Hothouse Week Four - Crunch Time: January Reporting Approaches!

🌟 What is Hothouse?

Hothouse is an interior design business accelerator, designed to help you grow your business faster through collaboration, intentional action, and goal-setting. Each month, we focus on strengthening a key area of professional performance, tracking progress as we go.

🎯 January Intentions and Focus

In January, we’ve been learning by doing—setting goals, building new habits, and using accountability to drive progress. The focus has been on identifying the key changes we need to make in our businesses and taking the first steps toward long-term success.

📌 Join Us! It’s Free

👉 Click here to join Hothouse on Facebook.

Or search ‘Hothouse - Excellence in Interior Design Business’ on Facebook.

Know any interior designers who would benefit? Please share this newsletter with them - everyone’s welcome!

📸 Instagram Strategy: Our First Group Meeting

Instagram strategy was a hot topic during the New Designers’ Meeting, so last week, the Instagram Strategy Group met for the first time.

• Watch the Meeting Video: Join Hothouse to vew video.

• Or, Read the Synopsis on the Blog: Click here.

Members committed to specific activity levels, and we’ll regroup in six weeks to dig deeper into key aspects of Instagram marketing. For me, it’s all about Reels - what about you?

Let me know what would be most helpful to cover next time, there is plenty of time to set the agenda :-) 

Group members shared their Instagram handles so we can support each other online. Check out some of our member accounts:

Amanda Holt Interiors, Georgie Rose Interior Design, Eat Me Kitchen, Nickie Gladdish, Mia Maison, Reverie Interior Design, Studio Atara, Studio Ellahi, Nicla D Interiors, Misty Looby Studio, Curated Interiors Copenhagen, Kerri Wershof Designs

🎓 Bootcamp 2025: Dates Announced!

Recipe for Success Bootcamp is opening its doors again from April 22 to May 23, 2025!

Because I work 1:1 and intensively with group members, class size has to be limited to 10 interior designers.

The Bootcamp programme is for interior designers with 3+ years of experience running their own practice. It’s designed to help you:

• Build and refine a strong business plan based on clear knowledge of your USPs and ideal client.

• Develop strategies for client acquisition and financial growth.

• Transform your professional mindset and habits - filling you with enthusiasm and confidence.

And...an Exciting Bonus for 2025: Graduates of this Bootcamp will continue meeting monthly to implement their business plans and maintain momentum for the rest of the year.

If you’re ready to fast-track your business, keep an eye out for more information coming soon!

🖋 Journaling – My Week 4 Progress

My latest video journal is on YouTube - I've put a link to view in the Hothouse group. This week was mixed:

• ✅ Filed my tax return (grim face).

• ❌ Still battling with Meta Ads Manager as I work toward my January goal of launching Meta Ads.

The big challenge I faced this week? Getting Meta’s code (pixel) onto my website and deciding between linking a landing page or embedding a PDF directly in the Meta form. If you’re also navigating Meta Ads, let’s share ideas! 

I CANNOT OVERSTATE the value of this weekly journaling. Even small wins, like growing my mailing list slightly faster than before, feel significant because I can track the progress. This 30-minute activity might just be the magic key to growth and success - join me if you’re curious!

⚡ Next Week: Crunch Time!

It’s nearly the end of January, which means… reporting day is coming!

To everyone who set goals for this month, it’s nearly time to check in. I'll be live in Facebook at 2pm (UK) on Friday to chat about January - join me there! 

Remember, January is our practice month - a time to learn the process and refine how we set and track goals.

💡 Key Reminder: The most important part of setting targets is the behaviour it drives. Progress is always a win, even if you didn’t hit the goal exactly.

🙏 Post in the group to let us know how you’ve done - celebrate your progress, share what you’ve learned, double-down for February!

🤖 How Are You Getting On With AI?

Don’t forget the new AI Induction Course is live! This mini-course is packed with tips and exercises to help you integrate AI into your workflow.

👉 Access the course here.

Let me know how you’re finding it - your feedback will shape future resources.

📅 Coming Up in Hothouse

🗓 Friday, 31st January, 9:15 AM (UK Time)

Bootcampers’ Board Meeting

This session is exclusive to Recipe for Success Bootcamp graduates. We’ll reflect on progress, set new goals, and collaborate on challenges. I'll put the link in our WhatsApp group. Bootcampers: please let me have your Any Other Business agenda items 👍

🗓 Friday, 31st January, 2:00 PM (UK Time)

January Washup – Live in Facebook!

Join us for a quick session on Friday afternoon to review January’s progress ...and think ahead to goals for February. What would you like to focus on next month? 

🤝 Let’s Grow the Group Together!

This journey is so much better with company. If you know an interior designer who would benefit from joining Hothouse, invite them to join our Facebook group and share this newsletter with them!

👉 Click here to join the Hothouse Facebook Group.

Together, we’re building a supportive, inspiring community of designers who are ready to grow, learn, and thrive. Let’s make 2025 extraordinary—for all of us.

✨ Final Thought

There’s a quiet power in setting time-limited goals and tracking consistent progress over weeks and months. With every small step forward, you’re building a foundation for extraordinary long-term success.

Let’s keep going, one step at a time!

Warmly,

Julia

Founder, Hothouse

P.S. Share this newsletter with a friend or colleague who’s ready to take their interior design business to the next level. Let’s grow our community and make 2025 unforgettable!