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Interior design business handbook : a complete guide to profitability

Discover how you can run the practical side of your practice more profitably. This comprehensive guide to managing an interior design business gives you an arsenal of proven procedures and practical tools and techniques perfected over the course of some thirty years. New to this edition are sections on establishing an electronic office, the pros and cons of working alone and creating partnerships, hiring and working with off-site employees, and more. It also includes more than fifty sample forms and letters, such as an existing conditions survey and a letter of transmittal, that can easily be adapted to your own uses
eBook, English, 2001
Wiley, New York, 2001
manuals (instructional materials)
1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations
9780471227502, 0471227501
50790662
THE INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS HANDBOOK
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Finding Your Place In Interior Design
Chapter 2 Starting a Business
Chapter 3 Planning For Profit and Growth
Chapter 4 Setting Up a Design Studio
Chapter 5 Developing a Team of Staff and Consultants
Chapter 6 Marketing and Selling
Chapter 7 Succeeding in Project Management
Chapter 8 Charging For Your Services
Chapter 9 Working With Sources and Contractors
Chapter 10 Managing Your Office
Chapter 11 Mastering Financial Management
Chapter 12 Growing as a Professional
Recommended Reading
Design Schools
Index