As many of you know from reading my blogs I have some of the best real estate agents using my services! I have always felt honored and priveledged to work with some of the top agents in the Charleston Market. It's good for my resume, it's good for marketing and well, it's good for business. I have helped grow their business and they have helped grow my business. Along the way we've sold dozens and dozens of homes, making sellers (and buyers) realize their dreams.
This year with RESA's Stager Awards, the categories included, Staging Realtor. Because the category included Realtors who were not necessarily stagers themselves, but also allowed Realtors who believed in and utilized staging in their normal business, members of my company, First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign, nominated some of our best agents.
I'm thrilled and excited that two of them, Michele Reneau & Matt Poole, both with Carolina One Real Estate received enough nominations to make the top four, qualifing them for the voting round. This is great for them, their marketing and their business! But you know what else? It is also great for my business! How great is it to say that two of the four nominees, in the entire country, for 2009 RESA Staging Realtor of the Year are my clients? Both of these agents exclusively use my services....
Well, I thought this was as good as it gets.... another win win situation.... then I read their marketing pieces. (You can view all of the marketing pieces from the nominees on the RESA website under Industry Awards, then click on the name of the nominee.) Here are some exerpts:
From Michele Reneau's nomination marketing piece: "Choosing a stager that is professional, firm and kind in giving staging recommendations is vital. It is this unique combination in stager, Melissa Marro, that most amazed Michele. Melissa has a talent of intermingling constructive criticism between positive statements which allows a seller to be more objective about the steps necessary to make their home appeal to the largest number of buyers." .............. "Michele attributes her success in marketing homes to the successful staging and redesigning efforts made by her sellers based on the recommendations of her staging partner, Melissa Marro. Michele asserts, "Staged properties sell faster and for more money. They also get more showings which increase the likelihood of offers."
From Matt Poole's Pier 1 Partners' nomination marketing piece: "Charleston Pier 1 Partners is honored and humbled to be nominated for the award as RESA's Staging Realtor of the Year. The reason for our being humbled is due to our choice of business partner and stager, Melissa Marro with First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign. It is a joy to be able to send a professional to our client's home prior to listing in an effort to determine the most effective marketing plan to be presented to the public and other Realtors. First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign has become an integral part of our business plan with the variety of services provided. Our clients can have an initial consultation and they can choose from a variety of services that provides one stop shopping with a professional. That adds value to our business!"
I recently had a conversation with Shell about the awards and she commented that she liked that 'I got it!' Next year, remember that nominating your best clients - the ones who really use your services and provide their customers exemplary services (like mine do!) - is not only good for their business, but yours as well! Also don't forget that helping them get new national awards and recognition is one easy way for us to give back to them for all they do for us....
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Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocet and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry. In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance. With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities. She now operates as the CEO of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign as well as an instructor for Certified Staging Professionals International Training Academy (CSPI) - the world's largest Staging Training Organization, and regularly speaks at the StagerList Expos and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.
For more information on having Marro speak at one of your real estate functions, please contact her at 843.822.2622 or email at marro.melissa@gmail.com
If you would like Marro's team to provide information on staging a property in the state of South Carolina, or the Greater Charleston Area, please visit www.WeStageSC.com, email marro.melissa@gmail.com or call 843.822.2622.
For more information on Marro's CSP Staging Training, please visit www.StagingAndRedesign.com, visit the CSP Calendar for dates or email marro.melissa@gmail.com. Below is a list of Marro's current CSP Certification class dates:
April 10-12 Charleston, SC
May 4-6 Covington, KY
May 18-20 Charlotte, NC
June 22-24 St. Petersburg, FL
June 26-28 Marietta, GA
July 5-7 Memphis, TN
July 10-12 Charleston, SC
August 2-4 Washington DC
August 24-26 Chicago, IL
