Comments on: Brickwork India – Just more of the same http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same Health, Wealth and Everything in Between Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ed Shull http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-20837 Ed Shull Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:30:21 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-20837 I imagine India is a big country with many businesses. I imagine India is a big country with many businesses.

]]> By: ramona http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-20811 ramona Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:07:15 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-20811 Funny! I lived in India for sometime and never heard about them! Funny! I lived in India for sometime and never heard about them!

]]> By: Sara Fabregas http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-15498 Sara Fabregas Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:08:30 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-15498 I think we are getting a little carried away here. A muse is a muse not your CEO. For a Pricing model to work,the inputs your muse asked is very legitimate.If providing a write up, (about company and product) is giving details, i am not surprised that the model prepared by the muse was not specific, the input provided by you (to sound friendly) is not even helpful.It is like telling someone to list out the best performing index in equities and not telling the muse which market you need the details for. Come one guys get real.! I think we are getting a little carried away here. A muse is a muse not your CEO.
For a Pricing model to work,the inputs your muse asked is very legitimate.If providing a write up, (about company and product) is giving details, i am not surprised that the model prepared by the muse was not specific, the input provided by you (to sound friendly) is not even helpful.It is like telling someone to list out the best performing index in equities and not telling the muse which market you need the details for.
Come one guys get real.!

]]> By: mark http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-7799 mark Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:04:31 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-7799 iam interested, please contact me. markp209@gmail.com iam interested, please contact me. markp209@gmail.com

]]> By: Ed Shull http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-7478 Ed Shull Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-7478 At this point I don't know why anyone would go offshore for this type of help. There are so many people here who need the work, you should be able to find talented American's that are happy to work for the same amount that Brickwork or GetFriday charge. Simply post a job listing on Craigslist and start interviewing people. You can go local, or go a state with a lower income. Either way you end up with someone who can easily be on the same timezone as you, and speaks english clearly. We are in the middle of one of the worst financial crisis to ever hit the United States. The best thing you can do is to put more American's back to work. Hire as many as you can afford. At this point I don’t know why anyone would go offshore for this type of help. There are so many people here who need the work, you should be able to find talented American’s that are happy to work for the same amount that Brickwork or GetFriday charge.

Simply post a job listing on Craigslist and start interviewing people. You can go local, or go a state with a lower income. Either way you end up with someone who can easily be on the same timezone as you, and speaks english clearly.

We are in the middle of one of the worst financial crisis to ever hit the United States. The best thing you can do is to put more American’s back to work. Hire as many as you can afford.

]]> By: Sacha http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-7475 Sacha Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:48:30 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-7475 If you're still around, please share what companies you found that provided acceptable virtual assistant services. You will be thanked by many! I have been using GetFriday and am not satisfied, although I'll admit they did save me time in some instances. If you're still around, please share what companies you found that provided acceptable virtual assistant services. You will be thanked by many! I have been using GetFriday and am not satisfied, although I'll admit they did save me time in some instances.

]]> By: Prithvi http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-7360 Prithvi Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:44:45 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-7360 After reading so many experiences with Brickwork I still want to post my own. Please note that I'm an Indian and I called Brickwork after reading the 4hww to start a muse. Just because I'm Indian doesn't mean we didn't speak in English, the people I spoke to had very good English fluency and we never used in vernacular languages to communicate. That being said I can't help but say that my experience with Brickwork is in no way better than the many who already posted their experiences. If they've made it blatantly obvious that their book was featured in the 4hww by plastering the 4hww's image on their home page, the least they can do is familiarize themselves with the possible tasks that people who have read that book would contact them about. I contacted them for a muse and possible research on that and some ideas but everything they carry out needs a "estimate". I wanted something simple but they make everything very complex. I bought 20 hrs from them @ $15/hr and frankly I don't think any of the time is worth it. I assigned a task of finding out information on different business models in India and US and give me a brief on it. It may be that I wasn't specific enough but he later reported that 8 hrs have been used in my account and gave me some docs on business models. I wanted him to do research on the net and give me the websites that I could refer to, but instead he gave me a lengthy doc detailing many things which weren't in any way relevant to me. Also, I don't know what took him 8 hrs to perform that task which would probably have taken me 2 hrs to perform. I assigned them a second task of searching for content writers and this time I gave them a limit of 2hrs and I specified the rate and other details, they gave me a doc with 10-15 writers a few of them just elance profiles. Frankly this would have taken me 15 mins or less to find out. The reason I gave them this task is because I've totally lost faith in their ability to perform most of the tasks I give them. I still have 10 hrs in my account with them but I don't know what to use it for. I asked them to create a pricing model for a company of a friend. They sell adhesive gum and just wanted a simple pricing model. When I contacted BW about this they asked for a write up of the company, a write up of the product and some other vague details. I don't know how this is relevant, we gave them our profit margin and production cost and the price that the product should retail for. I've had tons of communication which was mostly over the phone, but it's of no use. They just don't seem to understand any of the new business models. My experience with Brickwork has been terrible, their communication is good, but their basic grasp of business seems to be different. The first person I spoke to Pradeep, said I was his first Indian client in his 4 yrs of experience. They seem to like complicating simple tasks, rather than simplify them. Every person I spoke to in Brickwork, this includes Pradeep J,Kalyani P, Sanjeeth were puzzled when I spoke about a muse or information product. I assumed that since they were so familiar with foreign markets, they'd know what I'm talking about but contrary to popular belief laid down by Tim Ferriss, they are nowhere as good as claimed. I'll be happy to answer questions about Brickwork to the best of my knowledge, if I can save anyone the hassle and money I'd love to. I just wish I had found this before paying them. Just reply here and I'll get back to you. After reading so many experiences with Brickwork I still want to post my own. Please note that I'm an Indian and I called Brickwork after reading the 4hww to start a muse. Just because I'm Indian doesn't mean we didn't speak in English, the people I spoke to had very good English fluency and we never used in vernacular languages to communicate. That being said I can't help but say that my experience with Brickwork is in no way better than the many who already posted their experiences. If they've made it blatantly obvious that their book was featured in the 4hww by plastering the 4hww's image on their home page, the least they can do is familiarize themselves with the possible tasks that people who have read that book would contact them about. I contacted them for a muse and possible research on that and some ideas but everything they carry out needs a "estimate". I wanted something simple but they make everything very complex. I bought 20 hrs from them @ $15/hr and frankly I don't think any of the time is worth it. I assigned a task of finding out information on different business models in India and US and give me a brief on it. It may be that I wasn't specific enough but he later reported that 8 hrs have been used in my account and gave me some docs on business models. I wanted him to do research on the net and give me the websites that I could refer to, but instead he gave me a lengthy doc detailing many things which weren't in any way relevant to me. Also, I don't know what took him 8 hrs to perform that task which would probably have taken me 2 hrs to perform.
I assigned them a second task of searching for content writers and this time I gave them a limit of 2hrs and I specified the rate and other details, they gave me a doc with 10-15 writers a few of them just elance profiles. Frankly this would have taken me 15 mins or less to find out. The reason I gave them this task is because I've totally lost faith in their ability to perform most of the tasks I give them.
I still have 10 hrs in my account with them but I don't know what to use it for.

I asked them to create a pricing model for a company of a friend. They sell adhesive gum and just wanted a simple pricing model. When I contacted BW about this they asked for a write up of the company, a write up of the product and some other vague details. I don't know how this is relevant, we gave them our profit margin and production cost and the price that the product should retail for.

I've had tons of communication which was mostly over the phone, but it's of no use. They just don't seem to understand any of the new business models.

My experience with Brickwork has been terrible, their communication is good, but their basic grasp of business seems to be different. The first person I spoke to Pradeep, said I was his first Indian client in his 4 yrs of experience. They seem to like complicating simple tasks, rather than simplify them. Every person I spoke to in Brickwork, this includes Pradeep J,Kalyani P, Sanjeeth were puzzled when I spoke about a muse or information product. I assumed that since they were so familiar with foreign markets, they'd know what I'm talking about but contrary to popular belief laid down by Tim Ferriss, they are nowhere as good as claimed.

I'll be happy to answer questions about Brickwork to the best of my knowledge, if I can save anyone the hassle and money I'd love to. I just wish I had found this before paying them.

Just reply here and I'll get back to you.

]]> By: Fe Kreutzber http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-6566 Fe Kreutzber Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:59:09 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-6566 People you gotta try Uassist.me Ive been working for over a month with them and they are just fan-frikin-tastic! I understand they are based in centra america and most of the agents lived in the US so theire english is near-native or native... speak spanish and some even speak french. I think you can get a week for free. People you gotta try Uassist.me Ive been working for over a month with them and they are just fan-frikin-tastic! I understand they are based in centra america and most of the agents lived in the US so theire english is near-native or native… speak spanish and some even speak french.
I think you can get a week for free.

]]> By: Dave http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-6314 Dave Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:03:41 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-6314 I am also interested in your services you offer - please email me here: davidgpolanco@gmail.com I am also interested in your services you offer – please email me here: davidgpolanco@gmail.com

]]> By: Rick http://www.filthylucre.com/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1#comment-6190 Rick Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:27:51 +0000 http://www.oneblogtoomany.com/2007/07/02/brickwork-india-%e2%80%93-just-more-of-the-same/#comment-6190 "there are so many companies in the virtual assistant space right now," Can you share some of these companies that do have a good rep? Thanks. "there are so many companies in the virtual assistant space right now,"

Can you share some of these companies that do have a good rep?

Thanks.

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