Business with Anastasia Harrison With me today is Anastasia Harrison, Principal Architect of AHD and Co. Through her extensive experience in complete home design, Anastasia has created a unique niche for her design firm incorporating architecture and interior design together. Her team strives to help clients live beautifully through outstanding design and to provide complete custom spaces that set a mood throughout the entire home. In ad...
Scaling a Drapery Workroom
December 13, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB122: Scaling a Drapery Workroom with Tracie Bresnahan Joining me on the podcast today is Tracie Bresnahan of Custom Creations. Tracie owns a full service, turn-key, to-the-trade workroom supporting designers. Tracie is the President of the Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA) and she is sharing with us today some of her challenges in scaling a workroom. As you all know, these are the same challenges in many cases that we have no matter the business type. Listen in as we discuss...
Year End Planning for HR, Marketing and Finances for your Design Firm
December 06, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 16.9 MB121: Year End Planning for HR, Marketing and Finances for your Design Firm WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS This is the third episode I am dedicating to going through a year-end review. I believe this process is instrumental in creating a business plan that we desire and doing it with intention. Today we will focus on some of the review process necessary in the areas of human resources, marketing, and financials. Topics Mentioned: Human Resources Marketing Financials Key Thoughts: I do a re...
How to Determine Which Project to Take for Your Design Firm
November 29, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 47.2 MB120: How to Determine Which Project to Take for Your Design Firm WITH KRISSY PETERSON Joining me on the podcast today is Krissy Peterson of K. Peterson Design located in Seattle, Washington. Krissy offers full-service design to her clients and today we are going to tackle a business challenge she is having. My guess is that each of us has had a similar question at some point, and this one has a very detailed answer. Take notes, because there is a lot to untangle. Topics Mentioned: ...
Building a Leadership Focus for Your Design Firm
November 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB119: Building a Leadership Focus for Your Design Firm WITH KRIS PLACHY On the podcast today is Kris Plachy of Kris Plachy Coaching. Kris’s focus is to guide leaders through the tricky path of learning to lead a team. We talk about her Five-Step Management System on the podcast as well as many other aspects of leading, coaching, and managing a team. This is such a great topic because many of you are growing your teams and focusing on this aspect of your business. Kris and I think alike on...
4 Year-End Steps to Prepare Your Interior Design Business
November 15, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 12.6 MB118: 4 Year-End Steps to Prepare Your Interior Design Business WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS This podcast is part of a series to assist you in planning for the new year in your business. We are going to jump in and talk about a SWOTT analysis, goal planning, how to preserve our energy, and how to say no. Topics Mentioned: Planning SWOTT analysis Goals Energy Key Thoughts: The first thing that I would have you do, is start with a SWOTT analysis. Michele (01:35) Choose one big goal eac...
Job Costing for Interior Design Firms
November 08, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 42.6 MB117: Job Costing for Interior Design Firms WITH SHANNA QUINN Joining me today is Shanna Quinn of East Orlando Bookkeeping. Shanna is Profit First certified and she works with many contractors and sub-contractors, builders and designers. Today we are going to discuss job costing; what it is and why it could be instrumental in helping you determine the true profit in your company. Topics Mentioned: Cost code Estimating Analysis Job cost Key Thoughts: Job costing is what we're goin...
6 Pre-Planning Tips for Your New Design Year
November 01, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 20 MB116: 6 Pre-Planning Tips for Your New Design Year WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS Each year around this time, November, I begin the planning process for my business the next year. In the next few solo podcasts, I am going to share with you the steps I use to make sure that on January 1, I can move forward with confidence. Enjoy the podcast. Topics Mentioned: Planning Review Time Dreaming Key Thoughts: Begin with a big chunk of time and do a deep dive. Michele (01:13) Create space to re...
Managing Business Growth Expectations for Interior Designers
October 25, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBOn the podcast today are Chandler and Jeremy Quarles of Peach and Pine Interiors. They were on the podcast back in episode 80 where we talked about them building a business together that integrated their family life and business life. Today we are going to look at a business challenge they are facing. And this is a challenge that many face – the messy middle. What do we mean by this? This is the place where you are not where you were – but also not where you ultimately want to be. The messy ...
Creating Barriers to Entry For Your Design Business
October 18, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MB114: Creating Barriers to Entry for Your Design Business WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS If you have ever read the book, Book Yourself Solid, by Michael Port, you may be familiar with his velvet rope policy. This policy is created to establish boundaries for working with your ideal client. You identify your client and give them access to cross the velvet rope to work with you. In this podcast, we are going to dig into creating barriers and then removing barriers for entry to working with your comp...
How a Financial Advisor Can Support Interior Designers
October 11, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes - 40.9 MB113: How a Financial Advisor Can Support Interior Designers WITH BRAD CLINARD With me on the podcast today is Brad Clinard of High Point Financial Design located in, you guessed it, High Point, NC. Brad’s firm supports interior designers in the journey to financial independence. We will talk more about what financial independence means, the building blocks to creating this, and how Brad’s firm differs from others. You will easily see the connection as well as the overlap between your bus...
6 Ways to Remove Overwhelm in Your Design Business
October 04, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MB112: 6 Ways to Remove Overwhelm in Your Design Business WITH MICHELE WILLIAMS Have you ever been in a place where you were getting all the jobs you wanted and dreamed of? All you have been working for. And the challenge is that it all came in at once – and now you are completely overwhelmed. Maybe you can feel your heart rate speeding up and a light sweat breaking out even as I say these words. Well, if so – this is the podcast for you. We are going to talk about how to manage and overco...