New launch: Designer Support Service
This one is for the Interior Designers out there who are looking to spend more time doing what they do best and growing their business!
Let me ask you a question… how many hours do you spend on each project doing tasks which you’d really rather not be spending your time on? You know the stuff I’m talking about, the ‘admin’ side of designing and running a business. The time consuming necessary evils.
Prepping presentation documents for clients, removing image backgrounds, saving/uploading images for moodboards, collating links for an Excel or hyperlinking a shopping list, not to mention the hours spent trawling the internet for the perfect items to create your latest design (because you’re always wondering if there’s something even more perfect out still out there). If you’re running a design business you will know that all of these admin tasks need to be factored into your rates to enable you to be profitable, which often squeezes the time you get to spend on being creative.
There is so much involved in doing a job well from beginning to end, when mostly, designers wish they could spend more time on doing what they do best - designing.
“…mostly, designers wish they could sped more time on doing what they do best - designing.”
Also, let’s talk marketing. Many designers thrive off word of mouth, which is an ideal way to pick up clients. However it’s not the case for everyone, especially if you’re just getting started, and if that river of word-of-mouth clients suddenly runs dry, you really don’t want to be that established business just starting your marketing from scratch. Trust me, you have better things to do. There are certain activities you should keep on top to make sure you’re always a step ahead, showcasing your talents and positioning your business for success no matter what.
So you might have a website, a blog, social media channels, email newsletters… you might have one of these things, all of these things, more than these things! It’s all marketing, it’s all part of building your brand, and it all takes time. Again, time that could be spent designing and being creative, rather than writing content and uploading photography to your online portfolio.
The key to the growth of any business is to acknowledge that there comes a point when you can’t (and shouldn’t) be doing it all. Focusing on what you do best and enlisting the help of others to do the rest is one of the first stages in scaling up, or even to simply to relieving some of the pressure and allowing you to enjoy your work.
If any of what I’ve said rings true for you, ask yourself these questions:
are you ready to start growing your business further?
are you longing to have more time to be creative and find the joy in your work?
does the design admin or marketing side of your business drain you of your time and energy?
If you said ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then you are the exact person I have launched my new Interior Design Support service for.
Combining 15 years of brand marketing experience with a life-long love of interior design (an industry that I am now studying and running my own business in), you can hand over some of your tasks knowing that you are in the safe hands of someone who understands the job, who cares about your work and your brand, and respects the whole process just as much as you do. Someone who has an eye for design and who actually enjoys your most-hated tasks.
It’s a remote, flexible service which works on an hourly rate (minimum commitment of 2 hours initially) to make sure you are getting the support you need as efficiently and affordably as possible. And you know what, it can be a lonely world sometimes when you work for yourself, so feeling like you’ve got a team member when you need one is a nice added bonus.
So whether it’s writing blog posts, updating your website, prepping imagery, product sourcing, collating shopping lists and presentation documents, whatever it may be… know that you don’t have to do it all alone, come and say hello and let me know how I can help.
