Archive for November 2010

As a professional organizer, you probably spent a fair bit of time figuring out how much to charge for your services, whether to bill by the hour or the project, and whether or not to offer free consultations. An equally important decision is whether to bill for the time you spend travelling to your clients’ location and any expenses you occur doing so.

Professional organizer driving to an organizing appointment

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Categories Business Practices
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I recently read an interesting article by Introvert Marketing Coach Donna Gunter, in which she identifies the six best ways for introverts to promote themselves easily. I hadn’t thought about it in quite this way before, but after some reflection, it seems that all of these strategies have worked well for me.

one-on-one business networking

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Categories Marketing
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I love to blog, and I’d write a new blog post every single day if I could. Since I can’t, I’ve created a daily compilation of articles, blog posts, videos, and images to help you in your organizing business, using a cool new online tool called paper.li.

Your Organizing Business Today

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Categories Odds & Ends
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Welcome to the November edition of the Professional Organizers Blog Carnival! Our theme for this month is Food, Glorious Food, and we have some wonderful tips for organizing pantries, kitchen cupboards, refrigerators, recipes, menus, and even food itself!

organizing food

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Every year for over a decade, the Metro Washington, DC Area Chapter of NAPO has hosted the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Professional Organizers (MARCPO). For the benefit of others who might be interested in holding a similar event, I asked Deb Lee, Marketing Chair of MARCPO 2010, what goes on behind the scenes, and here’s what she told me.

MARPCO 2010 volunteers: Lynn Meltzer, Alisa Levy, and Susan Unger

MARPCO 2010 volunteers: Lynn Meltzer, Alisa Levy, and Susan Unger

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Categories Education
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