You might one day be asked by a home staging client if you can do your consultation when they aren’t there.
Even if they say they’ll have payment there waiting for you, you should always insist someone be present when you do a home staging consultation.
What value is the consultation… Read More →
Do you make it a regular practice to follow up with your clients after staging their homes?
I hope you’re not waiting for them to get back to you to tell you about the results your work achieved. Think about it, how many times have you yourself just never gotten around to dropping that Thank You… Read More →
Few types of people are in as much of a rush to sell as those going through a divorce. It’s a wonder that all couples going through the process don’t choose to work with a home stager, especially with stories like the one Staging Diva Graduate Carol King recently sent in, proving that home staging… Read More →
If you’re looking for the best way to talk yourself out of becoming a home stager, immediately get on the phone and call a dozen real estate agents in your market.
After a few “No one will ever pay for it around here” or “It will never work in this market” or “There’s no need for staging,… Read More →
Your home staging services shouldn’t be seen by you (or your prospective clients) as a commodity. That’s why the goal of your home staging website is to educate and build interest around your services so someone is intrigued enough to call you for more information.
I get asked all the… Read More →
Becoming a home stager was a natural evolution for Debbie Fiskum who worked with her husband doing “fix n flips” and rentals in Denver, Colorado before taking the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program and starting her business, Perfect Home Staging Denver.
It didn’t take … Read More →
If you’ve ever visited a website with a video or elaborate animation streaming in the banner at the top, that’s known as “flash.” While a flash website can be gorgeous to look at (or sometimes not), having a site heavy in flash is useless if you want to get visitors from the search… Read More →
Statements like, “You’re so lucky you get to work from home” and “Oh, I wish I was lucky enough to be my own boss” really bother me because it completely discounts the amount of hard work that goes into making opportunities happen in one’s life.
Luck has almost nothing to do with someone… Read More →
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 →
As always, you’re excited to hear your business line ringing. You answer the phone with your professional greeting and, yes, it is someone interested in your home staging services!
After telling you a bit about the million dollar vacant home she needs staged within the month, the homeowner… Read More →
