Angela Brooks's (angeladbrooks) Blog

I wanted to take a moment to share this great interview for the staging industry. I love this YouTube Monthly Series! Every home stager should watch monthly;the information is fantastic! They have a great special addition, which explains the first home buyers tax credit in laymans terms. November...

I was thrilled with how many agents visited our booth, glad to hear their enthusiasm for home staging. Many exclaimed how they already utilize home staging in their marketing and we enjoyed listening as agent after agent took a moment to share their stories of how home staging impacted a particul...

Toronto, ON, August 11, 2009 - It is not surprising, given today’s economy, to find consumers looking for more value when choosing services and products. Consumers are still spending; they are just doing more research before buying. They evaluate quality, price, and customer service, past client ...

“Business as usual, just doesn’t cut it in today’s marketplace; while some businesses are languishing or barely surviving, why are others thriving?”, asks Christine Rae President and Founder of the unique CSP International Business Training Academy. “This kind of economy is like boot camp; only t...

In the past I wrote a blog on how crucial it is to research your options for the right home staging training. As the months pass, my heart breaks with phone call, after phone call, of discouraged people who have chosen the wrong training, telling me of the anguish it had caused their lives. Money...

I am very pleased to be able to announce the official launch of the NEED to KNOW™ Marketing Courses offered at the CSPI Business Training Academy. I have been a marketing coach for eight years now, and during those years I have come to see a huge pattern in marketing challenges that business owne...

Wiley Publishing has done it again; the ‘For Dummies' series has capitalize on North America's home staging experts Christine Rae (St. Catharines,ON) and Jan Maresh (Longmeadow, MA) offering to their readers "Home Staging for Dummies...a Resource for the Rest of Us!"  Homeowners looking to sell t...

Researching your options is crucial I have seen many blogs on this topic and thought to add my experienced advice to the mix. Before you begin your research ask yourself: What do I need to learn from a staging program? List your strengths, your weaknesses, and what you feel would make you more co...

I am being approached daily by professional stagers, looking for a way to belong to our CSP organization without repeating the Start Up business program that we offer entry level stagers, that these stagers feel they have already taken from other training providers. And although I explain that ou...

Q: "How can I include home staging in my listing package?"A. With EASE.  You don't even have to have a listing to get started. Offering staging services can even assist in securing your next listing.  You can start advertising right away as many CSPs will provide you with an information kit, comp...