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dvduval

13 years ago

I have a partner as well as several people that have been working with me for years, most near full time.

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allseowork 13 years ago

I started as one, but after meeting lot of people online, some became friends. And Now I am not working alone.
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- tamalanwar 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MyDosty
  
  I started as one, but after meeting lot of people online, some became friends. And Now I am not working alone.
  
  Same here, but those people are not partners or don't make decisions. I found many great personalities who have helped with work, connections, suggestions, advice etc.
  
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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by dvduval

I have a partner as well as several people that have been working with me for years, most near full time.

Wow you are a PRO here

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Daveyz

13 years ago

Ah i see! In that case i my answer is that i was once a 1 man business. But as you grow into the IM biz, i think it becomes inevitable that you meet JV opportunities and partners who want to do the business with you. I think this is essential to scale up your business and to grow bigger.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Daveyz

Ah i see! In that case i my answer is that i was once a 1 man business. But as you grow into the IM biz, i think it becomes inevitable that you meet JV opportunities and partners who want to do the business with you. I think this is essential to scale up your business and to grow bigger.

Hi, you can say that I'm in the early stages of my online business and the thing I offer is freelance web design services. On the way I received a couple of JV proposals, but I didn't got the right offer.

I'm outsourcing some of my work while I do the rest myself for now.

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Daveyz

13 years ago

By 1 man do you mean doing everything yourself or are JVs included as well?

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Daveyz

By 1 man do you mean doing everything yourself or are JVs included as well?

By 1 I meant only 1 who does it all.

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kareen

Banned 13 years ago

I am currently just starting out with Fiverr, but will branch out as soon as I gain valuable experience

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merlincat

13 years ago

I am literally just me working at the kitchen table! It's only this forum that stops me feeling isolated, as none of my family or friends have the slightest clue what i'm doing.

But in the future I would look at outsourcing some stuff I hate doing.

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dcyberpunk 13 years ago

I started with me... one small punky internet geek. In the begining I did everything ~ quality was not the greatest but I improved as I learned.
I hooked up with my partner and then we were two. A small team if you will.
We outsource many things now but what started from a one girl show has now grown to a moderatley sized network where we purchase assistance where necessary and self resource where we can.
Eventually the idea is to move out from the "working" environment, outsource /automate almost everything and retreat.
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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by merlincat

I am literally just me working at the kitchen table! It's only this forum that stops me feeling isolated, as none of my family or friends have the slightest clue what i'm doing.

But in the future I would look at outsourcing some stuff I hate doing.

You should let your family know about your work, so at least they wont think you are a freak.

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tamalanwar 13 years ago

Originally Posted by kareen

I am currently just starting out with Fiverr, but will branch out as soon as I gain valuable experience

Fiverr is nice place to outsource, I dont have paypal, so cannot hire the talent over there.
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JosephA

13 years ago

Hi Tamal, I used to "try" to do it all on my own, but I am really pretty awful at techie stuff and never seem to get any better at it either. Fortunately I'm now able to outsource most of what I need to do, which is mainly about content creation, some backlinking work and some graphic work.

I've tried to set up a few JV's over the past months but nothing came to fruition and those that did I was let down badly on both occasions.

Happy days! :-)

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by JosephA

Hi Tamal, I used to "try" to do it all on my own, but I am really pretty awful at techie stuff and never seem to get any better at it either. Fortunately I'm now able to outsource most of what I need to do, which is mainly about content creation, some backlinking work and some graphic work.

I've tried to set up a few JV's over the past months but nothing came to fruition and those that did I was let down badly on both occasions.

Happy days! :-)

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Hi Joseph, if you are in IM, what service/product you offer?

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JosephA 13 years ago

Hi Tamar,
well I did a Challenge here on the Warriors a while back and whilst doing that and ever since the completion of it I got a lot of offers for SEOing for folks and small companies. But I'm not a good employee so I turned it all down, even though my own IM business was far from thoroughly successful.

Fortunately these days I'm seeing more success from my efforts, so I can afford to outsource the stuff I don't enjoy doing (which from time to time when I'm lacking motivation is almost all of it, lol!).

SEO is a right old mind-bore, so I get pretty fed up with it fairly often, albeit, as I said, I now do outsource large chunks of the projects I have going at this time.

I'd like to get many more projects up and running cos I've got quite a number of good ideas (IMHO ;-) ) but I've got to wait to let my IM income build up that bit more to be able to afford all the outsourcing. Hence this was the reason for seeking JV's but they've not been working out for various reasons (folks tend to expect fast results from SEO and thus fast income too, when it rarely works that way, hence they get despondent and lose focus).

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Darla

13 years ago

Originally Posted by tamalanwar

I believe the percentage will be 95%. Let me know what are your experience, responsibilities, work hours etc. Do you work from home?

Personally I'm also running a One Man Business (Almost) I have a small team who help me in different things, but they are not I can completely rely on. So I manage the website, promote it, write posts, work on client websites etc.

Which parts you take care in your business? Do you outsource your work? Do you have a regular/outsourced staff? Please share!

I definitely have an outsource team that I work with regularly. I also have a mentor that I an turn to when I get "stuck" with techie issues. I really feel like I am in business for myself, but certainly not by myself.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Darla

I definitely have an outsource team that I work with regularly. I also have a mentor that I an turn to when I get "stuck" with techie issues. I really feel like I am in business for myself, but certainly not by myself.

One man biz, by this I meant being the owner of your own biz with no JV partners, actually it does not mean all alone, as we have clients, providers and so many friends online

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mattjay

13 years ago

i run all my efforts on my own for the most part, i take care of the seo work. i do outsource some people from time to time to go out and get more clients. i work anywhere from 10-50 hour weeks depending on order volume. i prefer it this way. much more control over what goes on. though i am prone to mistakes from time to time lol.

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AFI

13 years ago

I'm running a ZERO man business! How impressive is that! My business is a one WOMAN business.

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tamalanwar 13 years ago

Originally Posted by AFI

I'm running a ZERO man business! How impressive is that! My business is a one WOMAN business.

Cool! that's even great. You are having a one woman biz or simply one gal show.
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tamalanwar 13 years ago

So now that I know about some of you, what do your friends/family have to say about your work? My family and friends they all know about my biz and they are very happy and inspired about this. Any similar thoughts?
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Mohammad Afaq 13 years ago

Originally Posted by AFI

I'm running a ZERO man business! How impressive is that! My business is a one WOMAN business.

LOL, that's awesome.

When do you plan on launching a product on how to do that?
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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Greg Wildermuth

I'm a writer and I do everything myself. Also do article marketing and other SEO stuff to promote my site.

My hours are from whenever I get up to whenever I go to sleep. Usually 3-6 hours, but closer to 3. I'll get this whole time management thing down one of these days.

Ohh that's great, similar to what I do now

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jerem25 13 years ago

I do all my own stuff. Website design, graphics, write articles, my favorite is forum and social networking. Visiting sites like this is like a time to relax!
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- tamalanwar 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jerem25
  
  I do all my own stuff. Website design, graphics, write articles, my favorite is forum and social networking. Visiting sites like this is like a time to relax!
  
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jerem25

13 years ago

Family thinks it's great, but my friends think I'm nuts! Their just jealous the computer gets more attention. LOL

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tamalanwar 13 years ago

Originally Posted by jerem25

Family thinks it's great, but my friends think I'm nuts! Their just jealous the computer gets more attention. LOL

Family support is must in online biz, I hope your friends will understand this real soon and you will get their input!
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rackverse

13 years ago

I outsource! Outsource everything I can. Online and real life too.

I outsource grocery shopping, lawncare, housework....

Why waste time! I can get so much more done by paying someone willing to do it for me.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by rackverse

I outsource! Outsource everything I can. Online and real life too.

I outsource grocery shopping, lawncare, housework....

Why waste time! I can get so much more done by paying someone willing to do it for me.

awesome, now what you do? Managing the team?

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Mohammad Afaq

13 years ago

I realized a long time ago that alone, I won't be able to do much and thus my progress will be slow so I came up with a plan, hired a VA and that's when I started outsourcing.

Today, I have a team of 5 full-time and 8 on-demand workers. That includes writers, designers, programmers and everything guys (they take care of SEO, script installation etc.)

I do have a huge outsourcing budget of $4000+ every "regular" month but at the end of the day that's almost 30-40% of my income and I get to keep a bigger part of my profits and also my business it totally hands-off so I think it's worth it.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq

I realized a long time ago that alone, I won't be able to do much and thus my progress will be slow so I came up with a plan, hired a VA and that's when I started outsourcing.

Today, I have a team of 5 full-time and 8 on-demand workers. That includes writers, designers, programmers and everything guys (they take care of SEO, script installation etc.)

I do have a huge outsourcing budget of $4000+ every "regular" month but at the end of the day that's almost 30-40% of my income and I get to keep a bigger part of my profits and also my business it totally hands-off so I think it's worth it.

thats real cool, I want to do something like that in the future, thanks for the info

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Dave Rodman

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I have about 10 sites that are bringing in decent money. 3 of them I run with my father as a 50/50 partner. The other sites are owned by me. But I have 3 employees and a handful of contractors.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dave Rodman

I have about 10 sites that are bringing in decent money. 3 of them I run with my father as a 50/50 partner. The other sites are owned by me. But I have 3 employees and a handful of contractors.

I want to enroll my young bro into my biz as a staff, I will pay him and teach the work.

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hikemojo

13 years ago

I run a different side of my business with a friend but on the internet marketing side I’m on my own. I seem to get more done if I’m working alone. Getting my ideas up and running is a lot easier too and it also gives me the freedom to fail > we all fail sometimes.

It can be productive to think of new ideas with someone preferably over a pint of lager

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JosephA 13 years ago

I'm now very much in line with what Mohammad Afaq and Rackverse do - that seems to be the ideal business model - outsource almost every single thing you can (within reason, of course !).

After all, life is finite and we need to be living for today and not just thinking that we can make up for all the lost quality time when we get to the age of retirement.
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CyberSorcerer

13 years ago

I pretty much do everything myself and outsource when I want to take some time off. But just so I always have a staff available, I always keep my outsourcers busy full-time so their there when I really need them for my vacations and time off.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken Rogers

I do everything on my own from my apartment while going to college

Yeah I also have school, so what do your friends think about your work?

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Kevin_Hutto

13 years ago

I have 8 employees (not including me)... 4 in the USA and 4 in the Phillipines. All full time.

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fated82

13 years ago

I can be considered 1 man now. I have 2 projects running, one with a partner and one alone. I do up the website, content, list building and advertising. The only thing I don't do is article writing, which I outsource.

I will be outsourcing my backlinks building soon....

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Britt Malka

13 years ago

Only one warrior run my One Woman Business.

How many hours do I spend? Well, it depends on what I'm doing; how much energy, I have; what else I have to do; and how much I like, what I'm doing at the moment.

Sometimes, I get up at 9 and work until 18. Work includes research, new learning, etc.

Other times, I start working at 12PM and work a couple of hours.

Other times again, I work from 10AM to 2AM.

Since I'm my own boss, I can work when I feel like it.

I've tried outsourcing some boring work (was in a challenge that ended up not working), but the work wasn't done to my liking, so I think I'll limit my business to only doing the work, I like, and then doing it myself.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Britt Malka

Only one warrior run my One Woman Business.

How many hours do I spend? Well, it depends on what I'm doing; how much energy, I have; what else I have to do; and how much I like, what I'm doing at the moment.

Sometimes, I get up at 9 and work until 18. Work includes research, new learning, etc.

Other times, I start working at 12PM and work a couple of hours.

Other times again, I work from 10AM to 2AM.

Since I'm my own boss, I can work when I feel like it.

I've tried outsourcing some boring work (was in a challenge that ended up not working), but the work wasn't done to my liking, so I think I'll limit my business to only doing the work, I like, and then doing it myself.

wow that's a good response you put up, like it!

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aldovacano

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Britt Malka

Only one warrior run my One Woman Business.

How many hours do I spend? Well, it depends on what I'm doing; how much energy, I have; what else I have to do; and how much I like, what I'm doing at the moment.

Sometimes, I get up at 9 and work until 18. Work includes research, new learning, etc.

Other times, I start working at 12PM and work a couple of hours.

Other times again, I work from 10AM to 2AM.

Since I'm my own boss, I can work when I feel like it.

I've tried outsourcing some boring work (was in a challenge that ended up not working), but the work wasn't done to my liking, so I think I'll limit my business to only doing the work, I like, and then doing it myself.

I havent outsourcing , because when you have everything running by yourself you know everything why is happening so before making other do your work you need to give the some training and also trust them.

This is the hardest part, do any one have done this with success?

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Originally Posted by aldovacano

I havent outsourcing , because when you have everything running by yourself you know everything why is happening so before making other do your work you need to give the some training and also trust them.

This is the hardest part, do any one have done this with success?

Obviously this part is hard, especially finding reliable people in good rates; if you can afford you have to hire some good freelancers in good wage.

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myob 13 years ago

Years ago I tried outsourcing my projects, but it was difficult to find reliable people. Now I have 26 full-time writers, graphic artists and techie specialists as well as 14 commission-based online/offline sales reps.
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jwenberg

13 years ago

I'm all by myself at the moment, at this point it's more cost effective for me.

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Vince L 13 years ago

Going at it alone can be a challenge. Dealing with the loneliness and the perception from friends and family that you are a total computer geek can be rough.

However, I've found that working with a partner, trusted allies, and mentors can make life a lot better. It's great to have others to bounce ideas off. I know it's saved me from spending time and money on obvious mistakes.

So while I might not net as big a check if I'd done it all myself, I find the quality of life and often business results are better when I work with others.

Power in a focused group!

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money2k

13 years ago

I am running a one man show. I work anywhere from 3 to 9 hours per day (7 days a week). I'm not making enough to do this full time (yet).

I actually like doing most of the work myself and oursource very little.

Hope 2011 is HUGE for all.

Marcel

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