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COMING SOON
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ARTICLES, BLOG POSTS & NEWSLETTER ARTICLE PACKAGES
• Articles you can use to add on your blog or for your newsletter
• Package prices depending on quantity
• Articles written by Gail of her staff that you can copy & paste
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AUDIO/VIDEO EDUCATION & PRODUCTS
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Soundpages.com - Mike Stewart
• How to use A/V in WordPress
• Microphones & A/V equipment
Audio Acrobat
Easily record you own podcasts & audios with a simple to use web-based service using your phone or an external microphone plugged into your computer.
www.audioacrobat.com
Create Your Website & Blog Videos:
This is a great software package for editing you videos - even our videographer uses it!
Edit Your Website & Blog Videos:
I just bought one of these. They are easy to use…just stay tuned for our latest videos. If you want to explode you business…think about adding video.
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BOOKS
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Influence
by Robert B. Cialdini
This is a book that everyone should read. This will give you an antidote to the tactics that the media, salespeople or marketers use to control consumers. Knowledge is power.
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The Speed of Trust
by Stephen M.R. Covey
This is an outstanding book that will help you establish trust, the faster you will grow your business and relationships.
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The Interior Designer’s Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting
by Theo Stephan Williams
This is an excellent handbook that every designer needs in their resource library.
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The Interior Design Business Handbook - A Complete Guide to Profitability
by Mary V. Knackstedt
We may be right -brained, but we also need to understand how to maximize our profitability.
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Professional Practice for Interior Designers
by Christine M. Piotrowski, ASID, IIDA
If you haven’t read this book, it is a resource guide for all professional interior designers on how to run your business like a business.
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MERCHANT ACCOUNTS
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Click Bank & Commission Junction
• Easy to use system if you are selling digital products
PowerPay
• Merchant Gateway with simple set-up & assigned representative
• Discover, Visa, MasterCard
Pay Pal
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SERVICES
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Stemper & Associates, Inc. - Monique Stemper, President
Accounting, Studio I.T. Support, Sales Tax & Payroll
I personally recommend the outsourcing company that I use for accounting services. Monique and Mary have done an outstanding job for me, and they are dependable and experienced with our industry. P. 303.797.3329, F. 303.797.3362
Drapery & Upholstery Consultant - Kathy Martin-Friesz
Outsource your drapery & upholstery design to a professional and award-winning interior designer that will design beautiful treatments for your projects. E. martiniqueinteriors@msn.com P. 303.507.0877
Gibson Design Management, Inc. -Alexandra C. Gibson,
President & CEO
Outsource Purchase Orders, Expediting & AutoCAD so that you can get back to the real reason you became a designer.
Gibson Design Management, Inc. provides unparalleled service to interior designers and their firms through offering a membership-based professional alternative to in-house staffing. Gibson Design Management was founded and is advised by a professional interior designer and ASID member with over 30 years in the industry. She built a successful interior design business and through years of learning what works and what doesn’t has implemented systems, technology and hired the best people to ensure her business’s success.
6255 Indian Ridge Drive, Earlysville, VA 22936
P. 434.978.2020 F. 434.293.9395
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SOFTWARE
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dreamDraper® is the premier design software for the industry. It is versatile and easy to use with applications in window treatment and whole room design, space planning and redesign. Then use Quick Quote to quickly and easily estimate the cost of the treatments. “Visualize your client’s dreams with dreamDraper!”
Studio I.T. - Lance Haeberle, CEO
Studio Designer is the premier management and accounting application for interior design professionals.
• Create & email proposals with images quickly & easily
• Create purchase orders & email to your showrooms
• Complete accounting management and reports
• Income Statement
• Balance Sheet
• Time Billing
• Database with vendors, subcontractors and clients
• Management Reports
• Project scheduling
• Project management
• Expediting records & reminders
• Create online client records - your clients can access 24/7
• Website development for interior designers
545 Broadway, Suite 33, Denver, CO 80203
P. 303.573.0768
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COOL STUFF!
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One of the best ways to increase your knowledge is to download classes to your:
I love my I-Pod Touch…I even have my class videos loaded so I can distract myself when I am exercising.
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If you are an avid reader like I am, this is a great way to have many books in your bag when you travel. If you read a review about a great book, you can download it within minutes to your Kindle and save a trip to the store or save shipping costs. Immediate gratification!
