6 Things Your Interior Design Website Needs

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Your interior design website is on duty 24/7. Is it working for you or just something pretty to look at? You shouldn’t be treating your interior design website like another room to decorate. Yes, your website needs to be attractive, but it can’t just be pretty. Your interior design website needs at least six things.

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#1 Home page with purpose

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Would they know they were meant to beyour client if they landed on your home page?

I know it sounds crazy, but maybe you should be my design client.

I know it doesn’t look like it, but I’m tickled pink about this.

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Who do you want to work

with? I simply need my home tolook ten times better than that Lizzie Borden’s home.

That decor drove that bitch cray cray.

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Is thisyourideal

client? If so,

how can youmake her smile? Cross-eyed Cynth

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When you get someone who may be your dream client on your

website, you need a call to action.

F Sign up for my newsletter.

F Schedule a free consult.

F Read my blogs.

F Check out my design services.

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Stanley, your purse isbigger than mine. Stopusing my draperies tomake your garishaccessories!

Like...

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Your About Pageis

About "�em".

#2

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You are You are telling telling them them

ABOUT ABOUT what you what you are going are going to do for to do for THEMTHEM

You are telling them

ABOUT what you are going to do for THEM

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What she means tosay is that you guysare a match made in crack den Heaven!

Listen, your living room looks great ifyou like the CrackDen look, but franklyit’s totally 80s.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Tell them:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

Tell them how you can help.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Tell them you know their frustrations.

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

Tell them how you can help.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Tell them you know their frustrations.

�en tell them a li�le bit about yourself.

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

Tell them how you can help.

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Tell them you know their frustrations.

And I do mean li�le.�is isn’t your autobiography.

�en tell them a li�le bit about yourself.

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

Tell them how you can help.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phahie/

Yeah, yeah. ASID, CID, NCIDQ.

I don’t give a F-*-C-K.What will you

do for me?

Tell them you know their frustrations.

And I do mean li�le.�is isn’t your autobiography.

�en tell them a li�le bit about yourself.

Tell them:How you solve design problems.

Tell them how you can help.

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#3Contact Page

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Do you have a way for people to

contact you?http://www.flickr.com/photos/esparta/

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[email protected]

This email address thrown on a page does not count as a proper “Contact Page”

p.s. get an email address for your domain like [email protected]

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#4 Email Opt-In.

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I hear it’sbetter than Facebook.

They say“The money

is in thelist.”

�e best way for you to stay in touch withyour peeps is by ge�ing them on your email list.

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You'll send them a newsle�er.But give it a be�er name.

Pardon me, but could I interest

you in receiving a copy of the

“Grey Gardens Gazette” It is

filled with tips on how to make

your squalor holler. Oh, did I

mention it’s free?

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#5 Portfolio.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich701/

Show your design work off so peeps can see if you are their dream designer.

Or not.

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She said she didn’t want to work together cuzI don’t do “Golden Girls” rooms anymore.

I know, I don’t want to do those types of roomsanymore, Madge. I just feel so rejected. She saidmy designs are like Delta Burke’s.

Like I’m a way better designer than Delta freaking Burke. Puh-lease.

And if you aren't their dream designer,

let them see that.

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#6 Content.

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*TOOT TOOT* HEY *BEEP BEEP**TOOT TOOT* HEY *BEEP BEEP**TOOT TOOT* HEY *BEEP BEEP*

Use your content to show off

your personality.

When your peeps read what you write, they can

"feel" you.

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Talk about: ~your design projects~the new trends ~your favorite candles ~whatever you want Just do it with personality.

To the window,to the wall, till sweat drops

down my balls...

I shall never recommend you choose orange to paint the walls.

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Let your interior design passion come through in your content.

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Lord, please help them to seethat cheap black vinyl is notfooling anyone. We all knowit’s not leather and it looks horrid. Make them stop. Amen.

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Now, go tidy up your website.

For these peeps.

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