Home Staging Directory matches Chicago stager with Aussie client

Last month, I was contacted by someone in Australia who had a home to sell in Chicago. Because of my visibility on the Internet and other media, she got in touch with me hoping I could recommend a home stager there.

Naturally, I led her to the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers where she found Renee D. Strawn's Distinctive Design listing complete with before and after photos, a profile of herself and all of her contact information.

To read more about how someone in Australia contacted me in Toronto to find them a home stager in Chicago, click here!

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Home Staging expert Debra Gould also known as The Staging Diva knows how to make money as a home stager and has taught over 1000 others to use their decorating talents and run their own home staging business in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

One page marketing plan can remove intimidation factor

To follow up on my last post, I would like to share one of my favorite tips with you. When it comes to developing a marketing plan for your business, many people envision a formal, inch thick document. The thought of coming up with such a thing can be daunting enough to prevent some entrepreneurs from ever coming up with a marketing plan.

When it comes to my own marketing, I like to do things a little differently by using a one page marketing plan. It's true! Read more at the Home Staging Business Report.

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A Fortune 500 company veteran, Debra Gould has been a business writer since the 1980s and wrote a chapter of the book "Marketing Masters" published in 1998. She is also known as The Staging Diva and is president of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company that is frequently profiled in the media in both the US and Canada. Debra Gould developed the Staging Diva Training Program to create opportunities for others to grow their own profitable home staging businesses. There are currently over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates around the world.

Reach the goals you set for 2009

One of the most important things a business owner can do is set goals to ensure steady movement in the right direction. In a two-part story I recently posted on the Home Staging Business Report I shared my favorite advice for goal setting.

Check out the posts and this year, make the goals you set for yourself stick!

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Intrepid entrepreneur and home staging expert Debra Gould, also known as The Staging Diva, has been running her own business since 1989. She knows how to make money as a home stager and has taught over 1000 others to use their decorating talents and run their own home staging business in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Staging Diva Graduate Makes it to HGTV

Two months after completing the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program, Susan Manlove had landed a home staging project that more than paid for her course. That alone would be reason to celebrate, but within her first year in business, Susan was contacted to stage a home for popular HGTV program, My House is Worth What?.

Visit the Home Staging Business Report to read Susan's story.

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Home Staging expert Debra Gould also known as The Staging Diva knows how to make money as a home stager and is determined to inspire and teach others to do the same. There are over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates who have learned to use their decorating talents and run their own home staging business in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.