Automate Your Life Pt.2
from The Better Show Hosted by Ian Mikutel, March Rogers, Darren Austin
Show Notes 1:27 — We got nominated for a “best health and fitness” podcast award!! 5:20 — March recommends checking out Episode 56: Better Morning Routines. 6:48 — What benefits can you reap from using services to automate things in your life? 8:25 — Automating your laundry with LaundryHeap.com 12:16 — How to automate your grocery shopping 16:10 — Ian’s experience using TaxFyle.com to outsource his tax preparation. 19:39 — A few of the lesser known outsourcing services that Darren and Mardee use including Dolly, Fiverr, and 99Designs.com. 22:00 — How to decide which outsourcing services are the best value for your lifestyle. 25:50 — Ian reflects on the benefits of having a roommate to “outsource” some activities around the house. 27:01 —March almost confesses to making phone calls to random people. :-) 32:00 — The two categories of automation / outsourcing services. 34:19 — Are we already living in a dystopian future of automation? 38:42 — Darren offers to do Ian’s taxes. (Not really.) 40:00 — The precarious task of putting up Christmas lights. 43:10 —The 3 weirdest things that have been outsourced using TaskRabbit. 49:45 — The difference between Fiverr and TaskRabbit. 51:38 — What is Mechanical Turk by Amazon? 1:00:01 — The different options for food and grocery delivery. 1:01:00 — The different personal shopping services and how they work. 1:05:20 — A service called OffTheRecord.com that will contest your traffic tickets on your behalf. 1:07:19 — Automating the setup of a company and payment system using Atlas by Stripe. 1:07:59 — Services that automatically coach you on sales calls or for live presentations. 1:10:01 — Services that help you automate your travel planning. 1:13:05 — Services like Dolly that can help you find people to move large, heavy objects. 1:15:05 — How you can get rid of three feet of snow using the Shovler app. Mentions 🎙️ Podcast: The Better Show Episode 56 — Better Morning Routines 📦 Product: TaxFyle 📱 App: TaskRabbit 📱 App: Fiverr 📱 App: Shovler 📰 Website: Mechanical Turk by Amazon — automate repetitive tasks 📰 Website: AngiesList 📰 Website: Craigslist.org 📰 Website: MyBuilder.com — find tradesmen in the US 📰 Website: TradePlatform.com.au — find skilled tradespeople in Australia 📰 Website: Tradesman.ie — find skilled tradespeople in Ireland 📰 Website: OffTheRecord.com 📰 Website: Clerky.com — outsource legal paperwork for startups 📰 Article: Best Grocery Delivery Services 2019 (USA) 📰 Website: Amazon Fresh 📰 Website: Brandless 📰 Website: RideOrDrive.org 📰 Website: Atlas by Stripe 📱 App: Dolly 📺 Video clip: Fake Jim scene from The Office
Embed this episode
What this episode covers
In this episode we conclude our 2 part series on automating your life. We focus on services that can save you money, get you time back and make your life run more smoothly.
No transcript yet.