Hi Welcome to another episode of  A Well-Designed Business. On the show today I have Brook Devenport. Brook is the owner of Blinds & More located in Minnesota. We are going to hear Brook’s personal story and how she took a business that practically started by accident and after nearly 6 years she transformed it into a well run, profitable business with 7 team members who together do both custom window treatments and interior design in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.

Show Notes 

• The business didn’t magically grow into a high earning business.

It took a lot of planning and tool-using

• Initial sales targeting was $60,000 in yearly sales.
• On the second year annual sales was $178,000.
• Current sales run to $650,000 annually
• Sales goal was but sales was
• Things they did differently to achieve the sales goal
• Her husband’s role in the success of her business
• Tracking appointments and tracking dealer’s performance
• All the tools they installed to track and monitor the business
• Their “ahah” moment
• Color coding the hard files
• The Tony Robbins effect on their business
• Being intentional. What it means
• When they decided to run a business, to work on her business, not simply in her business.
• The role of advertising on her success
• Quotables:
• If you know how to sell, you can sell almost anything. – Luann
• Take responsibility for setting your goals for monitoring your expenses, for analyzing every project for net cost and net profits.
• Manage your business with your eyes wide open.

You can find the rest of the show notes and resources  at www.windowworks-nj.com