Mastering Designer for a Day & Designer by Your Side: Proven Strategies to Expand Your Portfolio and Partner with Builders
Are you feeling a shift in the industry?
Are the tariff talks making it harder for you to sell products?
Do you want to revamp your current menu of services to explore alternative, lucrative business opportunities?
Or maybe you are new to interior design and want to understand the different services you can offer that will generate a solid client base.
Either way, don’t overlook the exciting possibilities, profit, and enjoyment that can come from less complicated consulting services.
Designer for a Day and Designer by Your Side services have been growing in popularity over recent years with both homeowners and designers.
Not every client is looking for full-service design, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t willing to invest in your expertise.
The best part? You can leverage these consulting based services to build trust and secure larger projects with repeat clients.
Plus, builders gravitate towards designers who structure their business in this way, which means those trade professionals are more likely to want to work with you and refer your services time and time again.
This live workshop is exactly what you’ve been looking for if you…
✓ Wish to expand your portfolio and increase your earning potential
✓ Desire more flexibility in your schedule and less liability
✓ Want to connect with builders for a steady stream of client work
✓ Prefer the ease of working with repeat clients and obtaining regular referrals
✓ Are tired of clients who ‘shop’ you and don’t trust the process
✓ Want a simplified, step-by-step structure from someone who does this with great success
Sign up before Monday, October 13th at midnight to get the sale price.
All sales for the “Mastering Designer for a Day & Designer by Your Side: Proven Strategies to Expand Your Portfolio and Partner with Builders” workshop are final. We look forward to seeing you there!
During this three-hour comprehensive webinar, I will show you:
- How to establish a menu of services that makes it easy to identify your ideal client
- The key questions to ask on the Discovery Call that weed out potentially problematic projects
- My step-by-step process for Designer for a Day that gets rave reviews from builders, trades, and clients
- How to manage client expectations and avoid follow-up questions with structured boundaries
- Real Case Studies of 2 Designer by Your Side Projects with details of why one client story was a great success and the other was not - learn from my mistakes!
- How these interior design services can significantly boost your annual revenue
Following this exclusive, comprehensive workshop, you will walk away knowing exactly how to set up these services. You’ll see how it’s possible to develop an extensive portfolio to build your credibility and have unlimited content for your social media.
With the additional Discovery Call template, Process checklists, and Material & Selections form, you will be armed and ready with the utmost confidence to add these services to your website immediately and start connecting with builders.
Offer these as stand-alone design services or include them as add-on options to reach more clients and expand your portfolio.
I firmly believe that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.
Let me guide you there in ways you may have never considered, but that are incredible money-generating services for your interior design business.
When I first started my business, I had an opportunity to work with a reputable HGTV builder who required well-thought-out floor plans before they would quote on any project. Through that experience, I leaned into Designer for a Day and Designer by Your Side Services to continually work with builders and land repeat clients for future larger projects.
Working in this way allowed me to build an extensive portfolio, a staggering amount of 5-star reviews, and a hefty client base.
The best part? You are in control of your business.
You decide on the deliverables.
You choose which aspects of interior design to focus on.
That is why you got into business for yourself after all, right? To be in charge of your day to day, and do what you love most.
What’s Included:
- Three-hour live workshop presentation on Zoom (recording available on the following day)
- Distinctions between design services and the benefits to you, clients, and builders
- Step-by-step process of how to set up and deliver the Designer for a Day service
- Walkthrough of two real client case studies for Designer by Your Side services
- Earning potential with opportunities to upsell further services and make more money
- Live Q&A for extra Claire-ity
- Process Checklist template - easily edit with your business branding
- Discovery Call Form template
- Examples of real client invoices for each service
- Service Outline templates (these are an exceptional marketing tool!)
- A PDF Guide with an overview for easy reference that includes Bonus Tips and essential resources
Note: All templates are created in Canva and can be edited easily to make your own.
After attending my live workshop, you will have complete clarity on how to carry out these services to both clients and builders. I can't wait to see you there!
All sales for the "Mastering Designer for a Day & Designer by Your Side: Proven Strategies to Expand Your Portfolio and Partner with Builders" workshop are final.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will there be a recording available after the live event?
Yes! On the day following the live workshop, a recording of the presentation will be sent to the email address you used to register for the event and will be available for 10 days. We suggest you download it to have it in your own files.
What is the format and structure of the workshop?
The workshop will be live on Zoom for approximately 3 hours. There will be a 10-minute break halfway through and a Q&A session at the end of the presentation to have an opportunity to ask questions. When you sign up to save your seat, you will receive an email confirming your registration. On the day of the live workshop, you will receive instructions to access the downloads, as well as a link to the Zoom call.
Will there be an opportunity to ask questions?
Yes, there will be a Q&A session at the end of the presentation where you can ask me anything relating to what I share and how to make the service work for you. I’m here to give you Claire-ity on all things related to making these services work for your business!
How will this workshop help me overcome current challenges in the design industry?
The beauty of offering Designer for a Day and Designer by Your Side Services is the ability to focus on what you love most, and structure your business the way you want. With many homeowners being tech-savvy and shopping more online, they still lack the expertise or ‘designer's eye’ that you possess.
Guidance from an expert is very much needed, and once clients hire you for consulting services, they often become repeat clients for larger, future projects and are quick to refer you to others based on their incredible experience of working with you.
In addition, if you are finding that the new tariffs are impacting product sales, leaning into services that focus on something that you can have complete control over is a fantastic way to continue generating revenue.
What are the key takeaways or skills I will gain from attending this workshop?
As with any interior design service you offer in your business, to land a client and gain their trust, you need to clearly articulate what they can expect from working with you. Clients need to understand how your services will benefit them, and what are the deliverables you will provide as part of your valuable, luxury service.
You will come away from this workshop knowing all of these important elements that will enable you to confidently sell this service to both homeowners and builders.
Can I still build a portfolio by offering these services?
Absolutely! Nearly 50% of our portfolio has been built from consulting-only design service client projects. Plus, by using any before photos, flat-lay imagery, design drawings, video clips of selecting finishes, etc., you will have a ton of content to share on social media that can be leveraged to further market your interior design services.
I already have your contract templates for Designer for a Day and Designer by Your Side services, do they not include everything I need to know for offering these services?
My contract templates with service outline documents and walk-through videos are extremely thorough for what you need to legally cover yourself when offering these services to your clients. However, those templates do not include the ‘how’ or teachings for best practices for offering these services.
In my live workshop, the goal is to show you exactly how to structure these services in a way that works for you, showing you my step-by-step process, as well as insights and helpful context by learning from my real client project experiences. The contracts are important; however, they serve a different purpose.
Should I attend this workshop if I’m already offering these services in my business?
A big reason for offering this workshop is to de-mystify what these consulting services actually look like and how designers can make them work for their businesses. The feedback I have received from some designers offering these services is that they are not completely confident in the structure or setup, with many actually making it up as they go along, with no clear plan.
As always, when I teach, I give you complete Claire-ity. I share my exact business model for how we deliver these services and personally guide you with my years of expertise, along with examples of real client projects and invoices. You also get valuable marketing tools, a process checklist, a comprehensive guidebook, and more. My goal is to erase any doubt for you of what it looks like to offer these services to clients and builders.
Are your contract templates included in the deliverables of this workshop?
Because my contract templates have been purchased by many designers and have been available for nearly 6 years now, we did not include them in this workshop. We felt it would not be fair to increase the price of the workshop with those additional deliverables, since so many designers have already invested in those valuable resources.
We will, however, have all contract templates available at a discounted price, for a limited time immediately following the event and exclusively for attendees of the workshop.
What makes this workshop different from others?
Based on the current climate of the industry and what many designers are struggling with right now in terms of managing a project and clients ‘shopping’ them, I bring an alternate, refreshing approach to being successful in a way that no one else is talking about.
What I teach is a business model that no one else has done as successfully as I have or for as long as I have.
After this workshop, you will have the understanding and the tools to instantly start offering these great money-making, easy-to-do design services that have the potential to transform your business and increase your overall success.
I am a big believer that the most effective way to learn is by sharing real-life experiences. My proven methods are not based on theory. Everything I teach in this workshop is derived from my own, real client interactions. If you know me, you know this about me already!
If I don’t sign up for this workshop, will there be another live workshop in the future? Will the recording be available for purchase?
At this time, I do not plan to offer this workshop anywhere else. That may change, but, for now, I feel the best way to deliver and teach this alternative style of service is through a live workshop. If we do another workshop on this topic, it won't be until mid or late 2026.
What makes you qualified to teach designers on this topic?
I have been offering these services with great success since the year I opened for business in 2011. I have worked with numerous builders and have over 130 five-star reviews from both clients and trades, as well as having received countless awards since our opening more than 14 years ago. Just this year, we received another award recognizing Claire Jefford Inc. as the 'Best Interior Design Firm' in my hometown.
I walk the walk. I don’t hold back in what I share. I am passionate about giving you the ‘how’ and not just telling you the ‘what’. If you are ready to do this, I’m all in too!
Can I receive support or resources after the workshop ends?
If you wish for further support in any way to guide you in your business, I offer 1-on-1 coaching sessions.
What is the refund policy?
Once you have registered for the workshop, you will have confirmed your seat for the event. If you are unable to attend, you will still be sent a recording after the live workshop, which you can access for up to 10 days after the live event. All downloads will remain in your client portal with Claire Jefford Inc, which you can access anytime. Therefore, there are no refunds.
If you are ready to dive deep into Designer for a Day & Designer by Your Side services for the opportunity to expand your portfolio, secure repeat client work, and partner with builders, register to save your seat now, and I’ll see you on October 16th!
All sales for the "Mastering Designer for a Day & Designer by Your Side: Proven Strategies to Expand Your Portfolio and Partner with Builders" workshop are final. We look forward to seeing you there and making this an exceptional and prosperous service for your business.
