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Tips for Selling in a Struggling Economy

The last three years have been difficult for businesses in just about every industry. The recession and the subsequent slow...

Save Money By Spending Money – Hire a Home Stager

This is not a typical discount or coupon deal. Many people who are in the market to sell their home...

Home Stagers: Don’t Waste Time & Resources Marketing to Those Who Aren’t Aware of Their Needs

I heard an interesting statistic this week which I wanted to share with you. Typically, 90% of the people who...

Home Staging Success: Five Customer Service Secrets

Like most businesses, your home staging business can’t thrive without providing a high level of customer service. Exceptional customer service...

Opportunity is Within Your Grasp… Will You Seize It?

As the New Year dawns, business owners face a world of possibility; and as a professional home stager, you have...

Starting (or Growing) a Home Staging Business in 2012? Here’s What You Need to Know

Whether you are planning to start a home staging business or you already have one but need to take it...

Five Reasons Now is the Time to Start Your Home Staging Business

You have an eye for home decor and style, love helping people and are addicted to HGTV ! If you...

Home Staging 101: Are You Investing in Yourself?

These days, financial concerns seem to dominate the news media as shaken investors look for safe options. International equity markets...

Home Staging AND the Day of the Week You List Your House is Important – Choose Wisely!

Everyone is familiar with the old adage of real estate – Location, Location, Location! Of course when you’re trying to...

The Three Golden Rules of Niche Marketing

Michael E. Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, is considered the leading authority on competitive advantage theory. According...

Is Staging Certification Necessary?

The home staging industry is unregulated and there is no “governing and regulating association”. Don’t let this alarm or dissuade you from pursing your dream. The Home Inspection industry is non- regulated also, in fact many industries are rooted in non-regulation. What it means is simply anyone can say they are a stager and anyone can provide a training course, online or in person………….. without ever having staged a home! Shocking isn’t it? We believe as a new business starting out you need as much ammunition and information as possible to position you as an expert instead of a newbie. Certification for a stager is as vital as a license is to a real estate agent.

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HIGH PRAISE

“Having gone through my first CSP training class years ago, and then taking a refresher class recently, I still feel that you cannot get a better staging education than CSP.”

Robin LeVine
I don’t know where to start. It was a fantastic class; it was such a pleasure to meet Christine and Lynelle…It was a lot of information in 3 days! I am happy and thrilled that I took this class – Thanks to everbody for their help!!

Mira B.
Mississauga, ON
“I wanted the best training possible. Which I believe is the CSP® Home Staging Certification Program. And I did a lot of research”.

Cathy Hobbs, CSP Instructor, Emmy Award Winning TV Personality