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This is a great post and AR has several other on this topic. It's so important I wrote an ebook Creating Curb Appeal that Sells! If you want it for 'free' just sign up for my newsletter at www.PresStaging.com and I will send it to you. Does your home have Curb Appeal? Curb Appreal is my #1 and ...
01/14/2013
Setting Your Intentions for 2013 -- Your PRES Top 10! In your business there are many universal laws at work. One of them is the 'Law of Intention' which is based on the fact that... there is always an infinite amount of energy and information present to create whatever you want. What this me...
01/10/2013
Renting Original Art Is a Great Way to Stand Out From The Competition! If you live in the Lower Mainland of BC then renting original art when you are staging homes just got easier! There are many great rental furnishing stores in the Lower Mainland, Fluff Rentals being one of our favourites since...
01/09/2013
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My 'free' talk turned into a $5000 client! Doing speaking engagements even for 'free' is one of the 3 top marketing tactics to grow your business - and this last 'free' talk I did just proved it again! Here's the story: a designer friend of mine asked me if I would do a talk at her women's group....
11/29/2012
“Why did this staging job take so long?” asked the home seller? I recently took a ‘quick’ staging job for a seller whose property had been on the market for about 5 months. She had already reduced the price from $2.788 million to $2.488 million. She asked me to come and take a look at it which I ...
11/29/2012
Meetup City Stagers in the Greater Vancouver Area Holiday Event One of the things I love about being in the real estate industry is all the different Meetup groups that are available. As a home stager we meet up regularly in the Greater Vancouver Area and call ourselves the 'City Stagers Meetup'....
11/28/2012
Home Stagers Love to Work with Amazing Professional Organizers! All home stagers benefit from having reliable, professional strategic alliances that they can refer to their clients when they cannot provide a required service, or do not want to do. One of my favourite alliances is with professiona...
11/27/2012
I was teaching my Top 10 BEST Marketing Strategies to the Victoria Stagers and Stylists at The HOUSSE (a new stagers' rental furnishings warehouse) and took some time to check out Chinatown in Victoria. Even though I live in Vancouver and we have a very large Chinatown and now a very large Asisan...
11/26/2012
7 Secrets To A Successful Trade Show – Big Or Small Over the year there are some 'peak' times to be invovled with trade shows. For most real estate home staging professionals these peaks are in the fall and in the spring. You must plan ahead well in advance to make sure you have reserved your ...
11/25/2012
Imagine Being Paid to Shop For Home Owners - Pinch Me! Home stagers offer a multitude of services when it comes to preparing the house for selling. True, the real hands-on staging work involves better furniture placement, decluttering, hanging art, accessorizing, and creating an overall harmoniou...
11/23/2012
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