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A HUGE Thank You for Voting for Stage To Sell... P.S. We WON!!

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Home Stager with Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging

Well, after all my shameless plugging, the votes are in and thanks to YOU, my company Stage to Sell has been named one of the winners in StartUp Nation's Leading Moms in Business Competition for 2009!

This contest really struck a chord with me because when I became a working mom five years ago, I was amazed at how difficult it was to run both a family and a business. It is often a thankless job and the hours are quite long! Of course as any mom knows, we wouldn't have it any other way.

Being a mom-preneur has given me a newfound respect for my own mother who worked from the time I was a baby, but always made sure I felt 100% loved, taken care of and special. Many moms don't have the option to stay at home full time for financial reasons, and many choose not to for their own sanity (and that of their kids!). But regardless of their reasons, ALL working moms deserve recognition and respect for having two full-time jobs. That's why I entered this competition and that is why I am so humbled and honored to have been chosen as one of the winners!

Thousands of moms entered and, like me, found that reaching out for votes to customers, vendors, friends, family and social networks was not only kind of fun, but it also gave us a new and unexpected way to generate positive buzz around our business. So many of you took time out of your busy days to vote for me once, twice, and in some cases every single day. Some of my followers on Twitter even re-Tweeted my requests for votes so that people I didn't even know were out there voting for me! It was an amazing experience and one that I won't soon forget.

I encourage any mom who owns her own business to enter this competition next year. As I have proven to myself, you never know what can happen!

Click here to read the full press release, and thank you again for making this dream a reality!

 

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Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to Sell
Owner & Principal Designer
310-384-1084
www.stagetosell.biz

"We get you to SOLD so you can get on with your life!"

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Stage to Sell is the premier West Los Angeles Home Staging Company.

Owner & Principal Designer Annie Pinsker-Brown is an ASP Home Stager, a member of IAHSP (International Association of Home Staging Professionals), an affiliate member of the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors and a member of the Culver City and West LA Chambers of Commerce.

Annie has Staged LA homes for Bravo's hit show "Million Dollar Listing" and TLC's "Property Ladder." She has also been featured in recent articles on Home Staging in Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times, Costco Connection and Frontiers Magazine.

If you would like to see more of our Home Staging work, visit our website. There is an extensive gallery of before & after photos, as well as a list of our Staged properties currently on the market.

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Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

WOW, this is so incredibly awesome and you are so deserving Annie Pinsker-Brown!!! Did you hear my shout for joy all the way from Danville!! 

May 05, 2009 02:32 PM
Terrylynn Fisher
Dudum Real Estate Group - BuyStageSell.com - Walnut Creek, CA
HAFA Certified, EcoBroker, CRS, CSP Realtor, Etc.

YEAH Annie, not a surprize.  You deserve it.  Good for you.  I voted... 

May 05, 2009 05:29 PM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Congratulations, Annie!  I remember your post from a while back and am so glad to know you won.

Kathy

May 06, 2009 12:44 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Annie - thanks for letting us know the outcome ... and congratulations on being given this prestigious award!  Way to go!

May 06, 2009 05:22 AM
Wendy Timmons
Move Home Realty - Temecula, CA
Temecula Realtor

Congrats Annie!! I am so happy for you! You deserve it :))

May 06, 2009 07:12 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

happy, happy happy for you and just in time for "Mother's Day"  Whoo Hoo!

May 06, 2009 07:23 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Cathy, thank you for your undying support in this endeavor! Yes I heard you shouting. I was wondering what that was!! :)

Terrylynn, thank you so much for your votes! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

Michele, thank you, thank you! :)

May 06, 2009 07:56 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Kathy, thanks! Yes the contest went on for a few months so I think I posted 2-3 times about it. :)

Maureen, thank you so much! It is truly an honor.

Wendy, thanks and I couldn't have done it without your tweets! :)

Karen, yes I think that was their plan all along! It will be a VERY happy mother's day for this mom! :)

May 06, 2009 07:57 AM
Sheila Kennedy
J29 Project - Rochester, NY

Rock on Annie!!!  I am so excited for you!  You were a winner before the contest, but it is always nice to be validated!  Couldn't happen to a nicer person!  Congrats!

May 06, 2009 09:57 AM
Patti Glover
Stage It In A Day! - Moorpark, CA
CISS,RESA, Home Staging, Ventura County CA, Conejo Valley, LA

Congratulations Annie!  Go Girl Power!!!

May 06, 2009 12:42 PM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Congratulations!  Really fantastic news to a highly deserving woman/mom/company!

May 06, 2009 03:02 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

Oh, I'm so glad to hear that...very well deserved!

May 06, 2009 04:46 PM
Michelle Finnamore
Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON
Preparing your property for sale

Congratulations Annie, well deserved after all the hard work you have put into your business. Your family must be very proud of you!

May 06, 2009 11:48 PM
Connie Tebyani
Platinum Home Staging, Inc. : RESA-Pro - Calabasas, CA
Platinum Home Staging, Los Angeles and Ventura County

Congrats, Annie!  You deserve it!

May 07, 2009 02:08 AM
Isabel Gomes
Gomes Design - London, ON
Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont

Congratulations Annie.  It is tough being a mom and running a business or for that matter going to work for someone else.

May 07, 2009 04:21 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Sheila, how sweet you are. Thank you!

Laurie, thanks! Hey, it's great to see you on AR and not just Twitter! :)

Patti, Girl power! Love it.

May 07, 2009 07:18 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Melissa, thank you! That is high praise coming from you - such a successful business woman!

Cindy, thanks! BTW my friends from Houston were just here visiting Disneyland. Did I ever tell you I grew up in Galveston?

Michelle, they are proud! My daughter answers her fake cell phone "Stage to Sell" just like mom! :)

May 07, 2009 07:20 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Connie, thanks! I expect to see you enter next year!

Isabel, yes it's true! I have no idea how moms that have to be at work by a certain time every day do it. Between breakfast, getting dressed, getting lunches packed and sunblock on and dropping off the kids at school, I feel like I'm always behind by the time I start my day.

May 07, 2009 07:21 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Enjoy the ride!

May 07, 2009 01:45 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Thanks Karen! I am enjoying it already. :)

May 07, 2009 03:38 PM