Barbara Jennings, director of the Academy of Staging and Redesign, is known nationally as a best selling author and trainer in home staging, interior redesign and corporate art consulting, who brings highly practical, "implement-able" and solution-based thinking to her courses, study guides, ebooks and promotional products. She has trained more career seekers by home study than anyone else, partly due to her extensive experience (which she generously shares) and partly due to her value-filled products.  And yes, you too can launch your business in 7-14 days and earn while you learn - even if you don't have natural talent and even if you've never owned a business before. Read on!

 Learn More! Earn More!

Hello, I'm Barbara Jennings, director of the Academy of Staging and Redesign and the International Staging and Redesign Center.

I bet right now you might be pretty confused and uncertain. You're wondering if there is any money to be made in home staging or redesign, even though you've thought about it for a long time.

Since there's no way to adequately compare the various training programs available, you have no idea where you'll find the best value for your investment. You're wondering about employment vs. self-employment and if anyone promising guaranteed employment can really be trusted, and you'd be right to question that - really right. You're wondering if the TV advertised programs are just hype or believable. Your instincts tell you to beware but they are still compelling and its hard to see past the fancy ad to the real truth.

You're wishing you had someone you could trust to point you in the right direction. You'd like that person to really know what they're talking about, but even more than that, you'd like that person to actually have YOUR best interests at heart and not their own and be willing to share everything they know with you in a frank, honest manner.

You want that person to have the ability to break it all down for you in easy terms, and give you the practical tips, ideas, strategies, and tactics that lead to success for most people, and also give you the tools you'll need to make the process easier and faster. You'd like them to be "cutting edge" but also give you traditional education that works too. And very importantly, you don't want them to take any shortcuts as that might leave you stranded and uncertain.

In essence, you want someone you can thoroughly trust to advise you, even if you don't wind up doing business with them. You want someone who has your best interests at heart - someone who will never put their interests above yours - someone whose views and viewpoints can be absolutely trusted - someone who will refuse to recommend more or less of what you truly need.

You're not looking for hype. You looking for honesty.

You want a comprehensive plan for success and you'd like it to be affordable and reasonable and filled with great value.

If I were in your shoes, that's what I would want. I understand your frustration and I think I can help.

Do you:

• Want to be self-reliant? Truly independent?
• Reject the misleading and overly hyped promises of guaranteed employment advertised elsewhere?
• Need more income or new career with a future?
• Want security and never to be laid off or fired again?
• Want to be respected and even envied a little?
• Tired of just making ends meet or worse?
• Want to profit BECAUSE of the economy?
• Have a passion about decorating or redecorating?
• Want to stage homes and redecorate for others?
• Enjoy furniture arrangement and rearrangement?
• Need more flexibility and control?
• Have skills at organizing and simplifying?
• Enjoy helping people in need?
• Want a highly respected certification earned by merit?
• Want to avoid membership fees and annual renewal costs and associated dangers?
• Want to study at home at your own pace?
• Desire no time limits, no pressure, no false promises?
• Want to earn as you continue to learn?
• Want to avoid disruptive seminars and classes?
• Want to avoid computer eye strain?
• Want to wind up with your own private reference library to refer to any time you wish for as long as you wish?
• Seek a greater reward or yield for your efforts?

If you answered yes to most or all of the questions above, then home staging and interior redesign could be just the type of opportunity that is right for you.

The next decision . . .

Essentially you'll have to choose one of the following options: 1) buy a book on the subject, 2) take a seminar or class, 3)buy an online course and study on your computer, or 4) buy a home study course that combines technology and manuals for a well rounded approach. So let's deal with each of these options individually.

1) Buying a book on the subject allows you to get exposure to the industry of choice with minimal investment. Depending on your background, this may be enough or may just be an introduction from which you branch out into a course.

2) Taking a seminar or class can be very expensive and statistics prove you'll probably only retain about 10% of what you hear. You'll be dependent upon the quality of the individual instructor, which can be great or poor depending on the person you choose. But there is usually the ability to get a little "hands on" experience which some people find useful and others find a complete waste of time. Annual fees are assessed and business independence is restricted. Expect to have to pay extra for promotional aids, books and tools and anything else offered, in addition to travel, hotel and meal expenses.

3) An online course, depending on the one you choose, can be good - even very good, but if you don't handle long hours at a computer well, it's a really tough way to get an education. You'll also be totally dependent on that company remaining online and in business for the long term and you'll face annual or monthly renewal fees you have to pay routinely to stay active and in touch and keep what you've built over time - again all over the computer increasing your eye strain.

4) Lastly, there is the combination approach. If you don't want to spend huge amounts of time at a computer, you'd like to learn at home, this should be a winner. If you like the flexibility of having a multitude of manuals at your disposal (your own library, if you will) for their flexibility and your independence, this should make you smile. If you like having access to multiple training formats which give you a nice variety and you prefer having actual tools and visual aids included in the fee, this is a winner for you. And if you like never having to pay a renewal fee to anyone for any reason (except for maybe a website - no getting around that), this route is absolutely right for you.

While these are not all of the pluses or minuses to the various options before you, hopefully you've gained a little better insight to the more obvious advantages and disadvantages of what you'll typically run across in your search for what's best for you.

Oh by the way, any company advertising "guaranteed employment" typically hires less than 1% of respondents, leaving the rest out in the cold feeling under-trained, misled, abandoned and angry, so smart people don't even bother considering that as a viable option for comparison. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Here's my honest advice to you . . .

To show you my heart is in the right place (if you take the time to explore what I offer) you'll quickly see I provide readers like you the ability to buy "a la carte" training as well as full certification courses. And even if you start out "a la carte", you can always upgrade to a course at any time and get credit (or substitution) for what you've already purchased.

I've tried to make the whole process as easy, as affordable, as comprehensive, as student-centered and student-focused as I can make it - giving you the safest way to learn and retain what you've purchased - giving you all I have to give, holding nothing back - and I've worked very hard to fill my website with great content that is free to you - including a free forum, free personal email support and newsletters of great value.

If you feel we may be a "good fit" for your success, respect, confidence and assurance, please read on and if not, I wish you all the best in your endeavors, whatever they may be. 

- Barbara Jennings

Let's Get Down to Specifics . . .

Home Staging for Profit - No matter what the economy, there will always be a dire need for staging homes and interior redesign services. With the current housing glut and increased foreclosures on the market, home owners are desperate for help to keep from losing more profit. Whenever there is a buyer's market on homes, there is a huge need for staging services. That makes this an excellent time to start a home staging business or an interior redesign business.

"Sellers in today's market are faced with tough competition and declining property values. According to a recent HomeGain national survey, staging offers a 343 per cent return on investment, significantly higher than the return on making repairs or renovations to a home. A staged house sells, on average, 17 percent higher than an un-staged house, according to U.S. Housing and Urban Development." No wonder this industry is growing so fast.

And experts say that the best chance our country has to pull out of the current economic crisis is for masses of citizens to start their own businesses, grow them, and hire employees. Whether you hire employees or not, your best option is to have your own business. Don't trust others for a paycheck - it isn't worth it.

Rearrange It! - In my courses and training I'll share with you the finest education and carefully guided tour, turning you into an absolute master of generating income from a multitude of prosperity sources in two related industries. Perhaps you're equally interested in an interior redesign career. I offer that too. You can train individually in this business opportunity or combine it with home staging through one of my excellent dual certification courses.

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather take responsibility and be in control of my path to riches and not look to misleading promises of guaranteed paychecks - which severely limit income and usually don't materialize anyway. I chose many years ago to blaze my own trail - and now you can learn from my success and the success of my thousands of former and current students.

You can begin with very little investment too and we offer the most flexible, comprehensive and affordable options on the internet. Growing by leaps and bounds, now is the perfect time to increase your net worth, buffer against rising prices and create an additional or new source of income. Do both businesses simultaneously for even more profits and fun.

TESTIMONY - "I have been extremely busy and am thankful for that each day. Take care. I have been invited to speak at a very large senior citizens assisted housing facility on staging to a group of affluent seniors that want help selling their homes. I am thrilled with the opportunity. Remind me to tell you about the Amish farmers I have been working with thanks to a chance meeting. They are looking for @2 million dollars worth of property. I have sold 2 homes (almost 1 more) listing 1 home, and have many other things in the mix. - Kristen Hayen Noble (November, 2008)"