Assisstant, was: Hourly Rate

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Terry,

I'm with Wim on this as far as scheduling.  The cell phone comes in really 
handy.  I've booked tunings in Safeway, at my favorite coffee stop, even on 
the road(I pulled over, of course).  Tuning customers are fickle, and you'd 
better be the one that answers the phone once they get their mind made up 
they want the piano tuned.  

I got a pocket PC to use my tuning program on, and it turns out I use it more 
for scheduling than I do for tuning(I've been an aural tuner for quite a 
while).  Between Tunelab and my calendar software, it is by far the best 
investment I've made in the last couple of years.  Saves me having to 
decipher my own writing....

As for someone to do books, my neighbor has a teenage daughter who is bright 
and could use 10 bucks an hour.  Or maybe I could hire my ex-wife....:-(

Dave S.

In a message dated 2/20/03 7:27:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, Wimblees@aol.com 
writes:


> In a message dated 2/20/03 6:07:38 AM Central Standard Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> >> I've posted on this before, but not gotten much response. Please share 
>> with me your thoughts on "getting somebody to help me with scheduling and 
>> books". I'm getting there also - I could also use them in the shop for 
>> cleaning - but don't have any idea how it would work - how to hire someone 
>> part time, etc.
>> 
>> Terry Farrell
>> 
>> 
> 
> Scheduling appointments is easy. If you have a cell phone, forward your 
> land based phone to your cell phone, and carry your appointment book with 
> you. I realize you'll get some unwanted calls, but you'll never miss an 
> important call. There are a lot of people who don't like to leave messages. 
> 
> As far as hiring someone to keep the books, that is something that will 
> help you. You are probably like most of us, in that at the end of every 
> day, you spend an hour or so recording your income, entering the customer 
> in the computer, and paying your bills. Because you spend an hour here and 
> an hour there, you don't realize it comes to about 8 - 10 hours a week. 
> This in totally unproductive time. If you paid someone $10 per hour, you 
> can spend that time making $60 -- $80 per hour. Or you can spend it with 
> your family, or enjoying your hard earned money in some other way. 
> 
> It doesn't take that long to "train" someone to do your books. And if 
> she/he has a question, she/he can call you on your cell phone. There are 
> probably a lot of stay at home mothers who would love to work 8 - 10 hours 
> a week with a flexible schedule. It allows her to earn a little extra, and 
> gives you more time to do "your thing."
> 
> Wim 
> 



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