When Your Planner Becomes Your Problem ... Go Custom! -

Most planner people have a favorite personal calendar layout that works well for them. But what happens if you need special planner pages to organize appointments or simply to organize the way you do business on a daily basis? If you are tired of making things work in your business planner, maybe it’s time to let me create custom planner pages just for you!!

My Client Outgrew Her Planner

Recently, I had a special request from a client who has been ordering from me since I first opened my Etsy shop. In the past, she has purchased both two page per week layout (WO2P) personal-sized calendar inserts, and the A5 calendars are two page per week, also. These Prima Donna designed stock products were working out really well for her, until this fall. About two years ago, she and her husband started their own HVAC business, and as businesses go, work was pleasantly steady for this mom and pop business. That was until this past September, when business suddenly started booming for Althouse Heating & Cooling, LLC., and that two page per week layout not only didn’t provide adequate room for all their appointments, there was also not enough space for special notations for the HVAC tech.

While Althouse Heating and Cooling could have just ordered a stock one page per day (DO1P) calendar from Prima Donna Studio, they contacted me to create a custom DO1P that would organize the information in a way that allowed them to communicate with each other about appointments that were being made months in advance, and to add notes after the appointment so that they could easily determine who had yet to pay for services.

Order vs. Chaos

Althouse Heating and Cooling gave me permission to show you before and after pictures of their A5 layout (names, addresses, and numbers blurred out for privacy). The photos below illustrate how messy note taking caused confusion and in a couple of cases double booking because hours were not printed on the pages. Althouse wanted their A5 calendar pages to show only the hours they were actually booking appointments. In this case that was from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There was a space added at the top at 7 a.m for company meetings. Althouse is looking to hire their first employee within the next few months, and has an eye toward future growth, which will someday make online/digital appointment more practical. In the mean time, a custom planner from Prima Donna Studio will help them to reach their goals in a more efficient way.

Does Your Planner Need a Tuneup?

If you are a sole proprietor, or have a small business that would benefit from having custom calendar pages, please contact me via ETSY conversations via the Prima Donna Studio Shop. I will contact you within 24 hours of receiving your request. I will be happy to work out the best solution for your business.