The other day I talked with one of my best friends about the topic and it came to my attention that this market is experiencing a hell of a lot demand. I bet that this is going to be a commonplace thing for enhancing your capacity to deliver in the work landscape. Here an article from 2005 that previewed the rise of the personal concierge...right on the money, but now we are going mass-market! Finally...
Check this video published by AskSunday to get a broad overview of the services.
I bet there are many people contracting these kind of services, but it may well be a hidden market. I bet nobody admits to be using it, especially within the corporate landscape. For as much as $180 you are able to add 20 hours to your productive hours. Each additional hour is $10...research, data entry, schedule tasks, appointments, telephone services. Whatever you want. Even your online shopping can be handled via India...get a flatrate and boost your productivity to reach that 4 hour work week you deserve...good book by the way!
More personal assistant services to come.... As it was logical for this kind of service we are starting to diversify into different niches. You'll be surprised how many biz models are potentially in there:
- GetFriday (160 hours a month for just $1120, that is a complete month....double your productivity!)...work related
- Lifes2short Lifestyle Management, more of a lifestyle service as it offers Vertu on its phones
- Guess what you can even outsource your online dating...just a nice example of where we are going. Pure specialization. I don't need it, but hey, what a fun business idea!
Problems and limitations: Language difficulties should not arise in languages like English or Spanish, however, if you try to contract such a service at such competitive rates in German you have no chance....Getfriday even had to shut down the service in German even though it generated money...here is a nice inside take on why they had to shut down operations in Germany. Good read! They could not find enough talent to cover the demand. Sad thing, or maybe another business startup will be covering that niche soon. I hope...
Have fun delegating.
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