I am a member of the Decorators Alliance of North America (DANA) and am inviting you, fellow Stagers and Decorating Professionals, to join too. I know there are some other stagers here in AR that are members also. This can be a great addition to the other professional trade organizations that you might be a part of.
I have really appreciated the ongoing classes & education they offer in interior decorating, marketing, and running a small business, as well as other networking opportunities. They also list you in their directory and link to your website. This brings leads as well as helps your site engine rankings. I know I have received leads that have come from my DANA listing.
They also have linked up with other companies to offer special discounts to their members. If you sign up before the end of the year, you will also receive:
- free fabric book samples (which will be great when you get into helping to redesign people's homes after you staged the one they sold)
- 4 free continuing education teleseminars in
January and February, 2008
Here is a little more about DANA:
DANA was established to provide professional level affiliation and certification for the interior decorating industry. The goal of the alliance is to offer members opportunities to enhance their expert status through continuing education, certification programs, networking, mastermind groups, and interactive forums.
The organization has a significant and broad-based benefit program: enhanced credibility, purchasing power with supply partners, research on the latest trends and topics, marketing support, decorating and business resources and tools, development courses, monthly continuing education teleseminars and even live workshops.
Membership for 2007 also includes: coupons and discounts, free website help, free wireless credit card terminals, decorator directory listing, use of DANA appellation, members-only forum, free monthly newsletter, decorator spotlight opportunities, annual decorating award opportunities, and 25% off annual DANA conferences and tabletop shows. What could be better!
The other great thing is that DANA is in a growth stage and they have opportunities for you to get involved in key positions if you desire, this will help you to establish your expert status.
If you are interested please follow this link:
Decorators Alliance of North America
If you have any questions, please let me know!
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