Episode 44: Sharing Your Personal Journey with Sarah Brent
My guest today is Sarah Brent of Practical Harmony Professional Organizing. Sarah is a very successful student of the Inspired Organizer® program who has recently stepped up to serve in a mentor role inside our course community. Sarah’s past experiences have a strong impact on the way that she serves her clients, and she is joining me on the show today to share her origin story and why her mission is so important to her personally.
Organizing Business Paperwork - How to go Paperless
I have often said that starting a professional organizing business is virtually free because you can DIY most of the startup tasks, even your website! If you choose to DIY your website, use these tips to guide you toward a website design that is appealing to your ideal client, and that represents the purpose of your business → to help people remove excess from their lives.
Episode 43: Time-Management Tips with Lisa Trigsted
I am thrilled to be joined today by Lisa Trigstead, who you may know as NeatFreakMcKinney from her thriving community on Instagram. Lisa started her professional organizing business as a second career, after working as a school teacher for many years. Today, she is sharing her business story, as well as her best time-management tips.
Professional Organizer Website - 6 DIY Website Tips
I have often said that starting a professional organizing business is virtually free because you can DIY most of the startup tasks, even your website! If you choose to DIY your website, use these tips to guide you toward a website design that is appealing to your ideal client, and that represents the purpose of your business → to help people remove excess from their lives.
Episode 42: Your Organizing Company & The Drama Triangle
Today, I am sharing an imaginary coaching scenario that I’ve pulled together based on a composite of many of the coaching calls I’ve been on the giving and receiving ends of over the last few years. As a professional organizer, I think you’ll relate to at least a few of these challenges I’m going to illustrate when it comes to growing your business. And you’ll also learn a model for empowering yourself with some self-coaching as you are working through your own growth challenges in 2020 and beyond.
Episode 41: Getting The Husband On Board with Heather Freeman
I am so excited to welcome Heather Freeman of the Decor Fix onto the podcast today! Heather is an interior decorator turned course creator who brings tons of experience and insight that meshes so well into our world as organizers. Today, we are discussing conflict resolution between our clients and their spouses, as well as some tips Heather has learned along the way about bringing all of your experiences in your toolbelt to the table to give the most value to your client. I know she will be a fan favorite, and I can't wait for you to hear her story.
Episode 40: Unlocking Your Subconscious with Elli Richter
Today on the podcast, I’m having an awesome conversation with Elli Richter. Elli is a life coach and a Psych-K facilitator. She describes her business as helping people to unblock their subconscious, heal the past and co-create a downstream and purpose-driven life. If you have any interest in our brain and how the subconscious works when it comes to working with organizing clients or even on yourself, I know that you will enjoy this interview.
Episode 39: How To Find Organizing Products Online with Lindsey Escalante
Today, I am interviewing Lindsey Escalante. She is a professional organizer at Simplifying The Everyday, out of Seatle Washington. In the short amount of time she has been in business, Lindsey has discovered some unique and innovative ways to save time serving her clients, and also to give back through her business. I know you guys will enjoy this one!
Episode 38: How To Serve Your Client by Understanding Their Needs
You’ve probably heard me say that actually doing an organizing job is all very personalized to your style, how you prefer to work, and the client’s specific project because everybody has different stuff. One of the biggest keys to being successful is knowing how to competently serve them the moment you show up so that they can immediately feel the difference and see the value of your work together. Whether this is your first client or your fiftieth client, every single job is going to feel like you’re starting over again just a little bit, since you learn something new each time.
5 Things To Know Before Becoming a Professional Organizer
If you’ve taken your questions about this industry to Google, you’ve probably been totally overwhelmed by an array of cluttered, outdated advice.The truth is that it will cost you almost nothing to put yourself out there and get started, but if you're trying to piece together a business plan from random websites, it's incredibly easy to let the internet swallow you with irrelevant advice.Early on in my organizing business, I had a ton of wins that I noticed weren't "the norm" in my research about how most professional organizers structured their services.