home staging training: IAHSP Convention Photos - We had a Blast and There is No Place like a Staged Home! - 08/02/08 02:31 PM
I wanted to share some of the wonderful photos from our 2008 IAHSP Convention - we had such a great time, and those of you that were unable to be there - well you missed a fabulous event! It was full of great learning and education - and fun too! We had … (2 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging - Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) Course offered in SF Bay Area - 08/02/08 01:40 PM
Stagedhomes.com is proud to announce that the Accredited Staging Professional® (ASP®) Course is coming to Concord, CA:
Concord, CA
August 12th & 13th
at
Holiday Inn Concord
1050 Burnett Avenue, Concord, CA 94520
**This course is approved for 14 hours of Continuing Education for California licensed agents!!**
CCAR® members … (0 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging Roots Are Long and Deep - the truth about "Where Staging Came From" - 07/21/08 11:41 PM
Barb Schwarz, ASPM, IAHSP, Certified Speaking Professional, has been recognized for many things in her career - Successful Realtor, Broker, Mentor, Motivational Speaker, and Creator of Home Staging. In this last role, she once again demonstrates why she is at the forefront of the real estate industry as a visionary and expert.
I felt the need … (26 comments)
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home staging training: Staging Diva Debra Gould front page story on This Old House Magazine website - 07/01/08 12:17 PM
This Old House Magazine's Senior Editor interviewed me for a feature story "House-Selling Secrets of a Home Stager" which will come out in the fall.
But today, they turned it into their front page story for their online magazine. The story includes 22 pages of before and after photos from my … (17 comments)
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home staging training: How many home staging clients will you see in one week? - 06/23/08 09:55 PM
I used to race around like a mad woman trying to fit 10 homes into a week, always afraid to put a client off who needed me and fearing if I didn't see them right away they'd disappear and find another stager.
Then I realized that if you're good at what … (12 comments)
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home staging training: Property Staging Consultants in the News! - 06/23/08 03:56 PM
Property Staging Consultants - In The News:
Property Staging Consultants™ Improves and Expands Web Capabilities
12 Step Plan to Make You Feel Better About This Market
Broker Agent News E-Letter - Oct. 2007
What is a Property Image Consultant?
Property Staging Consultants™ Improves & Expands Web Capabilities
Property Staging Consultants Posts … (0 comments)
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home staging training: About PSC - 06/23/08 03:43 PM
About PSC
Property Staging Consultants - Founded on vision, designed to succeed!
Since founding the company in 2005, Property Staging ConsultantsTM CEO Jackie Riggins has built PSCTM into one of the most respected names in the business. Since then, her passion for sharing her home staging expertise has helped … (1 comments)
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home staging training: Press and News About Property Staging Consultants - 06/23/08 03:40 PM
Press & News
Find Out More About Jackie Riggins:
Jackie Riggins, CEO, is the powerhouse behind the authoritative training program at Property Staging Consultants®, and is currently growing her company by leaps and bounds. Find out how you can hire Jackie to come speak at your next event, by visiting … (0 comments)
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home staging training: 51 Reasons why PSC is your best choice for professional Property Staging training! - 06/23/08 03:30 PM
51 Reasons why PSC is your best choice for professional Property Staging training!
Property Staging Consultants sets the industry standard for professionalism and effective training in all aspect of Property Staging!
All PSC trainees will learn the most current Staging techniques from instructors who are all fully qualified in the … (0 comments)
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home staging training: If anyone is interested in Home Staging read below - 06/23/08 03:22 PM
Your doorway to the exciting, rewarding world of home staging!
Real estate staging professionals are in greater demand today than ever before. The reason is clear: homes staged by professionally trained stagers sell faster, and they sell for more. Property Staging Consultants® is helping meet the national and international demand … (1 comments)
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home staging training: Property Staging Consultants Sell Homes in the first 14 Days for Asking Price and Higher!! - 06/23/08 03:09 PM
Welcome to Property Staging Consultants®
Property Staging Consultants have sold properly prepared homes in less than two weeks and most often more than the asking price.
Signing up for a Course is Simple
51 Reasons why PSC is your choice for professionalProperty Staging Training!
Your doorway to … (0 comments)
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home staging training: The Quest for Purposeful Space - Treasuring Your Living Room - 06/12/08 07:53 AM
Tales of an Interior Stylist
"The Quest for Purposeful Space - Treasuring Your Living Room"
As an interior stylist and decorator that uses what my clients already own; I get giddy at the great horizontal planes of a bare cocktail table and ecstatic at the sight of … (11 comments)
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home staging training: The Importance of Kid's Rooms in Home Staging - 05/26/08 12:59 PM
The goal of home staging is to help prospective buyers fall in love with the home and imagine themselves living there. If you're working on a 3+ bedroom home in a family neighborhood, it's important to show a child's room (even if the current owners are childless).
It doesn't take much … (6 comments)
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home staging training: Are you looking to start a career in home staging? - 05/25/08 05:47 PM
Researching your options is crucial
I have seen many blogs on this topic and thought to add my experienced advice to the mix.
Before you begin your research ask yourself:
What do I need to learn from a staging program?
List your strengths, your weaknesses, and what you feel would make … (6 comments)
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home staging training: Not All Bananas in the Bunch are Ripe and Ready - 05/01/08 07:07 AM
So my home selling pets, would you like to pick a home stager to regularly work with, but are not sure which in the bunch to hire? Plus does it seem as if daily there are more and more staging bananas out there to pick from? Well, you are right; it can be a … (36 comments)
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home staging training: More Profit? Higher Education? Advanced Staging Programs? - 04/24/08 12:38 AM
I am being approached daily by professional stagers, looking for a way to belong to our CSP organization without repeating the Start Up business program that we offer entry level stagers, that these stagers feel they have already taken from other training providers.
And although I explain that our 3 Day … (7 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging… The Benefits Realized - 04/16/08 07:00 PM
Last December, I was contacted by the F. C. Tucker Realtor's training department and was asked if I would do an educational seminar with some of their agents. They explained that they wanted to offer this session to any agents that were interested in learning about Home Staging and how to … (11 comments)
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home staging training: Proud To Be Omaha's Naked Home Stager - 04/12/08 11:32 AM
That's a title that will get some attention! I just read a great post from one my fellow AR members and finally learned the definition of a "naked" home stager. Before everyone gets too excited, let me explain.
There are literally HUNDREDS of staging courses/training sessions/materials that a person can purchase if … (8 comments)
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home staging training: "Enquiry Minds Want to Know"-But Trust Me This is a True Story. - 03/26/08 12:41 PM
After reading a post by Nicole Hurst I was reminded of one of my own " competitor " stories. Nicole had just received a call from someone disguised as a possible client, but obviously a nosy competitor.
To be perfectly honest...if I had a dollar for all those calls … (20 comments)
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home staging training: New Year's Staging Resolutions - 01/01/08 07:44 PM
Today we all begin a new year, full of hope and resolutions. This year, 2008, is a universal #1 year in numerology (2 + 8 = 10 = 1) and signifies not only a new year but the beginning of a new nine year cycle. Wow, I know I want to … (0 comments)
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home staging training: Staging Success Seminars: Enhance your Staging Business in 2008 - 12/27/07 08:21 PM
It is with great pride that I announce Hart & Associates Staging and Design's newest venture for 2008:
Staging Success SeminarsTM
Those of you who know me personally know the passion and dedication I have for the staging industry and know how much I have enjoyed mentoring and training other stagers in … (15 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging & Redesign Training – Throwing my Hat into the Ring - 12/09/07 08:29 AM
After years of encouragement, 8 years of growing my business, and importantly honing my speaking and instructional skills - It's a perfect time to toss my hat into the Training Program ring!
The Interior Stylist Training Program® is a one-of-a-kind 5 day training experience that provides a unique marriage of three design principles - Interior Redesign, Home Staging … (14 comments)
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home staging training: Staging Vacant Properties: Simple Strategies for Creating Rooms that Work. - 11/29/07 08:42 AM
Recently I was asked by a training company if I would coach their staging graduates on the physical aspects of staging a home. Many people take a staging class but do not get enough one-on-one time to learn the details of what it takes to stage a property from start to finish … (8 comments)
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home staging training: Will it never end?!! An update on Are they Stealing our Thunder... - 11/04/07 09:10 AM
Morning all,
It's not just movers anymore....
I was just sitting here appreciating my extra hour to use AR (yes I am addicted) when I did a google search and came across this new company offering home staging services in my local area:
REGAL SERVICES COMPANY- they offer lawn furniture cleaning, spa … (11 comments)
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home staging training: Ask the Staging Coach: An exciting new way to grow your staging business - 10/25/07 05:34 PM
I am excited to announce to my friends and peers on ActiveRain that Hart & Associates has introduced a new service today: Ask the Staging Coach
As many of you know my staging journey has taken me various places over the past 3 years from training for a national staging certification company, … (15 comments)
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home staging training: An Stagers Ode to Great REALTOR Relationships- - 09/19/07 09:19 AM
Partnering and building a good relationship with Realtors is such an important factor in Home Staging business success. The Realtors that I have met and partnered with over the years have been truly a major source to the momentum of my business. Realtors are experts in communication and building affiliations with … (5 comments)
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home staging training: Clearing Up Churned Waters - 09/07/07 05:33 AM
Recently I wrote and posted 2 similar blogs entitled: Inconvenient Truths about Home Staging. A shorter edited down version was posted here on Active Rain while a more complete and comprehensive version was then posted here on what I call my "pretty blog."
The post created quite a ruckus with a foundation training company … (31 comments)
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home staging training: The Last of the Trio of Model Home Merchadising & Staging - On a Budget! - 07/25/07 08:44 AM
This is the last of the Trio of Models at Misty Ridge - Romeoville, Illinois. The smallest of the three Models, and with the lowest price point - our inspiration was "A young couple just starting off." With the ideal client in mind, we used all retail products, the only custom product was the faux painted … (16 comments)
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home staging training: STAGERS, I'm NOW a BASTRD ARSE... and You Can be One Too! - 06/27/07 06:45 AM
Home stagers... I didn't want to make a big stink about this, but I am thrilled to announce another staging training & certification course is now available to you.
While I know you all are well trained staging professionals and have already worked hard at learning the foundational basics in the business and art of home staging, I also … (58 comments)
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home staging training: DIVA in the HOUSE - RADIO SHOW - The Voice of Home Staging! - 06/14/07 04:15 PM
Certified Staging Professionals is proud to announce the sponsorship of the weekly home staging radio show program.
Tune in tomorrow - JUNE 15th, 2007 1PM EST, as one of our very own Certified Staging Professionals, GINA MCNEW hosts the premiere program of DIVA in the HOUSE.
The First Show!!
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Diva in … (3 comments)
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home staging training: The Power of Promotion with Home Staging - 05/15/07 08:31 PM
Over the past 2 blogs we have looked more closely at the 5'Ps of marketing (Positioning, Packaging, Promotion, Persuasion and Performance), and discussed how home staging plays an impacting role in the marketing mix.
This blog we look at PROMOTION The Wikipedia defines promotion as: "This includes advertising, sales promotion, publicity, … (0 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging Leverages Marketing Techniques in the Real Estate Market - 05/11/07 01:52 PM
Last time we began to review the 5'Ps of marketing (Positioning, Packaging, Promotion, Persuasion and Performance), and how home staging impacts the marketing results of yourself as a real estate agent and the listing you represent.
Now let us look at PACKAGING...Robert Middleton describes PACKAGING as "building a case for your service … (8 comments)
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home staging training: Cold Hard Reality: Dying Dreams and Limited Opportunities - 05/10/07 09:30 PM
With each passing week I receive emails with questions from stagers asking me how to approach and solve a myriad of issues and challenges facing them and in their staging business. Some of these are issues QUITE complex and take MORE than just a quick email response. Unfortunately as I work … (66 comments)
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home staging training: Don't sacrifice your client when it's time to promote your home staging services - 05/03/07 12:11 PM
I've received many questions lately from home stagers wondering if it's OK to use lawn signs advertising that a client's home was staged by them, in much the same way as a window washer might put out a sign while they're working on a property to attract more business in the … (22 comments)
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home staging training: Home Stagers, are you sitting in a leaky boat with nothing but a yogurt container to save you? - 05/01/07 09:23 AM
I'm amazed at the number of home stagers who contact me because they aren't making any money in home staging. They want to save their business from sinking and they say, "when I make some money I'll take your course to learn how to price my services."
If you aren't making money … (14 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging Training - So many choices! - 01/21/07 03:53 AM
So many people ask me every day about how to become a home stager.
I get resumes sent to me all the time from people wanting me to hire them to stage homes with me. I love teaching people about becoming a home stager. To me, home staging is one of … (2 comments)
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home staging training: Stock Images: Effective Marketing Tool or Misleading Advertising? - 01/12/07 02:00 PM
What is a stock image?
An image, photographed and made available by someone else, and then rented or sold to third parties for their own use (generally marketing communications). Some stock images are royalty free and therefore available without a fee.
Stock images (photographs and illustrations) have been used by major corporations and … (58 comments)
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home staging training: Home Staging: A Real Business or a Creative Hobby? - 01/09/07 09:04 PM
Home Staging can be a lucrative business if you approach it as a business. I'm frustrated by the number of home stagers who call themselves professionals and yet don't even take some of the MOST BASIC steps to get their business off the ground.
I do fault some of the home staging … (21 comments)
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home staging training: Should Real Estate Agents Be Home Stagers? - 01/07/07 07:48 PM
Here's a typical inquiry I get from realtors:
"I am a 20+ year veteran of Real Estate in the Tampa area. I have been staging homes for years! The problem is that I did it to help sell the listings...and now people expect it from me.... and of course I am not … (3 comments)
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home staging training: Home Stagers, Beware of the Free Estimate Trap - 01/07/07 01:02 PM
Many inexperienced stagers offer a free one hour staging consultation. It's a fast road to burn -out and business failure.Imagine the number of tire-kickers you'll get!Consider the time it takes to prepare for, schedule, travel to and attend these meetings, plus the inevitable phone calls you'd make after the fact to … (44 comments)
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