If you are new to the organizing industry, you may be interested in attending a teleseminar next week (3/10/10) called Clutter Bootcamp. I will be presenting this to business owners who are looking for ways to organize at home and in business. You can listen in at no cost and perhaps get some ideas to [...]
Tue, March 2 2010 » Events, Uncategorized » No Comments
Many people are uncomfortable asking for recommendations and testimonials from clients. They don’t know how to word the question so it isn’t awkward.
But people in business have to ask for what they need or wait forever to get it by chance.
Here are 3 ways you can get testimonial quotes from your clients:
1. Catch it.
When you [...]
Mon, March 1 2010 » Marketing, Uncategorized » No Comments
This is part of our Q&A series. To see previous answers, please click on the Q&A link in the right hand column.
Q: Is this a good job for a stay at home mom? from Kim in Minnesota
A: Yes and no.
If you have support to take care of small children it’s a great job.
If you don’t, [...]
Thu, February 25 2010 » Q&A, Uncategorized » No Comments
This is part of our ongoing Q&A series.
To see previous answers, click on the Q&A category in the right-hand column.
Q: What are the top 5 ways to market an organizing business? from Cynthia in San Antonio, TX
A: This is changing daily with new technology, but these are some of the best FREE ways to market [...]
Tue, February 23 2010 » Marketing, Uncategorized » No Comments
This is part of our ongoing series of Q&As on professional organizing.
To see previous answers, please click the Q&A category link in the right hand column
Julie in Marietta, GA asks:
Q: What are the legal aspects?
A: Since I’m not a lawyer, I will only be able to give you the basic areas to think about when [...]
Sat, February 20 2010 » Q&A, Uncategorized » No Comments
This is part of our ongoing Q&A Series about professional organizing.
To see all of the answers and comments, please click on the Q&A category link in the right hand column.
Q: What is the market outlook for professional organizers? from Esther in Durham, NC
A: A year ago I would have given you a different answer. [...]
Tue, February 16 2010 » Q&A, Uncategorized » No Comments
This is part of our ongoing Q&A series.
To see all of the Q&A answers, click on the category link in the right hand column.
Q: Should you always charge by the hour, charge per job and then by the hour if need more time to complete the task, or just a flat rate per job? [...]
Sun, February 14 2010 » Q&A, Uncategorized » No Comments
More from our ongoing Q & A series on becoming a professional organizer and running your business.
To see all the Q&A answers, click on the category in the right hand column.
Q: How to attract new clients? from jmirish in Rochester, NY
Q: Any advice on how to market my company? from Samara in Michigan
A: There are [...]
Sat, February 13 2010 » Marketing, Q&A, Uncategorized » No Comments
Congratulations to our fellow organizers and organizing related businesses who took home the big wins at the Los Angeles Organizing Awards this past weekend.
And we congratulate NAPO Los Angeles for putting together such an amazing event for our industry.
You make us all look good!!
See the complete list of winners here on the NAPO LA facebook [...]
Thu, February 4 2010 » In the News, Uncategorized » No Comments
If you’re new to the biz or looking for more answers about how to deal with household papers, there is an excellent blog series for you.
My colleague Julie Bestry writes the Paper Doll blog and has tremendously informative series that starts with beginner info and proceeds to advanced schooling!
START HERE to read this series
At the [...]
Tue, February 2 2010 » Uncategorized » 3 Comments
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