Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service (Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business) [Paperback]

Entrepreneur Press (Author), Lisa Addison (Author)

Book Description

Series: Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business | Publication Date: December 1, 2003

Escape the 9-to-5 Grind With This Easy-to-Start, In-Demand Business

Americans are working harder than ever. As a result, more and more people are willing to pay good money for services that will make their lives a little less hectic and help them retrieve lost leisure time. That can mean an incredible opportunity for you. As a personal concierge, business and personal clients will hire you to help them out with everyday tasks they simply don't have time for. Start-Up is easy. Overhead is low. And you can work out of your home. All you really need is a phone, an answering machine, business cards and this step-by-step guide. It tells you everything you need to know to start your own successful concierge service, including:

• How to find clients
• What services you can offer
• How to set your fees
• How to obtain vendor services
• How to sell and market your new business
• What it takes to gain the competitive edge
• Inexpensive ways to build your client base
• Legal, accounting, and insurance issues

Useful sample forms, additional resources, plus step-by-step instructions, checklists and work sheets to guide you through every step of the start-up process and help you get started in your own concierge service today.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891984713
• ISBN-13: 978-1891984716
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #775,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Strip of Bacon, March 17, 2006

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Lisa L. Copeland - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service (Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business) (Paperback)

I was very disappointed in the content of this book. I was expecting meat and only got a strip of bacon. I already knew all the fluff stated in the book. I was looking for How to set up vendor relationships?, How can I "hold" a suit for my client to 'try on' without having to make a purchase for a couple of days while my client makes a decision? Instead I read 20 of the same statements over and over again (I got the feeling they needed to meet a page quota). Bottom-line: If you are really "green" and don't expect executable information, this book is for you. If you already have your office established and have a couple of clients, but no idea how to set up vendor relationships and what/how to charge, then I suggest you learn by trial and error, then write your own book...I will. But please, put some meat in it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only a twit-brain needs this bool, September 28, 2008

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This review is from: Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service (Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business) (Paperback)

Don't waste your money on this book. I found more useful information looking at concierge websites than I found in this book. Borrow it from your library or buy it at a used book sale.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you know absolutely nothing about ..., May 9, 2006

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This review is from: Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service (Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business) (Paperback)

...the Concierge profession, this book will be useful to you. It covers the fundamentals of starting your business, but at an 8th, possibly 7th grade level. Doesn't take you much higher than that, either.