Hot Young Designers Club | Interior Design Business Podcast

We'd love it if you would join us for our very first Hot Young Book Club! Like all of you, we always want to learn, grow, and challenge ourselves. We're introducing bonus episodes as we discuss our first book, The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. The Big Leap explores the emotions that prevent us from achieving our goals and reaching new levels. We're going to explore how these concepts are affecting our business and personal growth.

We know you're all busy, so we're breaking it down into bite sized chunks so you can follow along with the reading and discussions. Our special guest, Claire from Etch & Ivy Design, will be joining the discussions. Claire is part of our original group of Hot Young Designers before we started the podcast. If you want to keep up in realtime, follow our schedule below:

• [Meeting 1] Discuss Chapters 1-2 / August 7, 2020
• [Meeting 2] Discuss Chapters 3-4 / August 21, 2020
• [Meeting 3] Discuss Chapters 4-5 / September 4, 2020
• [Meeting 4] Discuss Chapters 7 + Takeaways / September 18, 2020

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The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome their Hot Old Husbands to the show. Rebecca's husband, Terry, and Shaun's husband, Sean, talk about how their jobs are different than ours. They also share their reactions to our career changes, their favorite projects we've completed, and what they've learned by being married to creatives. Hardly any editing was needed to make them sound nice! Rebecca and Shaun also share their weekly Fizzle & Sizzle.

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Shaun's One Room Challenge Rue Magazine Feature

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome attorney Ashlee Hightower, of Contracts For Creatives, to have a conversation about how our contracts can help protect us (and our clients too). Ashlee offers guidance about how to use our contracts to prepare for the worst and help us achieve our best results from tough scenarios! She shares her own journey with us from corporate practice into creative fields. Rebecca and Shaun play a fun Kiss/Marry/Kill challenge - Quarantine Edition.

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In their sauciest (and maybe most controversial) episode yet the Hot Young Designers are asking for some things to... Just Stop! They dig into pet peeves, #firstworldproblems, and professional courtesies.

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Shaun was inspired by Damon Wayans' + David Alan Grier's performances during the Men on Film segments on In Living Color

Learning social media courtesy from Shavonda Gardner

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On this episode the Hot Young Designers are getting the party moving with the second installment of their Process Party series. They're focusing on client consultations with how they set the tone, how they get paid, and how they add value for their clients.

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We build off of Episode 8 - Process Part Pt. 1 - Client Intake

Using Acuity to automate our processes

Helping clients understand construction costs with the Cost/Value Guide

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During this Bonus Episode Rebecca and Shaun have a candid conversation about how their intention to create a unique and diverse community was not being reflected in their actions.

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This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Anastasia Casey of IDCO and The Identité Collective to have a candid conversation about how our social media strategies can help attract more of our future clients and not other designers. Anastasia offers guidance about where to find our dream clients and how to speak to them through all of our platforms. She shares with us the moment she knew it was time to embrace the niche direction of her business and how she empowered herself to say no to anyone that wasn't her ideal client. Rebecca and Shaun even got Anastasia to share how she helps her clients increase their visibility and engagement online, positioning the value of an interior designer, and some inspiring words to help navigate the current economy. You don't want to miss Anastasia's amazing episode and our epic Kiss/Marry/Kill challenge - The Sibling Edition. Let's go!

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Anastasia’s Episode on Real Talk Design With Michelle Binette was life changing

On this episode the Hot Young Designers are DJing their first Process Party: Client Intake. They're spinning down how they each create a consistent client experience from an initial inquiry to scheduling the in-person consultation. Nothing is off limits from intake form questions to automation steps to integrating their calendars. They even share their experiences generating revenue from stand-alone consultations and debate displaying their rates on their websites.

Rebecca and Shaun introduce their new segment - Too Lit To Quit where they share the things they can't quit both in their personal lives and in their business.

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Too Lit To Quit

Rebecca's

Warm Warm Cup

Normal People on Hulu

Four Hands Spring 2020 lineup

Shaun's

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

Mosquito Repellant Incense Sticks

Electric Fly/Bug Swatter

Bat Box

Acuity

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Prepare your intake forms to be ready for discovery calls by identifying your ideal client and ideal project like we discussed in Episode 5 - Does Your Brand Suck?

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This week the Hot Young Designers sit down for a conversation with their special guest, interior designer Lindsey Borchard. Lindsey talks about running her company, Lindsey Brooke Design, and how taking prudent risks helped her overcome her fears. She also offers ways to maintain creative bandwidth, how she found her design tribe, and why she partnered with the Identite Collective to launch Design Camp. The HYDs loved Lindsey's thoughts on using vulnerability to create trust, how she chooses her vendors and suppliers, and what she does to prepare clients for mistakes and problems. Bear with us because our ending may seem a little abrupt this week due to an audio recording issue.

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Learning from the legendary customer service experience at The Ritz Carlton

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome their first guest to the show, interior designer Ginny Macdonald. Ginny shares how she developed her new collection with Lulu & Georgia, the power of collaboration over competition, and why we should let our crazy show. Rebecca and Shaun dive into how Ginny handles delegation and creates a work/life balance with her business. You definitely don't want to miss their controversial game of Kiss-Marry-Kill: The Greenery Edition!

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Ginny was Design Director at Style by Emily Henderson