Check Out Jennifer Francis’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Francis.

Hi Jennifer, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
Hi! I worked in corporate America for about 25 years with that being said my focus was visual presentation and space planning most of that time.

Right after I had my daughter I realized I can’t do corporate America right now. She was too little and I didn’t want to leave her. I always have been organized my friends I would go to their houses and organize their closets and bathrooms and stuff like that. I basically would go to retail stores and do the same thing. I wasn’t sure organizing was a thing and it was and now it is extremely popular. And May 2025 I had my nine year anniversary of owning my own business.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I would say for the most part it’s been a giant learning roller coaster. The organizing itself is something that comes naturally to me. I do it for my own self. I help friends as well as clients.

The aspect of how to get my business out there., understanding the importance of social media when you’re a business owner and you don’t have a storefront. That is a very critical thing that I wish I was a bit more educated on in terms of being social media or tech savvy.. utilizing free marketing when you can, networking events, all the things that you can do to get started and then obviously word-of-mouth being the most critical thing, but I would say every day every week I’m constantly learning new things that I would like to do and parts of businesses that I would love to be a part of and how do I go about doing that?

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’ve always been kind of a sponge when starting a new job I would always want to know the ins and outs all the moving parts that can get you to the next level of a position or role within a company

I have a really warm vibe and I feel a lot of people gravitate to not only having a warm personality, but also a strong leadership mindset I’ve always been the leader even when I was in retail part-time I would always just see what needed to be done. Do it and delegate if needed

I’ve always wanted to just strive to be my own boss whatever that looked like ..

I pride myself on making people feel comfortable when asking questions. I’ve always had the train the Trainer mentality so even in my own business today when I’m dealing with clients who are completely overwhelmed or shutting down in different ways, I try to help them and guide them in bite-size pieces so that it’s tangible for them to understand.

Let’s talk about our city – what do you love? What do you not love?
One of the greatest things is the melting pot of people personalities, interest, hobbies culture professions. When I walk into hobbies, clients home, I just love hearing their stories and especially going into their home which is very personal in Los Angeles in the surrounding areas. There are so many amazing things that I hear Some great some sad but I just love being a part of that

One of the things that is a little challenging about a big city like Los Angeles. Is there are so many people in the Home and Office Organizing Field that sometimes it’s oversaturated when looking for someone to help them

Pricing:

• 5 hrs $320
• 8 hrs $500
• 12 hrs $850
• 20 hrs $1200

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Initsproperplace.com
• Instagram: @Jennifer_satel, @initsproperplacela
• Facebook: In its proper place
• Youtube: @UnpackingwithJenniferSatel