I am excited about the future of Connecting Designer and Clients

Social Media for Interior Designers.
The power of connection is in your hands. In the past, Media and marketing was expensive and it generally needed to be outsourced. Magazine placement, video, newspapers ( does anyone read newspapers anymore?) Was expensive considering our best clients came from referrals and word of mouth. Today, I am excited! The changes… »

A Stich In Time Saves Nine..

“A Stitch in time saves nine,” is important today as always. If your roof was leaking, it would be prudent to make the investment to repair it in order to save a much higher expense for repairing rot in the future. If our house needs paint, it is wise to repaint so we don’t have… »

Website Do It Yourself?

Your website is usually the hub of any social media marketing.
There are some key things you will want consider when contemplating your website.

Keywords - What are you selling for Search Engine Optimization.
Content Pictures, video, audio, and text
A host

There are a lot of fantastic website designers out there that can create stunning video,… »

It is about you- Interior Designers

Each month, for the next 12 months we will profile one client in social media.

(psss… it is FREE.)
It is in our interest to build your business.
What better way to learn about a designer, their work, their style than to experience it in pictures, text testimonials, video and in audio interviews.
You can be a part of… »

Designers Have The Power to Move Clients

When I was a younger man, I was working on a residence designed by Charlie Gwathmey and his crew in the city. The residence was a weekend and vacation home in Kent, CT. At the time, I was young and very (very) nieve. The owner of the company I worked for used to tell me,… »

Why Social Media?

Public - ation of  conversation
Developing Strategies on how to Leverage Social media tools for Interior Designers (and related industries.)
You have a website,set up your Facebook page, created a Linkedin account, and signed up for twitter. You even set up a blog and maybe a YouTube account or started poscasting.  Are you wondering why your phone… »

Automating Sharing Contact Information

Sharing contact information.
Twitter is a great place to meet people fast.  So how do you keep track of the people you meet and the opportunities that develop? I have been researching, testing and playing with CRM tools (Customer Relationship Management) to help companies track contact data. Before you can manage the information, you need… »

How the US Money Supply is Created

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Facebook Pages: How to Set up and Promote

Facebook pages are a great way to introduce your business to your friends and also give them a place to send their friends when they recommend you on Facebook. It is pretty easy.
You will need to set up a page
Create a memorable URL
Promote your page.
When you are on your profile page, the bottom left… »

Attracting Clients Using Social Media

UNEDITED
Hubspot, a Boston, MA Software company held a meeting hosted by Mike Volpe @mikevolpe VP Hubspot in MA. and featuring Brent Leary @brenleary Co-Founder and Partner CRM Essentials. The meeting discussed using social media for client development and management.
According to Mr. Volpe there were 6000 participants registered making this the largest webinar… »