Would You Like to See Your Business Grow?

If you’re like many interior designers, you might be wondering where your clients have gone. We’d like to encourage you to attend the Interior Design Summit. There is still time to take advantage of the $50 early bird discount.
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Don’t miss out on hearing from David Bassett-Parkins - the founder of AvaLiving, the world’s premier website for interior design. David is going to show you how to easily get and do business in foreign countries! And can you imagine if you missed out on listening to Gail Doby, a successful ASID designer who has worked on multi-million dollar design projects? She is generously sharing the most profitable and effective ways to work with builders and contractors.
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- If you want more clients…
- If you are worried about the economy…
- If you need support and encouragement and real, effective, immediately useful strategies and advice for growing your design business, please do yourself a favor and invest in yourself.

For a small fee, you will get immense value. In fact, it’s guaranteed! For more info, go to the Interior Design Summit information page:

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Don’t miss this great opportunity - and take advantage of the early bird savings!

Interior Design Summit

We have been promoting the Interior Design Summit to local designers because we saw the Summit as a way to be positive about the interior design business, and help designers learn some things that would help grow their business. Nika Stewart has been spearheading the effort to bring designers together with 14 experts on everything from

Edie Marks - the #24 realtor in the country. That's number 24 out of 1.3 million! She is going to reveal the secrets of her success, including how she networks and creates relationships with affluent homeowners.

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Kathy Peterson - host of Lifetime TV's The Balancing Act? She is going to share the best ways to get publicity as a designer, both local and national.

This email from Nika this morning illustrates how positive she is and why we teamed up with her:

Can you personally affect this economy in a positive way? Absolutely! Don't think for a moment that one person can't make a big difference. And it doesn't take a lot of hard work or time.

I have been studying what makes some designers successful - wildly successful, despite what the outside world / media / friends are saying about the economy. Many of them have doubled or tripled profits this year. They are enjoying the dream businesses that they've worked for, and feeling fulfilled and happy.

And the best part about being successful is that you actually make more people successful - just by being successful!

What do I mean?

Think about it. Designers and decorators who are complaining about the economy, talking about how they don't have enough business, and reacting to their worries and concerns are affecting the economy in a negative way. Negative talk leads to more people worrying and reacting - and spending less! Which, of course, leads to more worry, more complaining, and LESS spending. A vicious cycle.

The opposite is also true. Designers who have made the decision to think positively and focus on what is good about their businesses (okay, I know I'm sounding a bit Pollyanna here, but just go with me), are noticing that they are NOT being affected by the so-called slow economy. They are investing more time and energy into improving their businesses in creative ways, which leads to more publicity and more clients, leading to more positive energy, more profits, more improving, etc.

I have designer clients who have worked with me over the past year on improving heir businesses - starting with their mindsets - who say to me, "I don't get what everyone is saying. My business is doing better than ever."

Imagine if we could recruit more designers to start thinking more positiveley? At some point we would reach what is called "The Tipping Point."

Then:
- more people would feel positive and optimistic,
- people would relax and release their worries,
- more money would be spent,
- the economy would improve!

Can you imagine? I know I want to be a part of that! Join me, won't you? If you want to have more success, model the designers who are having wild success right now. The most important thing to do first is focus on the positive. What are you most grateful for?

Now, I am NOT saying to bury your head in the sand. No, you should not ignore what is going on in the world. You NEED to keep current with business and design trends. Which leads me to the second thing you must do... The second thing you must do is learn how to run your business in the most effective way to create prosperity in current times. Creating success in business is a learned skill. Learn a few techniques, put them into action, and you WILL see improvement.

If you know anyone who needs a boost - in their mindset or in their pocketbook, please let them know about the upcoming Interior Design Summit. This Summit is designed to help designers in both areas - attitude and profits! The more designers who attend, the quicker we will see an upswing in the economy.

You can make a difference. Let's do it together!

Join me next week, and invite everyone you know:InteriorDesignSummit

To your easy success,
Nika

Bev & Mike
Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery

Norwalk Update

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Mike has an update on the situation at Norwalk at Home Accents Today entitled Norwalk Is On Knife's Edge

Bev & Mike
Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery

From Drab to Fab in 7 Steps.

Mark your calendars ladies and gents for August 23rd, Saturday 10:30 to 11:30 am. Donya Wiland, one of 2007's Top Designers at Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery, will conduct a free seminar for the public, but not interior designers, called From Drab to Fab in 7 Steps..

You'll love Donya. She has lectured in Portland and Tucson about maximizing interior design investment and shopping wisely. Utilizing her 7 steps you will have a design
that will come together to give you a complete plan.

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From Drab to Fab in 7 Steps.
When: August 23rd, Saturday 10:30 to 11:30 am.
Where: Landfair Furniture at 1636 NW 15th Portland, OR 97209
Phone: 503-249-7951
Register online:
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Our last interview of Donya took place in 2006. She arrived for the interview in a white 52 MG TD with the top down. Her hair was done up in a kerchief like a biker, the kind we saw traveling through Yellowstone in August. She’s the type of woman who could wield a wrench one day and belly dance, her hobby, the next day after a manicure.

She believes every one can benefit from using a designer to save time and money. Her motto is: “Maximize the outcome, minimize the investment.”

Bev & Mike

Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery