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32 Comments on Hey it's 2007! Where to go from here?
Jessica, you may have written the most bookmarked post of the year!
Great wake-up call. Thank you. Your timing couldn't be better for me.
John - I never heard that vacation and time off thing before! Love it!
Stage It Forward!
Hi Jessica
I did write a business plan and it is a lot or work but it helps you to focus on the positives and negative. What to do if this does not work, etc. Also helps you to look at demographics.
Good luck and Happy New Year
Phyllis Pafumi
Hi, I'm new to Active Rain and reading this post I have to say that I am happy to be a part of this community. It's a great reminder to stay on top of my plan especially when I feel things are not working out quite as I think they should at the moment.
I'm looking forward to 2007 and the best of wishes and luck to everyone!
-Teresa
Chaney & Lewis Home Staging
John~ I like the airplane analogy! Unfortunately I never hesitate to take time off for travel. But it usually ends up being pretty spur of the moment. Which means everything is a disaster by the time I get back!
Teresa~ Welcome to ActiveRain!! I'm sure you will get as much out of this community as I have (which is a LOT!).
Jessica,
Thanks for your great post. I guess as plans go - first thing to do - is to bookmark it! It makes me rethink my plans for this year!
Thanks Devon!
I found the first image by googling "Cheshire Cat" and I loved it so much that I e-mailed the artist on her website to ask her permission to use it. She got back to me within a few hours and gave me her permission.
The girl is a photograph is her daughter, and I love how she superimposed the image in front of the painting. It is a stunning work of art!
Well Sheron, part of my Business Plan for this year is to focus more on occupied homes and staging consultations. Since the beginning I have specialized in vacant home staging. Kind of working backwards, I know, but it's worked for me. To that end I decided to beef up my power point presentation on staging so I could hit the streets and earn some more business.
However, it seems I may have done a little too good a job, as I am in the process of being added to the schedule of education presentations for our local Keller Williams Realty, as well as having my course on staging added to the Boulder Area Realtor's Association (B.A.R.A.) resource course curriculum. To this end I have shifted the focus of the presentaton from a sales pitch to an informative + DIY focus. Also one of our B.A.R.A resource committee members has stepped down and I will find out next week if I am slated to take his place. I have also joined the board of our local Colorado Stager's Association (and am responsible for overseeing the website development and management). So it looks like I'm going to be more involved in the comittee and education side of things than I intended.
The downside is that it looks like I'm going to have to work a lot more to bring in more money to afford to pay for childcare during the time I'm working with these comittee's and boards. All these activities occur during work hours so I can't have my husband watch the girls. It's more than I bargained for but I feel like in the end it will be worth it. The power of staging is something that I believe strongly about and Craig has inspired me to "Stage It Forward"!
Paul,
Did you forget that you'd aready commented on my blog back in February?