dvd Interior Design Hits Atlanta for the Design Influencers Conference
The Design Influencers 2019 Conference is an intense 3-day immersion in business tools, mentoring, design branding, and new friendships!
Part 1
I had the pleasure of returning again as a featured speaker for the Design Influencers Conference.
“ How to Monetizing Your Marketing Strategy”
As an interior designer and decor blogger, I focused on brand presence, influence, and brand-building opportunities. This annual conference attracts a national collection of design professionals and influencers from all over the nation to participate in this 3-day program which kicked off with a grand opening dinner hosted by Monogram located at the Ferguson Buckhead Showroom.
The 3 Day Event featured over 15 exclusive brands that displayed products, giveaways, and updates, and were seeking collaborations with design influencers of all types. Participating brands included
Dunes and Duchess, Norwalk Furniture, Circa Lighting, Aidan Gray, Metrie, Ballard Designs, Currey & Co., High Point Market Authority, Inside out, Materials Marketing ( for that beautiful stone and tile or the perfect fireplace and more) , Universal Furniture ( to the trade furniture) , and Crypton Fabrics ( a source that is becoming our go-to fabric for home) to name a few.
The Design Influencers Conference Finale Recap: The 3-day event has concluded, and we are savoring all the new friendships and business updates we have gained.
A great time was had by all.
Creating Income Funnels for Your Business by Deborah von Donop
Your website is your key marketing tool for presenting your vision and aesthetic. It is also a marketing tool that can create income for you, whether you are selling products, books, or consultations in addition to your full-service offering.
I presented a variety of digital strategies to incorporate into your digital presence to help you reach new customers and create additional income.
“ I am grateful and thankful for mulitple income streams depositing money into my bank account daily, and growing everyday.”
You missed the presentations?
Don’t worry, I have a video course here for you to
- Different ways design websites can be monetized without an e-commerce store
- Tech tools, skills and resources needed to build your design website into an income producing asset
- How to drive the traffic to your website and funnel it into a long-term business strategy
- Case studies of designers implementing successful monetization strategies (including some who have sold their websites for six figures!)
After this course, attendees will have:
- Actionable next steps to implement a revenue-generation strategy into their website
Additional information:
This is an online course conducted through Zoom webinar. The evening before the class, you will receive an email with information on how to join.
BOH Insiders get unlimited free LAUNCH classes.
Click here to join or learn more.
If you are already a BOH Insider and are looking to take this class, you can now register through your Benefits Portal.
DAY 1 Recap: INCOME FUNNELS FOR YOUR BUSINESS: MONETIZING YOUR MARKETING PLAN. : Deborah von Donop
How are You Extending Your Brand?
Everything you create is an extension of your brand. Decide what you would like to add to your brand offerings and set up the time to create them.
note: ( Not able to attend the conference? Stay tuned for the full video recap so you too can better grow your business, stay top of mind with existing and past clients, and build marketing income through your Website recommendations, Consultations, and Digital Products. #intquiringmindsmustknow
Ruthann and Eric Ross of Eric Ross Interiors
Eric Ross Interiors: You can purchase his beautiful and inspiring book here “ Enduring Southern Homes” You will be surprised at the beauty and love for pattern throughout his projects. Also of note, He wrote every page of this book himself!!!! #purist
Part 2
Mentoring Session and New Friends
I am excited to announce the success of the “Morning Mentoring Sessions” offered for the first time this year as a way for designers to seek free guidance and strategies from seasoned decor bloggers and online design businesses .
Di 2019 Mentoring Sessions
This year a new Mentoring Session was offered to help designers collaborate and discuss new approaches to developing an online visibility for their businesses. This is a design first approach to blogging and marketing a design business. This is a real struggle for many designers who focus on their design business as well as design bloggers, looking to activate in the online environment. Each has a uniquely different approach and should use different social platforms accordingly. Sometimes not knowing what is going to work can sometimes keep yo from starting!
Ex. QUESTIONS: Where should I focus my time to get more clients? Should I setup a shoppable Instagram page, who should be spending more time on Pinterest? If you aren’t sure how to answer these questions, ask a colleague you trust to help.
“A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships”
This was a great opportunity to mingle and share with a like minded community that became empowering & Inspiration for everyone that attended.
“A growing body of research links regular doses of gratitude to better sleep, greater happiness, and possibly even lower blood pressure.” Health.com
Creating collaborations and starting new friendships.
The design mentoring sessions made it easier than ever to connect with talented, experienced professionals from various towns and places. By taking a less formal approach to mentorship, we made decisions based on collective input from our groups. Everyone received a wealth of information that will greatly level up their skills, regardless of what the future brings.
If you are attending the DI 2020 Conference in San Francisco, you can join our mentoring round tables with myself, Carla Aston, Jana Phipps, and Jeanne Chung, as they were a great hit and will be repeated.
Closing Party
Thank you Esteem Media, NE Home, Atlanta Home and to all our exhibitors for their sponsorships, presentations, and wonderful dinner and lunch gatherings, and the group of talented designers who joined us for the morning MENTORING SESSIONS who contributed to the success of the DI 2019 Conference. To learn more about the Design Influencers Conference, visit dvdInteriorDesign.com .
Highlights and Photos:
L-R: Bari J. , Mitzi Beach, Lori Campbell, Carla Aston, Linda Holt, and more……
Amazing women: Caroline Hipple of Norwalk Furniture Jana Phipps, and moi.
Day 4 at ADAC, Power couple, Donna and Steve Hoffman of Interiors by Donna Hoffman
Cynthia Ferguson Leader in Design, my Toronto friend and mentor, Cynthia Ferguson Designs
Up up and away, On our way home…
Design Influencers 2020 Conference:
Join influencers, interior designers, new media innovators, and design brands at the Design Influencers Conference. The three-day event celebrates the intersection of interior design and new media, including social media, digital marketing, blogging, branding and more, and will be held from March 2020, at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco, CA.