DECIDE to Be Organized

Are you overwhelmed just thinking about the upcoming holiday season? Don’t want to get caught up in the madness and miss the joy? There is a better way! Join me for a live 1.5 hour workshop, “Managing the Chaos of the Busy Holiday Season,” on Thursday evening, December 3, 2009 at Goshen Gourmet, 14 W. Main Street, [...]

Tags: Goshen Gourmet Cafe, Linda's Office Supplies, Managing Chaos of Busy Holiday Season

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Are you thinking of becoming a professional organizer? Are you unsure what it takes to put the professional into organizing?  Check out my new audio program, Branch Out: Adding Organizing Services to a Redesign/Staging Business.   Recorded live at the 2009 IRIS Conference in Denver, this 3 hour audio presentation delivers great results. Although presented [...]

Tags: Audio Program, Becoming a Professional Organizer, Branch Out, IRIS

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Is the Threat of a Lawsuit a Real Fear? As a small business owner, you may be one of the 48% concerned about frivolous or unfair lawsuits.  According to the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, actual lawsuits and the fear of lawsuits cost U.S. small businesses $98 million in 2005.  That figure may seem [...]

Tags: Business entities, Law as a Shield, Protect Your Business, Written client agreement

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On Thursday, November 19th from 9:30-10:15 a.m. EST, I will be a guest on David Dirk’s BlogTalkRadio show, Job Search Marketing. David is the author of the book, Job Search Marketing: Finding Opportunities in Any Economy. David and I linked up via social media a few months ago, and have become mutual admirers of each [...]

Tags: BlogTalkRadio, David Dirks, Job Search Marketing

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I will have the pleasure of being a guest on WTBQ’s Radio Show, Takin’ Care of Business, hosted by Michael Sweeton on Monday, November 16, 2009 from 1:30-2:00 pm EST. Michael is the Town Supervisor of the Town of Warwick, NY, in which I reside. He is also the successful business owner, along with his [...]

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Many of you are probably already members of Facebook, the ever-growing, very popular social media site. By “member,” I mean that you have a personal profile. Millions of people do. But how many know that businesses can create Facebook pages, which are called fan pages? The main difference is that a profile is personal and, [...]

Tags: Facebook, Social Media

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“We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” ~ Benjamin Franklin By now, you have probably heard the term “Coopetition.” Coopetition is a contraction of the words cooperation and competition, meaning essentially cooperative competition. In the business world, coopetition means collaborating or partnering with your competitors in an innovative way so [...]

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Discovery Studios, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc., is producing a new television series for TLC that examines the personal and family issues related to chronic disorganization and hoarding.  They are currently seeking people who have an interest in telling their story. One of the producers contacted me, and is interested in having me participate [...]

Tags: Hoarders, New TV Show, TLC

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