Would you ever consider hiring an “excel tutor” to help you design a solution, revise a formula, double check your work, etc? Are there too many free videos and AI assistants out there to make this a viable side-gig or are there enough people out there struggling with big excel problems that just need a trained human eye to look at?

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Yes I would consider and it would depend on cost. There are lots of free tutorials out there, but you don’t know what you don’t know. I don’t always ask the right questions to get to a solution.

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That was my thought as well. Sometimes it can be hard to find a video that explains how to solve a problem you don’t even know how to articulate. I was thinking about tiered pricing depending on the topic, but I’m not sure. I don’t want to charge $50-100/hr to help someone with a SUMIF formula, but I also don’t want to help build a stochastic cost-benefit analysis for $20/hr. But I also don’t want to make it so complicated that a potential client just goes somewhere else!

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I think an Excel Tutor may be the way. You can watch YouTube videos but usually they are all over the place made by ppl who aren't good teachers.

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Absolutely. I’ve seen a wide spectrum of skill and production value.

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Usually there's someone at work we can ask for Excel help or tips for free.

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I don’t see any flaws in your logic 😄

I see a couple of likes, does that mean you would, in fact, hire an excel tutor? 😆

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It all depends on you. What do you want and what will be most helpful for you.

I personally am more accountabile when doing something with other people. So the video option doesn't work as well as a personal coach.

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I agree - some things I can do with a video, but often I find it useful to have someone holding me accountable or to bounce ideas off of.

A freelance excel ‘reviewer / helper’ can do the job. Not sure if you meant hiring full time

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Freelance is the idea, or perhaps a part-time retainer arrangement.

I would be interested as well for the right price. I’m a beginner (vlookup, concat, pivots, etc)

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Not sure what a fair price would be since as you stated needs and levels may be different. However, I do think you’re on the right path with the tiered pricing approach $20 an hr Tier 1 and then increase as the need/complexity warrants.

Here’s something that I don’t see out there - a live excel expert to help with a quick problem. I have an issue that I need help with now and quickly -is there a live tutor standing by that can help me right now? I’ve wasted so much time googling a specific excel problem without finding an adequate solution.

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Great idea. We’d all like help under 20 minutes. But you’d have to staff up to support that. Better would be a true time to response provided before paying for the service/answer to the question.

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I tutor excel online, can help you.

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