Who's laying your egg's and sorting them?

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Hey Warriors,

Bit annoyed at the moment with a certain warrior who is/was providing an article writing service and is not keeping to their guarantee or timing at all.

So it made me wonder who's laying your eggs and sorting them out?

What i mean is, are all your eggs in one basket... is your plan or method of making money dependent on someone or something else!

What if that someone or something else stopped, how much money or reputation would you loose? How long would it take to get that back?

For example with this service they were obviously outsourcing all the articles for cheaper elsewhere and were reliant upon just one single person or company to provide them, the manager who is selling the service doesn't seem to be capable of writting articles or just refuses too and so cannot even help to reduce the time it takes to get the articles.

So now people are left waiting for their articles and are currently out of pocket which has a knock on effect for everything else they are doing with that project!

The service provider's business has taken a downfall and i for sure wont be using or reccomending them to anyone ever!


The exact same situation apply's for people who rely on one cpa network, just adsense income, ppc ads, just their clickbank account, amazon etc etc etc.

If you only have one source of income then if that one ban's you, pays you late or doesn't pay you at all what are you going to do? email, phone and try to resolve it but if that doesn't work then all that work you did was for nothing!

Ok maybe you can salvage it and switch to another company or monetizing method but still you were fully dependant on that one thing.

It's like you have written out a contract on all of your finance and handed it to a complete stranger, you would never do that in real life!


So the point is make sure you have multiple income streams, backup plans and sort your egg's out so they are not all in the same basket!

It can save your financial life, your reputation and or your family too!

So how many baskets to you have? I personally have 6 at the moment and am working on my 7th right now! Oh and just last week one of my baskets broke and im still trying to get it fixed and to pay me.

Mark Blaze
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  • Profile picture of the author Kim Standerline
    Hi Mark

    When I was running my membership sites I was at first relaint on just one person to get out the 250 articles per month I needed. (She had a team of writers who were excellent)

    One of her writers let me down one month, which meant she also let me down.I ended up having to write 50 articles myself over a 2 day period. (Not good)

    I learnt my lesson from that and spread my article writing needs out to several different people who reported straight to me, worked much better

    Kim
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Blaze
      Originally Posted by Kim Standerline View Post

      Hi Mark

      When I was running my membership sites I was at first relaint on just one person to get out the 250 articles per month I needed. (She had a team of writers who were excellent)

      One of her writers let me down one month, which meant she also let me down.I ended up having to write 50 articles myself over a 2 day period. (Not good)

      I learnt my lesson from that and spread my article writing needs out to several different people who reported straight to me, worked much better

      Kim
      Yep Kim,

      Fantastic example and 50 articles in 2 day's must have killed you! Or almost as your still here

      Although it may take more work, more learning and more time to setup security's and new baskets and to not be reliant on only one person or company it really does pay off in the long run!

      After all only a fool would gamble everything they have on one thing which still carries risk!

      Mark Blaze
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  • Profile picture of the author designfuschion
    Very good advice for newbies.

    A timely reminder too. I've been contemplating outsourcing ,hiring a VA.

    Maybe it would be better to outsource different tasks to different people instead of relying on 1 sole person.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Blaze
      Originally Posted by designfuschion View Post

      Very good advice for newbies.

      A timely reminder too. I've been contemplating outsourcing ,hiring a VA.

      Maybe it would be better to outsource different tasks to different people instead of relying on 1 sole person.
      I have a full time VA but they work on their own project's that only add to my income and are all controlled by them... if they don't work or don't make me money then it is their own fault and nothing to do with me!

      All the thing's that effect my current business's and ones i am running that involve me personally i either do myself or i outsource to multiple people.

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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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    Mark,

    It's always good to spread your tentacles. It's always good to have options because no human system is perfect.

    Sometimes, a person may have good intentions but some natural situations such as ill-health may force him/her not to meet deadline. So, you should outsource your "eggs" to more than one basket.
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