The Institute for Professional Organizers, which has trained hundreds of students from around the world, recently closed its doors following the retirement of its founder, Anne Blumer. Fortunately, much of the body of work Anne which produced over the years will remain available to you and other organizers. Read on to learn where!

The Blog

While running her professional organizer training program, Anne published an excellent blog full of informative articles to help new and experienced organizers alike, and I’m thrilled that she’s given me the green light to republish them here on Your Organizing Business.

Anne’s posts about starting, growing and managing a professional organizing business will start appearing here in the near future. Topics include working with students, seniors and other types of clients; insurance, pricing, subcontracting, and much more. With such variety, there’s something for everyone, so if you’re not already a subscriber, sign up below so you don’t miss a single post!

The Book

For more of Anne’s expertise, read her book, Mastering the Business of Organizing. This book provides expert guidance in the following areas:

• Assessing your skills
• Writing a business plan
• Setting fees
• Legal issues, insurance, and taxes
• Naming your business
• Conducting a needs assessment
• Creating and completing an action plan
• Preventing backsliding
• Safety
• Working with challenging clients
• Working with clients on paper management, time management, and clutter control

There are also appendices with Forms, Recommended Reading, Websites and Organizing Products.

Read my review of an earlier version of this book.

In Closing

I will miss working with Anne and am proud to share an excerpt from one of her last messages to me.

Thank you for all your expertise and support with my websites over the years… I appreciate your willingness to venture into an educational platform with me. The Institute for Professional Organizers was tremendously successful in large part to the website you developed.

Anne Blumer

With Anne’s retirement, I have room on my schedule for a new client or two! If you’ve been thinking about getting reliable, expert care for your website, now is a great time to explore a Website Care Plan. Let’s keep your site secure and running smoothly!