Barbara Heil-Sonneck - Home Staging Atlanta

A great opportunity for all Art and Museum Lovers! Nine metro Atlanta museums and historic sites will participate by opening their doors gratis to visitors. In addition the puppetry center offers some half-price family-friendly options

ATLANTA:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
  
• The Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta;
  
• The Hammonds House
  
• The Museum of Design Atlanta
• Atlanta; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Marietta:

• The Marietta Museum of History

Roswell:

• Archibald Smith Plantation Home, Roswell
• Barrington Hall, Roswell
  
  
• Bulloch Hall Roswell

Museum Day 2009 has 1,200 museums in all 50 states participating
To print out an admission card (good for two people) and
see a complete list of participants, go to

Museums Day Free Admission

Little things can have a big impact and it can be done in different ways. Starting with small things, like a written Thank You card to bigger once like volunteering with your customer at his/her preferred
charity event. There are lots of ways to create an emotional bond.

Something imbedded into your way of doing business, staying true to your values and what you as a person stand for. I always try to listen closely, ask some open questions to learn more about my customers, there likings and preferences, something they are passionate about, something which might make them laugh, something they simply enjoy.

The same holds true with my friends. I keep a like/love list and surprise them with something they have said or mentioned one time and surprise them at a time when it is not expected (I am awful with birthdays). Showing appreciation can be done in so many ways and it makes your customer
feel special...

This little wonderful short video is a great example, it touched my
heart....

Please CLICK on the link below and ENJOY!

Watch "The Simple Truths of Service" movie

I would LOVE to hear from you and your way of creating "Special Memories" for your clients....

Creating some buzz with a new name :-) "The Taste of Smyrna" is now called "Festival of Delectable". Let's hope for some fun in the sun. Please come hungry. More than 30 restaurants will offer there mouthwatering food and you can purchase samples from 50 cents to $ 4.

A nice event for the whole family, meet some neighbors, listen to the music, inflatables for kids, and more Add this is not there is some fun for the ear's as well, Music will be played and for the youngsters, there are inflatables.

Please visit this Saturday September 19th from 11AM to 8PM

You can find more details at:

Festival of Delectable in Smyrna

Ok, we all have our preferences, every Designer has his/her particular style, something signing every project like a signature on a painting.

I admit, I love to work with "young or young at heart professionals", I love open floor plans and a more modern, but cosy admbiente, In Re-Design projects I love to mix old and new and I love to work with natural pieces, like sticks.

Little things can make a big difference. A customers smile combined with an appreciation email is such a great Thank you!

Being an alien has its advantages. After I decided to call Atlanta my home I started to get involved with the German School, German Consulate and Goethe Institute to stay connected with my roots.

A couple of month ago the German Consular threw a party at his residence in honor of the opening of the US office of Nurnberg Messe. I am a true believer in networking, introducing, connecting, welcoming and sharing with others, I guess that’s why people like to invite me :-). I introduced myself to a group of journalists, one was from my hometown and we even discovered that we went to the same school……

Last week I got a call from my hometown journalist. The newspaper was planning to release a one page article about small business owners around the world, the title “Life after Lehmann” a 1 year snapshot of how small business owners have dealt with the crisis after the collapse of Lehmann Brothers. Of course I said yes, and was featured today.

The first call I got was from my parents, they got several calls from some friends and neighbors about their daughter being in the News. It was a total surprise for them and I could hear how proud they were …

So how does it matter that an article is published in Germany and my business is in Atlanta? One of my target markets is the German speaking community, this is something to share with this niche. What is key? Pretty much similar rules as for blogging, something people can relate to, triggering an emotional response….

Hometown girl started business in Amerika...