Design Business Freedom

208: Interior Design Pricing Strategy: Scalable Profit

If you want to build an interior design business that is profitable, scalable, and capable of supporting the life you actually want, your pricing strategy has to do more

207: Most Designers Skip This Scaling Step; It Costs You Profit

If you want to scale your interior design business without sacrificing profitability, client fit, or freedom, this episode of Design Business Freedom is where the foundat

206: Scaling Smarter: 5 Shifts for Sustainable Interior Design Growth

If your interior design business is growing but your freedom is shrinking, this episode of Design Business Freedom is for you. I'm Melissa Galt, interior design business

205: Interior Design Sourcing: Your Secret Weapon

Sourcing does not have to eat up hours of your week or leave you scrambling when a furnishing, shipment, or receiver problem appears. In this episode of Design Business F

204: Is Your Tech Costing You Interior Design Clients?

Technology should make your interior design business more efficient, profitable, and client-friendly, but the wrong tech at the wrong moment can quietly cost you clients,

203: Interior Design Markups, Day Rates, and Flat Fees

Welcome to another Unscripted episode of Design Business Freedom, where your real-world interior design business questions get answered with practical, profitable strateg

202: Fan Favorite - How Starting Broke Built My Interior Design Business

Welcome to Design Business Freedom. I'm Melissa Galt, and in this fan-favorite episode, you'll hear the personal story behind my journey from an unfulfilling career and o

201: Fan Favorite - Steal Back 10 Hours Every Week: A Better Workflow for Interior Designers

In this fan-favorite episode of Design Business Freedom, we're diving into time mastery and a better workflow for interior designers who want to reclaim control of their

200: Fan Favorite - The Welcome Kit That Wins Clients

Welcome to Design Business Freedom. I'm Melissa Galt, and in this fan-favorite episode, you'll learn how to create an interior design welcome kit that builds trust, commu

199: Fan Favorite - The One Word That's Sabotaging Your Interior Design Profits

In this fan favorite episode of Design Business Freedom, I'm sharing one of the most powerful shifts interior designers can make to increase their profits, attract afflue

198: Fan Favorite - How Interior Designers Get Hired by Ideal Clients

In this fan-favorite episode of Design Business Freedom, I'm talking directly to interior designers who are ready to stop hiding inside their business and start being see

197: Fan Favorite - Earn More with The Perfect Interior Design Contract

In this fan favorite episode of Design Business Freedom, I walk you through how the right interior design contract can protect your profits, create peace of mind, and giv

196: Fan Favorite - Interior Design Lead Generation

In this fan favorite episode of Design Business Freedom, I'm diving into lead generation strategies that help interior designers fill their profit pipeline with better cl

195: Fan Favorite - Attracting Ideal Interior Design Clients: The 4 Intel Types Most Designers Miss

When I first started my design business, I found myself in a client trap. 80% of my revenue was coming from 20% of my clients, but 80% of my clients were delivering just

194: Fan Favorite - Interior Design Client Experience: 4 Things That Matter More Than Your Talent

Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling completely unheard? It's a common plight, but in the design world, this can spell disaster for client relationships.

193: Fan Favorite - How Interior Designers Can Work with Contractors Without Losing Their Sanity

Unless you are a designer that works in furnishings only, you are going to have to work with a contractor at some point. I don't just mean general contractors either—plum

192: Fan Favorite - How to Charge Your Value: A Money & Value Episode

When was the last time that you evaluated how you are compensated for your creative services? The last time that you raised your rates to reflect your experience and valu

191: Fan Favorite - Guaranteed Growth From Every Project

If you've ever found yourself wishing that the stellar work on the latest design project you've been devoting your time to would definitively translate into sustained gro

190: 15 Ways You're Repelling Luxury Design Clients, and How to Fix It

Affluent clients may not be discovering you through Google or Instagram, but they absolutely use both to verify what they've already heard about you. In this episode of D

189: Where Your Interior Design Business is Leaking Profit & How to Fix It

Profit leaks in your interior design business are rarely dramatic. More often, they show up quietly through over-delivering, unclear scope, misaligned clients, weak disco