ListPlanIt Giveaway!

In my neverending quest for a real organizing plan for my home and my small business, I’ve examined all kinds of systems, tools and planners. Not one of these systems that was pre-made by someone other than myself ever felt right. It always seemed like planners, calendars and other checklists and guides were great for whomever made them, but not a good fit for me.

*****UPDATE: A Winner! Scroll down to find out who won a 1-year membership to ListPlanIt!****

A few weeks ago, I purchased a membership to ListPlanIt and I can honestly say that this is the answer I was looking for! If you like lists, and calendars, and planners, and guides and all of that other cool organizing stuff, you’re going to love ListPlanIt. I’ve been tweaking and playing with many of the resources on the ListPlanIt site for the past few weeks and wanted to pass on my review AND a special offer and contest!

First, my review: Whew, let me tell you, Jen Tankersley of ListPlanIt has thought of everything. In fact, she’s thought of lists and guides and checklists that you and I could probably never think we needed until we realized we needed them! That’s happened a few times as I’ve browsed through my “download membership” and come across a list that seemed unusual, but once I opened the file I realized it was really useful!

ListPlanIt offers three types of memberships: print, download and professional. The print membership lets you print the lists directly from the website and fill them in manually. The download membership allows you to download the lists and in some cases, fill them in with your computer (editable PDF files). The professional membership is geared toward organizers and other professionals who have clients who need to get organized.

I have a download membership and I am simply amazed at how comprehensive these checklists, shopping lists, calendars and planners are. There are financial planning sheets, home management lists, lists to help manage shopping and gift-giving, checklists for keeping track of family milestones and events and much more.

What’s great is that Jen shows you how you can create a “home management binder” which is in the works here at my house as we speak. She has a great video that shows her binder and how she has it organized. You should definitely check that out when you stop by.

Jen also has a variety of checklists and planners that are perfect for small business owners too. She even includes financial worksheets for small businesses that help with income and expenses, tax deductions and more. My personal favorites in the small business category are the lists that deal with keeping track of marketing tasks and social media!

The value is also really incredible! My download membership didn’t cost me $15-$20 a month…no way! She has priced her memberships very affordably so everyone can benefit and get organized! A one-year download membership is only $30! That averages out to only $2.50 a month!

I could go on and on about the literally HUNDREDS of lists and planners on ListPlanIt but why not take a look yourself? And…..

Would you like a free one-year download membership to ListPlanIt?
One lucky reader will win just that! Here are the details!

*******And the winner is…..Stephanie from @FrugalLifestyle and her blog My Frugal Lifestyle! ****

Stephanie was chosen using a random number picker from a list of all entries received during the contest period!
Congratulations, Stephanie, and I’ll be contacting you in a just a little while so you can claim your one-year free membership from ListPlanIt!

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway! Look for more giveaways like this soon!!

How to enter: Sorry, the contest is now closed. But come back soon and follow me for notification of new giveaways!

First mandatory entry: Follow me on Twitter @JenKnox  and tweet the following:

RT @JenKnox Get organized! Win a 1yr ListPlanIt membership from AutomaticMoms! http://bit.ly/aQfU3v #giveaway #contest

Then, visit ListPlanIt by clicking here and come back here and leave a comment about which list/organizing sheet offered by them is most needed in your household or business.  Please leave the exact name of the sheet as listed on their site.

All three steps (follow, tweet and comment) are required for the first entry!

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Additional entries can be earned by doing any or all of the following (after the first mandatory entry above):

1. Tweet the message above again or additional times during the contest.
2. Stumble this post about the contest and then come back here and comment that you did it.
3. Digg this post about the contest and then come back here and comment that you did it.
4. Add this post to any of the other social bookmarking sites listed below (scroll down past the end of the post for my chicklets) and then comment what you did.

Prize and Winner:

One winner will receive a full one-year download membership to ListPlanIt.com . Prize value is $30 US. Prize will be awarded randomly to one winner from all entries received by 12:01am, Friday April 23, 2010. No purchase necessary to win, void where prohibited, must be 18 years or older to win.

Winner will be selected using Random.org from a list of all entries recorded by me in the order received and each given an increasing unique number. Winner will be announced HERE on AutomaticMoms.com on Friday, April 23, 2010 after 12noon CST. You must be following @JenKnox to claim your prize so I can DM you the results of the contest and get your contact information.

Good luck, and here’s to getting organized!!