What Would You Be Willing to Outsource Locally?
November 28, 2007 – 11:46 pmAfter reading the 4-hour Workweek, I became even more interested in delegating tasks that are outside of my core competencies. The idea of requesting services and local businesses bidding on those services is at the heart of ThemBid.com.
Some personal research revealed that are some who are still leery about this type of local outsourcing. So I ask, what would you be willing to outsource locally and by what means? What will give you the required trust level to feel comfortable with posting a request online?
Recently, I posted a request for updating my logo and another user requested a block wall to be extended.
In both cases I found the bids to not only be competitive in terms of cost but instructive as well. So I began to immediately think of other tasks that I could request to help alleviate the stress of having too many things to do for the holidays and not enough time. Following are some of the things I am considering for local outsourcing.
- Wash my cars and change the oil.
- Gardening.
- Clean my outdoor furniture and grill.
- Organize my huge box of receipts for tax purposes.
- Help sort paperwork.
- Pick up groceries.
- Drive me to the gym and back.
- Wrap all my gifts.
- Organize my recyclables.
- Help disassemble and move large items.
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What would you be willing to outsource locally?