active rain: Active Rain's Localism "Listings" Category: Getting the Biggest Bang For Free!
- 07/20/07 06:34 AM
Blog about your active listings by placing your Real Estate Shows and/or your website into a blog via iFrame, and post it on Active Rain's Localism, under the "listings" category. You could put your listing show and a linked community show in one blog to advertise a listing. Cheryl Johnson gave us an iFrame tutorial, how to put iFrames inside a blog, which I have done here to insert this website and Real Estate Show URL into this blog page. I’ts real simple, copy and paste into your blog while in the HTML format. Put your website or Real Estate Show … (5 comments)
active rain: Your Home Staging Niche...Have You Found It?
- 07/12/07 03:09 PM
After writing the blog about my successes and failures, I came to the wonderful realization that I had finally carved out a niche for myself here in New Hampshire. I enjoyed 26 years of cardiology nursing before switching over to home staging, so I knew a little about specializing. I got a broad nursing education, but then narrowed my work experience down until I reached a point where I was pretty darn good at something!
Remember those mazes that you did as a kid when you were on a long car trip? You took your pencil and moved it along the … (19 comments)
active rain: Active Rain's Home Staging Statistics, Realtors, Tell The Public
- 07/09/07 04:52 AM
I created this Wufoo web form because people rightfully want to know, does Home Staging really work? So please Active Rain Realtors, give your feedback. Entries need to be in by July 18, 2007. Results will be posted by July 20, 2007. *your name & contact info are not required. PLEASE ONLY ONE ENTRY PER USER. Obviously, home stagers cannot respond, unless you are a Realtor that stages your own listings. If you check "there are no home stagers in my area, I need more info", and sincerely want feedback, please enter your info.
**the more info you give me, … (37 comments)
active rain: Craig Schiller, Sue Argue & Cindy Lin Meet in Chicago: Home Staging Coast to Coast
- 07/04/07 05:40 AM
We ate deep dish spinach pizza in the heart of Chicago, and talked for the first time face to face. From New Hampshire, Chicago and San Francisco, we came together and shared our backgrounds, our home staging business stories, and our hopes for the future. And ladies, Craig is much more handsome in person. Craig Schiller treated Sue Argue and Cindy Lin to a guided tour around Chicago, which was fantastic. If you haven't been to this city in a while, go...it's a friendly, clean and FUN place to visit. Craig, never wear that hat in Boston, OK? You might get beat up … (24 comments)
active rain: Who Pays for Home Staging, the Agent or the Seller?
- 04/28/07 01:47 PM
Who pays for home staging, the seller or the agent? Home sellers, you are going to benefit from the home staging, and should be the one to pay for the investment. You can't expect your agent to spend their portion of the commission on staging your home! It's true that some agents pay for staging consultations or full staging. But this can be hurtful if the home's sale never goes through, and the agent doesn't ever get a commission. Home Staging has been talked about on CNN, Newsweek, Good Morning America, HGTV, NY Times, NBC, countless local newspaper articles, and blogs...if you … (44 comments)
active rain: What are they Saying in Coos County, New Hampshire?
- 04/27/07 07:21 AM
Fellow New Hampshire residents who live up in Coos County, there is a new blogging community. An associate of mine emailed me about this group in her area, and I thought perhaps some Coos County folks at Active Rain might like to network here. Check them out!
Coos Conversations This is a blog for and about Coos County, New Hampshire. Whether you call it your new home, your former home, your second home or just a place you visit, the North Country evokes a unique passion in anyone who knows it. The purpose of this blog is to capture that … (18 comments)
The source of this information below can be found here: Other Flammable Products Propane tanks and other compressed gas cylinders Kerosene Home heating oil Diesel fuel For NH, your Household Hazardous Waste Pick-Up Day can be found here. Email me if you have trouble downloading this info. For my friends outside of … (11 comments)
First, what is Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)? This link is from the US Environmental Protection Agency. There are obvious ones such as paint,; but did you know moth balls and toilet cleaners are HHW too?
Second, when is HHW pick-up in New Hampshire? This link is the NH Spring 2007 Schedule of HHW Collections. It lists NH towns, dates & times of pick up, and the coordinator's name and contact info. If your NH town is not on the list, call the NH Dept of Environmental Services Waste Management Division @ … (8 comments)
active rain: Home Staging....Here's A Successful Marketing Tool
- 04/23/07 04:43 AM
Home Stagers...I have tried Real Estate Shows in NH and they are helping my home staging business. Click on this link if you'd like some more background information on home staging and Real Estate shows.
Are the words "real estate show" turning you off? Home stagers can advertise with RES. Are you thinking the program sounds too hard? Definitely not hard; don't need special computer know-how. Worried you don't have the right camera? You don't need an expensive camera. Too time consuming? Once you understand how to create a show, they don't take much time.
Burbank Construction in Providence, Rhode Island is passionately doing their part to create earth-friendly affordable housing. Check this out: "Burbank Construction's dedication is to renovating the mills in and around Providence, Rhode Island, transforming them into "Mixed Use" facilities. The "Mixed Use" conversion shall consist of residential, condo studio lofts, cafés, galleries, performance spaces, rooftop parks/gardens and greenhouses. The company's vision is to create sustainable, affordable alternatives to normal urban dwelling and inhabitance; Residents may purchase … (16 comments)
active rain: Looking for the Smartest Way to Sell Your Home in New Hampshire?
- 04/21/07 10:51 AM
The smartest way to sell your home in New Hampshire: contact Staged First Impressions, a New Hampshire professional home staging & staged photography company have your home staged prior to listing it to increase appraised valuechoose a real estate agent you can trustkeep your home looking its best after staging
At Staged First Impressions, we're here to help NH homeowners sell their home quickly.
Carey & Giampa Realty, Seacoast New Hampshire Portsmouth NH's "Tree House Toys"My Successes & Failures Are Teaching MeWhat is Staged Photography?Home Sellers, Create Some Excitement and Get Your Home Sold!Sitting On the … (15 comments)
active rain: Myth: Realtors Should be Professional Home Stagers & Professional Photographers too
- 04/15/07 08:17 AM
Professional photographer Bryce Mohan's Active Rain blog explains why he feels so strongly about having homes staged before he shoots key listing photographs (photos: Bryce Mohan): "In Support of Stagers": "Personally I see a strong affinity between photographers and stagers. The only thing better than a staged house is a house staged by someone who understands the type of photography necessary to produce the best possible marketing imagery. I suspect their are power teams out there, stagers and photographers who understand each others' style, build upon it and storm their competition with cross promotion." Please focus on the word team, actually Bryce uses … (49 comments)
active rain: Home Staging Pictures from Greenland, NH...Before & After Gallery
- 04/04/07 10:32 AM
This is Staged First Impressions in its debut Real Estate Show. Real Estate Shows (RES) offers home stagers a great way of showing off their "Before & After Home Staging Picture Gallery". Check this out! Load your latest staged home before & after pictures, and email them to Realtors and potential customers. There aren't any expensive brochures to create and print, which saves time, money and trees.
Jeff Turner, RES Pres, I know you get lots of pats on the back for offering RES, but here's just one more from me ;>) Actually it's better than that, it's gem-studded solid gold king-like … (43 comments)
"ERA® Gold Star Property is a preferred property program designed to help you meet the fundamental challenge of standing out from the competition. It takes a great deal of preparation to get your home sold at its maximum price. The goal of Gold Star Property is to help you get top dollar for your home in the shortest amount of time possible. An ERA Gold Star Property will: Increase your selling price and decrease … (13 comments)
active rain: Photograph with ZOOM...Show it Off, Sell it Faster
- 03/16/07 06:45 AM
Is there anything else to add to Active Rain's list of Photography 101 tips? Yes...zoom in on the home's best selling features to show them off. Cheryl Johnson asks us to look at Architectural Digest for our homework...good advice! But there is a difference between taking a beautiful photograph of furnishings and capturing what you are trying to sell. Show buyers what they are going to get for their money. They don't get the couch or bedroom sets! Zoom in closer... to the selling features of the house. Example picture on left shows a close up of architectural details...hardwood flooring, slight upgrade in baseboard, … (48 comments)
active rain: WHO IS TLW, and why does she... ROAR??
- 03/09/07 11:27 AM
I want to speak to the Newbies at Active Rain (I'm one too) who aspire to be popular bloggers; well-read, first-page-Google material. How do I know what you might need to hear? Because I have high aspirations for my NH business too, and who doesn't like to be appreciated, here at AR, or in any community, hmmm? A valuable tip in the Newbie guide to Active Rain...**READ before you begin to blog.
By studying TLW (The Lovely Wife), aka, Broker Bryant's wife, aka Billie Tutas or Miss Billie, aka ROAR, wink wink, Kum La Ka La … (77 comments)
Staged First Impressions, A New Hampshire home staging company. Find answers to home staging questions, and see examples of what home staging can do for you.
Pictures say a thousand words, so come on in, and check us out.
Blog about your active listings by placing your Real Estate Shows and/or your website into a blog via iFrame, and post it on Active Rain's Localism, under the "listings" category. You could put your listing show and a linked community show in one blog to advertise a listing. Cheryl Johnson gave us an iFrame tutorial, how to put iFrames inside a blog, which I have done here to insert this website and Real Estate Show URL into this blog page. I’ts real simple, copy and paste into your blog while in the HTML format. Put your website or Real Estate Show … (5 comments)
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