RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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Professional Organizer Required Reading
• Hot Mess
• Secrets of An Organized Mom
• Getting Things Done
• Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life
• Crush It - understanding the "side hustle" mentality
Consultation and Sales
• The Art of Speed Reading People (#1 most useful book I own for relationship-based selling)
• Inspired Organizer® by Pro Organizer Studio - my business system for booking out high-end clientele
Organizing Skills Training
• Organizing Essentials by Pro Organizer Studio
Small Business Loans
• Kabbage - very easy and fast, but minimum requirements apply. Good for established organizers with a short term need.
Finance Required Reading
• Profit First
• The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Productivity Tools
• Wunderlist (free) for everyday notes & tasks
• Asana (free) for project management
• Google Drive and Google Calendar (free)
• Day Designer planners
Business Setup
• Start a business in your state
• Sales tax on your service biz? Find out if it's required in your state
• Google Voice (free) for business phone line
Business insurance research
• Google "professional organizer insurance"
• Google "general liability insurance" + your state
• Ask your current insurer for a quote on general liability for your business, if they offer it.
Social Media
• Planoly for Instagram
• Tailwind for Pinterest
• SumoMe (free) for social share buttons
• Canva (free) for designing images
Website Stuff
• Namecheap for domain names and hosting
• Squarespace for hosting, web design, blogging
• Teachable for course hosting (has a free version)
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Photography
• Adobe Lightroom
• iPhone Photography Guide (free)
Email
• MailChimp (free) for email list management
• GSuite for Gmail business email
Accounting
• Wave (free) for accounting, invoices and accepting credit cards
• Spark Business (free) for business checking
Customer Relationship Management
• OnePageCRM for tracking next actions for contacts
• HubSpotCRM (free)
• Dubsado for managing clients, scheduling, digital contracts, and receiving payments (get 20% your first month with my link)
Where to Shop for Supplies
• Container Store
• IKEA
• Home Goods
• Target
• Costco
• Amazon
Other
• Get Emoji 😊
• Website Speed Test (if it's slow, your images are probably too big)
• TinyPNG for resizing images