Start Your Own Personal Services or Concierge Business

by Andrea Reynolds, former owner of multiple personal services businesses


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Personal Service (definition): A chore, errand or task that people want or wish to delegate to someone who can do it better, faster, or less expensively; because of limited time, energy or know-how.

I taught this class at the Learning Annex in Toronto after realizing I'd started dozens of personal services businesses in my life. In college, for extra money I cut hair and did garment mending and alterations for my dorm-mates. In addition to this service, I have owned a bed and breakfast, crisis advice service and a speaker promotion service which I started in a second bedroom. I have owned HandyAnde.com (now HandyAnde.website) as my own personal concierge service. At one point I thought about changing it to promote other women who want to earn income by providing personal services to their clients.
Some of the information I provide in my Personal Services Business seminar notes:

  • A list of ideas for personal services you could provide
  • Forms of business
  • Owner benefits: what do you want this business to do for you?
  • Define your services
  • Starting Up
  • Tools of the trade: What will you need?
  • Methods: What problems will you solve?
  • Pricing: How will you price your services?
  • Payment: How will you collect payment?
  • Clients: Who will your clients be?
  • Competition: Who's doing what you do?
  • Promotion: How will people learn about your service?
  • Performing your service: What happens?
  • Keeping clients: How do you keep them coming back?
  • Hiring staff: How do you find the people to be "you"?
  • Spinoffs: What's next?
  • Ethics and issues: What's important?
  • SIX Ways to Pay:

1. You can use www.PayPal.me/AndreaReynoldsIntl

2. You may pay also by cash – in person.

3. You may pay also with Venmo. www.Venmo.com/Andrea-Reynolds-79

4. You may pay also with Facebook Pay. https://www.Facebook.com/andrea.reynolds.90
It's possible Facebook may only allow you to send money by an app on your phone, not Facebook Messenger.

5. You may pay also with Zelle. Text: 656-227-1130

6. You may send a check by mail. Make checks payable to Andrea Reynolds, and mail to: 1902 Andover Street, Apt.194, Sun City Center, Florida 33573
(I love getting checks in the mail. It makes my Junk Mail envious.)

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