Becoming a Professional Organizer- 7 Secrets

Want to become a Professional Organizer?
Before you get into the process of getting certified, you should know first these seven very important secrets. Becoming a professional organizer takes much more than being someone who loves order and wants to help people clean up their messes.
2. Learning a skill is not the same as running a business. Having been able to work with many different small business owners, I can tell you that becoming a professional organizer will lead a lotmore job responsibilities for you than you currently know. Many professional organizers and coaches have a valuable service that many people truly need. But only few want it.. Many professional organizers give solutions by fixing problems for people and then leaving, rather thangiving them a soulution that helps them learn how to change internally. By helping a person change their behavior, you actually endear the client to you and build a long-term relationship for future sales.
5. Target market is everything. If you splurge a great deal of marketing effort after being a professional organizer in finding for customers who come from the wrong target market, you will not be able to build a sustainable business model. Finding the people who are willing to pay you top dollar to work with you is critical for long term business success.
6. It's hard to justify ROI with professional organizers. Since many professional organizers do not have the background of business understanding, they don't know how to explain the return-on-investment for their services. What will they get in in terms of their income and their productivity by getting your services? If you're not able to show those numbers to them, it will decrease the value of your service.
The fact is that when you are helping the people increase their productivity (which includes improving their organization), you are bringing much more value to the market place and thus can make demand top dollar.
In short, if you're aspiring becoming a professional organizer, I suggest you first to have a look to all the different options including enhancing your ability to help others by

His book, The Myth of Multitasking: How 'Doing It All' Gets Nothing Done, has been published in six languages and is a time management best seller. His next book, Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable, will release in all major bookstores in May 2010. Dave is the foremost expert in helping you increase the value of your time in an ever-changing market and has helped thousands of clients worldwide. For more information about becoming a professional organizer or a productivity coach, visit http://www.davecrenshaw.com/becoming-a-professional-organizer.