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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

• Design-focused professional organizing course if you are looking for

something with a certification included
• Home staging and redesign online course - These are extremely valuable
skills as a pro organizer

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

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