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Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
As an interior designer, do you find yourself caught between your love for design and the realities of running a profitable business? Whether you're launching your firm or scaling to new heights, the business side of interior design can be complex—and often overwhelming.
That’s where Katie Decker-Erickson comes in. As a business coach for interior designers and the founder of a multimillion-dollar design firm, she knows firsthand what it takes to build a thriving, sustainable business while staying true to your creative vision. With nearly 20 years in the industry and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Katie is actively in the trenches—elevating her own firm while helping other designers master the business of design.
We’ll answer questions like:
How do I get more interior design clients?
What should I charge for interior design services?
What are the best marketing strategies for interior designers?
How can I grow my interior design business?
How do I build a brand as an interior designer?
How can I scale my interior design business?
What systems do I need to run a successful interior design business?
How do I create a client onboarding process for my design firm?
Is it worth hiring a coach for my interior design business?
This show delivers actionable tips on how to grow an interior design business with smart, sustainable strategies. You'll get insights on marketing your interior design services, building a strong brand, streamlining your systems, and scaling your firm—without burning out.
If you're an interior designer, firm owner, or creative entrepreneur ready to build a profitable, passion-filled business, you're in the right place.
Tune in, and let’s grow your interior design business—together.
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
44: Finances & Marketing for Interior Designers in 2025 [The Table]
As interior designers, we love being creative and bringing a client’s vision to life. Financials, budgets, and marketing strategies? Not so much. But our firms simply don’t exist without these key elements of business. Between the neverending natural disasters, dramatic economic shakeup, and mounting questions of what to focus on to grow the business—it’s feeling pretty intense for all of us. So… let’s talk about it!
In this Q1 episode of The Table series, LuAnn Nigara, Rick Campos, and Dr. Jennifer Chukwujekwe are back for a refreshingly genuine conversation about financial and marketing changes they’re making in 2025 after seeing what their 2024 reviews revealed. Hear brilliant untapped marketing strategies, the one place you should never not invest in, the importance of actively nurturing a community, and how to know what to do next to scale your business. All that and more in this week’s Coaching Corner—let’s begin!
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://successbydesign.coach/podcast/b/Finances-budgeting-and-marketing-for-interior-designers
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