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STAGING POLL - The results are in!

By Marina Vazzana

Home Stager with CRE-A-TIVE Staging & Redesign - Durham Region

July 16, 2008 03:13 PM

Here are the results of the Staging Polls.

I would have liked to see more Realtors weighing in. A huge thank you to all that participated.

STAGERS: The Success of your Staging business can be attributed to

	Answer Text		%
	Word of mouth / Referral		30%
	Website		20%
	Networking		15%
	Realtor Presentations		13%
	Media / Press Release		9%
	Other (describe)		6%
	Newsletters		6%
	Newspaper Advertising		2%

REALTORS: What is your most important factor in choosing a Professional Home Stager?

	Answer Text		%
	Recommendation / Referral		50%
	Price / Cost		14%
	Experience / Portfolio		14%
	Client Testimonial		7%
	Frequency of Marketing Efforts		7%
	I would never use the service of a Home Stager		7%

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Lisa Roy

SPACELiFT HOME STAGING, Greater Vancouver - Vancouver, BC

Thank you for posting the results Marina. How did you organize the poll? Is there a website that does this?

Jul 16, 2008 03:52 PM

Ginger Foust

Certified Staging Professional - Oakhurst, CA

Home Stager Oakhurst CA, Dream Interior Redesign & Staging

Thanks Marina for sharing the results. It just goes to show that if you do a great job and get them talking them more will follow, but it sometimes takes time, patience, and perseverance.

Jul 16, 2008 04:44 PM

Connie Tebyani

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. : RESA-Pro - Calabasas, CA

Platinum Home Staging, Los Angeles and Ventura County

Keep 'em talking, start a buzz, more flies with honey ;-)

Jul 16, 2008 04:50 PM

Cindy Bryant

Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX

"Houston Home Staging Pros"

Thanks for compiling this is great information to have.

Jul 16, 2008 04:53 PM

Cathy Lee

CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA

ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

This is the Century of Relationships. Thanks for doing this!!

Jul 16, 2008 05:45 PM

Sandra Hughes

Redesigned Spaces - Northern Virginia - Fairfax, VA

Redesigned Spaces - Fairfax County, Virginia

Marina - Thanks for organizing and the publishing the results for everyone to see. Would be interesting to see if the stats change over time or stay about the same.

Jul 17, 2008 12:27 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Good work, thanks for putting in the effort. Referral is king!

Jul 17, 2008 12:34 AM

Michelle Finnamore

Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON

Preparing your property for sale

Having grown up in a small village of 450 people and then moving to a larger town of 15,000 I can tell you word of mouth is the best form of advertising.

My parents had a siding and window business for 15 years. They never advertised and were never without work. As my dad was the only installer people would wait up to 8 months for him to schedule their work. But wait they did. He was worth waiting for.

You can build your business in the same way. Don't panic if you get more than one job to do, if your reputation is good they will wait for you and only you to do the work.

Jul 17, 2008 02:29 AM

Marina Vazzana

CRE-A-TIVE Staging & Redesign - Durham Region - Oshawa, ON

CSP, Home Staging Oshawa and Durham Region

Thanks for all the comments. It does give some valuable insight which we all could use.

The Stager Success Polls responses would have come from Stagers. The Choosing a Stager Polls responses -from the Realtors.

Jul 17, 2008 03:04 AM

Karla Davis

Florida Home Staging & Redesign, Inc. - Orlando, FL

Orlando Home Staging Firm

Thanks for sharing the poll with us. :) Referrals are huge! If anyone has a great way to get rmore testimonials, I'd like to know. I find it's like pulling teeth! The clients and realtors say the transformation is amazing, and even when the home sells in mere days or weeks (well at least that was before the economy started to collapse) and I ask and follow-up, they say they'll do it but it doesn't always work out that way.

I've tried several follow ups and even emailing/mailing out a card with a self-addressed and stamped post card etc for them to write their comments and mail back to me and it doesn't always work out that way.

All advice is welcomed. :)

Thanks! Karla D

Jul 17, 2008 03:41 AM

Kathy Mohr

Begin It Today Design - Trumbull, CT

Hi, Maria;

Great, useful info. Can you share details on the sampling...market, # of participants, etc.

Jul 17, 2008 04:45 AM

Joyce Zdenek

Hallmark Sotheby's International Realty & Joyce's Interiors - Hopkinton, MA

Thanks for gathering all the information and sharing it with everyone. It was truly helpful.

Joyce

Jul 17, 2008 06:13 AM

No Longer Active in Staging. No Longer Staging

Hickory, NC

Marina - Thanks so much for taking time to prepare this info.. Great to see that referral and word of mouth is still king !! It always will be .. God bless,

Jul 17, 2008 06:29 AM

Patricia Ebrahimi

SHOW SMART! HOME STAGING & Color Consultant - Rockville, MD

Home Staging the Washington DC Area from Rockville MD

Great info. Thanks for airing and sharing, but where is ActiveRain on the poll? I get many if not most of my new clients from the rain.

Jul 17, 2008 09:02 AM

Tori Lynn Wallitsch

Prudential Ambassador / Ross Designs, LLC - Omaha, NE

Wow - very interesting results; particularly the Realtor answers. Thank you for doing this!

Jul 17, 2008 11:33 AM

I'm gald it was insightful. Patricia, you make a great point. I can't believe I never thought to add AR to my poll answers.

Jul 18, 2008 12:01 AM

Kym Hough

www.Staged-to-Sell - Danville, CA

Staged to Sell East Bay - Danville, CA

We can never have enough stats! Kym

Jul 24, 2008 04:08 PM

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