RESA CEO, Shell Brodnax hosts a special guest on the First Thursday of each month to talk about all things related to home staging, including how to grow your business, how to get started, how to get agents how to get it… and much more!
In the month of December, our special guest was Anne Furlow, the founder of Step By Stage Interiors and newly elected 2022 RESA® National Board of Directors.
Anne Furlow has always had an eye for design ever since she was young. She followed her passion by attending and graduating from The International Academy of Design & Technology (IDAT) in Tampa, FL, (Interior Design). Anne received her Accredited Staging Professional (ASP/IAHSP) certification. She has worked for several home builders and remodelers for the past fifteen years.
Anne is an accomplished motivator, public speaker, and often a go-to person for local realtors in her area looking for the competitive marketing advantage her company, Step by Stage Interiors can offer.
DECEMBER NEWBIE WEBINAR WAS RECORDED LIVE ON DECEMBER 2nd, 2021
Questions about the home staging industry answered:
- When you have no experience, how do you build a network?
Who is RESA®? Learn more about the history of the trade association for professional stagers here.
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Stage It Forward Facebook Group (open to all)
- How do I get started & certified and how can I set myself up to shadow someone?
Get trained from a RESA Accredited or Affiliate Education Provider.
- I would love to hear about how to scale business models to create multiple 6-figure income ($100k per partner/owner).
- How do I grow my staging and design business?
You can find the RESACON 2021 on-demand sessions to help you grow your business here.
- Best ways to know what cities are best to start a staging business in if you want to relocate.
- How not to get overwhelmed and how to overcome paralysis?
- How to get realtors to not move stuff?
- What was one of the main things that helped catapult your business forward in the beginning?
- Where is the best place to advertise when starting a home staging business?
- How do you know what to charge clients for my staging services and feel confident doing it?
- How to estimate staging jobs by room? How to incorporate all the costs involved in a 30 day stage?
Get Rob Mann’s Staging Finance 101 session.
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