If you are in the beginning stages of exploring an organizing career, you likely have some questions about being a Professional Organizer. One of the most important questions you might ask yourself is: Do I have what it takes to be a Professional Organizer? While having a passion for organizing is the first step, it’s…
Spring organizing tips to help your organizing clients Spring is here. The air is warmer, the sun is brighter and this motivates everyone to want to clear out the old and make everything fresh and new again. Use these 10 spring organizing tips to help your organizing clients get their homes clean and organized and…
Mastering social media is essential to every small business owner. If you’re not using social media in your business, now is the time to start. People ask me if they should bother spending the time on social media, if it is really that important. The answer I always give is “yes”. It is important and…
Organizing policies and procedures are essential for every organizing business. These ensure that everyone has the information and instructions that they need in order to do what they are supposed to be doing. You need to have organizing policies and procedures in place for your business, your staff and your clients. As professional organizers, we…
If you are looking to expand your business, or just need some help on the occasional project, you”ll want to understand the difference between a contractor and an employee. Basically, you have two choices when it comes to hiring. You can work with a contractor, or you can hire an employee So, what’s the difference?…
As an organizer, you are helping a client with some of their most intimate possessions and feelings. These must be handled with utmost care. Your clients must feel that they can totally trust you. Here are six tips to help you maintain client confidentiality. #1: Don’t Gab Everything a client tells you should be held…
After all the time and energy you’ve spent organizing your space, you certainly don’t want it to slip back in to disarray. Organization doesn’t just happen once, it’s an ongoing process. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to stay organized. With just a few minutes each day you can do it! Here are 17 Tips…
Virtual organizing is a growing trend in the professional organizing industry. More and more professional organizers are adding virtual organizing to their list of services. It is great opportunity for professional organizers to work with clients everywhere from anywhere! However, to the general public, virtual organizing is a new and unfamiliar service. This means that as organizers, we have to get out there and market, market, market virtual organizing so that the public understands what it is and why they need it. In this article, I will give you some guidelines and tips to help you with marketing your virtual organizing services.
Organize by displaying your things instead of hiding them. Have you heard of organizing in plain sight? It’s a concept where you use your open spaces to organize your belongings. With this method you can have as much useful storage space as the square footage of your home itself. Amazing right?! Consider displaying your belongings instead…
One of the most common and frustrating organizing challenges in many homes is the lack of closet space. Sure you can edit your things to a minimum, install a new closet system, move other items around to different places to make closet space, but what if you’ve already done that? If you live in a…