IS THE HOUSING MARKET SLOW IN YOUR AREA?

Good Morning!
Our business is directly related to housing sales, interest rates, and real estate trends.

Is staging big in your area? Why not call the stagers in your area & see if they need blinds or draperies or valances or beautiful bed linens that you can create?

How about renting these to the stager or real estate agent or the home owner?

Cheesy Pottery Barn rods don't really show off windows in a $1M home well. How about renting rods along with your panels?

I have a line of reclaimed furniture from garage sales with basic slipcovers I made in soft gold, cream, green, etc. These are scaled for the older homes in my area & the slipcovers look great against the old wood floors. The furniture & slipcovers rent by the month to the local stagers. We deliver & set up, for a fee.

A great way to get rid of all those little bits of fabric laying around.....

Working on my websites today! Watch for changes later this week!

Happy Sunday!

Alicia

Weekend Academy in Boston

The third & final, for this year, Weekend Academy happens this weekend in Boston. I'll be on the floor as the Zipper Lady! Stop past & tell me you are reading the Workroom Connection Blog!

Happy Fall Everyone!

MARKETING

How are the housing starts in your area? Are your sales down or flat? Is the panic about sub-prime loans on Wall Street hurting your biz?

This is the PERFECT time to market your skills!

You DO NOT need to pay for a service to give you new home-owner leads. Chances are your county clerk's records are now on line & you can access new home owners easily.

Have a series of post cards made with a picture of prior jobs on one side & your message on the other. Then you can hand write an address on your post card as you are scrolling through recent home buyers.

Just take 1 hour per week to send out a few post cards & see what happens!

This is the PERFECT time to market for Holiday spruce ups!