Automate Your Life Pt.2

Show Notes1:27 — 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.com12:16 — How to automate your grocery shopping16:10 — 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