Last night, NAPO Los Angeles hosted the Los Angeles Organizing Awards, now an annual event. They certainly have drawn media attention to our little industry.
Best Blog nominee Krista Colvin reported back with the winners after the show.
Best Organizing Book: Knack, Organizing Your Home, by Emily Wilska
Most Valuable Educational Resource AND Best Organizing Product Retailer: OnlineOrganizing.com
Best [...]
Sat, January 31 2009 » Events, In the News, NAPO » No Comments
Get organized month brought a slew of articles about clutter and getting organized.
The one that captured the most attention was the story about the person buried in shopping clutter
One headline reads: Hoarder Dies After Becoming Lost in Maze of His Own Trash
Britain: Pensioner is buried under clutter in own home and more here
and this one [...]
Thu, January 29 2009 » In the News » No Comments
Does your business need a tag line? You may not if you are doing the same thing everyone else is doing and you don’t want to set your business apart. But if you are carving out a unique niche, want to evoke a feeling, or generate buzz, a great tag line may be just the [...]
Tue, January 27 2009 » Marketing, Office Organizing » No Comments
Domino Magazine has a nifty new feature for all the people who like to save the decorating ideas they see on the web, in magazines, and from photographs.
My Deco File is an online database that allows the user to grab web photos or upload pics to a file where they can be stored and viewed. [...]
Thu, January 22 2009 » Business Tools, Home Organizing, Products, Services » 4 Comments
Sat, January 17 2009 » Publicity » No Comments
FILING PILING SMILING — They should not all rhyme!
Does anyone love to file? I don’t think so.
But of course, we have to store our paper somewhere.
In my quest to find the easiest, best-looking pre-fabricated file systems, I have run across several that made the top cut.
About pre-fab systems:
The good - you don’t have to think [...]
Fri, January 16 2009 » Office Organizing, Products, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
Rubbermaid has made a list of helpful blogs and websites for getting organized and The Professional Organizer made the cut! See who else got tagged by Jim Deitzel at Rubbermaid.
While you’re there, check out the Rubbermaid blog. Lots of good ideas for getting organized, not just using their products, but definately including them.
Last week, Julie [...]
Tue, January 13 2009 » In the News, Uncategorized » No Comments
I have fallen in love with this new product – The Closet Purse Hanger — and yes it kills me how simple it is (Why didn’t I think of that!!!).
I wanted everyone to learn about them so they’ll have another great way to organize purses. (I’m planning to use mine for my small tote bag [...]
Mon, January 12 2009 » Home Organizing, Products » 31 Comments
NAPO Los Angeles has announced the celebrity host for this year’s extravaganza.
The 2009 Los Angeles Organizing Awards will be hosted by Hal Sparks, stand-up comedian, former host of Talk Soup on E! Entertainment Television and star of the acclaimed Showtime series Queer As Folk.
The Los Angeles chapter of The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO-LA) [...]
Sun, January 11 2009 » Events » No Comments
Allison Carter, owner of The Professional Organizer and Organizer U. is featured in these pieces on organizing to save money on Ch. 11/NBC Atlanta.
Story to go with these stories is HERE.
So how did Allison land this interview?
Social networking on facebook. I was able to find old colleagues from my days at CNN. Valerie Hoff was [...]
Tue, January 6 2009 » In the News, Publicity » No Comments
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