All you have to do is turn on the news to know there’s no such thing as job security anymore. Even if you currently have a job, it’s not a bad idea to set up a business on the side!
Home staging offers the flexibility to do that so you’re no longer completely dependent on your employer, and if your job suddenly evaporates, you can put all your energy into growing the business you’ve already started.
Owning a business offers much more security than being employed by someone else.
The best part of starting your own home staging business during a recession is that you will have greater control over your future because you won’t be dependent on a single company to pay your way.
If you think a full-time job is a secure way to generate an income, remember that the U.S. economy lost 2.5 million jobs in 2008, and the losses for the early part of 2009 have been devastating. A similar, though less dramatic, scenario exists in Canada and in most countries today.
Why would you pin all your hopes and financial security on being employed rather than investing in charting your own course as an entrepreneur?
For more information on how you can create your own opportunities in this depressed economy, check out my free report “Ask Staging Diva: Can I grow a home staging business in a depressed economy?”
Debra Gould, The Staging Diva®
President, Six Elements Inc. Home Staging
Debra Gould developed the Staging Diva Training Program to create opportunities for others to grow their own profitable home staging businesses. There are currently over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates around the world. Debra encourages anyone concerned about starting or growing a home staging business in today’s economy to download her free special report: “Ask Staging Diva: Can I grow a home staging business in a depressed economy?”
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Debra,
I thank you for your columns and and your e-mails. They are always timely and your advice is always right on. I would love to take all of your courses; but, they are too expensive and in this economic environment I can not take on any debt.
Nancy
Nancy, I’m very pleased that you find all my free information so helpful. I can understand the reluctance to take on debt especially in this economic climate.
But if you’re living pay check to pay check, how will your situation change if you don’t do anything differently?
This is precisely the time to be looking at ways to earn more money so you aren’t dependent on an employer. It’s clear that there is no such thing as job security for anyone. In my free report, you’ll learn 16 ways to get money right now to devote to your staging business. These ways do not involve taking on debt!
It’s interesting to me that people think $249 is “too much” to invest in learning how to price for their home staging services, for example. Yet, they can make that amount back in two hours with a single client when they learn what I have to teach them in course 2 alone. At the same time, many of these same people will head out to a big box store and spend that amount on impulse buys because the items are “on sale”, regardless of whether they need those items or not and regardless of the fact that these items will not help them actually make money.
I know this may sound like a rant, but I really find human behavior such a paradox. Weekly I’m in homes helping people get rid of mountains of stuff they don’t need so they can put their homes on the market. We have so much clutter in our lives, while not realizing the value of education.
Debra,
Hi! I agree. I may have read your information incorrectly. I have not seen your complete course offered at $249. I was under the impression that your complete course is sold in modules. If I am incorrect, and I can take your complete course for $249, please let me know ASAP.
Thank you,
Nancy
Nancy, you can take the single course that will teach you how to price your services correctly for $249. Or you can get the full picture on how to start and grow a profitable home staging business that can support you for as many years as you like, for only $995. That includes all five courses. You can read all about this in detail at https://stagingdiva.com/homestagingtraining.html
AMEN Debra! I held off for about a year taking your training. I thought because I am an interior designer and had been an entrepreneur for years I didn’t really need it… so why spend the money? I read your articles every day and thought that was enough. I was wrong! When things were not happening as quickly as I wanted them to, I took the plunge and ordered the training. It’s the #1 best decision I made for me and my business. You got me thinking outside the box, teached me about marketing – the most valuable lessons I learned – and now the phone is ringing more often. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I really can’t emphasize enough the importance of taking ALL the training courses. For me personally, it was the best thing I did to boost my business!!!
Staging To Sell LLC
Ludington MI
Jill R. Monczunski
President/Designer
231.690.0398
Serving Central and Northern MI