{The following is from my guest, Lisa}
Do you love to organize?
Whenever my mother would send me to my room as a punishment,
I would reorganize my room. Can you relate?
For many years, I used my organizational gifts as…
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A teacher in traditional schools
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A parent and home maker
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A friend helping another “get organized”
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A direct sales leader helping my team reach
their goals
Finally, it hit me: I
am a professional organizer.
Knowing that, and communicating that, to a paying audience are
2 completely different things! Sure, I had a few friends here and there who had
paid me to organize for them over the past decade, but how could I turn this
passion into a profitable business?
Hi, my name is Lisa Woodruff and I blog over at Organize
365. Becky and I “met” when our eBooks had a “playdate” in the Fresh Book eBook
Bundle this summer.
Becky and I both LOVE organizing and have built businesses
around our passions!
So how do you start a professional organization business?
Well, there are many ways, and I have a Facebook group, called Professional
Organizers Think Tank, just for people exploring and starting their home
professional organization businesses.
Here’s what I’ve found:
1. YOU CAN
DO IT! You can start a business, any business.
3. A community of like-minded people will
propel you and keep you moving forward. I’m not going to lie. Starting your
own business can be lonely. And profits take a while to come in. Income is not
predictable and there is always more to learn.
However, it IS
worth it to invest in a business and profession you LOVE. Find a friend, a
client, an online group that motivates you and builds you up.
4. Use tools
to shorten your learning curve. When I started my full-time professional
organization business 18 months ago, I already knew how to organize and run
both a business and a website.
However, I chose to buy the ProfitableOrganizer business start-up kit, because even with my knowledge, I knew it
would take me at least 6 months to do/ learn all they were offering in one
package.
I was able to devote one long
weekend {10 hours a day} to plow through every module in the program. I created
my custom website, Google ads, email responder and all my business forms in 3
days.
Yes, I am a little hyper, but my
family needed for me to be profitable yesterday! Medical needs alone take up 50%
of our family’s take home pay. Waiting to “figure it out” is just not an option
for me.
Within a week, I had a paying job
from my new website and Google ads.
By the end of the month, my
business was in the black and profitable.
If you have been thinking about
starting your own professional organization business, I say GO FOR IT!
If you are interested in learning more about this business go HERE to learn more or click on any of the pictures.
Lisa shares her
organizational tips, her entrepreneurial spirit and humor to encourage other
moms on her blog www.Organize365.com,“Helping you organize your home and
your home based business”. She has published multiple books including 10 Steps to Organized Paper, Organizing the Business of Direct
Sales and new this month 10 Steps to Organized Photos and Memorabilia.
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