I have been thinking that having a group of people with complementary skills and who I can call upon for help in different situations will boost my confidence, will make me appear more professional (and bigger) and will provide better service to my Home Staging clients. All the things I want...Plus, as Debra from the Staging Diva has taught me, I can also make extra money by referring them to my clients.

So, I set out to find these people and the funny thing is that they have started finding ME (but more on that a bit later).  I have talked to an Interior Decorator and an Interior Designer, a handyman, a painter, a landscaper, a cleaning service, a Professional organizer and others.  All of them have agreed to an informal collaboration, referrals and mutual help/support!  I continue to search for opportunities to expand my network and I believe that knowing these people will bring good things to them and to me.

As I mentioned on my previous blog, I am working really hard on my Website, doing it myself.  Even if my site is not 100% to my liking from the visual point of view (sorry, Craig) as I am still learning, I focus on making it optimized for Search Engines and it's starting to work.  As my traffic increases steadily every month, more people contact me and that brings me back to the topic of building a team of good associates/partners.  In the last week, I have had 3 requests from people interested in working with me - two of them are graduates of an Interior design school and one lady would like to be my general help (on call basis) - whatever the client might need doing (such as cleaning, decluttering, organizing, packing, painting, organizing junk removal, shopping for items....). 

I am a bit surpised at this - is it a sign that Home Staging is taking off in Montreal as well?

Now, all I need is hundreds of realtors and home-owners knocking on my door  - I'll be ready with a great team to back me up!!!!