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by secfirstmd 4180 days ago
An always on, 24/7 service or something where I buy 30 dollars of time (say 3 hours) a month and more if I want it. From my software dashboard I can drop something easy but a complete waste of my time (reformatting 60 documents to have a new logo sizing and saving them as pdf, adding up my expenses receipts and inputting them into accounting, proof read my late night typing, book my flight etc.). This would be made easier by simple task drop down menus (Task => Expenses Calculations), along with customisable tasks.

I simply drop the docs into the syncing software, along with a brief description or quick cam recording of what I want, and then one hour later the changes are sent back to me.

I guess you could call it a mix of Elancer, Dropbox, Virtual Assistant etc.

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I feel like Fancy Hands [+] is very close to what you're looking for (disclaimer: no affiliation whatsoever).

[+] https://www.fancyhands.com/

You Sir, are a hero!
Glad I could help!
That's a pretty innovative idea, and likely would be quite useful to a lot of people.
I do some of these things via fiverr.com. Initially it was a bit of a hassle to find the right people. But now, I have certain regular people for some of my manual tasks.