If you'd like to learn how to become a professional organizer, or just want to discover more about this career, Time to Organize can help! We offer one-on-one consulting and coaching for prospective and new professional organizers. Initial in-person consultations generally last about two hours (Twin Cities area of Minnesota.) Please bring all your questions! You will also receive my fabulous book, "Born to Organize " and other great resources at this session.

The consultation will cover topics such as:

• A day in the life of a professional organizer
• The pros and cons of professional organizing as a career
• Training and skills necessary to get started, as well as essentials
  needed to set up shop
• Focusing on a specialty
• Salary and time-commitment expectation
• Building a business and finding your choice clients
• Business insurance and liability issues
• The importance of your professional image
• Personal safety tips
• Effective marketing techniques
• Small business resources
• Local and national organizing associations (such as NAPO and NSGCD) and seminars/workshops
• Goals needed to get you career on track

You'll receive a certificate of completion, an opportunity to join the Time to Organize referral program, and free e-mail follow-up at no extra charge.

Coaching can be done in person (Twin Cities metro area), via e-mail, or
by telephone.

Each coaching session is:

• Individualized for your needs and your current career status
• Affordable and convenient
• Fun and educational!

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Phone Coaching
(If you'd like more than 1/2 hour, just increase the quantity, i.e., 2 = 1 hour)

1/2 hour increments: $50

8-Week Business Jump-Start Email Coaching Program

To guide you on the journey to become a professional organizer, I've developed an 8-Week Business Jump-Start Email Coaching Program. For only $195, you'll get eight weeks of email task reminders and tips! No more stalling out... I'll email you the steps you need to take to get your business up and running in just eight weeks.You'll also receive the PDF version of my TOP SELLING book, "Born to Organize ." (The 8-week task list is also included in the book for your reference.) Also included is a 30-minute phone consultation with me, which you can schedule anytime during the 8-week program! You'll also be able to email questions to me throughout the Jump-Start Program, getting individualized support and ideas.

You'll be able to email questions to me throughout the Start-Up Program, getting individualized support and ideas. Click here for more details!

8-Week Email Coaching Program: $195

A WORD FROM SOME OF MY COACHING CLIENTS

I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my organized heart for both your manual and telephone coaching session. Of all the research and classes I have done so far, your manual and guidance are the most helpful & complete. I am a fledgling residential organizer near Dallas, Texas. As I take each step to build my new business, ideas from material I've read or heard often pops into my head. I'll stop and try to remember where the original idea came from. Your manual is the first thing I reach for and more often than not, it has the answer I am seeking! No other resource or class has as much in one place as you do! As if it couldn't get better, you turned out to be so easy to talk to, so full of ideas and a person I felt I could immediately respect. I hung up after our coaching session with such excitement! My head was almost spinning with marketing plans based on your suggestions that I know will work! I truly appreciate your time and your encouragement. Our conversation meant the world to me. I am so grateful I found you on the list of recommended reading materials on NAPO's website. It was such a steal given how much I value all that you've taught me! The organizing world is a better place with you in it!
-- Jennifer Sanchez, MBA, Organize & Prosper, LLC, Prosper, Texas

Thank you so much for the great coaching session. It was so helpful and informative. My biggest concerns were put to rest (e.g.  setting a rate, getting familiar with the products). And your ideas were so practical that I walked away feeling invigorated and calm at the same time. Thanks for providing such a helpful service. It's just what I needed!
-- Roxanne Seiberlich, Oakdale MN

If you're not quite ready for a coaching session, you might consider purchasing our book, "Born to Organize: Everything You Need to Know about a Career as a Professional Organizer." It covers training & skills, pros & cons, assessments, setting your fee, working with clients, goal setting, marketing your business, small business resources, and much more! Click here for more information.

HELPFUL CLIENT FORMS

NEW: Client Action Plan Form

After your client assessments, it's a nice to touch to leave an action plan with your clients. This three-page, 8-1/2 x 11 form will help you to define your project areas, timeline, goal indicators, and supplies necessary for the job. It's also a chance for you to outline some action plan steps so you and your clients are clear on the scope of the projects. Also included is a page for maintenance plan recommendations, so you can list steps to help your clients maintain their newly organized spaces. A one-page tip sheet is included to guide you through using this client action plan form.

Sent to you in PDF via e-mail.

$10

Client Phone Intake Form

If clients are calling but you're not sealing the deal, maybe you aren't asking the right questions. Using a client intake form will help! This one-page, 8-1/2 x 11 form will guide you through your first contact with potential clients -- the all-important phone call. It prompts you to ask the right questions so you can qualify the client, allowing you to showcase your expertise and empathy so the client feels confident in you as a professional organizer. Take the completed form along on client visits and you'll have a head-start on assessing the situation. A brilliant, must-have tool for every organizer! Also includes one page of client phone call quick tips!

Sent to you in PDF via e-mail.

$10

Client Assessment Form

To be a successful professional organizer, you need to understand your clients' pain. It starts with a genuine concern for your clients, which leads to the desire to explore their needs, set-backs, limitations, motivators, and more. The best time to learn about these things is during your initial client assessment. Make it easy with this five-page, 8-1/2 x 11 form that will help you ask the right questions and really get to know your clients and their organizing needs. Also included is a two-page tip sheet to guide you through the assessment process.

Sent to you in PDF via e-mail.

$20

Client Service Agreement Form

A simple -- and necessary -- way to define expectations is to send a contract before you meet. You can also call it a confirmation form, agreement, or policy statement, but whatever you name it, it meets the same need. It clarifies your policies so there are no misunderstandings regarding important details of your working relationship. Use this quick and ready-to-use one-page generic service agreement form, or create your own service agreement form that is unique to your business and clientele using the tips provided.

Sent to you in PDF via e-mail.

$10

All Four Client Forms: Save $10

Order all four essential tools for professional organizers for only $40!

• Client Phone Intake Form
• Client Service Agreement Form
• Client Assessment Form
• Client Action Plan Form

Sent to you in PDF via e-mail.

$40

We also can offer assistance in marketing your new business, from developing a unique marketing plan and business image, to creating business cards, brochures, Web sites, and other marketing materials. Please call to discuss your project and receive a quote. We are excited to share our knowledge and resources with you!

Services for new and/or established professional organizers include:

• business plan and marketing plan development
• logo, business card, letterhead, brochure, and other marketing material
  development
• information about invoicing, bookkeeping, expense tracking, etc.
• goal setting
• marketing and promotion assistance
• encouragement, comraderie and coaching