PRES stagers are brilliant in using trade shows as part of their marketing strategy! Trade shows are a great marketing strategy and while they do take time, money and energy the pay off can be huge IF you follow up! The best time for trade shows is in the spring and fall. There are industry specific trade shows with realtors and stagers and then the Home & Garden shows are a terrific way for PRES stagers to promote their business.
Earlier this year PRES stagers Deena Cottingham of Green Apple Staging and Janet Voth of Designing Spacez both servicing the Calgary area had a tremendous response with visitors to their booths.
PRES stagers on the West Coast have been active in a number of real estate trade shows and Sally Weatherley of Exit Stage Right was involved with the BC Real Estate Convention trade show held April 8th & 9th. She set up a fantastic looking booth and had a colleague Gita Wood help her out one morning.
Lois North of Lois Interiors attended the trade show and passed out her marketing materials such as her information packages and business cards. That’s a terrific strategy and one that is ‘FREE’. It involves your time and energy and is well worth it.
The key to any successful marketing strategy like a trade show is of course FOLLOW UP! PRES Stagers will have a draw for a ‘free’ staging consultation or perhaps a ‘free’ power stage or even as much as a ‘free home staging job’!
This is a very exciting time for PRES! Our blog will be updated on a weekly basis with informative TIPS, INSIGHTS, STATISTICS, ‘THE LIFE OF A HOME STAGER’, REDESIGN ARTICLES OF INTEREST, and so MUCH MORE!
October was a very busy month for the PRES Staging Resource Centre. PRES Founder & Creative Director, Dana J. Smithers and Kym M. Tarr of Shoestring Home Staging & Interior Redesigns had a fabulous time at the Abbotsford Tradex WestCoast Women’s Show. The show itself was a huge success and like many of the other attendees we bought ourselves some very nice presents!
Thank you so much to all of you who came to our booth. PRES had two great contests – one for potential students and one for home owners who need a little help with getting their home ready for selling and/or making it more harmonious for living.
…and the WINNER OF $500 OFF our PRES Staging & Redesign Course is …(Drum roll please) Alejandra Sumano. CONGRATULATIONS ALEJANDRA! We look foward to seeing you in 2009!
and our second WINNER OF A FREE HOME MAKEOVER FOR LIVING OR SELLING is…(another drum roll please) Bonnie Hartup. CONGRATULATIONS BONNIE! We look foward to renewing and refreshing your home in 2009!
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Your home is a true reflection of who you are. Do you like what you see?
