How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 5th (Home-Based Business Series) - Softcover

Phillips, Nita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762750154 ISBN 13: 9780762750153

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2009

Synopsis

 Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? This book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. An experienced designer shares her experiences and advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business.

 

Learn  how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you're in business. Read all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid and much more.

 

The book is packed with worksheets, including products and services chart, sample balance worksheet, profit-and-loss worksheet, cash-flow projections worksheet, weekly accounting ledger, vendor sale sheet, bid sheet.

 

New in this edition are more "points of entry": lots of sidebars and lists, including sidebars with new information on “green” home furnishings and environmentally friendly paints that clients may ask about.

About this title

About the Author

Nita B. Phillips is an interior designer based in Wilmington, North Carolina. She began her career working for a local firm and then started and ran her own retail business for six years. She currently runs her own home-based interior design business, which specializes in consultation for private clients and builders.

From the Back Cover

Everything you need to know to run a successful interior design business from your home

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? This book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. An experienced designer shares her advice on every aspect of the trade.

Learn how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you’re in business. Read all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid, and much more. The book is packed with worksheets, including a:

Products and services chart
Sample balance worksheet
Profit-and-loss worksheet
Cash-flow projections worksheet
Weekly accounting ledger
Bid sheet
Job-tracking worksheet

This new edition also includes numerous sidebars and lists as well as new information on “green” home furnishings and environmentally friendly paints that clients may ask about.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762750154
• ISBN 13: 9780762750153
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 208