The Pro Organizer Studio Podcast

Welcome to part 2 of our recent live pod taping at the How To Summit! Thank you again to Brandie and Ryan of Home+Sort for hosting such an awesome event! I can't wait to be there next year!  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Information on Inspired Organizer: click HERE email Melissa: hello@proorganizerstudio.com PANELISTS: Ria Safford | Riorganize | @riorganize Ashley Murphy + Marissa Hagmeyer | NEAT Method | @neatmethod Mindy Godding | President of NAPO | Abundance Organizing | @abundanceorganizing Ashley Jones Hatcher | Travel & lifestyle expert | @ashleyjoneshatcher Get in touch with us! Email us at hello@proorganizerstudio.com Follow How To Summit HERE Sign up for info on next year's summit: howtosummit.org      

Welcome to our first ever live podcast recording! The How To Summit was an amazing two days of learning and community and fun, and the last day we hit record on a fab panel of organizers answering a grab bag of my questions.  The panelists: Ria Safford | Riorganize | @riorganize Ashley Murphy + Marissa Hagmeyer | NEAT Method | @neatmethod Mindy Godding | President of NAPO | Abundance Organizing | @abundanceorganizing Ashley Jones Hatcher | Travel & lifestyle expert | @ashleyjoneshatcher LINKS FOR LISTENERS Get in touch with us! Email us at hello@proorganizerstudio.com Follow How To Summit HERE Sign up for info on next year's summit: howtosummit.org Inspired Organizer information: inspiredorganizer.com  

After I posted the epsiode about scams/scammy things we encounter in our organizing businesses, I got so many emails/messages from people who had examples or things that I forgot about, I wanted to add a second podcast to make sure you're staying away from the messes that can be created. Today's episode talks about "partnerships", more details on bad advertising decisions, and lots of other scammy or super scammy things that can happen to organizers. 

As professional organizing entrepreneurs, unfortunately one thing we have to watch out for are straight up scams at the worst, and things that are sketchy and unhelpful opportunities at the least. I want you to have a healthy level of skepticism for opportunities that come your way--and today I am talking about some specifics on things to be on the lookout for!  Timestamps:1:00 It's ok to be a little cynical in your professional organizing business to find scams 4:00 Listen to your gut to avoid being preyed upon by scammers 7:00 Scams camouflaged as "opportunities" 10:00 Pay to Play options 14:00 Ask a lot of questions before you hire a coach or other business 15:30 Moving scam to avoid 19:00 I don't want you to have regrets! LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Learn more about our Inspired Organizer program: www.inspiredorganizer.com  Our 24/7 on demand workshop, The Pro Organizer's Profit Plan: www.poroadmap.com PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:  Hey, pro organizers, it's your podcast host, Melissa. And of course, just right as I press

It's OCTOBER and for me, it's a month when I feel SUPER motivated and excited to dig in to my business. I'm giving you some ideas of what an October business to-do list looks like, and some ideas of things you can focus on.  Here are some bullet points to remind you what's in the podcast!  I would love for you to be a part of our Inspired Organizer® program and community. Join 800+ other organizers around the world in our awesome family.  Join us or get more details HERE! HONEYBOOK COURSE $149  https://www.inspiredorganizer.com/offers/7yd3LKFq OCTOBER ideas: Seasonal wardrobe switch outs Get ready for holiday entertaining before the crazy starts Organize Halloween decor Kid focus: school has started, is paperwork out of control already? I got you! Concentrate on ONE thing that you've been avoiding...what are you putting off in your business?  Habit development: what are some business habits you need to develop or work on?  Thinking about raising your prices, but haven't done it yet?  Time to build a team, o

I'm thrilled to introduce you to our Inspired Organizer® member Bethany, who is living out her "Disney job" dream of being a closet designer at The Container Store! 

Today is a great day to raise your prices.  Yeah--I'm talking to you! 

Brandie and Ryan of Home+Sort and the How To: Summit are back with SO MUCH GOODNESS. We are chatting about so many things, including clients being liars (we'll explain!), being passionate about your business and what kinds of conversations that leads to--and so much more. I can't wait for you to hear all the great things we get into.  Our Organizing Essentials program closes 8/25--CLICK HERE to join us! LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Information on the How To: Summit CLICK HERE Check out Home+Sort on IG: CLICK HERE  

This is a can't miss episode of the pod with Brandie & Ryan, who are the reason we are all so excited to go to the How:To Summit 9/21-9/22 in Ohio.  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Info + tickets for How:To Summit CLICK HERE Follow for summit information: CLICK HERE Register to join Pro Organizer Studio: Organizing Essentials closing soon: CLICK HERE

Our last episode on your August to-do list generated some questions--answering a couple of them for you!  I would love for you to join our Organizing Essentials program--details are here on how to join! https://www.inspiredorganizer.com/offers/uYMgvH4F

It's August and I'm giving you a to-do list for your organizing business! This is a great time of the year to focus on one of the most central clients to a lot of organizers--moms--and I'm giving you a few things you can tackle in your business to try to get that calendar FULL of organizing sessions.  Here is a recap of the items discussed in the podcast with timestamps for you to listen: 4:00 Two functional tasks to automate and plan for the entire month app links-- Google Business Profile autopost software | Planoly for social posting 8:30 Strategic moves for your organizing business for August: 10:00 Texting targeted past clients  12:00 Reminding clients about refresh/maintenance packages 13:00 Back to School newsletter 14:00 Lead Magnet --change theme 15:45 Blog post 17:00 Moms group strategy Related podcasts to check out: Episode 145, Five Mile Famous; Episode 147, Using AI, Epsiodes 117 + 118 Class Keeper app with Denise Albright If you have any questions, please email me at hello@proorganizerstudio.co

Last epsiode, we talked to Melissa of Melissa Gugni Organizing in the Bay Area about boundaries in our organizing business--and that conversation veered into talking about pricing, knowing our worth as businesses, and a LOT of other topics--so we get a second awesome epsiode! Thanks to Melissa for joining us!  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Melissa's business, Melissa Gugni Organizing: mgorganizing.com Information on our Inspired Organizer® program: inspiredorganizer.com

"Boundaries" is a word that is pretty hot right now--but it's not just a buzzword, and it's a concept that organizers really need to get comfortable with in their work. My guest today, Melissa Gugni, a pro organizer in the Bay Area, runs several businesses, and has become really good at knowing what works and what doesn't as an entrepreneur, and she is helping us think about the concept of boundaries in our business. 

My guest is Molly Z. Winters, who is a copywriter for professional organizers. One of the things I'm extremely passionate about is making sure that you're getting all of your information out in the world, whether that is your website or an email newsletter or a blog, and one of the things that is a major sticking point for people is writing. I hear all the time, "I don't know how to write. I don't know what to say. I don't know the words." I was very excited to meet Molly and have her be able to talk to us about copywriting and all of the magic that happens when you are able to get your message across.  LINKS FOR LISTENERS 3 Mistakes you might be making on your website: https://mollyzwinterswriting.ck.page/3-common-mistakes-you-might-be-making-on-your-website Molly's program to become a better writer, "What The Heck Do I Write on My Website?": https://molly-winters-writing.teachable.com/p/what-the-heck-do-i-write-on-my-website Website:  https://www.mollyzwinters.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mol

We are back with one of our favorite things--interviewing organizers in our Inspired Organizer® program on their businesses and what they've learned as organizers. Today I'm excited for you to meet Jen Weintraub of Splendid Spaces Organizing!

We are back with part 2 of my conversation with Cabri Carpenter of Minimize Then Organize in Lubbock. We are talking about something we see a lot--when organizers operate their business out of fear of what MIGHT happen. 

Cabri Carpenter (Minimize Then Organize in Lubbock, TX) and Melissa are breaking it down today with a little tough love...about how you are overcomplicating your professional organizing business. Sometimes being efficient means we actually end up with TOO many processes, procedures, and rules--which might be costing you time and money. 

What does it mean to be an organizing entrepreneur, and what does it mean to have an organizing business and what makes you successful?  Jen and Melissa are dishing about what it takes to be an entrepreneur in our industry. What is entrepreneurial spirit for an organizer? What you will hear I hope will reassure you about what it takes because I've said on many occasions, I never envisioned myself being an entrepreneur, ever. And now I am happier than I have ever imagined being in a career. And that's why I spend all day, every day making sure other women can get into this industry and be happy! LINKS FOR LISTENERS:  Find out more about Pro Organizer Studio HERE: www.proorganizerstudio.com Check out our free workshop, The Pro Organizer's Profit Plan: www.poroadmap.com  

We got an email the other day from someone who was asking, essentially, what's the perfect time to start my business? She gave me a couple of details about what she has going on in her life driving the question...trying to figure out when she should begin. But I thought about that email and I was like, you know what? We have something. Jen and I had a conversation about this one time, and I found it and knew it was the perfect thing to share. But--it's not JUST about starting a business. The thing about this conversation is Jen has so many things that she says that I realize it's not just about whether it's time to start a business. It's really about what's the right time to start doing anything different. Whether it is starting your organizing business, whether it is starting a team and your organizing business, whether it is time to pivot into  something, no matter what it is, whatever you're trying to decide about, if you're reaching some sort of a crossroads in your organizing business. LINKS FOR LISTENER

In honor of enrollment for our course about everything under the sun about working with clients, Organizing Essentials, we are bringing you a podcast today where Jen and Melissa talk about all sorts of things relating to working with clients. From organizing closets to whether we feel pressure to keep our houses perfect, we're ready to talk about it all!  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Our Organizing Essentials course is open for enrollment until April 17. Click here to join: https://www.inspiredorganizer.com/offers/uYMgvH4F