Hello,
Welcome to your 'FREE' PRES® Entrepreneurs ezine. The intention of this monthly ezine is to provide insightful information to you about the home
staging and redesign business. Our topic this month is about how you can become an 'expert' in the home staging & redesign field and why you need
to.
DEFINITION OF AN EXPERT:
Someone widely recognized as a reliable source... An expert is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study... A person can become an expert by virtue of training, education, professional, publication or experience believed to have special knowledge of a subject beyond that of the average person... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert
So why do you want to be a
'home staging & redesign expert'?
I consider myself a home staging and redesign expert. As an expert I can charge higher rates than others who are not yet experts in their field. My reputation in the field attracts not only students but also home owners and realtors. Other industry professionals frequently ask me for advice about something they are having a challenge with or want to explore. Over the years many libraries and private organizations have contacted me to speak at their functions. The media likes to profile experts and I have been contacted for television and radio shows. My magazine articles attract other publications and I get requests to write for other publications. And on it goes...
How do you become a
'home staging & redesign expert'?
These are my suggestions on some of the things you can do to become an expert in home staging and redesign field:
- Gain Experience - if you have already started your home staging and redesign business then by the very nature of you getting out and gaining experience you are on your way to becoming an expert. If someone asks you to help them with a job - just do it!
- Seek Knowledge - if you have not taken a professional course in home staging and redesign then do so. Continue to take courses or workshops that increase your knowledge base about running your business.
- Write Articles - determine where you will get great exposure to start promoting yourself as an expert; contact editors and if you get rejected just move on to the next contact; write an article once a week and send it out to as many places as you can think of; repeat...
- 'Free' Talks - find out where you can do some free talks about home makeovers for living or selling - libraries are good and so are private groups
- Network - get out an mingle with like-minded professionals; join a BNI group; join womens' networking groups; keep your same story for all the networking groups you go to - don't be one thing one week, and other thing the next week; stay focused.
In Closing - Only YOU can decide
if YOU want to become an EXPERT.
Whether you have taken my 5 day Professional PRES home staging and redesign course or not, I would recommend that you spend some time thinking about what you want your future to look like. I know you have what it takes to succeed, so what do you need to do next? DECIDE and then take ACTION!
PS: To read our previous PRES Entrepreneurs enewsletters for terrific RESOURCES - click on Previous PRES eNewsletters.
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With Gratitude,
Dana J. Smithers
PRES Entrepreneurs Mentoring Coach
Founder & Creative Director
Dana J. Smithers
Founder & Creative Director
PRES® Staging Resource Centre
Sun On My Back Redesigns
Testimonial
"Dana is the 'Guru' of staging and redesign on the West Coast. The course I attended was beyond my expectations. Dana's style of teaching was delivered with lots of enthusiasm as she truly loves what she does and it shows. We had real hands-on on redesign and staging in 3 very different and challenging homes, best way to learn. The monthly meetings are great to connect and network with others and the topics are diversified. Dana's professionalism, commitment to excellence, her continuous support and mentoring is invaluable to help new and seasoned re-designers and stagers become the best they can be."
- Elisabeth Chamberlain
If you are interested in learning more about PRES Professional Real Estate Stagers, please contact us at:
Head Office - North Vancouver | 1 888 296 3148 | info@presstaging.com