Starting Your Career As An Interior Designer This insider's guide contains all The Necessary Tools and Strategies to Successfully Launch and Grow a Business in the professional design, competitive world of interior design. Drawing On The authors' extensive experience, this book includes case studies, and personal anecdotes that helps teach you how to: - Choose a design field - Obtain and keep customers - garner referrals - market position and your business - we competitively bid projects - manage sales - organizes a budget - Manage start-up costs and cash flow - Promote your business - product and branch out Into Architectural Design - Design Within a retail environment - set pricing guidelines - sell to your target Demographic - set up your office Readers Will Find a History of the business side of interior design as well as "Various career tracks available to today's budding entrepreneurs. Any early career interior designer student looking for gold Practical Advice On The ins and outs of running a design firm Will need this one-stop guide. Posted on August 27, 2010.
CommentsBev Siemer says... What a great book! I pieced the business side of interior design together over many years. What a treat to be starting out and have it laid out before you.
In the early years of a new business, finding clients can seem overwhelming and urgent. Hale and Williams give a good overview of essential techniques including networking, public relations, advertising, webs and blogs, branding, client interviews, and strategic partnerships.
It is a book to pour over many times. Enjoy.
Posted on August 28, 2010 Evangelina Spadaccini says... Some people have more of a touch with design than others. "Starting Your Career as An Interior Designer" is a guide for those with the talent who want to break into the business of being an interior designer. From picking a specialized field, to finding clients, maintaining good relationships with them, doing the business half of operations, and so much more, "Starting Your Career As An Interior Designer" is an ideal acquisition for anyone who wants to make their interior design business dream a reality. Posted on September 2, 2010 Cyndy Rotch says... This book has a lot of useful information and even websites to review for additional help. Posted on September 2, 2010 Leave a Comment | 
