Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Red Barrinuevo of Redesign 4 More (Toronto) on home staging four homes, getting two huge redesign projects and even having a client fly him across the country (all expenses paid) to redesign a newly renovated home, all within his first year of business (and while working full-time as a stock trader!)…. continue reading […]
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Home Stagers, Stop Attaching Your Happiness to the Job Market
If you read anything about the job market it should be abundantly clear by now that we can’t rely on anyone else to create jobs for us, and that there’s no such thing as job security. According to Home Business Magazine, nearly 70% of home-based businesses succeed for at least 3 years(compared to 29% of… continue reading […]
Spread Your Home Staging Business Name Far and Wide
Purchasing a domain name for your home staging business is only one part of claiming your company name on the Internet. You should also go to the popular social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and ActiveRain and set up accounts/profiles in your business name. Even if you’re not going to use those accounts right now, you… continue reading […]
Home Staging Success Spotlight
Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Imogen Brown of Home Staging Brisbane (Australia) on her first home staging consultation. She says, “I just kept plugging away and plugging away and knew that I would turn the corner one day. My biggest learning apart from ‘Never give up’ is that I have 2 jobs 1. As a… continue reading […]
Aspiring Home Stagers, Have You Lost Touch With What You Love To Do?
If you read any books about how to find your life purpose, they always recommend looking back over your life for clues about where your real talents are. I’ve been addicted to decorating since I was a kid and discovered most home stagers have been too! As adults we often lose touch with what we loved… continue reading […]
Backstage with Staging Diva for August 2011
My teen was away studying at Columbia University all last month so perhaps that accounts for my general mushiness in some of this month’s Staging Diva Dispatch posts. As I watch her try to figure out what she wants to do for a career, I’m so reminded of how important it is to notice what we’re… continue reading […]