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I’m looking for reasons to go upstairs! It’s very satisfying to see the space as it is now. You should see how the one messy corner now beckons to me!
Ingrid Martine, Life Coach
Jennifer Snyder worked in the corporate world for many years in customer service, product management and event planning, but she had a feeling she was born to be a home and office organizer.
The epiphany came last summer when she was talking with a client who burst into tears because of her cluttered life.
"I took her by the hand and said, 'Let's do something about it,' and we worked on it together," Snyder said. "When we finished, she started crying again but this time tears of joy because she had never had her stuff that organized in her life."
In July, Snyder was off and running with a home-based company in Waco called Neat as a Pin! She would like to set up branch offices in Killeen, Temple and the Dallas-Fort Worth area in "a couple of years." Before that, she wants to build an addition to her home to use for an office.
"I can help almost anyone," she said. "There are people who live cluttered lives and like it that way. They're fine the way they are. But most people want to be organized; they're naturally organized but out of control. When I talk to my sister and she gets irritable, it's always because there's a problem with time, and that's because of a problem with organization."
Clears out clutter
Snyder works with homes and offices, "applying the principles of what is working to what isn't." She helps clear out clutter, often arranging parties to sell excess items. She helps find outlets to consign items and helps donate what won't sell to charity. "Sometimes the proceeds from this process will more than cover my fees," she said.
'A fresh perspective'
Regarding businesses, Snyder said, "I bring a fresh perspective on outdated processes. We document every new process so that anyone in the company can move into it. This takes care of the frequent objection that we can't move into an area because the person who takes care of it is out of town at the time."
She also organizes office relocations, de-cluttering first and then organizing boxes for easy access at the destination and packing for damage prevention.
Snyder advertises through professional groups such as Business Networking International and Women of Waco.
She worked 11 years for one company in education supplies and noticed the difficulty customer service people were having with finding some items for customers so she organized a database to make product location easier and organized the warehouse.
In six years with an aviation company, Snyder said the owner called her "the most organized person I've ever met." She completed ground school and was aiming for a pilot's license when she felt it was time to break out in her own business.
"I don't have a full-time staff yet, but there are three or four people I can call on when I need help. I do event planning, too, and I can use office space with a supplier for that."
"I want people to be able to afford me," she said.
She is a lifelong Waco resident and says, beaming, "My children go to the same schools I did." Her husband, Luke, works for a family business called Jernan Construction Co. Their three boys are 14, 11 and 1.
Her business card advertises work with "schedules, relocations, "right sizing," offices, processes, kitchens, space planning, efficiency, storage areas, files, closets, photographs."
Her Web Site, www.neatasapin.net, emphasizes the benefits of increased earning potential, stress reduction and increased family time.
She can be reached at (254) 715-3888 or jennifer@neatasapin.net.
Waco Business Woman Tidies Up Homes & Offices
Killeen Daily Herald
by Don Bolding
Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010
Accepting help has always been difficult for me. In some way, I have considered help to mean that I have failed. As my business and my family have grown, it has become obvious that accepting help would increase my productivity and success. Jennifer has been wonderful! Her job with me began with organizing my office and developing a system for me that was functional. It was never that I couldn't do the job or that I wasn't organized, there were just not enough hours in the day. She was very compassionate to that and acknowledged my hectic schedule. She has been an asset to me professionally and personally. After realizing how much more I could accomplish with her help I have now hired her to assist me weekly. I am accomplishing more than ever and I am very grateful for her.
Heather Field, Director
Academy for Speech & Language
By Bill Teeter Tribune-Herald staff writer
Sunday February 7, 2010
A Waco woman is helping Central Texans get their lives in order.
Jennifer Snyder operates Neat as a Pin, an organizing business. She helps clients clear clutter out of their homes, offices and garages, and set up storage and filing systems to keep things in their place.
When she started six months ago, she became part of a growing industry.
Waco resident Jennifer Snyder helps clients organize garages, offices, closets and homes.
Duane A. Laverty/Waco Tribune-Herald
Sunday February 7, 2010
A Waco woman is helping Central Texans get their lives in order.
Jennifer Snyder operates Neat as a Pin, an organizing business. She helps clients clear clutter out of their homes, offices and garages, and set up storage and filing systems to keep things in their place.
When she started six months ago, she became part of a growing industry.
Waco resident Jennifer Snyder helps clients organize garages, offices, closets and homes.
Duane A. Laverty/Waco Tribune-Herald
“There is an increased awareness that professional organizers exist,” Snyder said.
When it comes to money, potential clients should remember the cost of staying unorganized.
It’s proven that being messy is costly in itself, said Snyder. For example, lost and forgotten credit card bills result in expensive late fees, she said.
When it comes to money, potential clients should remember the cost of staying unorganized.
It’s proven that being messy is costly in itself, said Snyder. For example, lost and forgotten credit card bills result in expensive late fees, she said.
Snyder is a Waco native and Mexia High School graduate. She attended McLennan Community College for a while but then opted to go to work full time.
She worked at WRS group for 11 years, where she started in customer service and ended up as a production manager.
She also worked for five years at Blackhawk Modifications, where she started as an executive assistant and ended up as customer relations coordinator.
She worked at WRS group for 11 years, where she started in customer service and ended up as a production manager.
She also worked for five years at Blackhawk Modifications, where she started as an executive assistant and ended up as customer relations coordinator.
Experience
To get started in organizing, Snyder leaned on experience from the corporate world.
“I feel like all that experience helped something that I was naturally good at anyway,” she said.
When she gets a client, Snyder talks with the person about individual organization problems and comes up with ideas to help.
It goes beyond just clutter and piles of papers, she said. She also helps clients manage computer information, such as e-mail accounts, and will hook them up with life coaches for life management problems.
Often people have an unhealthy emotional attachment to things they don’t really need, and Snyder helps customers face that.
“I give them thought-provoking questions to help them decide if they can part with belongings,” Snyder said.
She recalled one client who clung to a box of papers, but papers weren’t the only thing in the box.
“She had 4-year-old lemons in a box that she had been carrying around for four years,” Snyder said. “They were just shrunk up and really hard.”
To get started in organizing, Snyder leaned on experience from the corporate world.
“I feel like all that experience helped something that I was naturally good at anyway,” she said.
When she gets a client, Snyder talks with the person about individual organization problems and comes up with ideas to help.
It goes beyond just clutter and piles of papers, she said. She also helps clients manage computer information, such as e-mail accounts, and will hook them up with life coaches for life management problems.
Often people have an unhealthy emotional attachment to things they don’t really need, and Snyder helps customers face that.
“I give them thought-provoking questions to help them decide if they can part with belongings,” Snyder said.
She recalled one client who clung to a box of papers, but papers weren’t the only thing in the box.
“She had 4-year-old lemons in a box that she had been carrying around for four years,” Snyder said. “They were just shrunk up and really hard.”
Some businesses satisfied
Waco business owner Heather Field said using an organizer is worth it, even at a cost of hundreds of dollars. Field spent about $800 initially to get straightened up with Neat as a Pin after moving into a new house about six months ago and finding herself overwhelmed. At first hesitant to get help, she decided to hire Snyder.
“I realized I would be more successful,” said Field, who owns a pediatric therapy clinic doing speech, occupational and physical therapy for children.
A key to the successful outcome was that Snyder listened.
“She was very compassionate; she accepted my input. She was great,” Field said.
Waco business owner Heather Field said using an organizer is worth it, even at a cost of hundreds of dollars. Field spent about $800 initially to get straightened up with Neat as a Pin after moving into a new house about six months ago and finding herself overwhelmed. At first hesitant to get help, she decided to hire Snyder.
“I realized I would be more successful,” said Field, who owns a pediatric therapy clinic doing speech, occupational and physical therapy for children.
A key to the successful outcome was that Snyder listened.
“She was very compassionate; she accepted my input. She was great,” Field said.
Everything in its place: Waco businesses help clients clear the clutter
You are amazing! We love what you did!
Patricia Meadows
ERA Graceland Real Estate
I am so very grateful for all of your organizational skills and service. I couldn't have done it without you! My familly and friends have been so impressed with everything! It has helped so much in keeping the household running smoothly.
Thank you so, so much!
Meridith, Mother of Six
Your help has improved my workload and the work we did with the computer file systems is just amazing. I love being able to find things!! I still sometimes have to say - okay what would that be categorized at and then go to that file, but it is soo easy.
Thanks so much!
Amy Moravec
Pampered Chef
THANK YOU!! You made such a difference in my food storage room! Now I can breathe and find everything. I highly recommend Neat as a Pin! Your life will never be the same after hiring them... and that's a wonderful thing.
Chrystina, Mother of Four
Thank you so very much Jennifer for helping Rosie and Bear. You are such a great person to help others the way you do, and in such a non-threatening manner.
Sandy
"Thank you so much for the amazing job you did on my pantry yesterday WOW that's money well spent. So happy to have some organization :)"
Nikki Oates, Owner
Marketing Executive by day and Photographer by night (and weekend), I'm a busy girl, and no matter how many times I looked around my office and thought, “Something must be done about this,” that something could always wait another day. And another. And another. Then I found my magic button.
Her name is Jennifer, and she owns Neat as a Pin, an organization company here in Waco. She swept into my office with her expert skills and restored order and sanity to my workspace. You know that feeling when you step into a space, take a deep breath, and just say, “Ahhhh....” That's the feeling I get now when I walk into my office, and that elusive “something” that never quite got done no longer mocks me from every disorganized corner of the room.
Her name is Jennifer, and she owns Neat as a Pin, an organization company here in Waco. She swept into my office with her expert skills and restored order and sanity to my workspace. You know that feeling when you step into a space, take a deep breath, and just say, “Ahhhh....” That's the feeling I get now when I walk into my office, and that elusive “something” that never quite got done no longer mocks me from every disorganized corner of the room.
Thank you, Jennifer! Now I can stop finding reasons to NOT tackle the mess, and start enjoying the lovely space that you've created for me.
Ashley Munn
Wow, Jennifer!! You have provided us with so much information and tools. You are such a wealth of knowledge and I had so much fun working with you! I'm excited about implementing your ideas and watching our business grow. Thanks so much for your help!
Thank you so very much for your help yesterday. What a blessing to behold my uncluttered desk and have a place for all of my paperwork! Hiring you was one of the best investments I've made in a long time. I enjoyed working with you; your compassion and non-judgemental approach to my chaos made me feel like we were old friends. I will absolutely be using your services in the future and will recommend you to friends.
Emily, mother of two
