How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762738774 ISBN 13: 9780762738779

Publisher: skirt!, 2006

Synopsis

From developing a business plan and estimating start-up costs to pricing the services and staying profitable once in business, this completely revised and updated guide includes the author''s experiences and advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business.

About this title

About the Author

Nita B. Phillips is an interior designer based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Upon obtaining her associate degree in interior design, she began her career working for a local firm. After gaining some experience she started her own retail business, which she ran for six years. She currently runs her own home-based interior design business, which specializes in consultation for private clients and builders of model homes.

From the Back Cover

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own business.
You'll get practical, real-world advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business. You'll learn how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, network, publicize your business, and stay profitable.
Whether you want to specialize in window treatments or design entire rooms, this guide will give you the foundation for building a successful home-based business.

Learn all about:

Getting Clients and Referrals
Outshining the Competition
Bidding Competitively
Managing Your Sales
Advertising on a Budget
Organizing Your Business
Getting Paid

Use these special features and workbook pages:

Start-up Cost Worksheet
Products and Services List
Sample Balance Worksheet
Profit-and-Loss Worksheet
Cash-Flow Projections
Worksheet
Vendor Sale Sheet
Change Order
Bid Sheet

Edition details

• Publisher: skirt!
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762738774
• ISBN 13: 9780762738779
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 207