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Spring is here! And it is that time of year to clear out the clutter that you've let build up over the winter months. Give yourself a week or a weekend to do nothing but get rid of things you don't need. This means your desk and office, your junk drawer and kitchen, your closet and bedroom, your laundry and mudroom, and yes your vanity and bathroom. There are so many places we allow chaos to collect and now is a perfect time to clean out, refresh, renew, and recharge!

PowerPoint for prospecting! Having just completed a stunning (according to the meeting organizer) PowerPoint for my Trends presentation in China, I realized how great a tool it is for prospecting. Put selected images from your portfolio into a short PowerPoint (no more than 3-5 minutes) add some bells and whistles including sounds if you want to. Keep this readily available on your laptop for use at luncheons, networking meetings, and initial consultations. This is more interactive than the old fashioned zipper bag with still shots, and shows that you are up on technology. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words and you can speak volumes when you share your talent.

Off to the Orient! Well it's finally here; I head off to Guangzhou, China this Sunday for a week of presenting western design trends to architects, developers, homeowners, designers, and top design students all in China. I've got a three city itinerary, a bit of a whirl wind tour. I'll get to address the top design school and tour the top design firm, very exciting. David Bassett-Parkins, the founder of Avaliving.com, will be traveling with me to do his own presentation. Great opportunities will come from this global excursion.

Prospering by Design, YOURS!

Melissa Galt
The Six Figure Design Professional
Your Interior Design Business Systems Specialist
Devoted to Your Design Business Success

"That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure."

~ Madonna, Rock Star

Facebook Webinar Now Available

The Facebook Webinar, How to Find Friends and Fortune was a success Tuesday night! Get your copy of the REPLAY, MY NOTES, and access to our follow up Q&A here for just $47:

http://melissagalt.com/webinars/facebook-replay.html

We covered the nuts and bolts, shortcuts, tips, and tools to maximize your results in a minimum of time. Participants learned:

And a lot more! The REPLAY, MY NOTES (you know they'll be easier to follow than yours), and access to our follow up Q&A call is all available for just $47.

The Q&A call is Tuesday, April 14 at 8pm EST so you can put it on your schedule. Yes, I am happy to answer questions about Twitter and any other social media as well. We will be able to access my screen so I can show you first hand the answers to your questions.

How to Write Your Way to Prospects and Profits!

I've been a Platinum member of www.ezinearticles.com for some time now, having submitted articles for over 5 years now. What does that mean? Whenever I write an article on marketing, lead generation, business development, decorating, staging, entertaining or more I publish it in an online article directory that is accessed by millions of viewers per week. These viewers not only read the articles but often take them for posting on their blogs, in their ezines, and for other uses.

The key is your Resource Box. Each article is available with a mandatory Resource Box. That is the box that provides links back to my blog, to a program I am offering, and to my site. It is my opportunity to tell the reader that if they liked this, here's where to go for more! And if you want to see one, just click through to the full version of this article and you'll see my resource box at the bottom of this article as an example.

Writing articles isn't difficult. Every business owner I know has at one time or another created a tip sheet, crafted a special report, or turned out a piece on industry trends. If you can talk you can write! Set a target of two articles a week (I have two in every ezine you read!). They don't need to be more than 250-300 words and are best if conversational in tone. Remember I said if you can talk, you can write. Think of your article as simply a conversation with your reader about a particular topic.

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Invite Your Friends and Followers to Sing-a-long!

Do you know about www.blip.fm? I only learned about BLIP last week and have had a blast with it since then! It is a free online site that enables you to request songs by the artist's name or song title and post the songs as active playable links into your social media stream. You can certainly send specific songs to specific followers using the @address or simply send it out to everyone. It is up to them to click on the link and play it or not.

www.blip.fm is smart and doesn't rely on your spelling or accuracy, but will provide close fits if you aren't quite sure about the title or artist. The sound comes through your computer's speakers and is rich and full. There is no charge! This isn't purchasing tunes but instead a chance to be your own DJ, follow other DJ's and create a following among listeners.

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Shortcut to Building Social Media Pages, KBUZZ

If you've been on Facebook recently, I'm betting you've seen the KBUZZ adds down the right hand side. Well, I'm a fan! They offer a neat Page Starter package that I'm using to finish off some loose ends. In other words I haven't got the time to put up all the pages I need since it is important now to have the following at a minimum:

Not only can KBUZZ create these with dynamite graphics that brand you beautifully but they can also take care of some of the social media content, linking and more for you.

Note: The link here is my affiliate link, it is the same pricing whether you click on this or go direct.

Melissa Galt, The Six Figure Interior Design Professional, specializes in interior design business systems for success. As a successful independent interior designer for over 15 years, Melissa knows the design business inside out. Now, she presents unique workshops providing design professionals, at every level of their career growth, with simple, proven systems for achievement.

Melissa shows designers, decorators, and home fashion experts how they can boost their business, put more profit in their pocket, and enjoy the life they design. Find total freedom in your business to embrace the lifestyle you want most. Get the tools and techniques, not just the strategies, for winning lead generation, masterful marketing, priceless PR, sales secrets to optimize every project, and fruitful follow up for a lifetime of raving fans.