Mentorship Program with To The Next Level

Mentoring…so how does that work?

When choosing a mentor it’s advisable that your mentor be well seasoned in the organizing industry. Is she/he accredited? Do they have an education background and are they able to transfer their educational techniques to you in an interesting and fun way? Do they give back to the organizing profession by volunteering? This mentor thinks these are important qualities in choosing someone who is going to lay the foundation to your business, and give you advice that you will use for many years to come.

Everyone is unique and everyone brings to the mentoring sessions different strengths. It is my firm belief that capitalizing on those strengths is what will make you unique. Even before we begin, my first assignment is asking you to figure out why organizing is your passion and what type of organizer do you dream of becoming. You can specialize in home staging are you can become the master family organizer, or you can develop your niche as the student organizer; just to name a few. Creating forward setting goals are vital to propel you from having a great idea to one that you actually put into practice.

Knowing that money is the bottom line, I have several options available to my mentored students. You can pay upfront at a discounted rate, or you can pay as you go and only take the sessions that you are most interested in. Each session has several levels, so if you just want to basics on marketing….that’s fine, but, if you’re into creating a web presence and need advice, then we will go as deep as you need to.

Each session is an hour and can be done either face to face if you are within driving distance, or we can do this virtually on the phone and included is e-mail support along with lots of information handed out at each session. I recommend getting a binder before the sessions begin.

If this speaks to your heart and you want to know more, please call me at 631-553-0068 or e-mail me at Eileen@tothenextlevel.net. It is my hope and prayer that at the end of my career I will have educated and produced quality and excellent organizers passionate about our amazing industry.

Dear Eileen,

I am so glad I decided to work with you in your mentoring program! I felt like I gained so much in working with you.

I originally wanted to hire an organizing coach to answer some specific questions I had about organizing, but I got so much more with your program. The first thing that jumped out at me about your program was the fact that had a well-rounded curriculum developed that covers all areas of professional organizing. Other coaches I talked to did not offer that.

To The Next Level gave me the information and confidence to charge by the project according to value instead of charging by the hour.

To The Next Level gave me information to address marketing issues and avoid mistakes that others have made.

To The Next Level gave me advice about specific issues such as paper management, time management and professionalism using knowledge from years of experience in professional organizing. This has eliminated the time it would have taken me to experience the situations to learn these issues myself.

I also like that you had an interest in anything relating to organizing, you researched the area for me and got me the information right away. Thanks again for everything. I feel like you have a real interest in helping me succeed as a professional organizer.

Sincerely,

Wendy Janoski

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5 Reasons Why You Need a Mentor

Operating an organizing business is not easy. In the real world of small businesses only 66% of new business make it past the first two years, just 49% make it to 4 years and barely 39% make it to 6 years. Why do they fail?

Most organizing businesses fail because they lack proper training, choose inadequate and naïve marketing strategies and generally lack quality understanding of what our clients need and desire and the professional ability to deliver their promises. The most successful entrepreneurs have had advisors or mentors who have guided their clients to a level of confidence and have given them tools for excellence.

Hiring a mentor is like gaining a trusted guide with whom you can share your hopes and aspirations in confidence, while being propelled toward your personal business dreams.

To The Next Level (TTNL) Mentoring program will:

1. Hold you accountable.

It’s too easy for new organizers to neglect the management and marketing end of their business. I understand that in order for you to build a successful business, you not only need the tools to successfully organize, but you need strong tools to keep you in front of your community. That is why the first TTNL mentoring session deals with marketing and management.

2. Develop and refine your ideas.

You are unique! While there are universal principles needed that every organizers must acquire, learning what makes you unique will allow you to package your specialties in an exclusive way. Getting paid more for becoming an expert in a chosen specialty will increase your income. This program will explore just what makes you YOU!

3. Share the wealth of running a business.

We have all made mistakes, and in the many years of running my business I’ve made mine too. But that doesn’t mean you have to travel the rocky road I did. Sharing my pitfalls and getting you in contact with those who have helped my business grow will save you time, frustration and money.

4. Give you perspective from the outside, looking in.

Over time you lose the ability to see your business with the same objective clarity that you once did. Your mentor can access where those bumpy roads are and help you get back on track.

5. TTNL will present quality material that will give you the confidence...

... that you can do it alone, but that you are never alone. We all need to hear that we did it right, even if everyone thinks we did it wrong. Having a mentor that will honestly critique your growth and development will keep you a strong organizer.

This program is not for the non-committed; it is for those who are exploring the world of professional organizing and who are really willing to make a difference and are not afraid of taking on challenges.

Let TTNL exceed your expectations of what a mentoring program can do for you. Let us take you To The Next Level.

Dear Eileen,

I want to thank you for all the benefits the mentorship program of To the Next Level has provided to me. The program content was invaluable; it covered everything I could have wanted and needed to know to begin my own business. It would have taken me years of mistakes to learn all the nuggets of wisdom I got from taking the program.

The fact that you were really there for me as a mentor and not just an instructor meant a lot to me. You showed genuine personal interest in me and tailored our conversations to fit my needs. I think I benefited most from the section about niche marketing and finding my own ‘purple cow’. I already feel like an expert in my field because I have carefully considered exactly what I want my business to look like, whom I want to work with, and what I am passionate about bringing to the table.

Your program taught me the difference between natural talent and skill. Before I took your program, I had talent. Now, I have learned the approaches, systems and techniques that will help me run my business on a more professional level and give my clients the extraordinary service of someone who is skilled at this craft and not just ‘winging it’. I was also thrilled to learn a new system for organizing and prioritizing my own time schedule…I thought I was organized before!

As an organizer starting in this field, there are so many options available. The lessons I learned from To the Next Level have helped me immensely to make sense of it all and focus my efforts so that I can start my business with a degree of confidence that I would not have had without the program. Thank you again so much.

Sincerely,

Jeanette Klika

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