You’ve built your home staging business…now isn’t it time to THRIVE? 

This year at STAGE 2012 our focus will be on how ‘thrive’ with your home staging business.  Too many people are into ‘surviving’ but I am going to challenge you to be into ‘thriving.’

That is why we have put together the very best home staging training event ever seen by this industry.

Recently I was honored to have written an Amazon #1 Best Seller for the home staging industry called ‘Love Sells; How to get every home buyer to fall in love with your house.’  I was able to become a #1 Best Seller because I chose to ‘Thrive’ instead  of just ‘survive’ and together we are going to create the same success for you with your home staging business!

When I first started in the home staging industry, no one was there to show me exactly what it took to really build something great.  There were ‘home staging teachers’ but they were just teaching ‘home staging’ and if you want a home staging business, then what you really need to learn is ‘business’ not just ‘home staging.’

That is where STAGE 2012 comes in.  This is truly the ONLY home staging business and marketing training event offered in the entire industry.  This is the event, open to all levels and all stagers,  that will take you away from ‘survive’ and into ‘thrive!’

I should be honest with you though. If you are looking for a big huge ‘conference’ type of event that focuses on a little bit of this and a little bit of that, this is not the event for you.

STAGE 2012 is a serious, roll up your sleeves, learn to brand, learn to market, learn to do business…and make some big money…type of event…in other words…this is your turn to ‘Thrive!’

And in full disclosure, I should tell you that this is your LAST OPPORTUNITY to train with me in this way. This is my final year for STAGE which is why I am putting my ‘all’ into it for you and every single home stager in the world that is ready to Thrive in the home staging industry.  I am being asked for more and more speaking engagements, interviews, and TV and media appearances and with all these blessings, I need to make sure I am still giving 100% to myself, my family, my career and APSD.  So, this is my Final STAGE.

Needless to say, I have brought together an incredible STAGE 2012 Team to deliver the very best 3 days of training (and certification…more on that later!) you will ever experience!

Meet our SPECIAL GUESTS!

Special Guest Brice Thomas, Managing Publisher of Homes and Land Magazine- We are honored to have BriceThomas join us at STAGE 2012 where he will introduce you to the ‘how to’s’ when it comes to getting showcased in Homes and Land Magazine (just like I have been!) and the best way to use it as a tool for your home staging business!

Special Guest Dr. James Chapman- One of my favorite people on this earth will grace us with his amazing insights on “Living a Life that Matters.”  You can be the biggest stager in the world but if there is nothing there that matters then your efforts are all for naught. Dr. Chapman will engage you with his amazing storytelling as he intertwines the significance of ‘you’ and making your life matter.  Jim has traveled extensively around the world, spending sabbaticals in Singapore, Thailand and India. For his most recent sabbatical in 2010, he received a Lilly Endowment grant that allowed him to spend the summer visiting New Mexico and exploring Chiapas, Mexico and Peru, Ecuador and The Galapagos Islands. In summer 2011, he led a church group to Mexico visiting and learning from indigenous Mayan communities and human rights groups. Jim is truly ‘Living a Life that matters’ and will inspire you to do the same!

Special Guest Carla Woolnough-  Carla is the National spokesperson for RE/MAX Canada’s Fit to Sell program which educates agents and home owners on the benefits of staging before listing. She is also the founder and owner of the home decorating and staging company, Nex-Step Design since 2005. She has staged hundreds of homes for resale, maximizing potential selling prices and minimizing on-market listing times for her clients.

 

Special Guest Barbara Katnich- The owner of ‘Fresh Approach’ Barbara has made an art out of  ‘Marketing to the Affluent’ where she consistently books home staging and design jobs for$15,000-$40,000.  Hold on to your seat as Karen interviews Barb and finds out the secret behind her success and she promises to share with you how to do the same in your market.

 

 

Meet the STAGE 2012 Team:

 

Karen Schaefer- Branding like a Rock Star for Home Staging Business!  There are many well kept secrets behind successfully branding your home staging business and Karen promises to reveal them all!  How else do you think she took APSD from one small local market into 14 countries in just 5 years!

 

Kristy Morrison-Kristy has used social media to go from 0 to 40 staging’s a month and credits her success on social media!  Learn her most recent tactics and techniques including the best way to use Pinterest and Google+!

 

Mannie Tantawy- Mannie is the Queen of ‘Home Staging’ when it comes to differentiating yourself as a home stager and making yourproperties stand out above the rest!  Join Mannie for this incredibly fun session on towel origami and how you can use it to make your home staging business unique and memorable.

Barbara Heathcote- ‘Staging with Excellence…How to be the best Home Stager in your Marketplace.’ Barb’s style, poise and consistency make her everyagent’s choice in her market place.   Find out how you can become the same!

 

And here is the line up:

Well if that doesn’t make you want to get out of your seat and Thrive, I don’t know what will!   I hope you will join me and this amazing line up we have created for you at my final STAGE event.

SPECIAL BONUS! Plus when you attend this year’s STAGE 2012, you will receive a special bonus that is unlike anything we have ever offered before!  At STAGE 2012, we will be introducing the all new APSD Certified Color Analysis Training Program along with our partner Sherwin Williams.  During the event you will receive the entire training, certification and 2012 Color Kit from Sherwin Williams.  This is a value of $997 and it is yours as a SPECIAL Bonus when you attend STAGE 2012!!!

The event is held on November 2, 3 and 4, 2012 at the Historic Antlers Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO and we have even secured an amazing discount rate for everyone in attendance!

I can’t wait to see you at STAGE 2012!

 

 

Karen Schaefer
Founder, APSD

PS- Everyone is welcome regardless of where you have been trained and how long you have been in the industry. We just ask that you have a sincere desire to take your home staging business and your life to the next level because that is what this training event is all about!

PPS- Once you register for the event, the hotel link and all the event details will be sent to you.