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A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

255: Anne Rue: Coaching Helped Identify Her Ideal Client and Her Business Value & Worth

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Design, Business, Arts

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Today we have Anne Rue on the show. Anne is the principal of Anne Rue Interiors and she has more than twenty years of experience in the world of Design, having worked with both high end residential and also commercial clients. Today, Anne shares tons of insights, from her vast experience as a business owner, for you to enjoy and appreciate.  Listen in, as she talks about the complete turnaround in her eighteen-year-old business after she hired a Business Coach and also about the reality of doing Reality TV. Anne has been creating inspired living spaces for everyone, from professional athletes, multi-family housing properties, model merchandising, senior housing and even luxury motor coaches and yachts. Anne's work has been featured in Florida Design, Orlando Magazine, Orange Appeal Magazine and she's been a Design Expert on Orlando's WESH News On Sunrise and Good Day Orlando, on Fox News. You may even know Anne as the Season Eight Fan Favorite, on HGTV's Design Star, or possibly as the Designer on the hit show, Hotel Impossible, on the travel channel. Listen in now, to find out more about Anne and her fabulous Design Work. Show highlights: What drove Anne to seek help for her business, after nearly eighteen years. The benefits of working for a really great Designer in your area, regardless of the kind of work you may be required to do. The consequences of moonlighting on super luxury motor coaches and yachts. Utilising the genius of two women and their teams. Where Anne would like to be in her business, in ten years time. Some of the things that Anne learned from her two genius mentors. A book that Anne highly recommends: The Values Factor, by John Demartini. The importance of knowing who you are and where you want to be. The niche market that Anne is currently focusing on. Why Anne is currently cultivating her Builder Relationships. Working out if a project is really worth the time that it will take. The importance of working out your values- both personal values and those relating to your business. Anne's whole experience of getting onto HGTV's Design Star show. (HGTV Star) A view in hindsight of the true reality behind Reality TV. Why Anne is not pursuing a career in TV, even though she does really well with it.  Links: Instagram: Anne Rue interiors Facebook: Anne Rue interiors Pinterest: Anne Rue interiors

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0:00.0

Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artists and Designers Guild,

0:05.6

which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?

0:11.1

Big news, right?

0:12.6

The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.

0:18.2

Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,

0:23.8

inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network

0:28.6

established in the early 19th century through which many enslaved African Americans

0:33.6

traveled in search of freedom. This library installation represents a 21st century sanctuary surrounded by art, objects,

0:43.5

artifacts, and books of black legacy.

0:46.9

In reimagining and repurposing the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library,

0:52.7

badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries

0:56.1

and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read

1:02.3

under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create

1:08.7

the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric

1:12.5

by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make a

1:20.0

point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition runs

1:25.5

from November 24 all the way through August 10th,

1:30.1

2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.

1:42.7

Welcome to a well-designed business with your host, Luann Nigara.

1:47.1

Luan has a lifetime of experience building a multi-million dollar business with her husband

1:51.5

and cousin, and she knows the challenges you face in your interior design business.

1:56.4

Luan brings you real-life answers to your most pressing problems, as well as practical strategies

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