Ever feel like you are being bombarded with information on a daily basis? Houzz.com may be the Designer's panacea for customer leads, communication and design resource management.  

At the July Chapter Meeting, Houzz guided our members through their site's tools for Designers, Builders, Contractors and other Design Professionals. We learned how to streamline and improve client communication via Idea Books and private messaging. Houzz co-founders Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen launched the site in February 2009 as a result of frustrations from their own remodeling project.

By developing your own personal profile, Houzz now allows you to categorize, organize and simply navigate millions of pieces of design data with ease. As a Design Professional, you can now even create your own website using Houzz tools. And while the evening was loaded with tips and tricks, the number one take-away might be the statistic that 90% of all Houzz clients say they pick their Design Pros based on "the reviews" on Houzz.