Whether you are a Decorator, Designer, Organizer, Real Estate Agent or someone wanting to build a staging business - this program is for you!

The Canadian Staging Professional workshop is a comprehensive program taught through hands-on interaction, with group exercises, roleplays and in depth practical application of work samples, geared to prepare its participants to enter the staging industry with confidence and experience necessary to succeed.

Click here to receive a Free Information Package on our CSP™ Staging Training.

Christine offered a comprehensive program in how to  develop your own real estate staging business.

I am now on the "fast track" to success!
-Nancy Wilkie CSP™

 

CSP™ Home Staging Training Includes:
Resource Manual & Class Instruction - 350+ pages/30 hour with trainer
Staging Industry Statistics
Key factors in the Home Staging Market
How to sell to different kinds of people
8 Pricing Modules
4 types of consultations - step by step processes
Reporting Systems - including unique and innovative staging tool the CSP™ Room Ready Hand Book
Instruction on using the CSPER - Certified Staging Professional Evaluation Report - unique tool for CSP's
7 Samples of Contracts, Proposals, Letters, Bids and Quotes, Vacant pricing charts, ,
List of different streams of income available to a certified staging consultant
CSP™ Tool Kit - recommended list
10 Simple steps for staging a room
20 Additional Staging Tips
The 6 F's of staging; Includes elements of design, scale, floor plans, traffic flow, and more!
8 common problems faced when staging
Top Ten Tips and Techniques
Colour - Including CSP™Staging Safe Colours, elements of colour, colour planning, Choosing paint and more....
Room solutions with the use of art
Five minute floral ideas and tips
Rental Furniture and how it works
Staging for living palette
Staging a house during the holidays
Selling a house with feng shui
Storage options
Building your inventory
Open house checklist - showing instructions and 20 minute time saving tips...
Knowing your clients - 29 pages to increase your knowledge of the Real estate Industry, includes: determining the role of a stager, objection handling, and identifying secondary target markets
Business start up - 5 Crucial things
10 Wacky Ways to get in front of a Real Estate Professional
Presentations to Real estate Agents
Building a staging team
Anatomy of an effective business plan
56 page Marketing Resource - Success of Marketing written for CSP Stagers by Marketing Guru Angela Brooks
Student Resources
Hands-on Experience
Field training - Day 3 Stagers actually stage a home on the market!
Role-playing & staging exercises
Mentoring - Job Shadowing - *Available in participating areas
CSP™ Support
Access to Resource Center for CSP™ graduates
Listed on "Find a Home Stager" directory
Access and availability of branded promotional material
Bulk Advertising Opportunities
Additional Educational Opportunities, such as: teleclasses, online learning, colour certification
The Coffee Break newsletter for members only
Co-marketing Opportunities
Free Refresher attendance of the CSP™ Program
The Staging Standard Magazine
The Staging Standard Newsletter
Annual Education Conference
CSP™ M.O.R.E Program - NEW!
1. Your own Blog on the Staging Community Weblog
2. Five Marketing Modules - step by step 8-10 week marketing plan
3. Portfolio Presentations
4. Press Kit Presentations
5. Teleclasses - How To's; Marketing, building a newsletter, branding and more!
Memberships
Membership Advantage Card
One Year Directory -sellthishouseusa.com
One year International
Discount Affiliate Memberships
*Certified Staging Professionals™ provides additional marketing material, tools and teleclasses more details in class and on the CSP™ Resource Center

Who would benefit from taking the CSP™ Program?

• Individuals who are serious about becoming a Staging Expert


• Decorators, Real Estate Agents, Organizers who want to add a competitive edge to their already existing services


• Ambitious people who want to belong to a Staging industry, who encourages excellence and continuing education through their on-going support.

About Christine Rae

The CSP Workshop is not a lecture; it is hands-on, personal coaching, with invaluable learning exposure in real life settings.

Your trainer, Christine Rae, is the recipient of an International Staging Award of Excellence (2004) and has taught Staging & Business implementing for 5 years across North America, helping others to begin their own Staging careers. With a degree in business, extensive training and vast experience in the Decorating and Staging field, she will assist you as you advance into your new career choice with confidence and great knowledge. Get ready to succeed!

Christine Rae is easily approachable and keeps the class interested in everything she discusses. She always encourages questions and student opinions and is genuinely concerned that we the students are understanding the information she is giving us. I would HIGHLY recommend this class to anyone interested in entering the field of Staging. This was well worth the money!
-Glenda James CSP™

"The unique CSP™ tools, student resource centre, website profiles and the incredible advertising that this program provides makes me extremely proud to be associated with the program." says Ann Maurice - TV's House Doctor International Interior Designer and Property Expert

Now Available!!!
Ann Maurice, TV House Doctor - Home Study Property Presentation DVD (Only $199) through this site!

"In this two-disk DVD set containing over 5 hours of essential viewing I share my tried and true home staging techniques with you. Take a room by room tour with me, assessing the property as we go along. Learn about colour, clutter and sublminal sensory stimulators. Whether you are a home owner looking for techniques for presenting your home for sale or are currently working as a Home Stager this guide is for you. It is not only a valuable tool for the beginner but also contains many innovative tips for the seasoned professional." Ann Maurice, TV House Doctor

NOW AVAILABLE FREE with the CSP™ 30hr Staging Training Program. (Begins July 1st, 2008)

Course Highlights:

• Instruction - Exclusive cutting-edge staging content.
• Marketing - Indispensable resources to use throughout your business.
• Designation - Be recognized immediately as a staging expert.
• Experience - Stage an actual house on the market!
• Portfolio - Opportunities to secure before and after photos and testimonials of your own.
• Support - Direct interaction with leading experts in the first staging progam of its kind, the CSP™ Apprentice Program. Free for CSP™ graduates! As well receive ongoing support through the private online Student Resource Center.
• Promotion & Advertising - We promote you through print and online marketing campaigns, geared to bring you clients!

Course Includes:

• CSP™ Course Resource Manual -350+ pages
• "Success of Marketing" Manual for Stagers
• Unique tools and business processes to help you secure business
• 4 personal web pages to profile your business
• CSP™ Designation
• CSP™ certificate and lapel pin
• And so much more

REGISTER TODAY AND GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY!

Certified Staging Professionals™ know starting a new career can be both exciting and overwhelming. We also recognized that many want to get started the moment they register. Immediately after you register for the 3 day staging program we will send you the first electronic work booklet (module 1) of our CSP M.O.R.E Program.

The CSP Marketing, Organizing, Resource, Exercise Program was designed to support the different levels of business skills of our students. Its multi-level components acknowledge that people learn differently and within their own time commitments.

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You have two payment options when starting your home staging business.

The Standard Training Program: Get Started For $1,999.*

This is an Advanced 3-day (30hr) Training Course which teaches the CSP™ exclusive step-by step home staging business system, giving you the ‘how to’ knowledge necessary for operating a successful staging business. Within these three days we will teach you:

• How to target market
• How to develop a business model specialized to your needs and goals
• The practical ‘nuts and bolts’ information
• Administrative and management policies
• The unique CSP™ 7-6-5 approach to great room design
• Color mapping and its application to outside and inside
• Multiple pricing modules for a profiting business
• Inventory Management and Control
• PLUS much more AND you will have hands on experience staging a property that is either on the market or going on the market for sale
• AND don’t forget the list of all the support tools previously mentioned that you will have access to as well

When you decide to attend and participate in the CSP™ program you will receive an EXCLUSIVE BONUS: The Innovative "Success of Marketing Action Manual".

Our goal is to not only give you an easy, step-by-step system that you can use immediately, and provide as much support as possible along the way.

OR for those of you who are ready to get moving right away we recommend the fast track program.

The CSP™ Fast Track Program: Get Started For $2,650.*
This course includes everything from the Standard Program PLUS the business tools necessary to get your business rolling:

5 exclusive CSP™ Room Ready Handbooks for consultations with clients, 1pkg of 5 (CSP™ Evaluation Reports) and presentation folders for your agents and homeowners, 1 CSP™ black tote bag to carry everything in, plus these additional staging tools…

• A CD of forms to use in your business
• 5 CSP™ Seller's Edge™ CD - tells homeowners about the staging process
• 5 CSP™ Agent's Edge™ CD - tells agents about the service
• 200 CSP™ Network Postcards for direct mail
• 5 CSP™ note pads to let everyone know you are in business
• 5 Music CD’s – thank you gifts the client can use on “open house” day
• Survival Kit Bags – a great marketing tool for interacting with real estate agents
• 2 Large Gold CSP™ stickers, 200 small gold stickers & 200 CSP™ B&W stickers to use in your marketing promotions

PLUS these needed staging tools…

• Hang & Level tool
• Lifter & Slider combo
• Wall Respecters
• CSP™ blue tote tool bag carrier
• Heavy Duty Wall Hangers

AND 3 ADDITIONAL FREE BONUSES including your CSP™ Press Kit to help you secure media coverage, your CSP™ Marketing Organizer to build your marketing plan, and a CSP™ Portfolio to showcase your work when giving presentations.

* Prices and Fast Track content is subject to change due to quantities and discretion of the training provider.

Questions?
Contact us at
1-866-574-0565