Start a Business as a Professional Organizer
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 |Have you seen those television shows in which a professional organizer comes in to a home and cleans up all of the clutter in a matter of hours? If you get a tingly sensation inside when you see shows like that, thinking that you’d be terrific in a similar job, then you might want to consider starting a business as a professional organizer. Obviously, you need to be organized to work in this kind of job. You also have to be a self-starter if you’re going to create your own professional organizer business. If you have both of those qualities, there’s no reason that you can’t get started in work as a professional organizer. There is relatively low start-up cost and a lot of need out there for these kinds of services.
The first thing that you’ll need to do is determine exactly what kind of professional organizer services you want to offer. Some professional organizers are hired specifically to clean up a messy home. However, there are many other things that professional organizers might do. They may organize offices or home offices which can include setting up a paper filing system and assisting with computer organization. They may offer not only organization services but also ongoing assistance in helping an individual or family develop organizational skills of their own. A personal organizer may come in to a home just once or may do work on a semi-regular basis for the same people. Figure out which services you want to offer, how you will provide them and what your rates will be. Determining this is going to set the foundation for your personal organizer business.
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After determining this basic information about your work, you can begin marketing your new personal organizer business. Set up a website that promotes your services. Consider starting a blog providing personal organizer information to others so that you can rapidly grow your credibility in the industry. Get business cards that have your website on them. Develop fliers, brochures, newsletters and other marketing materials that explain and promote your services. Basically, you’re going to want to make sure that other people out there know how you can help them organize their lives. |
As you are beginning your personal organizer business, you will want to make sure that you aren’t forgetting any of the legalities of being a business owner. Go get a business license for your business. Make sure you know about the tax laws related to your new personal organizer business. If you are going to be hiring others to assist you with the business, make sure that you get an employer ID and understand about employees taxes. Put your organizational skills to use in making sure that you have all your I’s dotted and T’s crossed in the business department. After all, the first thing that people are going to see about your business is you. What would you think if your personal organizer didn’t appear to be very organized in his or her own life?!
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