Unfortunately, in this day and age one can’t take for granted that everyone who visits an open house or books a showing is actually in the market for a home.
There’s always a chance that someone browsing photos of real estate online and visiting open houses is actually trying to scope a property… Read More →
It can come by email or text. Either way, this scam targets home stagers and designers.
Perhaps, you’re still wondering how many people have heard of home staging. Sadly, here’s further proof that this is a well-established field.
Scam artists have crawled out from under their… Read More →
Hopefully Monday’s post about how social media can help grow your home staging business has motivated you to get out there and try some new things to market yourself. (Catch up by reading that post now by clicking here.)
The example I shared in that post was centered around Facebook, which … Read More →
How to stage a house with no obvious good features, and embrace the challenge while you’re doing it, is something many home stagers worry about.
In the hundreds of homes I’ve staged, I have yet to see a house that has absolutely no redeeming qualities. And, I’ve been in many real… Read More →
I came across an interesting article recently about a home stager who has come up with a new way to package her services over the holiday season which is traditionally a slower time of year for stagers.
She has started offering holiday home staging parties and I hope this story inspires you … Read More →
If you take nothing else from the Tiger Woods PR disaster, realize that there is very little that is private anymore. While you may not be famous, any time you send an email, Facebook message, Twitter status update or ‘Direct Message’ you’re essentially leaving a trail of digital communication.… Read More →
In a home staging business dilemma I posted last month, I tried to get you thinking about what you would do if you were asked to stage a house that was completely taken over by Christmas.
A special thanks to those of you who contributed to the discussion by posting your own advice to the story.… Read More →
Unless you’ve been completely cut off from the TV and radio, certainly by now you’ve heard of Twitter – “the fastest growing phenomena on the Internet,” according to TIME Magazine. This totally free social networking site definitely hit the mainstream in the… Read More →
If you are in any way interested in becoming a home stager or interior redesigner, there’s a good possibility that you are constantly redecorating your home and/or working on a new home improvement project.
When you have a natural talent for decorating, the urge to decorate is always there.… Read More →
Today Oprah is announcing on her show that she’s ending The Oprah Winfrey Show in September 2011 after 25 years. It’s not like she’s retiring of course. Aside from her current media empire, she’s launching her own cable TV channel and will in all likelihood have… Read More →
