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Wed, December 31 2008 » Uncategorized » No Comments
When I began my business, I was often told not to use discounts or coupons because it devalues the service and it’s giving away the bread and butter. It also seems it might attract people who don’t have enough money for your services. NOT TRUE!
But every time I did use a coupon or deal, I [...]
Tags: coupon, discount
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Sat, December 20 2008 » Marketing » No Comments
Tried and True meets New
Marketing your small organizing business with the internet
The future is here folks. We can’t hold out any longer.
The world of marketing has shifted greatly in the last 2-3 years (and is still changing) and there is much to learn to be ready for the next generation of clients. Some organizers are [...]
Tags: blog, blogging, facebook, linkedin, Marketing, newsletter, social networking
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Thu, December 18 2008 » Marketing » No Comments
A new product is on the market that Professional Organizers may find very helpful for organizing a client’s medical history. The Organized-Health binders are designed to make it easy for someone to bring medical information back and forth to the doctor’s office. It has pages to fill in and pockets for easy stashing.
And one of [...]
Tags: health, home, medical, organizing
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Sun, December 14 2008 » Home Organizing, Products » No Comments
Cincinnati Judge sets up program to help hoarders
From: http://www.chillicothegazette.com
Excerpt: “‘The last thing I want to do in these cases is send someone to jail, but I have found that the threat of jail is what makes them get help,’ said Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Russell Mock, who oversees the city’s housing cases.
Mock said he [...]
Tags: hoarding, home
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Wed, December 10 2008 » Home Organizing, In the News, Statistics » No Comments
The Organizing awards are here again. It’s time to submit your self, your product, or nominate someone else.
Added this year are a couple of green award categories - a true sign of the times.
If you’re not familiar with these awards, the January 30th event is an all-out red-carpet, star-studded, hollywood-style blow out bash hosted by [...]
Tags: awards, NAPO
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Wed, December 10 2008 » Events, In the News » No Comments
Social networking can do more than help you make connections to prospects. It can also link you with journalists who can use you as a source or profile your business.
Twitter, one of the most talked about social networks, is attracting more and more journalists every day. These are journalists who want to be up [...]
Tags: journalists, Publicity, twitter
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Sat, December 6 2008 » Marketing » 1 Comment
Organizer U. has learned of a new organizing tool in production that may be a real winner for the purse collector and for those who have more hanging space than shelf space.
The Closet Purse Hanger allows users to hang their purses on regular closet rods where you can see them.
A regular “S” hook wouldn’t work [...]
Tags: closet, hanger, organize, purse
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Sat, December 6 2008 » Home Organizing, Products » 1 Comment
A recent study on how people read their email suggests that people give about 1 hour time to reading messages in the morning and the rest of the day is for quick looks. So if you want people to READ your newsletter, aim for it to arrive by morning.
Read more here in BtoB’s newsletter
or get [...]
Tags: email, newsletter
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Fri, December 5 2008 » Marketing » No Comments
If Madonna is doing it, everybody’s going to want to do it, right? Whatever you may think of the Queen of Pop, she IS a trendsetter.
From Welt Online
A source told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “Madonna wants a clean start. She is spending thousands of pounds on a specialist in New York to [...]
Tags: decluttering
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Thu, December 4 2008 » Junk Drawer » No Comments