Sponsor: Houzz Inc.

Home remodeling and design experts share key areas to focus on to reach even your loftiest goals.

Looking to take your business to new heights? Here are six key questions to ask yourself about your progress in the first quarter of the year, and how you can work smarter for the rest of the year to hit your targets. They’re all based on the wisdom of successful design and building pros, to help you get your business where you want it to be.

Tips for transforming your business into a multi-million dollar firm.

Perhaps you started your business at the kitchen table - or in the cab of your truck - with just you at the helm. You are not alone. Plenty of interior designers and builders started their ventures with just one or two people before growing them to multi-million-dollar firms. We asked some of those business founders how they did it. Scaling requires building a trusted reputation, responding to changes in markets and tastes, and finding mentors who can teach you along the journey, they say. Oh, and did we mention hard work? There was that too.

Here they share some of their insights for scaling successfully.

Introducing Our Houzz Pro Ebook: Managing Difficult Conversations.

Difficult conversations are called that for a reason. They are, well, difficult! Many of us avoid them, or try to delay them for as long as possible. With these Houzz Pro tips you can empower yourself to take steps to create a safe space to take on challenging, yet productive conversations.

Our ebook Managing Difficult Conversations, shares ways to handle these discussions confidently and how to even use them to your advantage. Read on to see the ebook highlights including examples of how other pros navigate the chats many of us would prefer to avoid.

Big changes in how Americans are living at home and what they’re spending their remodeling dollars are afoot — and not just because the pandemic upended everyone’s way of life. Liza Hausman, vice president of industry marketing at Houzz, has been researching consumer trends for years, attending all kinds of events and informational sessions offered by industry sources, the government and more, and has distilled all of that research into a free webinar. In the info-packed 30-minute video, she details four megatrends that all home improvement pros should know about, so they can target their marketing efforts and pitch more attractive plans to potential clients.