As a home stager you have many creative talents that can help you make money, especially during the holiday season when there are fewer home sellers looking for our home staging services.
Staging Diva Graduate, Monica Bunde of Create Home Staging takes her staging hat off at this time of year and promotes her services decorating for the holiday season.
For example, she just completed a holiday decorating project for a local senior’s home. She says,
“A tree, a Santa’s village display, exterior pillars, railings and urns were transformed into a festive winter wonderland. The seniors were so very excited, almost as excited as I was to do it … and it’s those little things that just make this time of year so special.”
You could call Monica an international stager as she runs her staging business in both Ontario and Michigan. This is not as uncommon as you might think!
Several Staging Diva Graduates spend part of the year in one location or travel back and forth between cities, states (and even countries), depending on the season, where other family members are, etc.
That’s why when you join the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers, you can choose up to 4 states/provinces and 10 locations to serve.
Monica will be continuing to build her home staging business in the new year with a regular home staging column for a local news website, Today’s Windsor.
This is an excellent marketing strategy for establishing yourself as a home staging expert and to have your name and company name appear more prominently in Google search results. Way to go Monica, you’re off to a great start for your new business!
Have you had any success marketing your holiday decorating services? How about writing for other publications or websites? Please share you thoughts and experiences here!
Funny you should ask. I just found out tonight that my very new and very local newspaper will be publishing an article I wrote on home staging in early February. I’ve been blogging and writing a newsletter for a few years, but never really thought I could be published – even though it’s something I’ve wanted to do ever since you discussed it in the training.
Instead of reinventing the wheel, I decided to take one of my blog articles and expand it. Ironically, when you blog or write newsletter articles the key is brevity. I pride myself on less than 1,000 words per newsletter – and that’s usually 3 articles! So, expanding one of my articles to 600 words was refreshing, freeing and fun.
I met the owners after attending my first local Chamber of Commerce meeting in November. I told them how much I enjoyed the real estate section of their paper – written by a local agent – and they encouraged me to submit something as well. Who knew it could be that easy?
I’m really excited and already putting notes together for my next article.
Susan, that’s great news, thanks for sharing! Isn’t it amazing how so often one thing leads to a whole new opportunity just because you put yourself out there in a professional and consistent way?
Your comment inspired me for a whole new blog post on tips for re-purposing content . . . coming very soon!
Love when you guys jump in with comments. I know your news helps inspire and educate others and selfishly I love it also because it gives me new topic ideas! After writing 2 to 3 times a week about home staging for 9 years now, plus my monthly newsletters, I do sometimes struggle with that blank screen staring back at me 🙂
Thanks again Susan and I’m so excited for the new projects coming your way in 2012! Congratulations on your success and on sticking with it to make this success come to you!
Thanks Debra! Glad I could return the favor and inspire you. I must admit that I got the idea of reusing the content from you.