Mar 11 2009
Personal Assistant for a Day
I just thought of this new home business. Take your best talents and offer them for one day at a time. This is especially enticing if you are the kind of person who hates doing the same thing over and over again every day of your life. Ugh! Of course, you could also be someone’s personal assistant for a week or a month, etc. Sometimes people could really use a personal assistant for a short time.
Step 1: Start by listing all of your skills and talents. Decide which ones of those are marketable and would fit into the new definition of Personal Assistant for a Day. Could you organize a space for someone, do errands, be a nanny for a day, pickup someone at the airport.
Step 2: Print out business cards. Don’t go to a great expense, be frugal and buy those tear apart business cards that you can print on your computer.
Step 3: Marketing/advertising can be expensive. Purchase some colorful paper (the same place you got the business card stock) and print out flyers. Distribute them where you see a lot of cars parked that are most likely local residents. Post them anyplace on bulletin board where they are allowed. Tell everyone you know what your doing.
Step 4: Consider ahead of time some basic prices. Consider if you will need to use your vehicle and pay for gas to complete the task. In other words, don’t forget about your own expenses, not just your time when deciding on a price. Be careful not to over price. If your help is going to be too expensive, people won’t use your service.
Step5: Get started by offering a discount on your first week of customers. Be willing to work for half-price until you get some regular customers. When times get slow, offer the discount again during a certain period of time - with another poster and mailing to past customers. Yes, always keep a file of your customers with name, address, and specific information.
