About Novato's 94949

Google phone book is a great and Free to advertise in.

Plus, if you go in and create a profile the Google phone book will put you higher on the listings page.

For example, if you go to Google and type in Home Stager, Novato CA our company will be the first name to come up. Even though our company name begins with a "W". (With Divine Style)

In order to create an account:

1. Google your Business Name and City, State
2. Select the link below your listing that says "hours, location, ect."
3. On the top left hand side of the page under "get directions" click "add or edit your business".
4. Then click "Sign Up Now" on the top right hand box.

Once you are done creating the account you can upload pictures and even create a coupon.

In the end Google will call you at the business number to verify it is your company.

They say it takes 4-6 weeks to reflect the changes but our changes appeared in 24 hours.

So our company decided to start attending local Realtor meetings, but the process can be rather intimidating.

The groups of Realtors are 100 + and they all seem to be tightly knit almost like family.

They have a time for affiliates to get up and speak and they have raffles at the end. They will also allow us to hand out business cards and fliers.

What would you do to fit in?

So we recently landed a Staging in a beautiful Million Dollar Home!

In this home there is a Formal Living Room; Family Room; Kitchen and Dinning Area and then a room off of the Dinning Area.

Naturally, we would make the room off of the dinning area a Formal Dinning area since it has a Formal Living Room but the home owners want to make that area another Family Room.

What would you do?

The following is a copy of my intake form that I use for Staging. I generally keep this information in a clients folder on the left hand side. I also notate all communication between the client and on on the bottom of this form. Anyone is welcome to use it.

It is good to have an intake form because it keeps the client talking. If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to post.

~Linda

Initial Contact Person_____________________________________________________

Phone #__________________ Ext.______ Email ______________________________

Home Owners/Seller____________________________________________________

Realtor_______________________________________________________________

Trust_________________________________________________________________
Bank_________________________________________________________________

Relative ______________________________________________________________

Other_________________________________________________________________

Referred By _____________________________________________________________

Staged Property

Deadline ______________________ Planned Duration of Staging __________________

Estimate Time Line ______________ Price Range ______________________________

How would they like to be contacted __________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Square Footage __________________ Number of Rooms________________________

Year Built ______________________ Year Remodeled or Updated_______________

One Story Two story

Special Features__________________________________________________________

Decision to Sell? _________________________________________________________

Occupied or Vacant Home (Circle) 

Electricity 

Smoking

Pets

Running Water

Services

Detailed Evaluation Report

Complete Home Staging

Key Room Home Staging

Curb Appeal Staging

Occupied Staging

Première occupied Home Staging

Touch Up Home Staging

Thing We Should Know____________________________________________________

Notes ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Payment

Responsible Party _________________________________________________________

Intended Method of Payment

Cash Visa Master Card Check Money Order

CC#: __________________________________ Exp.:________________ PIN:_______

Date: __________________________________ Last 4 of SS: _____________________

Terms of Contract________________________________________________________

Communication Log ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yesterday I went on a Bid Proposal which was very challenging.

A Realtor had us come in for a bid proposal with two of our competitors all at the same time. It was rather awkward because I had never actually known who I was bidding against.

All of the Stagers he brought in where ASP certified. I think that made the bid even more difficult because we were all ASP family.

We spent hours analyzing what we would need to charge to get the whole house done by Friday and still turn a profit without undercutting the industry.

One of the Stagers we bid against was a dear friend and more like a sister. So now we are on pins and needles waiting for a response.

I wish the other two Stagers the best and I am certain it will turn out fine, it just felt a little strange at the time.

Has this ever happened to anyone else?