Home Stagers and Designers on Fire Marianne Cherico

In this episode I interview Dawn Drew, a successful Home Stager, Designer, House Flipper and Real Estate Agent. Dawn will soon be releasing her first book Joy and Ease: Are You Ready to Change Your Life.  We discuss:
 what it means to be in alignment with your core values and how this impacts business how the business you build reflects who you are how Dawn's core values have impacted her pricing, marketing, messaging, etc. in her business how to determine the "highest and best" use of your time how Dawn prices jobs based on value instead of competing on price why solid contracts are important, especially for "people pleasers" how "self respecting conversations" prevent problems how Dawn helped her Real Estate Agents build their brand on her stagings

In this episode I talk with Shanice Miller- a business productivity consultant. You will learn:
what a business productivityconsultant does how a business productivity consultant helps you grow and scale your business why systems and processes are so important in hiring, training, selling, marketing and client delivery how a business productivity consultant can help you leverage your marketing with metrics ideas for automating sales how Shanice helps you identify operational deficiencies in order to leverage your time and streamline your processes how to make more money when selling your business (with solid systems and processes)  

In this episode I interview Donel Beals about how her business has evolved from being a visual merchandiser to a sought after Home Stager and Interior Designer on Cape Cod. Donel talks about how she has built her business her way while honoring her life's top priorities- her 2 sons and husband.

In this episode of Home Stagers and Designers on Fire I interview Monica Murphy of Preferred Staging LLC.  You will learn what it is like to build a dedicated team of talented Home Stagers who help you win business, collaborate with each other on jobs and honor your company culture. 

In this episode of Home Stagers and Designers on Fire I talk with Jodie Evans of Envision Staging and Design about what is involved with designing model apartments. You will learn:
how Jodie won the business from Property Managers and Regional Managers different services you can offer for model apartments how Jodie determines pricing Jodie's advice for Home Stagers and Designers who would like to add model apartments to their business model the software Jodie uses for design boards and how she uses them as part of her process

In this episode of Home Stagers and Designers on Fire I interview Jennifer Mello, Broker Owner and top producing Real Estate Agent. You will learn:
What Jennifer would say to Broker/ Owners when reaching out to them (if she were a Stager) Clear ways that you can add value to Real Estate Agents that win them over Why Real Estate Agents need you to be specific and obvious about the services you provide The #1 thing to do before you make a sales (service) call How to use Social Media to gain attention from select Agents or Brokers How Agents may decide to pay for staging (or not) Why follow up and consistency is so important, especially with Real Estate Agents, and when to stop following up