I have a busy life.
I really do.
I have a wife, son, daughter on the way, an internet business and etc. My life is caved with responsibilities.
And if I’m busy…I KNOW you’re busy!
Which brings me to our next point: outsourcing.
What is Outsourcing
Simply put: its delegating responsibilities of your business to someone else to free up your time and leverage your success. Some outsourcing example are:
a) Customer Service & Admin
Customer Service, email management and answering phone calls
Updating your databases of clients and of subscribers
Managing projects and coordinating members of your team
Event Management: booking venue, managing logistics and AV, etc.
Preparing monthly sales & expenses reports, paying suppliers, etc.
Travel arrangements: booking flights, hotels, taxis, holidays, etc.
b) Web design
Setting up blogs and websites
Setting up membership sites
Graphic design
c) Writing & content creation
Transcribing interviews
Writing ebooks and courses
Updating your membership sites with new content
d) Traffic Generation
Researching and contacting potential joint venture partners for adswaps
Contacting potential Joint Venture partners for ‘Webinar swaps’
Managing your Facebook account
Managing your YouTube account
Managing your LinkedIn accounts
Managing your Twitter accounts
Updating your blog
Building niche WordPress blogs that sell affiliate products
Updating your eBay listings
Creating Facebook Pages
Managing your Facebook Pages
Getting more fans for your Facebook Pages
Managing your Facebook Ads campaigns
Organizing Facebook Events to promote your events
Inviting your subscribers to join you on Facebook
The possibilities really are endless!!
I have been on a outsourcing spree. Granted, some have not panned out like I expected, but others have surpasses my wildest dreams!
Top Resources to Outsource
You can hire outsourcers from all over the world (I’m epsecially fond of countries OUTSIDE the US and UK as the cost of living in these countries is astronomical in comparison to India or the Phillipines). Check out these sites:
- Elance.com
- Onlinejobs.ph
- oDesk.com
- freelancer.com
- vWorker.com (formerly rent-a-coder)
- Guru.com
- ContentDivas.com
- 123employee.com
- Scriptlance.com
- HireMyMom.com
- PeoplePerHour.com
- Fiverr.com (I love this one!!)
But what do you think? Can outsourcing work for you? What has been your experience with it?
Your thoughts…
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Hi Michael,
This is really an interesting post and I can relate to it. Just when you think your business is overwhelming, there are right solutions – and it is outsourcing. I recently started with it using staff.com and I couldn’t be more pleased. They gave me the best VA to fit my budget, not to mention they are being closely monitored by TimeDoctor. They work pretty much the same as odesk. In the beginning, I was dedicating my time to my contractor with training stuff. But in a month, my contractor was doing everything herself which lightened up my load.
That’s great Lara! I personally work with Filipino contactors and they work great with me as well. In the beginning it really is tough…but when they get it…they get it!
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