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Home Staging Resource Newsletter
Real Estate & Home Staging Happenings
December 2010
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Dear Reader,

Happy Holidays! Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy these encouraging home staging stories and videos...

New Year, New Career!
 
Follow Your Passion and Create Your Own Job!

Now is a great time to invest in yourself and something you've always wanted to do but didn't know how! HSR is here to support you every step of this exciting journey and promise you will be amazed at all you can accomplish with your design talents! Here are some great reasons to become an HSR Certified Professional Home Stager and Redesigner:

  • Economy proof profession that help sellers and owners transform their homes
  • Artistic profession that allows talented decorators a money-making profession
  • Rewarding and fulfilling to assist sellers in marketing their home
  • Wonderful clientele base of real estate agents who "resell" the service
  • Fabulous industry of professionals from various backgrounds with a passion for interiors!
  • Step-by-step instructions on creating and launching both a staging and redesign business!
  • Year round business since staging is hot Spring and Summer while redesign is popular Fall and Winter

On a more personal note, of the hundreds of professionals I've had the privilege of personally training in this industry, I have NEVER heard any form of regret from these folks who stepped out and followed their passion! In fact, here is an encouraging Member Success story of someone who started her business in one of the most competitive markets and worst economies...

 

Home Stagers -
Email Marketing Made Easy!
 
HSR Invests in their Member's Success...

Can you imagine having a website that compels every visitor to give you their email address and then automatically sends those visitors a follow-up series of five professionally designed, customized and information packed emails from you over the course of 30 days for continual relationship building?

For less then the price of a standard web email marketing package, HSR provides this Email Marketing Package to their members which will help to insure their marketing success while saving them tons of time thus money! This is just another product that shows our passion, dedication and investment to our Member's business success!

If you're a home stager who is currently spending time and money driving traffic to your website but not capturing that traffic, I encourage you to review this product and consider coming aboard!

Give Yourself the Gift of More Business Training
 
Another HSR Member Success Story

Debra Rosser from The Staging Matters, and I met under strange and somewhat negative circumstances but we hit it off right away! She had already gone through another training program but wondered if investing in herself and more training might make sense for her. I distinctly remember her telling me that she "wants to be busy" and I knew that since so much of our training is unlike any other training available in terms of Internet Marketing, pricing and process, I assured her that the investment would pay off. Here was her feedback to me a few months later...

"If anyone is standing on the other side of the HSR "members area" like I was, and is wondering if it is really worth it to step to the other side? Could there be so much more to learn? Is this the right course to invest in?.... Just like my clients make more money and in a shorter amount of time by using me to stage their homes...I think HSR trained stagers reap those same benefits from their training. Jump on in. This is it!!!"

More HSR Member Success Stories
 
And the Winner is...

I am so excited and proud to announce that once again, many HSR Graduates are recognized and honored as finalists for the yearly Real Estate Staging Association Awards! Congratulations to Birgit Anich & Luci Terhune (North Region), Max Ruthven & Cyndee Long (South Region), and Linda Turner (West Region) who all submitted outstanding photos and presentations of their work! Interestingly enough, all of these finalists attended last year's RESA Conference, so I encourage you to join me at the RESA Conference and be inspired!

Congratulations to long-time, HSR Veteran Cathi Rios for being the Wholesaler of the Month for MirrorMate, one of HSR's Member Discount Vendors! Watch Cathi's before-and-after, photo show to see how she transforms these bathrooms by clicking here!

Our very own Birgit Anich is featured on Channel 3 News offering staging tips and advice. Click here to watch her video!

HSR Veteran Nan Johnson is interviewed in Atlanta and shares her many staging secrets...

 
AGENTS - Contact an HSR Certified Professional Home Stager Today!
 

 
Don't let your listings sit while others sell in this market! Get the jump on the spring season by partnering with an HSR Certified Professional Home Stager! HSR graduates are the most extensively trained in the industry, have gone through the only RESA Accredited program, are truly prepared to take care of your listings, make you look great and have special partner programs available to Agent Partners!

CLICK HERE to watch an quick 2-minute video about our Staging Agent Partner Program.

 

Again, thanks for your time and interest! I hope your holiday is filled with joy and fun! Staging works and in today's market is the only thing that can help to sell a home other then lowering the price.

If you're a real estate agent, please go to our directory to find a competent, HSR Certified Professional whose focus is making your job easier. If you're a Home Stager, please consider joining HSR and taking part in our 21-Day, HSR Certification Program! Thanks for your time and attention and have a wonderful day!

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Warmest Regards,


Audra Slinkey
Home Staging Resource

Phone: 1-888-563-9271

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Testimonials

The HSR Training Program is a wonderful program that gives you lots of details on how to set up your business. I loved the fact that you did not have to reinvent the wheel; all the forms, checklists, contracts, sell sheets, pricing suggestions, everything is provided. I especially loved the videos. Since this is a visual business it really helped me to grasp the concepts. I signed up for the marketing package also and got beautiful business cards, postcards and stationary in a very timely manner. The fact that they have a website framework already set up for you is invaluable. With their detailed instructions on how to customize, your website is up in no time. I can't thank HSR enough for all of their support!

Terry Klock
Showcase Home Staging and Interiors

I just want to let you know how grateful I am for all the guidance that the Home Staging Resource training provides to its members. Just as Audra mentions in the Week 1 Overview, I do feel overwhelmed. However, it is comforting to know that so many resources are available to me as an HSR member. I'm looking forward to starting Week 2 and I must admit I do feel confident in going forward in this new business venture. That confidence comes in large part to the support offered through the HSR member web site. Thanks for creating such a comprehensive training package & mentorship program Audra!

Carol Dunn,
Creative Edge Staging Solutions, LLC

Audra,
Before I signed up for HSR, I went through another staging school which at the time was advertising on HGTV offering a lucrative guaranteed income. I "jumped through their hoops' and passed their tests only to be offered independent contracting. ( I do all the work and they make the money--not for me!) I was TOTALLY unprepared to be in business for myself in this industry after that 6 month experience! Talent is mandatory but specific business knowledge in this industry is absolutely imperative!!

Thank God for you and HSR! Wow! I am absolutely "blown away" with your amazingly thorough " A-Z++ " program in the Staging & Redesign industry! You have thought of everything and then some! The ongoing extensive information, training, forms, marketing tools, marketing solutions package and personal support you provide are delightfully overwhelming! I now feel TOTALLY prepared to be a Professional Home Stager thanks to HSR! I can't thank you enough Audra for helping me to change my life and follow my dream! Your school is phenomenal!

Vicki Sweet
Home Sweet Home Staging & Redesign, LLC
Virginia Beach, Va.

"The HSR training program exceeded my expectations. I can not imagine trying to start a home staging business without taking this course. They provide so much helpful information. It would have taken me many more months to get my business off the ground if I had tried to do it on my own. Their support kept me motivated, the downloadable documents kept me from having to reinvent my own forms and their marketing plan provided a useful path for me to follow. It is worth every penny, and more!"

Lisa Hall
Lisa Hall Staging & Design
Annapolis, MD

The HSR Training program got me on my feet, and I started my own business while working full time. It 's filled with plenty of material, and guidance. The program was fun and easy to follow. The web-site tutorials are great! I can't thank Audra and everyone enough!"

Adrianna Dekrell

Dear Audra, I've been considering the home staging and redesign industry for a couple of years. I decided 2010 was the year that I would change anything in my life that wasn't making me happy. I want a fun, flexible, and fulfilling career. A friend tried to convince me that I could do it without investing in training. You can't put a dollar amount on the confidence feeling prepared gives you.

The training has far exceeded my expectations and worth every penny of investment. Audra and her team has done an extraordinary job of researching and documenting every aspect of this field. What impresses me most is her personal communication with each subscriber and her devotion to continue to improve the program. In my research for a training program, one graduate referred to Audra as "no slouch." I feel I have all of the information I need to be successful and know that HSR will be a resource I will continue to tap into for many years.

Sandra McKinley
Red Door Home
Philadelphia Suburbs

Dear Audra,

I can't believe how much your home staging course has changed my life! I have worked full time as a hairdresser for 25 years and really needed a change. I have always loved Real Estate and decorating and I have wanted to change careers for a few years now but I had no idea what I would do. After doing some research online I realized I could make a living doing what I'm good at and I'm so glad I chose your program! You really have thought of everything, this training program is amazing! I really loved the recent changes you've made and I just want to thank you for giving me a reason to get up every morning excited about what the day will bring!

Luci Terhune N.J
Bungalow Home Staging & Redesign

"The HSR Training is excellent!

I wish I would have trained with HSR when I first started my staging business over one year ago!  I would have paid for the training several times by now with all of the mistakes I have made trying to figure out this business on my own. Audra has made starting a staging business so easy with no guess work."

Peggy Givens
Staging Tulsa

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