President Six Elements Inc./Staging Diva
Canada
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- President at Six Elements Inc. / Staging Diva
- Past
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- President at Gould & Associates Inc.
- Account Director at Cooper Communications
- Senior Account Manager at Palmer Bonner BCP
- Senior Product Manager at American Express
- Product Manager at Nabisco Brands Inc.
- Education
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- York University - Schulich School of Business
- Concordia University
- Dawson College
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Debra Gould’s Summary
Debra Gould (The Staging Diva®) is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by requests from people wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.
Gould has trained 4000+ people worldwide to start their own home staging businesses. All shared a natural talent for decorating and interest in real estate, but didn't know how to make a living in their own business before learning her secrets. Gould's mission is to empower others to use their natural talents to earn a living. She followed her dreams and wants to help others do the same.
Gould pursued an MBA in Marketing and began a corporate career before moving to advertising. In the 80s, she launched one of the first integrated marketing firms which she ran for 10 years. Wanting a more creative life, Debra gave it up to design home accessories. The Debra Gould Home Collection, landed her a magazine cover story, book feature and her first of several HGTV appearances.
Buying decorating and selling six homes in four years led to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a staging career, launching sixelements.com in 2002. Since then she has staged hundreds of homes in addition to providing home staging training.
Gould is the author of “Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home staging tips, tricks and floor plans”, “Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The easy way to pick colors for home staging projects,” and “Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide: Winning clients with the perfect home staging portfolio.”
In addition to HGTV, Gould's media coverage includes: CityTV, GlobalTV, CBS Radio, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Woman's Day, Reader's Digest, MoneySense, Entrepreneur, House and Home, Home & Decor, Style at Home, USAA Magazine, FabJob Guide to Become a Home Stager, Home Style, National Post Homes, This Old House, Home Business Magazine, Globe & Mail and others.
Debra Gould’s Specialties:
Home staging, real estate sales, real estate values, entrepreneurship, women buying real estate, internet marketing, information marketing, professional writing, business coaching, training by teleseminar
Debra Gould’s Experience
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President
Six Elements Inc. / Staging Diva
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
2002 — Present (7 years )
Six Elements is an internationally recognized home staging and interior redesign company that offers the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program. The company provides ongoing training and support to homeowners and real estate agents looking for ways to sell homes quickly and for top dollar and to aspiring and established home stagers. The Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers brings these two groups together.
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President
Gould & Associates Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1989 — 2002 (13 years )
Gould & Associates Inc. in operation from 1989 to 2002 was wholly owned by Debra Gould and offered integrating marketing consulting and project management services.
Selected one of top Entrepreneurial 100 Communication firms by Strategy Magazine in 1992.
Clients included: Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Best Foods, Royal Trust, Software MetaConcepts, ATI, Data Cabling, Leo Burnett Advertising (Bell, VISA), Henderson Robb Group (WoodGundy), Marketing & Promotion Group (Kellogg's, CTV, Canadian Tire), Tony Long & Associates (Sorel Footwear, Federal Government). -
Account Director
Cooper Communications
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1989 — 1989 (less than a year)
Responsible for attracting new clients and project management for corporate and retail accounts.
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Senior Account Manager
Palmer Bonner BCP
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
Senior Account Manager in promotions group of this ad agency.
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Senior Product Manager
American Express
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)
1987 — 1987 (less than a year)
Responsible for Gold Card marketing in Canada including: advertising and direct marketing.
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Product Manager
Nabisco Brands Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food Production industry)
1984 — 1987 (3 years )
Responsible for marketing established brands and new product introductions.
Debra Gould’s Education
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York University - Schulich School of Business
MBA , Business/Marketing , 1982 — 1984
- Activities and Societies:
- Social Director, Student Council
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Concordia University
BA , Communications , 1979 — 1982
Graduated with Distinction
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Dawson College
DEC , Creative Arts , 1977 — 1979
Debra Gould’s Contact Settings
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