February Issue 2010

Listen to your heart, not the negative voices around you and in your head. Even in this uncertain economy, we are encouraged by what we hear.

For instance… I just got a great report from a recent class grad. She just made $10,000. on a staging job in a high-end house. She gets about $2000. on her average staging project. Yvonne McClure of Pennsylvania, I am so proud of you. 

Her recommendations: Networking and being prepared to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to complete the project. 

Another grad is an agent who sold her new listing (after staging it) in 22 days. It had been on the market for over 3 years. She then got 4 more listings the next week from the neighbors who saw the “SOLD” sign. Sherry Webb of Ponte Vedra, you continue to amaze me.

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We are planning to conduct a class in Orlando in the spring. Watch for more info. Let us know if you would like to attend a class in Orlando where you can combine it with a vacation.

Staging Works!!! The one-day Charge-Your-Batteries seminar was January 13^th in Jacksonville. We loved hearing from Mina Shah of the Tony Robbins Organization. We also enjoyed a great lunch and a powerful presentation titled Staging Strategies for 2010. We are all fired-up and ready for success. 

We could not record the Mina Shah portion (copyrighted material), but we have an audio clip of the last part of our day. After the Power Point Presentation, which is mentioned at the bottom of this section, I shared a few stories as did several of the attendees. The volume is somewhat in and out. The recorder was stationary and I move around quite a bit when I speak.http://www.youpublish.com/files/28381/Charge-Your-Batteries-Seminar-Talk    

 To Students of the Class and business people everywhere, here is an excerpt from one of my favorite past blog posts:   

“Your future clients are out there looking for you. They don’t all know it yet, but they need you. I believe that when you treat your customers like friends and family, when your goal is giving, loving and serving—amazing things happen. They will be attracted to you and your business. Even before they know all the details, something in their ‘heart of hearts’ tells them, ‘This is real. This is what I’ve been searching for.’ Something they don’t fully understand will speak to them, beckon them.

In the dream-like Iowa farm baseball movie starring Kevin Costner, we can hear James Earl Jones saying, ‘They will come to your Field of Dreams for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. —Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.’”

Till next time… HAPPY STAGING