Professional Digital Content Organizing
Get Organized! has been organizing digital content in the DFW since 2019
What is an IT Professional Organizer? A traditional Professional Home Organizer declutters and organizes closets, garages, and kitchens, maximizes space, sets up systems and processes, and provides resources and products (organizing tools) to help find the solutions for your home, business, and life. They are problem solvers for your physical space. An IT Professional Organizer does much of the same but with your digital spaces.
IT Organizers focus on organizing spaces and content on computers, laptops, tablets, phones, scanners, the cloud, and other devices. Clients often have content on many types of storage such as thumb drives, external hard drives, old devices, phones, and multiple clouds. The first step in digital organizing is to sort through this content (documents, photos, videos, music, etc.) to determine what you have and what organizing system will work best for you. The IT Organizer will recommend file structures and storage solutions, work with you to set them up, then make sure you understand how to maintain them. This will allow you to retrieve your content when and where you need it and to have a designated place to put new content.
During the initial consultation with our client, we set up rules for what is to be saved and what can be deleted. Our team can declutter files, folders, and libraries by eliminating unwanted or outdated documents, duplicate photos or music, or low-quality photos or videos. Once the decluttering is complete, the IT Organizer will make recommendations for efficient access and storage of the remaining content. The organizing system will be selected based on how you want to access your data, your budget, device compatibility, and added features you might want when comparing options.
Do not be concerned if you do not fully understand the decisions that go into organizing digital content. It is our job as experts to set up the system and explain the process in a way you understand. We promise to make it as simple and efficient as possible.
How you live, work, and function is specific to your home and family. Our IT Organizer will find the solution that is right for you. It may be as simple as offering a resource for you to implement, or as complex as finding the solution, putting it in place, and teaching you how to maintain it long after we are gone. Our IT Professional Organizers can get your entire family in sync and working seamlessly together. This added service is perfect for seniors or individuals who are uncomfortable with technology but want to take advantage of the valuable resources they offer.
Digital Content Organizing
Our IT Organizers will create a digital filing system for the contents of your brain, wallet, and file cabinet!
Photo and Video Organizing
Declutter, digitize, and store your valuable photo and video memories with Get Organized!
Digital Organizing Services
Digital Content Organizing
- Scanning documents to a digital format
- Setting up email folders, filters, and archiving rules
- Organizing digital documents, music playlists, and more
- Password organization
- Retrieving information from old devices
- Transferring files to other devices
Digital content is the modern-day term for what we used to store in our brains, wallets, and file cabinets, and without organization, it can become a digital nightmare. Now, as we try to save space and use less paper, we are using technology as storage. Our IT Organizers can work with you to create an organized, paperless home by scanning documents, receipts, reference materials, recipes, and more, and begin the digital organizing process.
Once you bought a new phone or laptop or tablet, you probably got excited about all the information you could find and save to use or view at a later time. Files, music, and documents become scattered in various places on your computer and phone with no real system to make retrieval easy. We have clients who have created email overload and need help organizing the emails they want and filtering out those they do not need to save. Our IT Organizers can create a file system on your computer to match the organization you once had in your file cabinet. They can even set up a system to move files to an internal or external location for future reference or as required by the government for tax audits.
Numerous devices and accounts have created a need for organization and safekeeping of usernames and passwords. Let our IT Organizer offer suggestions on how to format and store your passwords in a safe physical or digital location.
With the abundance of new technology and the speed at which devices become outdated, it may be that you have a number of unused devices in your home with digital content left behind. When you buy an updated version of your devices, do you know how to pull information from your old device for storage or transfer the data to an organized place? If not, we can help you salvage the information and merge it into your current digital system.
Our IT Organizers can schedule time to problem-solve solutions for organizing, accessing, and storing your digital content. We provide you with the best applications for you based on your devices and content. Not tech savvy? No problem. Our IT Organizers will explain things on your level and go at your pace. We will not consider a project complete until you are comfortable with your technology and can function in the areas that are important to you.
Photo and Video Organizing
- Scanning photos to digital format
- Resources for video transfer to digital format
- Creating a file structure for digital photos and videos
- Decluttering photo and video files by eliminating unwanted, duplicate, or low-quality photos or videos
- Tagging photos for easier retrieval
Our IT Organizers are experts at scanning and can help you digitize your photos with the right equipment. We can also assist you in having your older format videos transferred to newer technology. If you have many years of inherited print photos and important and current digital family photos and videos, you might also want a system that allows you to share the content versus one that stores the material on a single device with limited access.
Digital Set-Up
- Setup and activate new devices
- Synching devices and accounts
- Setting up remote technology for travel
- Setting up and synching printers and scanners
- Troubleshooting IT devices (cell phones, computers, tablets, smartwatches, etc.)
Have you purchased technology based on a family or friend’s recommendation and have no idea how to set it up or really use it well? Today it is a MUST to have working technology to stay connected to your family, friends, and outside resources. Whether you are a senior from a generation of no technology or just challenged to learn new devices and applications, our IT Organizers will work with you at your current level.
Our team can make sure all your devices and accounts work together when you are in your home or on the road. If you travel frequently, our IT Organizer will consider saving content to a space that is accessible from any location in the world with internet access.
We are happy to set up printers and scanners and sync with home internet and phones. This will allow you to share information on paper as needed and also have a way to eliminate some of your paper clutter through digital filing.
Additional Digital Organizing Services
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We provide digital organization services all throughout DFW
Get Organized! offers digital organization services throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, helping individuals and families organize files, photos, and digital systems for easier access and better productivity. We serve clients across North Texas, including Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Garland, Keller, North Richland Hills, Richardson, Irving, Lucas, Southlake, and nearby cities.
Digital Content Organizing - Our Process
In-Home Digital Organizing Consultation **Maximum 1-Hour Consultation - $175**
An in-home IT consultation is where digital organization begins. We gather information on your current technology and devices and discuss your needs and ultimate digital goals. Sometimes our clients know what they want but need help with the implementation, while others are so overwhelmed with the disorganization of their content that they have no idea where to begin. This consultation will be a time for evaluation, brainstorming, and discovery of your devices and content. At the end of the consultation, your IT Organizers will work with you to create an action plan based on time and budget. Your IT organizers can also schedule your next appointment (3-hour minimum) which will take place in your home. It is suggested you leave 3-5 days between your IT consultation and your first workday to get prepared based on recommendations from your IT Organizers.
Before IT Organizers arrive for the consultation:
- Make sure you have your device(s) on and charged. Have charging cords or stations available in case the batteries are drained by the work.
- We recommend that accessible information be backed up prior to the appointment if possible.
- Have account login information, usernames, and passwords as needed. Valuable time will be wasted if IT Organizers are unable to get access to necessary devices and applications.
- Make sure you have internet connectivity. If your power is out or your internet is down, you will want to reschedule your appointment.
- Have a notepad, pen, and calendar for note-taking and scheduling future appointments. Be prepared to give us your full attention during the Consultation.
After the Consultation
At the end of the consultation, our clients often choose to schedule days for us to begin the process of setting up accounts, gathering material from devices and storage, organizing content, and more.
Within three (3) business days of the consultation, you will receive a follow-up email from your IT Organizer. This email will contain an action plan of your priorities, suggested homework you may need to do prior to the next workday, or links to software, hardware, apps, or solutions that should be considered and/or purchased for the best organizing result.
If workdays are scheduled at the consultation, IT Organizers may need to purchase software or hardware, set up accounts, transfer data, and/or move content to be ready for the next appointment. Our rate for shopping (if needed) is $65 per hour plus mileage (when applicable) and the cost of the items. The shopping hourly rate is also charged during shopping travel time. Since most purchases are ordered online, travel and in-store shopping are kept to a minimum. Software and hardware purchases are non-returnable and non-refundable and may be billed in advance of scheduled workdays. Our goal is to make sure you have the proper supplies on hand while also being efficient with our time and your money.
Starting the Job
Depending on the plan of action discussed at the consultation and follow-up email, our IT clients might be given some homework to have completed prior to our arrival for the IT workday. Some clients will choose to work alongside the IT Organizer to answer questions and help make decisions, while some prefer to make themselves available for questions, but let the organizers do all the work. We understand we are working with important and private information, so we want our clients to choose the conditions during the workdays. It is this teamwork that allows our clients to learn the skills needed for future IT projects.
As mentioned above, IT appointments are a minimum of 3 hours in the client’s home. In some cases, and only with the client’s approval, the IT Organizers may work on a project remotely. If any work is conducted outside of the client’s home/office, our IT Organizers will set up remote access with permission including temporary passwords to gain access to accounts. Again, this is only in certain cases and only with our client’s advanced approval.
Get Organized! agrees to keep all client details confidential for the security of the home and its contents. The information will stay within Get Organized! unless otherwise granted permission to disclose to others.
The IT Organizers at Get Organized! are being paid only while on a scheduled job. It is important that as a client you allow time before the end of your appointment to go over any future plan of action. This includes homework assignments and purchases needed to complete your job. Remember to take notes on the discussion at the consultation and subsequent appointments so you will be able to recall important information without having to contact your organizer(s) after work hours.
If you require “after-hours” consulting (more hands-on time, action planning, brainstorming, etc.) with your IT organizers, you will be charged our standard IT hourly rate for one organizer. The IT Organizers will keep track of the time spent on phone calls, texting, and email, and you will be billed monthly. We understand some clients want more access to their organizer, so we offer this service at an additional charge.
It is our goal you receive exceptional customer service at all times and at the same time Get Organized! must compensate its organizers for their work after hours. Please be aware of this policy so a bill for this service does not come as a surprise.
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