Window Treatments for Profit with LuA...
This podcast is specifically designed for window treatment professionals. If you are interested in doing what you do better, whether you are a retailer, installer, workroom, sales rep or from our industry partner community, you have found your people. We are going to talk about sales, marketing, hiring, efficiency, productivity and of course, profitability.
Because why do any of it if you are not profitable, right?
My name is LuAnn Nigara and I have been in the window treatment industry for 4 decades. With my husband Vince and our cousin Bill Campesi we’ve built our business, Window Works, from start up to over 4 million dollars in annual sales and to a team of 15. Vin, Bill and myself are also part of the ownership team at Exciting Windows. Exciting Windows is the industry leader in mentoring, supporting and inspiring window treatment professionals to build a better business.
So I get you, I know what you do. I have spent my career doing it with you.
So how about we get started making your business better, shall we?
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275: Bound by Business: Bloomin’ Blinds, Workin...
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274: What Would Lu Do?: 6 Steps to Shift From C...
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273: Crossover Episode: Colorful Conversations:...
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272: Bound by Business: Working With a Parent o...
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271: What Would Lu Do?: The 8 Steps to Successf...
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270: On Air Strategy Sessions: Is a Disconnect ...
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269: Bound by Business: Working With the In-Laws
Today With Tina and Ashley Engdahl: In this week's episode of Window Treatments for Profit, we're excited to introduce a special series called "Bound by Business," focusing on the unique challenges and rewards of family businesses. Hosted by Jessica...
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268: Vita Vygovska: Empower Your Window Treatme...
Today With Vita Vygovska: Hi! Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit! Today we have my wonderful friend, Vita, to talk about Hiring Another Person to Do Sales In Your Company: what do you do when you know it is time to have someone joining the team....
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267: Robert Ikhtiari: SleepyTime Tracks: The Bl...
Today With Robert Ikhtiari Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Our guest today is Robert Ikhtiari, the ingenious mind behind the revolutionary SleepyTime Tracks product line. An industry veteran with over 30 years of hands-on experience, Robert...
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266: Jessica Work: The Countdown to Cordless Wi...
Today With Jessica Work: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. In today’s episode we have Jessica Work from Blinds Couture joining us. As President and Lead Designer, Jessica enthusiastically guides the Blinds Couture team with vision and...
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265: Kristi Hopper: Merging Creativity and Tech...
Today With Kristi Hopper: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Today I’m joined by Kristi Hopper, founder and principal designer of Kristi Hopper Designs. Throughout her career, Kristi has worked extensively with window treatments and has a deep...
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264: Jessica Harling: Compensation Strategies: ...
Today With Jessica Harling: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. We recently welcomed Jessica Harling to the show to discuss compensation packages. In the first episode, Jess and I tackled the four most common ways that window treatment companies...
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263: Jessica Harling: Compensation Strategies: ...
Today With Jessica Harling: Today on Window Treatments for Profit, Jessica Harling, founder of Behind the Design, is back for a deep dive into the world of compensation strategies for your window treatment business. In this episode, Jessica breaks...
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262: Vita Vygovska: Understanding the Challenge...
Today With Vita Vygovska: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit! In this episode, I’m joined by my good friend, Vita Vygovska. Today we tackled the exciting, yet sometimes, tricky world of collaborating with new designers in the window treatment...
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261: Vita Vygovska: Production Workroom Vs Conc...
Today With Vita Vygovska: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit! In this episode I’m joined by my good friend, Vita Vygovska, to discuss the differences between a full-service concierge workroom and a production workroom. We also talk about how...
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260: Disruptor Alert: Life Was Never Meant to B...
Today With Fawn Chang: Today on Window Treatments for Profit, I am joined by Fawn Chang, a behavioral interior designer, color expert and industry insider. She is sharing how our environments impact our well-being, how window treatments play a crucial...
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259: Jessica Harling: 6 Strategies to Handle a ...
Today With Jessica Harling: Hi, welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Difficult customers. We all have experienced one, and if you haven't, you will at one point. So what better way to salvage an undesirable situation than to be prepared before one...
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258: Katlyn Slocum: Make Your Website a Sales M...
Today With Katlyn Slocum: Today on Window Treatments for Profit I am joined by Katlyn Slocum, of Katyn Slocum Design — a boutique website design agency. According to Katlyn, your website is more than a marketing tool…it should be a sales machine....
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257: Vita Vygovska: Working With Designers: Pro...
Today With Vita Vygovska: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit! In this episode, Vita Vygovska and me, we both discuss working with designers. More About Vita Vygovska Vitalia (Vita for short) Vygovska is an award-winning author, speaker, business...
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256: Jessica Harling: Firing a Family Member Pa...
Today With Jessica Harling: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. We recently welcomed Jessica Harling to the show to discuss what happens when you have to fire a family member or someone near and dear to your heart. In part 1, our conversation...
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255: Tim Yurek: The Critical Difference Between...
Today With Tim Yurek: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Today I’m joined by Tim Yurek for a second episode! This time, Tim discusses the difference between exit strategy and succession strategy, and he will also explain the four steps to...
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254: Jessica Harling: Confronting or Firing Fam...
Today With Jessica Harling: Hi, welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Firing someone is never easy. But when it’s a friend or family member, that situation becomes emotionally charged and even more difficult. It’s never easy. How do you...
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253: Tim Yurek: Three Disturbing Trends That Pu...
Today With Tim Yurek: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit. Today, we’re talking about what we want from our business in the long-term—and more specifically, what we’re doing, or not doing, that threatens the long-term success and the next...
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252: The Power Talk Friday Tour: An Unforgettab...
Today on Window Treatments for Profit Today on Window Treatments for Profit, LuAnn announces the return of the Power Talk Friday Tour! She makes some other announcements regarding LuAnn Live, and mentiones some of the dates for the PTF Tour: Dallas on...
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251: Vita Vygovska: 4 Strategies to Overcome Fe...
Today With Vita Vygovska: Welcome to Window Treatments for Profit! In this episode I’m joined by my good friend, Vita Vygovska, to discuss strategies for overcoming fear as entrepreneurs. As a new year comes, so does this feeling, as we’re going...
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