| | |  | Home Business Books | Home » » How to Start a Home-Based Professional Organizing Business (Home-Based Business Series) | | | | | | | Description: | | How to Start a Home-Based Professional Organizing Business simply and comprehensively educates the reader on how to turn a passion for clean closets and labeled bins into a profitable business. Professional Organizer Dawn Noble shows budding entrepreneurs how to establish their business and begin taking clients immediately. The book’s focus is on achieving profitability, and covers business plans, record keeping, and legal issues as well as the creative side of the business.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Dawn Noble | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| Globe Pequot | | Publication Date:
| April 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0762742453 | | Product Length:
| 9.18 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.87 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 31 reviews |
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37 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 This book covers all the bases ...Jul 15, 2007
By OCD Bargain Hunter
I checked this book out from my local library. Because it has been such a great resource I kept renewing it - over and over. I finally broke down and bought my own personal copy to keep handy. Dawn covers evaluating your readiness to be an entrepreneur to determining business growth strategies. Similar to Sara Pederson's book but more thorough. Great tips and forms to get you started.
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 It covers the basicsSep 23, 2007
By World Traveler
"Susan"
It covers the basics. I also bought Everything You Need to Know About a Career as a Professional Organizer by Sara Pedersen and found that to be easier to read (more to the point) and more inspiring.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great resource!Apr 14, 2010
By cleo
This book is awesome! It has just about everything you need to get started as a professional organizer. It walks you though everything, step by step, from deciding if this is the right business for you, to choosing a business name, setting up your office, to your first client. It has lost of different forms and stuff that you can copy and modify to suit your needs. I love the fact that she doesn't just say, do this, don't do that. Instead, she gives options and explanations of each, making it easy for you to decide what is best for you. I do recommend reading other books like this, if you decide to go ahead and start a business, just to get more ideas and another point of view, but this is the one I keep referring back to most. Clear, concise, and easy to read...not all dry and boring. Everything is covered, and she adds little anecdotes from her own and other organizers experiences to give a sense of what its really like. Highly recommended!!!
P.S. I started a business using this book as a guide...2 weeks later I have my First client!!! Thanks, Dawn!!!
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 A good "get started" bookSep 04, 2007
By D. G. Phillips
This book was a very easy read and a great resource if you are looking to start your own organizing business. I refer to it often and would recommend it.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Detailed and thorough - after reading this, I'm ready to start my businessFeb 24, 2009
By cowgirlimposter
This is a very helpful book. It includes lots of details and great explanations of what it's like to start a career as a professional organizer. Noble gives you both sides of the story so you can determine for yourself whether this would be a good move for you. She also includes lots of lists, examples, quotes and insights from other professional organizers, and step-by-step suggestions for getting started. I feel ready to start my business after reading her book.
This book will be a good reference for years to come, I believe. It includes key information for day 1 of a career as well as day 300. I have highlighted lots of great advice and I know I will be keeping it close by in case any challenging situations arise in this journey.
I also bought Sara Pederson's book "Born to Organize," and found it to be too general to really help me feel prepared. It was way too simplified for my taste. Perhaps they would work well together (since they are so different) but if you only want to buy one book, I would suggest Dawn Noble's. It was much more detailed and helpful.
(I am someone who likes lots of details and lots of information before I make a leap into something new and I feel like Noble's book satisfied that need. Pederson's book left me wanting much, much more. If you want a basic introduction to the career, and would feel overwhelmed by lots of details and specifics, I guess Pederson's book could be helpful in that kind of situation.)
PS. After using this book for a few days, I wish Amazon would let me change my rating from 4 stars to 5. This is a very, very helpful book and it absolutely deserves 5 stars.
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