"Wonder what aspect of this staging business isn’t my strongest jam? Bookkeeping. Our beloved not-so-comfortable but very-important component that can make even the toughest CEO weak in the knees.

Going through the books can often be accompanied by a range of emotions—and let’s be real, they’re often not the positive ones!"... Especially as a new tax season year approaches.

To help us turn those feelings into power moves that drive growth and the profitability of our staging business, we’ve got QuickBooks guru and all-around financial superstar Melissa San Roman share her insider tips.

Melissa’s not just any expert. She knows what every entrepreneur should know from growing and selling multimillion-dollar businesses, so you can trust her experience at now guiding others to succeed in their finances.

Together, we cover smart strategies for managing finances, the importance of up-to-date books, how to maximize tax advantages, and how you can use financial insights to fuel marketing and business decisions.

Whether you’re a DIY bookkeeper or ready to hire help, this episode is packed with practical, approachable advice to keep your books (and you!) happy.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• The best ways to keep an eye on your revenue and expenses
• How to make tax time stress-free with smart strategies
• When it’s time to consider an S-Corp, plus other tips for tax advantages
• Key factors in choosing the right bookkeeper and setting up a smooth financial system
  

RESOURCES:

• Melissa San Roman's website: www.melissasanroman.com
• Follow Melissa San Roman on Instagram
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for Rethink You Accelerate. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

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If you have to think about where to start to execute your staging or other projects as they come, then it is high time to do away with that limiting act.

Limiting I say? Yes it is. I know that from making my first five-figure the month I started to implement a standard operating procedure.

Whether you are in the growth or accelerate phase, if you do not have one already, my top recommendation is to establish a project management tool and system now.

For mundane tasks, consistency helps. For a staging business with repeated actions, you can imagine how consistency in these processes can lead to a faster, smoother project completion.

Rather than try to scheme out a workflow for every project or meeting, you can kick start each one from the same place, establishing a routine that can be finetuned until it perfectly serves your needs. Moreover you can fully utilize the features of a project management - task assignment, tags, and setting priorities to keep your team (or yourself) on track.

You’ll learn to simplify tasks, reduce redundancy, and ultimately scale your business faster by maximizing a project management tool like I do.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• My favorite project management tool and why
• How to choose a project management tool that is best for you
• How we use our project management tool at Rethink Home Interiors
• My recommendation if you have a project management tool already

RESOURCES:

• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for Rethink You Accelerate. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

Google products have been a game changer for my business; Google Calendar especially.

Periodic evaluations of whether I have the right tool for delivering the best service at Rethink You leaves me satisfied with all that Google Calendar offers, and much more than my team can do with it.

You might think it is all about scheduling. For a staging business owner, it’s more than that! It’s about seamless team collaboration and coordination on the go. Imagine having a complete overview of your team's availability, client bookings, and appointments—all in one place on the cloud. That is a mind blowing safe and easy way to free up brain space for more important details.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on all the ways Google Calendar powers the smooth running of my business.

Hopefully, you see it as a valuable tool to streamline your operations too.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• All the ways we use Google Calendar at Rethink Home Interiors
• Creative ways to utilize Google Calendar beyond simple scheduling.
• How to seamlessly integrate Google Calendar with other tools to enhance your workflow.
• How incorporating Google Workspace can revolutionize your staging business
  

RESOURCES:

• Sign in to Google Workspace
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

How do you ensure that every one who represents your business conveys the vision you have for it? Maybe before they even become employees, do you have guiding principles that help to attract and lock in like-minded people? If not, now is the time to create the Core Values that guide your staging business operations. A key foundation to improved and uniform business culture, apart from coming in handy when hiring the right team member, core values can help align your team and guide decision-making - just like my Accelerate student and I have had to do.

Sharing insights from the book "Traction" and how our core values are set up at Rethink You, I’ll walk you through the process of developing core values for your business. Undoubtedly, the ripple effects of the benefits are too numerous to not have.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What core values are.
• How establishing core values can be beneficial to your business operations.
• The steps to creating core values for your business
• Our core values at Rethink Home Interiors

RESOURCES:

• “Traction” by Gino Wickman
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

I first came across Human Design a few years ago and was instantly intrigued. But then, I was quite skeptical “is this just another trend or something genuinely valuable”.

Guess what? It is. And Stacey Rowan from Custom Built Life has been a pivotal guide for me in navigating how these concepts can be applied to my business.

With my special guest and friend, today, we will be exploring why not all business advice is created equal and how understanding Human Design can give you the edge in growing your business.

Perhaps a “proven” viral strategy for marketing your staging business has never worked for you.

Our discussion will shed light on the why, and give you insights into how you can transform your approach for better success.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What Human Design is
• Why a lot of business advice may be wrong for you
• Why aligning your business practices with your design type can make everything run smoother
• How to get started learning about your Human Design

RESOURCES:

• Free Human Design Chart & Short Report: http://bit.ly/BG5FreeShortReport
• Stacy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/custombuiltlife
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.
  
  

Imagine having a personalized "bouncer" for your business, whose only role is to ensure that only the best-fit clients enter and stay in. How dreamy?

Yes, that's what a Client Filter does.

Whether you are in the growth or accelerate phase, client filters are an important component of establishing and running a dependable clear cut low maintenance business for your team and clients.

Just as your realtors and clients try to handpick the right stager for themselves, you can also choose whom to work with, ensuring that your quality services are delivered to exactly those who need and appreciate them.

With the strategies and examples I share today on hanging this Red Velvet Rope around your business, I hope you will begin to proactively attract ideal clients who make your business more enjoyable and effortlessly filter out those who aren't a good match.

After all, it is important for your staging business success and wellbeing.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What are Client Filters and why they will help make your business experience so much more enjoyable.
• How Client Filters help your business work with the very best clients who value what you do and get the best results from your work together.
• The Client Filters we have at Rethink Home Interiors
• Why your Client Filter is a protective measure for your business, your team and your client.

RESOURCES:

• Episode 5: How to Create Boundary Alignment For Your Home Staging Business
• Episode 6: How to Create Grounded Communication In Your Staging Business
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

On the beats of the soundtrack added by the lawn mower next door, we’re tackling a biggie: comparison. Right! A sneaky little monster that can mess with our minds and our business growth. I’ve seen it come up in my coaching sessions and even experienced it myself—just this morning at the gym!

Seeing someone do something different that I perceived as higher than mine made me doubt my own routine. But then I had to remind myself why I was doing what I did, while considering my own fitness journey. And here’s the deal: we're all on different stages of our own journeys. In life and in running a staging business.

To help you navigate comparison, I’m breaking down the four stages of competence and how they apply to your staging business. Rather than feel little, understanding this can help focus your attention on what time,energy and expertise it took them to get there, consequently extending grace to yourself for where you are and want to be.

So, what do you do when comparison hits? Listen in to learn the strategies to navigate this downer and how to use it to propel your business forward. Remember, everyone’s journey is unique, and it’s all about progress, not perfection.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What comparison is like in a staging business.
• How to know you are stuck in a comparison trap.
• The four stages of competence and what they mean for your staging business growth.
• Practical strategies for shifting from a comparison mindset to a motivating mindset.

RESOURCES:

• Episode 1: How to Take Waaaay Better Action In Your Staging Business
• Episode 58: Optimizing Growth: Strategic Moves and Strategic Halts in Your Staging Business
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

If there's one thing that stuck with me from my undergrad classes, it is the application of FORMULAs. They are the cheat code for solving equations and they also function for simplifying business operations.

I know my team is not more magical than anybody else's team, but we have, over the years, done a pretty good job of implementing systems. How? By making the process as seamless as possible with memorable formulas, acronyms, and quirky nicknames. This unconventional method has not just helped us stay organized, but it has significantly cut down on decision fatigue, making up for when our brains are tired and consequently boosting our efficiency.

I have seen how useful a creative and memorable approach to streamlining business operations is. By applying this strategy, I hope you'll be able to say the same.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How to Create Memorable Systems using quirky names and formulas
• Examples of acronyms from different operations in my staging business
• How formulas and acronyms can help simplify your processes
• The best way to come up with formulas for your systems

RESOURCES:

• Episode 67: How to be Ridiculously Easy to Work With
• Apply for Private Coaching: https://www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.