Interior Design Is Dead. Well at least getting interior design clients the old way is. You have to embrace the new way of doing things to get clients.

1. Interior Design Is Dead

2. You’re looking for
interior design clients
in the wrong places.
"http://www.flickr.com/photos/schnappi/2321628609/
Yo yo yo! When you’re
starting to figure out where
your bread is gonna come
from, you could be making
this old school mistake.

3. You don’t have two different types of clients anymore:
Real Life Clients vs. Virtual Clients

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/excitingsounds/5511010446/
You see, all of your
“real life clients”
and your
“virtual clients”
are going to
look for you
on the corner
on the internet.

5. She will ask her friends first
if they know a designer
she could hire,
but her friends may reply
with either
a) they did and that wench
was horrible or
b) no they haven’t.
Meet Mabel
Betty said don’t hire this one designer
because she thought that wench was trying
to make a move on her man!
That chick must have been blind, I mean
you’d have to see Stan, but he’s about as hot
Gary Busey. Just sayin’ .

6. Next,
Mabel will be Googling,
not using the doorstop
formerly known as
the phone book,
to find an
interior designer.
I just found out about
the internet. There’s lots of dirty
pictures on there of some girl
people call “Fire Crotch”.
Let’s just say my eyes have been
violated.

7. your clients are still gonna
Google you,
read your blog,
virtually judge you and
then decide if they want
to contact you.
All of this based almost
entirely on your online
presence i.e. your website.
Referrals are great, but...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanan_cohen/455238557/

8. Mabel is going to:
Click
Bookmark
Stalk
Ponder
And repeat.
For a while.
Before she contacts
you...
patience, grasshopper.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4734845344/
I got your “Two Bytes”
right here.
And by “bytes”, I do mean
“bite-sized”.

9. The old way of doing interior
design is dead.
It’s really important to
acknowledge that because
whether or not you want to
have an eDecorating business
or not, you need your interior
design business online.
You need to have a virtual pad
that turns your clients on,
not in that way.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christopher_barson/2640888173/
I’m bringing
sexy back.

10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aresauburnphotos/1290290113/
Trying to get interior
design clients with a
shitty website design
does nothing but
make your job
ten times harder.
Girl, if you gots one of them
fugly websites that looks like a
donkey’s ass, you best start
hustling to get yourself
a new website.

11. Your website,
your blog content,
your keyword research,
your branding --
all together is what
is going to pull
you through to continue
to make money.
It is a work in progress and
it is something that you will
continue to build.
Go big or go home.

12. Hola! I’m Alycia.
I’m an interior designer turned brand designer and coach.
I help interior designers build their online empire.
Need help making your virtual pad the spot clients never wanna leave?
Click here to check out my services.
Or ...Get some free training on my website.