When you’re new to home staging, it’s easy to scare yourself with the belief that you must arrive at every home staging consultation as an “all knowing” expert.
Ready to deliver a total solution without a moment’s hesitation or thought.
While this will … Read More →
This the second part of a series I’m writing about the overlap of having a real estate license and also being a home stager.
Today, I’m focusing on a home stager who wants to make the bulk of her income from home staging, but who also happen to have a real estate license.
You can … Read More →
Home staging groups on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn let you hang out with fellow stagers and get home staging business advice, share ideas, etc.
There is lots of well-meaning and free home staging business advice on the Internet. And, it’s not always coming from people who know… Read More →
When you name your children, you always want to choose something that you believe you (and they) will like for a lifetime.
Thankfully, our home staging business name choice isn’t nearly as permanent. Changing it later is relatively easily.
So if picking the right company name is holding… Read More →
Do you focus on your ideal level of home staging business success up ahead on the horizon?
It’s great to have a vision for where you want to go, since it will certainly help you get there. But this has a dark side too.
When we’re always focused on future home staging business success… Read More →
I was talking to a small group of home stagers recently and we were discussing how easy it is to beat yourself up when you have to put your home staging business on hold because of personal issues.
It’s easy to get “off track” when family members need help through a health… Read More →
Home stagers, one of my biggest procrastination strategies when I’m starting something new is to research it to death.
I developed this habit as a student years ago.
If I had an essay to write, I’d keep visiting the library and dragging home more books.
As long as I was gathering… Read More →
I’ve had a home staging business since 2002 and I was terrified when I started.
I was living in a new city with a child in grade 2, a mortgage and no other source of income or support.
When it came to being a home stager, my top fears were:
1. I wouldn’t be able to find clients for my home… Read More →
Going to an interior design show is a quick way to meet industry contacts, learn about products and design trends, and give you confidence as a professional home stager!
When I first started my home staging business, Six Elements Inc., in 2002 I admit I sometimes felt like I was playing make… Read More →
Home staging business ideas are exciting. There are thousands of ways to grow your staging business and make more money doing what you love. But what if there are too many ideas, and too little time to do them all?
If you run your own home staging business, you’ve probably run up against… Read More →
