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181 | Reflections & Transformations with Jen Kilbourne, Founder of Pro Organizer Studio

The Pro Organizer Studio Podcast

Release Date: 02/12/2024

192 | Social Media for Organizers: Real Talk! show art 192 | Social Media for Organizers: Real Talk!

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190 | Easy Sustainability Tips for Organizers + A Fab Pricing Concept | Michelle Parravani of Designing With Less show art 190 | Easy Sustainability Tips for Organizers + A Fab Pricing Concept | Michelle Parravani of Designing With Less

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Adding photo organizing to your list of services is an awesome thing to do--I did and it's been a great revenue source for my business. My guest today occupies a special corner of the organizing world, where she does all of this for clients. We are talking about all things related to photo organizing today and I hope you get some ideas on how you can serve clients more! LINKS FOR LISTENERS Connet with Rachel at 2000 Paces: Connect with Pro Organizer Studio:  

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We are continuing with our campaign to prove that being YOU in your business actually gets you clients--it doesn't scare them away (trust us!) Today's guest is Meg Mueller of The Lit Bulb--she is a writer for professional organizers. We are talking about how much your words and your branding (not just the color palette, either!) matters to your business. I'm excited for you to listen and hear all the topics we get to. 

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185 | 185 | "I Quit!!!" --the How and Why of Exiting a Bad Client Situation

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One thing we encounter in our Inspired Organizer group a lot is, "How do I tell someone I don't want to work with them?" Today's guest is Melissa Gugni, and we are talking about this challenging situation and how you can approach it, and the hows and the whys and all of that. We know it's hard, and we want to take away some of the difficulty for professional organizers!  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Connect with Pro Organizer Studio:  

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184 | Getting 184 | Getting "ADHD Curious" with Missi McKown

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This is going to be the first, and not last!, conversation we have about organizing clients with ADHD, and being an organizer with ADHD. Neurodivergence is the hot word right now--but we are diving into a discussion on how you can help clients even if you yourself aren't fully up to speed on all things in this realm. 

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183 | Those 183 | Those "5 Minute Podcast" Pitches: Just Say No! Yet More Scams in Organizing To Watch Out For

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Have you ever gotten that pitch to be on a 5 minute podcast that will inevitably vault your business to the stratosphere? I've warned against them before but our intrepid organizer slash undercover agent Missi McKown of Clear Spaces Organizing has done it for you just to talk about it.  Stay tuned later this week for more Missi, talking about ADHD with clients!  LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Join Inspired Organizer before it closes for some time and the price goes up!  Learn more about Missi McKown and Clear Spaces Organizing:  

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While I am calling her a guest today, it is her podcast! Jen Kilbourne is on the pod today. She is the founder of Pro Organizer Studio, and she is the visionary behind everything that we do here. If you are a longtime podcast listener, you have heard Jen's voice on the podcast so many times--she began all of this magic. She started the Inspired Organizer® program, which has helped 900 women across the globe on five different continents start or grow their organizing businesses. Everything you see at Pro Organizer Studio was her vision.

As I was trying to think about how I could introduce this episode, and how I could explain what you're going to be hearing. I was having a really hard time encapsulating it because we go a lot of different directions. I was just about to upload something and I was thinking about, oh, how can I explain this? And one of the pieces of software that I used has AI capabilities and it encapsulates an episode and it went ahead and titled it: Reflections and Transformations. And honestly, I can't think of a better name to name this podcast.

Reflections and transformations is everything that we were talking about. We are talking about buying and selling businesses. We are talking about personal, deep journeys. We are talking about challenges of running a business. How important the impact of major life changes are on you as a business person? We are talking about marriages, divorces, kids, relationships. So many different things here, and I want to just give you one great big giant mega podcast.

I hope it is helpful to you, organizers! 

LINKS FOR LISTENERS: 

  • The full, unedited version of this episode (referenced at minute 4): CLICK HERE

  • Connect with Jen at Every Dear Communications: CLICK HERE
  • Connect with Jen on LinkedIn: CLICK HERE

  • Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn: CLICK HERE

  • Connect with Melissa and Pro Organizer Studio: CLICK HERE