In this episode I talk with Ellen Mann of Chrysalis Creative Home Staging. Ellen left a 30 year lucrative career in corporate to start a Home Staging business in Calgary Canada and now British Columbia. She takes us through the journey of building her business

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In this episode you will learn:

How Ellen overcame the challenges of being laid off and reinventing herself with a staging business

What Ellen told herself at the beginning of building her staging business in order to “keep her head in the game”

What commitment Ellen made every day in order to move her business forward

How Ellen built her social media strategy in order to enlist her Ideal Real Estate Clients

How Ellen moved her business from Calgary to British Columbia

2 things Ellen took from corporate that helped when building her staging business

How to network and build community in order to win referrals from Real Estate Agents

What advice Ellen would give to a new Home Stager

Xo Marianne

 

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Website-www.chrysaliscreativehomestaging.com

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