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Accredited Staging Professional Masters Course
After you have successfully completed the 3 day ASP Course you are then eligible to register for and attend the Masters Course with The Creator of Home Staging, Barb Schwarz, ASPM, AB, RLS and Certified Speaking Professional by the National Speakers Association.
The Masters Course is named the `Masters' because you will learn from the Master of Home Staging, Barb Schwarz. Barb is recognized around the world as The Creator of Home Staging, which she invented in the early 1970's. You will benefit greatly from her 35+ years experience of Staging as well as her successful business model of how to run your ASP Home Staging business. Barb has Staged more homes than anyone else in the world. Therefore, as The Creator of Home Staging, as a Real Estate Broker, and as a nationally award winning speaker who has taught more than 18,000 hours from the platform, you will have an incredibly productive week.
Day 1
Your first day with Barb is super-charged with information and ASPM Home Staging enlightenment. Role playing and fine tuning helps make the Masters Course the wonderful course that it is and here you role play with the master. Barb sets the pace for the week as she talks with you about the importance of your communication and creative skills. She goes more in-depth about effectively preparing bids, proposals and consultations.
- ASP Course review
- ASPM Home Staging communication skills
- Building creative ASPM Home Staging ideas and concepts
Day 2
On this day you will prepare a Home Staging bid for a vacant property. After being at the actual house, you will have time to prepare your proposal and begin to put your bid together for the property. Putting your proposal together is a very educational and powerful part of the Masters Course. The next morning you will present your proposal to the class as to how you would Stage the property and present the bid to the client. How you present your proposal is very important for your future business. Barb will critique your presentation and communication in a positive constructive way to help you do the best proposals possible. This hands-on learning experience with Barb will truly give you more ideas of how to prepare and present your bids which will lead to more business for you.
- Home Staging bids/proposals
- Preparing a home Staging Proposal for a vacant property
- Turning your ideas into a Home Staging bid for an actual home
- Presentation of your Home Staging bid to Barb and the Class
- Receiving Positive Feedback/Critique about your Proposal and Presentation from Barb
Day 3
On Day 3 you will visit another home with Barb. This home is lived in and occupied. Here you will prepare a Home Staging Consultation! In the house you will have time to write down your thoughts and ideas. When you return to the classroom, you will have time to prepare your consultation. You will learn more about the differences between preparing proposals and consultations, as well as pricing your projects.
- Home Staging Consultations
- Preparing a Home Staging Consultation for a lived in Property
- Turning your ideas into a Home Staging Consultation for an actual home
- Presentation of your Home Staging Consultation to Barb and the Class
- Receiving Positive Feedback/Critique about your Consultation and Presentation from Barb
Day 4
Marketing your ASPM business is the important topic of your morning session. Barb will lead you in discussion of the latest in marketing techniques and the skills that set the top ASPM Stagers apart from others. Marketing is crucial to building your ASPM Home Staging business. You can be one of the greatest ASP Stagers in the marketplace today, but if you don't market yourself, no one will know who you are and the talent you have!
In the afternoon you will do a Home Staging presentation/talk which will be filmed so you can see yourself and learn from Barb, who is one of the most highly rated gifted speakers alive today. As you market yourself and your business, it's important that you give presentations about Home Staging and the services and benefits that Staging provides. This is a wonderful opportunity to grow and learn positive speaking techniques and ideas that work! You will be surrounded by those who care about you, so the support you will receive from Barb and others in the ASPM Course will be wonderful and plentiful. The more you are in front of people, the more you learn, grow and become more proficient at public speaking. From Barb's 22 years as a professional, award winning speaker, you will benefit from Barb's suggestions and feedback and you will come away with ideas galore of how to make and give presentations in RE Offices to build your ASPM Home Staging business!
- Who, where and how to market your business
- Successful marketing ideas, techniques and skills
- Presentation of your Home Staging talk in front of the camera in class
- Speaking ideas and techniques taught to you by a master speaker, Barb Schwarz
- Personal and positive critique and feedback from Barb
Day 5
Day five is your time to ask Barb any and all questions you have about building a successful ASPM Home Staging business. This is a wonderful and rare opportunity to have your questions answered by The Creator of Home Staging and the one who has Staged more homes than anyone. Part of the morning session is dedicated to questions and answers that will help bring the whole week together for you and summarize the keys to success for building your ASPM Staging business.
Shopping and inventory also take the spotlight for the day. Building and then renting your inventory can bring you more revenue. In the afternoon of day five, you will go on a real Staging shopping trip. Barb will give you $100 cash to purchase items to Stage a room of your choice.
You will then go back to the course location and set up your vignette with the items you purchased. You will show and share with the group what you bought, why and how you will use it. The goal is to find the best items you can purchase for your money. You will also be keeping all that you purchase so bring an extra suitcase so that you can fly your purchases back home with you!
Barb will also teach you how to make and keep commitments. Barb believes that making and keeping commitments is one of the biggest and most important steps you can ever take. Commitment and accountability lead you to results!
- Major home Staging question and answer time with Barb
- Live shopping trip
- Your Assignment: You will be given $100 cash by Barb to shop along with the other members of the class to find the most creative Staging items you can find for an Individual Staging project assigned to you by Barb.
- Set Up and presentation of your Staging Shopping for your project!
- Barb's steps to commitment and accountability
- ASPM graduation evening cocktails and dinner
Your Graduation Dinner!
On the evening of our last day together is your ASPM graduation dinner. This is a wonderful evening of celebration of the week you have shared together with Barb and the other ASPMs. It is a time to celebrate you and your accomplishments of the week. This special evening features a gourmet dinner and graduation ceremonies with Barb. It is a grand way to end this fabulous week and the truly the star of the night is you.
In addition to what you received as you graduated from your ASP Course, you will also receive the following materials with the ASPM Course:
- ASPM Masters Designation
- Detailed ASPM Stager Course Manual and ASPM supplemental materials
- ASPM Lapel Pin and ASPM Certificate of Graduation
- Unlimited ASPM Refresher Courses as an active ASPM member for a nominal fee
- One year's membership in the International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP)
- A special 5 page ASPM Featured Page
- ASP Stager CAREERbook® and DVD of how to prepare your CAREERbook
- ASP Stager Marketing Portfolio
- The Keys to Unlock your Personal Success Audio series by Barb Schwarz
- How to Price Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar! DVD
- How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar! DVD
- Barb's best selling Book: "Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money!"
- Barb's latest Book: " Building a Successful Home Staging Business"
- ASP Staging Kit which includes: Furniture Moving Disks, Furniture lifter, Clean Ayre , Krud Kutter Product, ASP Gloves for projects, ASPM Ribbon, The Home Staging Photo Bag personally designed by Barb Schwarz and Heavy Duty Wall Art Hangers
- ASP Shirt
- ASP Jacket
- $100 cash for a shopping trip with Barb to Stage your custom room project
All of your meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included in the investment of your ASPM Course. Barb also includes daily treats for you too as she loves to take treat breaks! Most days are 12 hour days so come prepared to work hard and learn from the true Master Home Staging Instructor, Barb Schwarz.
Investment of the ASPM Course is $3,450 U.S.
You will love becoming an important part of the ASPM family. ASPMs are held in the highest regard by all ASPs. Your investment in earning your ASPM designation will return to you over and over again in the years ahead. As an ASPM you will become and be surrounded by the best of the best!
Contact Information:
If you have any questions or would like to register for a course please contact Julie Lyster
Phone: (800) 392-7161 ext 7731
Email: Julie@StagedHomes.com
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