Training the competition? - 11/24/09 09:42 AM
I recently started receiving quite a few emails and phone calls from new stager's requesting to apprentice with our company.
What would you say?
I personally felt that it was a conflict of interest as why would I train my competition and supply insider information?
How does our company benefit?
Besides the obvious free labour for a short term the downsides I felt far outweighed the positives. I would not ask another company to train me so I could learn how to start my own company it seems unethical.
We do not offer training courses or our policies may have been different.
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Competition - Healthy or Not? - 11/23/09 11:51 AM
Is competition healthy in the home staging field or not?
In the past when I had heard about a new staging company my first response was always great another one. Staging is such a new field in Canada that not everyone has heard of it. Pricing is all over the place, quality is all over the place and customer service is often not always the best.
Allot of new staging companies only offer consulting services and not furniture rental as well as are newbies to the field and learn as they go. Thus the pricing difference. 
Now though my attitude has … (13 comments)

Diversify, Diversify, Diversify! - 11/06/09 09:44 PM
Diversify, Diversify, Diversify.
Great advice from successful business owners...
How do you diversify in our field?
1. Interior Decorating
We all have fantastic contacts and what better way to receive more business than by meeting people that are moving. Most homeowners are uninformed about cost when it comes to decorating - leaving brochures with them or better yet send a thank-you note to them and thank them for their business and invite them to use your services in their new home.
2. Redesigning
Using what homeowners already have and moving items to create a more visually pleasing home. With little or … (5 comments)

 
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