Six Tips for Organizing Your Office in Your Car

Is your home office organized or tidy and your auto office a mess? Are they both a jumble of stuff? Well, this article is just about your auto office and making it work for you. Your auto office is the vehicle that you use to make your customer calls.  Here's the test – if a client was to visit your auto office, would you be stuffing an old drive-thru bag with cups, lids, and wrappers? Would you be proud? Would you be making excuses? If the later is your auto office we have some guidelines for you.

Pick the tips that work for you and transform you auto office in half-an-hour.

1. Grab a trash bag and dump all the used stuff – candy wrappers, donut boxes, coffee cups, post-its  etc.
2. Buy some small trash can liners and put one in the car and the box of the extras in the trunk. Use binder clips to hang the bag on the back of the passenger seat to have it in easy reach of you in the driver's seat. Replace regularly.
3. Buy a plastic file box and stock it with hanging folders and your literature. The trunk is a good place to put this.
4. Borrow some small cup-size containers from the kitchen, or buy them at a discount store, and put your loose change in that.
5. Buy a visor clip for your sunglasses.
6. Coral your sports equipment and extra stuff in a car net. This hangs off the back of the seats in an SUV and keeps balls, groceries, plants, and even small kids from rolling around.

Okay you road warriors – what's working for you?

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[Glenn]

I too keep a hand towel in the car. When I have a drink, especially coffee, I use it as a bib, tucking it under my shoulder harness. Then I won't spill coffee on my shirt or tie.
I keep a small number of my favorite meds and band aids in my glove box.

Trunk files can be made cheaply using accordion files placed inside medium cardboard boxes.

If you have a sales territory that covers several counties,take a state map, cut out your territory and glue it to an appropriate sized piece of cardboard. Because my car had pockets on the backs of front seats, that's where I kept it.

Keep extra business cards in the glove box. A ziploc bag full of hand wipes is worth its weight it gold. Make sure you get unscented.

[Dr. Sally Witt]

Hi Susan,

Great site/blog!

I am using my car less as I move a lot of my work onto the internet. I used to love to have one of everything in my van!

Now I just make sure that I have extra napkins, extra grocery store bags, and hand wash - you never know what you will need to bag up or clean up!

Great to know you,

Sally

[Audrey Thomas]

I keep a small microfiber cloth in my glove box. When I'm at the pump, I take a few minutes to wipe down the front dash, knobs and any surface with dust/prints. Keeping the inside of my car clean encourages me to keep it clutter-free.

[Susan]

@ Marc ~
great additions!
I keep a kitchen towel under the driver's seat and cover my lap when snacking (to catch crumbs etc) or to wipe the window when it's streaked or foggy inside.

[Marc Rohde]

Two tips that work well for me are:

Empty the trash every time you stop for gas to avoid build up.

If you have kids keep a small Rubbermaid container for the toys in the car so you can quickly transer them to the trunk.