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Staging Training

PRES® 5 Day Professional Home Staging & Redesign Course

Shopping as a StagerDo you dream of becoming your own boss...doing what you love?

If you are interested in a career in home staging & redesign, our course offers you in- depth learning with hands on practical experience. After you graduate our program you will leave with everything you need to start your home based business.

This five day course provides you the theory and practicum of staging homes for selling using client's existing furnishings and working with vacant homes. Our redesign training allows you to offer home makeovers for living including moving clients into their new homes!

  
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The PRES Difference

  • Students hanging picture at clients homeThe PRES® Professional Real Estate Staging course is a full 5 day comprehensive and intensive course consisting of:

    • 1 Day of Staging & Redesign Decorating Theory
    • 2 Full Days of Hands On experience in real Client's Homes where you apply all your learning!
    • 2 Full Days of Starting Up Your Business – Proven Marketing Strategies & Selling Strategies for the entrepreneur - no other course offers this!
  • Smaller class sizes so each individual benefits from personalized training

  • Learn hands on with client's existing furnishings or with rental furnishing companies when needed

  • Our graduates have successful part time and full time staging businesses

  • On-going Professional Development Courses to expand your skills

  • Mentoring, Meetings and Teleconference calls to support you after the course

  • Access to our exclusive on line home staging and redesign business resource centre

  • Find yourself on our PRES® Staging Resource Centre website so clients can find you.

Dana Smithers has always shown professionalism in all aspects of her training & Home Staging / Redesign business. Dana is a wonderful mentor who has inspired me to set a good foundation in building my business from the ground up. Dana is honest & respectful with both her students & clients. It's a privilege to work with someone with such integrity & dedication to living her purpose.

- Louise Henry, Pair Home Design.com Vancouver, BC
Staging student studying chartDay 1 - The Classroom
  • '10 Step Staging & Redesign Room-by-Room' Formula
  • The psychology of working collaboratively with home owners, realtors and sellers.
  • The fundamentals of Decorating, professional decorators advice on colour schemes, elements and principles of design, trends, and more.
Day 2 & 3 – The Client's Home:
  • Client consultation - determine which rooms you will be working in for either a home makeover for living, or staging for selling
  • Hands on - apply what you have learned in a real client's home.
  • Learn how to evaluate the length of time a job will take, the manpower needed, the tools required (furnishings, truck rentals etc) to complete the job to the client's satisfaction
  • Discover how professionals rearrange furniture, add and/or delete accessories and/or collections. Then put your skills into action.
  • Designers are experts in hanging art. Learn how to do it right and the right tools to use.
  • Uncover a wealth of "on the job" trade secrets that only the professionals know.
  • Start your marketing portfolio. You take your own photos and client's provide great testimonials

Students handing artwork

Testimonial
Sun on My back redesign training course was fun and exciting. During our course we had a lot of practical "hands on" training. The variety & style of homes I was trained in allowed me to be creative, gain experience and Ideas from how to hang pictures in the best groupings, picture height, layout of furniture to maximize space & functionality and so much more, Dana has a very easy step by step & practical approach to her training. If you are considering a career change or exploring Home Staging I would sincerely recommend Dana Smithers, Sun on My Back Redesign training centre.
- Louise Henry - Vancouver, BC


Day 4 & 5 – Back to the Classroom:
  • Classroom trainingHow to successfully start your Staging & Redesign Business
  • Professional Branding & Marketing of your new company in 2009
  • Role play created to help gain confidence in selling your service to home owners, sellers, and realtors
  • Pricing, quoting and competitive bids – your instructors share their "mistakes" so you can avoid some of the start up pitfalls
  • Goal setting with professional business coach Cathy Clark
  • Referrals are the best way to save on your marketing budget - How to get referrals and keep them coming!
  • Working with contractors to grow your strategic alliances

No other course offers 2 full days of marketing and selling!



Testimonial
It took a lot of convincing from my friends that I should take the course with them. I believed after having my own successful business for 13 years, I would be able to embark on this new career without a course behind me. I am so glad they convinced me. The course was fantastic. Your manual and the CD with the forms that students are able to incorporate into their business plans were both very thorough and professional and the course covers everything that is needed to start a career in staging and redesign. Your expertise in the field in invaluable to anyone wanting to go down this path. You shared many trade secrets and lessons that you have learned throughout your experiences. The continued support that you provide to your students after they complete the course is truly amazing.

So for all that and more.................. thank you! LiSA ROY, SPACELiFT
www.getaspacelift.ca

Sun On My Back Redesigns owner Dana J. Smithers has received media attention from television, radio, newspapers, decorating magazines and newspaper articles. Dana personally teaches this course. She is also a professional interior decorator, redesigner and real estate stager and shares her expertise with you.

I cannot tell you how much it means to have the PRES Staging Resource Centre and you Dana as a resource. As a new stager I love to actually stage but with your assistance I don't have to "reinvent the wheel" when it comes to forms and contracts. You have done it perfectly and because I am a "PRES Graduate" I am the fortunate one to be able to tap into your system. I not only have you as a resource to contact when I need it but I have all the other PRES Stagers who are not competitors but associates. Thank you for that. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheryl Grattan
With Flair Home Staging and Redesign



OUR GIFTS TO YOU:

  • PRES Certification EmblemFirst year 'FREE' Membership to our PRES® Stagers Members Only Business Resource Centre (value of $199)
  • FREE Start Up Coaching with Cathy Clark – www.coachingwithcathy.com (2 free sessions)
  • FREE Monthly Mentoring Meetings to keep the inspiration flowing while networking with others in our industry
  • Website Profile of your talents on our website at no cost to you.
  • Chance to Audit our course for FREE (within 6 months completion)
  • AT PRES® we make education in home staging and redesign our business for you.
  • Our most up to date Training Manual (200+ pages of helpful information and tips)

Earn $100 Referral Fee

If being a professional stager isn't for you but you know of someone who has a passion for home interiors, tell them about PRES® and you can earn a $100 Referral Fee if they sign up and complete the PRES® course!

For further information on our training sessions, request an information package here.

For classes in the Vancouver Area the following criteria apply:

  • Professional classroom teaching is held at the new air conditioned John Braithwaite Community Center in North Vancouver near Lonsdale Quay
  • The 3 client homes are throughout the Lower Mainland Area
  • Car pooling can be arranged

Our classes fill up quickly!

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Sun On My Back RedesignsDana J. Smithers

Sun On My Back Redesigns Owner
PRES® Professional Real Estate Stager Trainer
Founder PRES® Staging Resource Centre
604 836 7174 || info@sunonmybackredesigns.com

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