Naples Daily News columnist Marla Ottenstein shows you how to “Get Organized!”

Naples-based professional organizer Marla Ottenstein has forged many long-standing relationships in the community and is recognized for her honesty, reliability, tenacity and inherent ability to make things happen. As the owner of Professional Organizer Florida, Marla is renowned as Naples’ leading expert in the field of professional organizing.

In addition to writing a bi-monthly column for The Naples Daily News (“Get Organized”), Marla has written for numerous national and regional architecture and design publications. She has also earned acclaim for her photo essays depicting her travels in Africa, South America, China, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Turkey and Europe, as well as throughout the United States.

Before moving to Naples to work for The Ritz-Carlton, Naples as the sole person in charge of promoting and organizing the hotel's week-long millennium celebration, she worked in New York City as a buyer for Bloomingdales, was an assistant producer for NBC News in Washington, D.C., and owned two successful luggage and travel accessory stores in the Washington metropolitan area. She also owns Ottenstein Marketing, a boutique marketing firm specializing in Web site design, logo development and corporate branding.

In 2009, armed with the determination, entrepreneurial spirit and professionalism with which she approaches everything she does, Marla turned her lifelong passion and proven talent for organizing and decluttering homes and offices into a successful business venture.

Marla's multi-faceted background and strong work ethic enable her to approach each new business enterprise with confidence and proficiency. Her strong suit is her ability to focus all of her energy on one project at a time, thus providing her clients with superlative customer service.

Whether she's tackling your home or office organizing project, writing her newspaper column, teaching classes at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Renaissance Academy or presenting a seminar on how to get and stay organized, Marla embraces every project with her trademark energy and attention to detail. Her favorite Chinese fortune sums up her philosophy: "To be a success in business and in life, one must be daring, be first and be different."

Marla, who is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), was selected in 2010 as the Editor's Pick for Naples Illustrated's A-List as the best professional organizer in Southwest Florida.