Comments on: The Staging Diva Difference http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/the-staging-diva-difference/ Information Tools and Inspiration to Grow Your Own Real Estate Staging Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Atwell http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/the-staging-diva-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 Susan Atwell Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:53 +0000 http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/?p=3925#comment-2600 I’m also glad you wrote this post. I’ve been tempted at times to take additional training, but more out of curiosity and comparison sake, than any other reason. I’m really glad that I found Staging Diva training first. A while back someone Tweeted about feedback on any home staging training we might have taken. I wrote an entry on their blog. I kept the text, and whenever I get a mail from someone asking about Staging Diva training, I send the following (along with some personalized comments, and of course, my affiliate link.) "I spent several months researching training courses before formally starting my home staging business. I was confident in my ability to stage as I had successfully staged and decorated several homes for friends and family. (I believe that you either know how to stage or you don’t.) I almost took a very expensive course, from a high profile provider of training, but thought better of it. What could I really learn from that course that I hadn’t already learned from the web, TV, books, and personal experience? What I really needed to learn was how to run a profitable home staging business. That’s when I searched for business training and found Staging Diva. Debra Gould has a simple, logical, and effective business model. Right from my very first paying job, I had all the information that I needed to succeed. I came across as a seasoned and experienced pro. I have used this business model for over 3 years with great success. I would recommend this education highly for new home stagers. It is also a great formula for seasoned stagers that might not be getting the most out of their current business model. The course was worth every penny I paid – and ironically, half the price of the first course I contemplated. Without a strong business model, I would have made many costly and frustrating mistakes." It’s more than just business training, it’s a roadmap, a business model. If you follow the plan I believe it will lead you down the path to success. I’m also glad you wrote this post. I’ve been tempted at times to take additional training, but more out of curiosity and comparison sake, than any other reason. I’m really glad that I found Staging Diva training first.

A while back someone Tweeted about feedback on any home staging training we might have taken. I wrote an entry on their blog. I kept the text, and whenever I get a mail from someone asking about Staging Diva training, I send the following (along with some personalized comments, and of course, my affiliate link.)

“I spent several months researching training courses before formally starting my home staging business. I was confident in my ability to stage as I had successfully staged and decorated several homes for friends and family. (I believe that you either know how to stage or you don’t.)

I almost took a very expensive course, from a high profile provider of training, but thought better of it. What could I really learn from that course that I hadn’t already learned from the web, TV, books, and personal experience? What I really needed to learn was how to run a profitable home staging business. That’s when I searched for business training and found Staging Diva.

Debra Gould has a simple, logical, and effective business model. Right from my very first paying job, I had all the information that I needed to succeed. I came across as a seasoned and experienced pro. I have used this business model for over 3 years with great success.

I would recommend this education highly for new home stagers. It is also a great formula for seasoned stagers that might not be getting the most out of their current business model. The course was worth every penny I paid – and ironically, half the price of the first course I contemplated. Without a strong business model, I would have made many costly and frustrating mistakes.”

It’s more than just business training, it’s a roadmap, a business model. If you follow the plan I believe it will lead you down the path to success.

]]> By: Donna Dazzo http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/the-staging-diva-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-2598 Donna Dazzo Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:33:55 +0000 http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/?p=3925#comment-2598 Debra, thanks for preparing this. Because I took both your course and Home Staging Resource simultaneously, and it indicates I am a graduate of both on my website, I often get asked the differences. I have often described your program as how to start, run, market and price your home staging business, and not where to put a couch, but I am going to bookmark this and forward it the next time I get that question. One of the differences I describe between the two is that with your course, as a graduate, we can purchase guides, for example, using social media or the one on color, on an a la carte basis, rather than pay an annual fee to access information. With HSR, there is an annual fee as a graduate to access information, which is continuously updated. Either one is fine, so it's a matter of personal preference. (Note: you may want to state that you publish guides available for purchase in your explanation) Debra, thanks for preparing this. Because I took both your course and Home Staging Resource simultaneously, and it indicates I am a graduate of both on my website, I often get asked the differences. I have often described your program as how to start, run, market and price your home staging business, and not where to put a couch, but I am going to bookmark this and forward it the next time I get that question.

One of the differences I describe between the two is that with your course, as a graduate, we can purchase guides, for example, using social media or the one on color, on an a la carte basis, rather than pay an annual fee to access information. With HSR, there is an annual fee as a graduate to access information, which is continuously updated. Either one is fine, so it’s a matter of personal preference. (Note: you may want to state that you publish guides available for purchase in your explanation)

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