How to Start a Home-Based Professional Organizing Business
For many busy individuals, their cluttered and or unorganized lives end up costing them large chunks of time that they would prefer to put to better use. Organizing a home or office demands more time and know-how than many people have for such a project. Professional organizers possess special skills and experience that can quickly turn a disorganized space or schedule into an ordered existence. Professional organizers can run a successful business out of their homes, marketing services, communicating with clients and meeting with the people who need their services.
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Learn about professional organizing through books, websites, organizer's blogs and Internet forums related to professional organizers. Working as a professional organizer does not demand formal training or a degree or certification, but as an organizer expands her knowledge of the techniques and strategies involved in professional organizing, her successes will increase, leading to more business.
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Create a professional office space in your home, where clients can meet to discuss their needs. In addition to a computer and other office supplies, the office should show photos of your past successes. Even if the photos depict your own home or your mother's home, clients don't need to know that; they will get the desired impressions of the results of your work from the photos.
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Join the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) to stay in touch with other professional organizers and receive the ongoing education and professional guidance that the organization offers.
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Register the business with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to begin paying federal taxes and social security taxes. Register the business with the appropriate state department of treasury or revenue or taxation to begin paying state taxes.
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Review the local zoning laws to ensure that your home businesses may operate legally in your neighborhood. Many zoning boards will want to have assurance that the business will not disturb the neighborhood or cause parking problems on the street.
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Review different ways to market your home-based professional organizing business. Consider starting a website to advertise your services. Put up fliers in church lobbies, community centers and other community gathering spots. Send out messages about the organizing services offered on social network websites and ask friends to pass the message along. Consider adding tips to the messages to emphasize the fact that you know your business.
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