Industry consultant Verl Workman keynote speaker at Professional Stagers Conference

(PETERBOROUGH, Ontario) – Obeo, a leading provider of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in North America, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Certified Staging Professionals™, offering a new technology for stagers as well as agents and Obeo clients.

Certified Staging Professionals™ is a leading authority on property staging training. Headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, CSP™ trains property stagers across the United States and Canada. CSP™ has the largest network of certified Canadian consultants coast to coast and is continually expanding their U.S. division. It also recently launched in Australia.

According to CSP, property staging improves the condition of a house, helping secure equity and decreasing the time a property sits on the market. A staged property also makes for beautiful photos and virtual tours, which often leads to more buyers and opportunities for offers.

“Professional stagers and Obeo’s innovative software solutions and photography network are an absolute fit in the real estate industry,” said Michelle Sharpe, director of Obeo Canada. “This partnership compliments the services of both of our firms — bringing an amazingly visual online marketing experience to both real estate agents in Canada and the U.S. as well as consumers viewing homes for sale.

“Showcasing the end result of the staged property in an Obeo virtual tour will not only allow the stagers to showcase their talent and services, but it will give the agent a competitive advantage when marketing listings,” Sharpe continued. “Obeo looks forward to providing the CSP stagers across North America with this technology to add to their repertoire of services.”

“The Internet is the first drive-by in which a buyer makes a decision to visit a property, and 87 percent of buyers look at pictures on the Internet first to make a short list of properties to view,” said Christine Rae, president of Certified Staging Professionals. “Photos that look great are an essential tool to secure interest. Therefore, the CSP partnership with Obeo is so exciting because certified staging professionals are now able to provide a new and amazing service to their clients through Obeo’s virtual tours.”

As a further connection between CSP and Obeo, Verl Workman, an industry veteran, educator, motivational speaker and consultant to Obeo, will be the keynote speaker at the Professional Stagers Conference in April 2009.

About Certified Staging Professionals
Certified Staging Professionals™ (CSP) and Canadian Certified Staging Professionals™ (CCSP™) are a leading authority on home staging training. Headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, CSP™ trains home stagers across the greater United States and Canada (as Canadian Staging Professionals); CSP™ has the largest network of certified Canadian consultants coast to coast. For more information, visit www.stagingtraining.com

About Obeo
Since its inception in 1999 and its evolution from 360 House to Obeo in 2004, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company has become the largest preferred supplier of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in the United States and Canada. The Latin word for “to go to” or “to encompass,” Obeo provides REALTORS®, homebuilders, land developers and property managers with customized online marketing solutions and offline sales tools. To find out more, go to http://www.obeo.com/