Terrylynn's Blog

February 9th, ONE DAY.  OK Disneyland... but If you couldn't go to Disneyland and... If I only had one day to move my business forward and gain the most knowledge packed into that day, what would I do? Play along with me, now. 

Would I spend it hearing about how Realtors want MORE from stagers and what that more is???  Would I want to know that one word that will change the relationship between stagers and Realtors and how it would put a stager on the Realtor Team, instead of ON CALL???  And why it works and how easy it is to do?

Would I spend it learning about marketing and how consistency and tools differentiate me; learning WHAT tools and WHAT things bring a return on investment?  Ohhhh that's a good one, hum that would be hard to choose.  After all, doing what I love is great, but to make money doing it would be the ultimate business model, wouldn't it?

Would I spend it learning about the  trends for today, Tomorrow and NEXT year in design and staging?  What about the boomers and their likes and tastes, oh, and the Gen x and Gen y's... they are totally different and so much the same in some ways.  That would help my staging and real estate business too, wouldn't it?  Oh, it's getting harder to choose.

Would I want to know why GREENING of my business and including it in my work will get more clients and make an impact on the world?  (Did you know that there is a survey that says "92% of people surveyed say green features are important when buying a property"?)

Would I want to be at a meeting where we can talk about joining forces and moving the industry forward so that we all have a standard of excellence, networking capabilities, sharing and education, common goals and image with the industry and the public? 

Would I want to know how many photos cause more people to look at listings on the internet?  How many buyers search the internet before choosing a realtor (that number is dramatically different than last year)... and more NEW and cutting edge info such as that? 

Would I want to touch and feel the best greenery for the money BEFORE I buy?  Would I want to see the new Method products and see how they FIT the staging model for most homes?  Would I just want to chat with Cindy Lin, and Lori Kim, and Connie Tebyani and Wendy Timmons and some of the other AR people we are so lucky to be online friends with and meet them in person?  Or do I finally want to meet Chris Fisher and see if she's really as cool as her AR friends think she is (hehehehe, she'll kill me for this but she knows more AR friends than I do, so she can introduce us)? 

You can do ALL of that in ONE DAY!!  February 9th, Los Angeles at the StagersLIST Expo.  $65 including lunch!!!  Join us won't you?  Sign up here. 

And then if you didn't get enough on day one, there's a whole 2nd day of workshops, like feng shui and how to use it in your staging business, that will WOW you and give you more time for networking and spending time with friends.  There is a discount for signing up early, but there will be sign-ups that day as well if you decide something is just too good to pass up for Day 2.  We bring the mini-convention to YOU...