9 posts tagged personal concierge services

Since I spent time sharing consumer misfire experiences I had with ATT Wireless, Comcast and Krups and better to great ones with Comcast, Reynolds EZ Slide, Breville and J and R World, I have to mention a little book from the people at Adaptive Path.

Instead of walking into a dusty repair shop with tired furniture and old magazines in the waiting room, imagine an airy space decorated with plants, offering comfy seats, books and even some local artists on display. No, it's not Joe's Garage, it's Luscious, woman owned and operated, in San Francisco.

When I drafted the list of services that my concierge service would, could provide, many things popped up in my head. Helping people being more eco-friendly was not part of it. Should I had that to my panoply now that I discovered that London offers a Green Homes Concierge service? I would first have to become more literate on that matter.

Instead of working all these hours in order to make a living or sustain it, should we charge more. Are we selling ourselves short by underestimating the value of our time and work to others. I was wondering just that after a discussion yesterday at South by Southwest where one of the panelists noted that he was given the advice to charge 3 times the rate he was about to quote.

What should have been a fairly simple thing turned into a 12 Step Program? I am talking about Upgrading Cell Phones with my long time carrier ATT Wireless. After being on the receiving end of their online ordering bugs, I finally completed my order today.

We all can make a little extra cash by putting on a secret shopper hat, checking property owners for housing services. Turning conventional ways on its head, newcomer NotchUp, wants to pay people who show up for a job interview, cutting the headhunter out of the equation or rather replacing it at a lower cost.

In the past 24 hours only, I read about Tripit and a couple of other services that offer to help you manage things online instead of on paper. Tripit as you might guess offers to be the online repository for all details of your business or leisure travel.

Of all the companies whose services I use, I could not quite fathom why Capital One could not be accessed online via Firefox. I am glad to see that with the revamp of their online services and site, Capital One finally saw the light and is not Internet Explorer only. Someone got smart I guess.

Getting ready for the arrival of a child especially a first one can be stressful. If you live in Canada, in or near Toronto, 2 young mothers and entrepreneurs launched recently Baby Ready. Sam and Kristin offer educational, planning and support services to expecting parents as well as help planning baby showers.