Posts Tagged ‘Audio recordings’
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
When I was just starting out, I searched everywhere for classes on how to become a better Professional Organizer. While there are a lot of classes and education opportunities available, it can be difficult to determine which ones are most relevant to you as an entrepreneur trying to break in to the professional organizing business.
If you’re a new organizer and would like help getting started, check out the Amazing Organizer Package available exclusively from the A Red Bench website. Out of the 75 teleclasses we’ve recorded over the years, we’ve hand-picked the top five we think are useful for new organizers.
The Amazing Organizer Audio Package includes:
- Organizing For Your Brain Type with Lanna Nakone Cairns
- Powerful Needs Assessment with Marla Dee
- Managing Client Expectations with Mindy Godding, CPO®
- Successful Pricing Strategies with Krista Green
- Secrets for Asking Effective Questions with Byron van Arnsdale
Depending on your services, these classes may apply towards your continuing education units (CEUs). Click here for more information about the package and to register! This is a “best of” A Red Bench for those paving a new path.
Tags: A Red Bench, amazing organizer package, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, classes for new organizers, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Continuing Education Units, Managing a business, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Teleclasses
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Did you know that A Red Bench offers many teleclasses that may qualify for continuing education credits for Professional Organizers? A Red Bench offers live teleclasses or webinars twice each month, and has over 75 recorded audios on our website, available for you to download and listen to wherever and whenever you like. Additionally, each class has a short quiz available to provide proof of attendance. If you’re looking for an easy way to bolster your continuing education credits, or even just to gain new skills as a Professional Organizer and small business owner, A Red Bench teleclasses are a great solution!
Our recorded classes include: How to Unpack and Organize a Home in 3 Days with Melinda Anderson and Kim Cossette, Organizing Elders with Nancy Wesson, The Importance of Photo Organizing with Andee Young, and Organize In Your Own Learning Style with Hellen Buttigieg of HGTV, and many more!
Check out the complete list of available teleclasses by clicking here!
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, continuing education credits, Continuing Education for Professional Organizers, Continuing Education Units, experts, podcasts, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses, webinar
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
In recent years, there has been a lot of public and scientific interest in Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and yet many people are still not sure what exactly ADD is or how it affects those who live with it. It is estimated that 3 to 5% of the population displays significant traits of ADD, and yet as many as 1 in 8 people with ADD may be undiagnosed and unsure why their brains seem to work differently than others’.
Clients with ADD may have particular issues getting and staying organized, and face specific challenges in the organizing process. As a Professional Organizer, being able to identify and address these issues can be of great benefit both to you and your clients.
In the next A Red Bench teleclass on Wednesday, June 15th, Angela will interview Professional Organizer and ADD Coach Denslow Brown of The Coach Approach for Organizers.
On this call you will learn:
- What is ADD?
- What types of ADD are there, and how do they differ?
- What are some of the positive and negative traits of ADD?
- What should we keep in mind when working with clients who have ADD?
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY!
Tags: A Red Bench, ADD, Angela Ploetz, Attention Deficit Disorder, Audio recordings, CEUs, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
Hope you enjoyed our teleclass this past Monday with guest expert Liz Canavan Byrne about Customer Retention! There was a lot of great information in the call, including some fantastic tips for connecting with and keeping your clients, which can have a huge impact on the success of your business. If you missed it, the recording is now available for purchase here.
If you’re interested in learning more, Liz will be holding a training on Thursday, June 2nd entitled “3 Pillars of Running a PO Business – Sales + Service + Raving Fans Retention”. The class will start at 9:00 AM and run until 9:45. For more information or to register, e-mail Liz.
Don’t forget, our next teleclass–Authentic Marketing with Michael Katz–will be this Monday, the 23rd of May. Click here for more information and to register.
Tags: A Red Bench, Audio recordings, Authentic Marketing, Business Training, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Customer Retention, Managing a business, Marketing, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizing Classes, Red Bench, Send Out Cards, Teleclasses
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Potential clients have a sea of options available to them, so how can you make yourself stand out as a person that they want to hire and recommend to others? The answer isn’t a cooler website, a larger newspaper ad, or a deeper discount in your next promotion. Instead, it’s leveraging a natural advantage: your authentic voice!
It’s something you use every day, and it’s a big part of the reason your best clients love you. Yet, it’s probably not even something you’re aware of. Join us on Monday, May 23rd as we speak with Michael Katz of Blue Penguin Development about marketing yourself authentically.
On this call you will learn…
- What ‘authentic marketing’ means and why it matters.
- How to communicate with emotion, consistency, and natural language.
- Why everything you learned in school about how to write is wrong.
- How to get past your fear of communicating authentically.
This session will be filled with examples, dos and don’ts, and plenty of practical advice! Click here to register for this call today!
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, Continuing Education Units, Marketing, Maximize your marketing, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Education, Teleclasses
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Do you like the idea of reusable shopping bags, but find that they’re hard to keep together and neatly organized?
One of the hottest new products at Conference this year was The Tote Buddy. Essentially a folder for your reusable grocery bags, the Tote Buddy is made of 100% recyclable non-woven polypropylene, measures 15.5″ L X 11.25″ W, and features an adjustable velcro strap. It holds up to 10 bags at a time in one stylish and easy-to-carry package, and organizes them so they’re all in one place when you’re ready to go shopping.
We will be giving away a floral tote buddy and three matching orange shopping bags–a $25 value! If you like the Tote Buddy, leave a comment below or on our Facebook page to be entered in to the drawing! The winner will be announced on May 31st!
If you love the Tote Buddy, you can join their affiliate program here.
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, Conference, Contest, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Cool Products, Maximize your marketing, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Red Bench, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
Did you know acquiring new customers can cost as much as five times more than satisfying and retaining current customers? Or that a 2% increase in customer retention has the same effect as decreasing costs by 10%?
What are you doing to retain existing clients? Could you be doing more to maintain relationships with the clients you already have, rather than focusing on new clients? Find out how to improve your customer retention on Monday, May 16th as we interview Liz Canavan Byrns of Alchemy of Order.
On this call you will learn:
- Why retaining clients is vital to business development
- How to retain existing clients
- Systems to put in place to maintain client relationships
- Tools to help track client interactions
Don’t leave money on the table by ignoring this ‘profit goldmine’! Click here to register for this call!
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, CEUs, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Customer Retention, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Training, Teleclasses
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Are you just getting started as a Professional Organizer? Do you have a year or two of business development under your belt, but feel like you’re not making the most of your interactions with clients? Would you like to be an amazing organizer? A Red Bench can help you achieve that goal!
Out of our 70 recorded teleclasses with expert organizers and small business owners, we have picked the audio classes we think are most helpful to the beginning organizer and created The Amazing Organizer Package. This set of conversations are a “best of” A Red Bench for those paving a new path.
The Amazing Organizer Audio Package includes:
- Organizing For Your Brain Type with Lanna Nakone Cairns
- Powerful Needs Assessment with Marla Dee
- Managing Client Expectations with Mindy Godding, CPO®
- Successful Pricing Strategies with Krista Green
- Secrets for Asking Effective Questions with Byron van Arnsdale
The package also includes a free A Red Bench Teleclass Membership for one month! Depending on your services, some courses may apply towards your continuing education units (CEUs).
Click here for more information or register now!
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Help For New Organizers, Learn from expert organizers, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Red Bench, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
“Would you like paper or digital?”
Digital cameras are available in almost every handheld device nowadays. So it’s no wonder that we take more photos than ever before, and are more bogged down trying to figure out what to do with them. How can you effectively organize your pictures between your camera, your cell phone, your iPod, and all the paper prints and film negatives stashed away in boxes and albums around the house? Find out on Wednesday, April 20th as we speak with personal photo organizer Andee Young.
On this call, Andee will share: a three-step process for organizing photos, best practices for safe storage of digital photos, products to help organize both digital and paper photos, and how to help clients preserve the memories and history along with the pictures.
Click here for more information about this call, including how to register!
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Red Bench, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
Did you hear Angela’s interview with Byron van Arsdale of Conference Call Training last month about the Secrets of Asking Effective Questions? It was one of our best calls, including a lot of really valuable information about communicating effectively with clients. If you missed it, the audio recording is now availabe on our website. Just follow this link for more information and to purchase the class!
We also received great feedback about this call from those who were able to attend, including this e-mail from our following guest expert:
“That was a simply fabulous teleclass. I had a completely different experience than I usually do with a teleclass. I was completely engaged and not even tempted to play on the computer–a typical behavior because I am a visual learner and find it difficult to stay engaged solely auditorily.
When I chose ‘provocation’ as my one word at the closing, it was because these ideas got under my skin and I was itching to put what I learned into practice.”
-Amy Praskac
Professional Organizer &
Owner of On the Record
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Audio recordings, Continuing Education of Professional Organizers, Managing a business, Professional Organizer Business, Professional Organizer Courses, Professional Organizer Education, Professional Organizing Classes, Professional Organizing Training, Red Bench, Red Bench Program, Teleclasses
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