Does home presentation make the difference in most sales?
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Yes it does... It does not add value.... It shortens the marketing time which in essence save money in advertising etc.  I alway suceed in selling.  I hit all the senses. Make the house smell good with vanilla, (cookie dough)or something of that quality.  Place flowers around the front walk and a few places inside. Turn on the lights, indirect is best so lamps are better than overhead lights.  Low music playing  Use the 2 suitcase rule.  Walk thru house carrying 2 suitcases. If you can't pass easily remove furniture. Always put up new shower curtains with matching unused hand towels. \n\nOlder homes all most alway need the bushes trimed way back.\n\nRemove all personal pictures.
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Lead and motivate are good, however, there are other things to keep in mind. Training is one of the most important things you can do, remember sometimes it's better to run short than run stupid. There are several different type of sales strategies you can do depending on your business. If I knew what type I would better be able to help you. I like agreement selling myself. Too hard to explain what that is here. At the end of the day your sales people have to be accountable for selling, or not selling, hold them responsible but keep in mind, there success depends on how well they are trained or trainable.
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depends on what product u r selling ....
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Sure, it's easy to do.  You can list it on several websites for selling real estate including homes.com, forsalebyowner.com, and owners.com.  You have to figure out what it's worth.  If you don't know that, you can get an estimate from zillow.com and you can also see what other folks are asking on homes.com and realtor.com (the real estate agents' website).  However, if you're a beginner at this, it's worth it to pay 5 or 6% for a professional to advise you and assist you.  Good luck!
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zillow is good if you want a VERY rough estimate. Most Realtors will run a comparable market analysis on your home for free. Speaking to a Realtor is much more accurate than zillow which doesn't take lots of things into consideration. zillow is good for entertainment but nothing more than that. You would still need to speak to your realtor to price it correctly. Pricing your home even 5% over market value can have huge effects and you may cut out about 80% of the market. So, be careful. Speak to a good professional Realtor. Your home is usually your largest asset. Don't rely on a website to price your home for you or even tell you how much a property you are thinking of purchasing costs. It can cost you if you don't know the more accurate value.
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You should always try and show a potential buyer around your home when it's lived in and furnished.  An empty house isn't particularly attractive or inviting.\n\nIt's not always practical to do this - particularly when you're moving out before the house has sold.  Try to keep some furnishings in the property and wherever possible carpets and drapes are a must.\n\nA lot will depend on the buyer of course.  An investor or speculator would expect the house to be empty - they want to see that it's available for them to purchase in the shortest possible time.\n\nIf you do leave furnishings in the house go for fairly neutral things and a clean, tidy and uncluttered look.\n\nWhen selling make sure there's loads of light, turn lights on, raise blinds, draw drapes right back and use mirrors, they all give the illusion of extra space as does having lots of floor visible - move frnishings to the sides of rooms.\n\nUseful tip - tidy up the drive/path/garden/yard, plant some flowers etc and make the first impression a good one.  Also, make the last impression a good one by saving the best feature of the house until last (if showing the house yourself).
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Yes, it depends on how you sell it.  If you go to this website, it will tell you all you need to know.
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depends on what work you're offering from home......do tell me though!
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best sales i been to have clothes sorted by size and other items like knick knacks,wall pictures ect.,organized.dont just throw everything on table for people to rummage through most wont bother. and signs are easy just write garage sale on it and post with address or arrows pointing in direction for people to find and be sure sign is large enough for motorist to see
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I think it is very possible.  My business does both.  The key is finding a nitche market.  We are in the wedding business so that is always a large market.  What specifically are you looking to sell?  Product or service?
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YES -- Home Business encompasses a number of things: business opportunities, or a business done from the home such as daycare. Buying into a bizopp has its risks as you obviously know. To prevent being scammed, read the article "10 Tips for Avoiding Home Business Scams" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052005/scams.htm\n\nThe best home business that you can be sure is not a scam is one that you start yourself. It will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs. \n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nHe then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:\n\nBest Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills\n- antique restoration\n- auto detail service\n- carpet cleaning business\n- errand/delivery service\n- housecleaning business\n\nBest Service Businesses \n- bed and breakfast operator\n- caregiver\n- catering service\n- senior day care center\n- tutoring service\n\nBest Professional Businesses\n- desktop publisher\n- magazine writer\n- import/export service\n- income tax preparation service\n- event planner\n\nSome other home business ideas:\n\nTop 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm\n10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm\nLow Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html\n\nYou can also get ideas from the following books:\n\n- Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness \n- The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century \n- 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home \n- The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start \n- 101 Ways to Make Money at Home
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The advantage is in knowing that you have equity in your home already....Don't let the seller know what it got appriased at - ok - - -Now - if you needed help with the closing cost, that is another matter, the seller could help with closing cost, and you would make a offer to the seller to adjust the purchase price....I do not recommend this - but it has been done in the past, expecially if you already have your financing approved.  The advantages is down the road, if you wanted to do a line of credit - you have the equity of 11,000 to use - for newer carpet - etc....  I would just let it build since home markets are on the rise in different areas, and on the decline in others.  Good Luck.
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The answer will vary by industry and/or product line.  In most industries it is assumed that sales to existing customers come much easier and with much less expense than to new customers.  But in some industries where repeat business is rare, this consideration doesn't even occur.\n\nAnalyzing this would be next to impossible to accomplish at a national or even regional level.  Rather it would be more likely an industry association will survey a small segment of its membership and then apply the results to the entire industry.  Which industries would even do this?  I don't know.
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You Bet! You want your home to WOW the buyers and staging a home does just that. Your home usually only gets one chance to do that to potential buyers. If your home is similar to others in your neighborhood, staging sets your home apart from the others and that may make the difference if the buyers are serious.
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each state holds shows, like home shows where all big companies go to show off and sell their software. Try these shows or software companies.
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pictures of the items always help. It also looks better if you can find pictures from a website that also sells your item. makes it loojk more professional.
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depending, its always nice when you can give someone somthing on paper. Its a good reference when you need to pass information around in the real world. Theres also the media approach and that would require video and visual display to show. I would recommend using a projector for this so everyone can see what your showing, plus it just looks super professional. I did this one contract for a business application in manitoba, canada and with all the efforts we put into our presentation we ended up a 15 thousand dollar contract. That payed off my exspences no problem. If your confedent that you will get a return on your investment, dont be scared to spend a few dollars to get spice up your first impressions.