Home decor lover, type A as they come... I live for a good risotto, never have enough accent pillows, and love a good shoot-em-up action movie.
ONCE UPON A TIME
It all started with the dream of wanting to build a well-known and successful home staging company. Launched in 2008, Rooms in Bloom Home Staging & Design Inc. won multiple awards for staging excellence and quickly became one of the top staging firms in Canada.
Back then, there were no manuals and very few resources on running or marketing a staging company. I had to learn how to do this myself. It often meant staging all day and then working on marketing at night.
Our success was a testament to not just the quality of designs we created but the marketing strategies I developed. Without both, my company would never have gotten the recognition it did. It was incredibly rewarding to achieve but after a decade of staging, the physical aspects of the job took their toll on me and I started to dream of doing something else.
After retiring from staging, I took some time to figure out what came next. I'll admit, I didn't just fall into social media marketing. I invested time in learning how to hone my marketing skills (aka took a lot of courses), before I realized what my next step was.
All my business building experience, marketing know-how, and years spent in the staging industry made it a no-brainer to shift into helping home stagers level up their marketing. That's why today I leverage those skills and knowledge to help stagers - just like you - level up your marketing and show up with confidence online.
On those long days when I was both running and marketing my home staging business, I dreamed of marketing resources and services tailored specifically for my industry. Resources that would save me time and enable me to create professional marketing assets. Today, I create those resources because I firmly believe that all stagers building a business deserve a strong social media presence and a powerful home staging website.
Award-winning home stager, built & ran a 6-figure staging biz ... I'm an entrepreneur at heart who is a home decor addict and a total cat momma.
Top: Xander my cat. Me with the love of my life. Left, me and boys (all 3 of them). Right: My whole family hamming it up - together.
MY REALLY OFFICIAL BIO, the TL:DR VERSION
Heather is the founder of the Social Stager.
She's a veteran home stager turned marketing strategist who loves nothing more than spending an afternoon creating standout home staging website.
She hopes to be known for redefining how stagers do social and loves teaching them how to market themselves with confidence.
NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT STUFF
I live in yoga pants. Seriously, I own like 34 pairs. Yoga pants are life.
I am a cat mama to five kitties. I have whole conversations with them. #crazycatlady
I say my favorite show is Madam Secretary, but it's actually Buffy TVS. #slayer
I can spend hours in Homesense obsessing over accent pillows. No, you can never have too many IMO.
Your at-a-glance guide to where I stand on all the truly important things.
tiramisu
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Fixer Upper (any episode)
Realtor! I love, love, love touring homes.
New York. The food tours are EPIC.
A mug of tea, of course!
My iPad - I'd be lost.
Glass of Shiraz ... and smartfood popcorn.
Beach, beach, baby
Queer Eye. Buffy TVS forever.
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Our goal? To inspire you, make you laugh, and most of all, help you feel supported as you grow your biz.