Organizer
A professional organizer helps people organize their lives. You come with talent and creativity and you help another person learn how to re-arrange things to make their lives run easier. As a professional organizer, your job is to come into a home or office and give people tips on how to make things look nicer and become organized. For example, let's say you go to your friends house and they have toys all over the floor, you would then evaluate a way for the toys to be accessible to the children, but kept neatly in storage bins so friend still has a home!
The only talent you need to have to become an organizer is talent. You should also have a web site that lists your hourly wage along with some pictures on how you helped other people organize their lives. A lot of people will take classes and learn how to be organized and how to train other people to be the same way. Staying current with the latest trends is always a good idea, especially if you want to make your customers happy and have them spread the word about your business.
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Since you only need to come with talent, you won't need to rent office space or a storage unit. You should consider a home office where you can meet with clients and talk about their organizational problems and look for a solution. You should have a laptop where you can show different things that could organize their home like filing systems, cabinets, etc.
An organizer is a great at-home job because it doesn't require the same amount of time as other at-home jobs. An organizer will go to a person's home and survey what it looks like and then start offering some solutions. If your clients like the solutions, you will go to a store with them to purchase all the supplies you need to transform your home. This is where you will spend most of your time, especially if you have a client that is really picky about the new organizational furniture and other items.
Professional organizers make about $35 an hour. For a home-based business that you only work part-time, a professional organizer is definitely worth it. On a scale of one to five, a professional organizer rates as a 3.5 since you can easily make $60,000 or more. Although if you only have a few clients here and there, you won't make a lot of money and this may not be the at-home business solution you were looking for.
To be a successful professional organizer, you must have an outgoing demeanor and be able to work well with your clients. These people are contacting you for help and they deserve to get some help, especially since they probably feel bad about being so disorganized. Your job is to help them and make their lives easier. Don't make things worse by criticizing them for their lack of organizational skills. It is also important to your business to build a strong network. You need to have connections with furniture stores and other businesses where you are able to get good deals for your customers.
Check your local and state laws to make sure you are in compliance with everything. It would be awful to lose your business before you really start to make money because you didn't get licensed. One thing you should remember is to contact a tax attorney so they can help you file you new taxes. Starting your own business is a big investment and it helps to have good people on your side that can help you become successful.
