How to Start a Professional Organizing Business
Working With Clients and Students – 2020 – Changing Course Direction
During a networking Zoom meeting this morning, someone announced, “Two months until Christmas!” The end of 2020 will be here before we know it. 2020 has been, to say the least, a challenging year to navigate. The way I planned to do business this year is not at all how I am doing business. But,…
Read MoreWorking With Clients – Setting Boundaries
A variety of situations and scenarios will occur while working with clients that will test your boundaries with them. It is important for you to understand the legal or liability issues and your region’s regulations for transportation in determining what you will and will not do for your clients. It is also important to communicate…
Read MoreHow to Get Started as a Professional Organizer
Not sure how to begin a Professional Organizing business? Listen to my podcast with Susan Creal and hear about how I began my business, the obstacles I had to overcome, what my typical day is like, tips on organizing, and more. Ready to begin? Register for our Fast Track Method Training Program for Professional Organizers.
Read MoreGrow Your Business – Packaged Services
The recession may have ended in 2009, but the US economy was still in recovery well into 2011. People were quite hesitant to spend their discretionary income on organizing services. I did have clients stay with me who financially could during the recession, and some are still my clients today; they are chronically disorganized, and,…
Read MoreGrow Your Business – Organizing a Solopreneur’s Business and Life
Get your solopreneur business and your life organized. Listen to my podcast with Hook SEO’s Matthew Rouse and Jeremy Marcott. We also dig into some ideas for self-publishing your book.
Read MoreHow to Start a Professional Organizing Business
Eight of my colleagues contributed to this blog post. It is a GREAT launching point for “how-to” start a professional organizing business. It’s also a persuasive set of arguments for why someone needs to hire a professional organizer
Read MoreGrow Your Business – Virtual Organizing
Sheila Delson, former ICD president, launched her Virtual Organizing Training Program in 2014, and I attended one of her first training sessions. As a veteran organizer with many years of working hands-on with clients, it was becoming increasingly more difficult to keep up with client demand and physical aspects associated with hands-on work. Additionally, not…
Read MoreDo you want to start an organizing business?
My friend and colleague, James Lott Jr. of the SOS Show and I breakdown what it takes to plan, launch, manage, grow, and leverage a profitable, professional organizing business. Take a listen.
Read MoreGrow Your Business – Writing
Never in my wildest dreams did I dream of being a published author, because I didn’t think I had the skills to write a book. So, why I did write a book? From 2009 to 2011 professional organizers in the United States were in make-or-break years. In 2008 and 2009, the United States labor market…
Read More5 Critical Mistakes to Avoid Working with Clients
Mistake #1 – ORGANIZING FOR YOURSELF AND NOT YOUR CLIENT You love to organize and even have fun organizing your friends or family members. What about organizing a stranger’s kitchen or garage? Will you be able to listen and seek to understand what ‘organized’ looks and feels like for each client? There are various personality…
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