http://personaloutsourcing.net Personal outsourcing adventures, discussion, tips, reviews, and inspiration Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:49:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I've been trying to close my email client while I'm doing other things and only process it to zero first thing in the morning, after coming back from lunch, and before I leave work. The problem is that I'm scheduled for meetings all day long and I need ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/12/how-do-you-outsource-your-office-schedule-without-a-real-personal-assistant-using-corporate-email-and-still-keep-details-confidential/ So, I after unsuccessfully trying to buy Royals tickets from the Royals box office with help of Sunday. I asked Sunday to find me the cheapest tickets possible. Sunday got back with me within 24 hours and had a complete list of sources along with the cheapest ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/12/the-kansas-city-royals-vs-sunday-the-virtual-assistant-posse-part-3/ In my previous post, my VA team Sunday, had called the Kansas City Royals Box office too late and informed me they would call back the next day. Did they follow up? They sure did and let me know when the tickets were on sale. I'm ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/08/the-kansas-city-royals-vs-sunday-my-virtual-assistant-team-part-2/ One of the things mentioned in the "The Four Hour Work Week", "Rich Dad / Poor Dad", and "E-Myth" is making passive income, and having business on auto-pilot so that you can live the life of your dreams. Having a blog which you're trying to monetize is typically something ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/06/how-to-outsource-your-blog-content-for-free/ Wage Slaves are Set Free - The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss Inspires the 9-5 Escape !!By Schelli Whitehouse Although his ultimate goal is far different than my own, Tim Ferriss's approach to life embodies all of the same principles. One of the greatest 'take-aways' I got from reading his book, ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/06/wage-slaves-are-set-free-the-4-hour-workweek-by-timothy-ferriss-inspires-the-9-5-escape/ What Is A Virtual Assistant & What Do They Do?By Renee Cloud A Virtual Assistant is an independent contractor / business owner & professional office administrator, who provides professional business support services & outsourcing services for your business or projects. They don't come into your office or home, {hence the name ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/06/what-is-a-virtual-assistant-what-do-they-do/ The Founders of Sunday,Steve Ludmer and Avinash G. Samudrala, are interviewed and give a brief explanation of their site and personal outsourcing in general. http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/05/sunday-founders-personal-outsourcing-virtual-assistant-introduction/ So, today I wanted to purchase tickets to opening day to the Kansas City Royals [one of the only guaranteed sellouts of the year] and I went to login at kcroyals.com to the presale and guess which date wasn't available?  I bought tickets to some games I really want ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/05/the-kansas-city-royals-vs-sunday-my-virtual-assistant-team/ So continuing on my adventures of personal outsourcing, the perfect use for AskSunday.com is making a phone call to cancel or change an appointment.  I got a call on my voicemail which i checked while on a conference call because i saw the call come in, however I wasn't going ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/03/04/asksundaycom-virtual-assistant-personal-outsourcing-update/ Sandy is a virtual, virtual assistant.  You can now outsource nearly everything you need to remember or have a reminder sent for simply by sending an email.  Sandy is a service which you send an email to with specific text which Sandy parses and remembers or enters an appointment to ... http://personaloutsourcing.net/2008/02/26/outsourcing-my-brain-to-iwantsandycom/