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| Niche Hunting Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beach, California
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Part of the formula for success in Internet marketing is outsourcing. Which includes how to do it, when to do it and where to do it. Outsourcing is a powerful way to leverage other people's time, talent and labor. Allowing you to focus more on your profit generating activities. What did you outsource the most this month? For example, I outsourced my email and article submissions. |
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| Bill Platt War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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My #1 outsourcing expense is always writing. But then again, I don't pay $5 for a writer. Instead, I pay a good living wage to some of the best ghost writers on the net. |
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| Adrian In't Veldt War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Burlington, Ontario (Canada)
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Gotta second Bill, here. My #1 outsourcing cost this month was all writing work. (with graphics coming in second) Cheers, -Adrian |
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| Bill Platt War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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Yes, graphics second. |
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| Bill Platt War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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| If I told you that, every person that reads this thread would be trying to hire them, and then they might find themselves swamped with work and unable to find the time to work with me. ![]() I pay my people rates that will keep them happy to give me their time, but it is up to them to find more customers like me. |
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| The GURU Slayer War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010
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That said. Outsourced the most to people that do design and programming. Think I invested around $7k soley this month and I am really glad with the job done. Currently getting a website created as well, for another $1.5k the feeling that you get when an outsourcer exactly created what you want is quite a good feeling to be honest, then again it's a real pain if they don't get it at all and you already invested the money.. I think loads have been there and loads will come across this point.. The experience I gained from the last situation is just pure gold though. Basically saying that a negative situation could give you a valuable lesson. Just a matter of perspective. | |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011
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Same here number one cost is writers. I have a few that i have been working with for a fair while now. I can do it but it takes me way too long. Much better to pay someone who does it better than me. |
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| Bill Platt War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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Tip: Two of my writers advertise their services in their signatures here in the forum. ![]() If you pay attention to their posts, you will have a real good idea of what they are capable of doing for you. |
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| Banned War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New York City
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I basically outsourced all of my website creation in expanding my authority sites. Once you find something that will make you money, it all boils down to how fast you can do it, and how many people you can hire to accomplish this. It also comes down to how reliable they work because I find it that many outsource workers get lazy after their first $200 made and quit for a month lol ... |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Manufacturing is my biggest outsourced expense. Aiming to bring more of that back in-house later in the year.
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| Traffic Viagra War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Orange County, CA (I'm actually in your living room!).
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Nearly everything is outsourced in my operation, though I still plan about 75% of the product creation. I also write a lot even though I don't have to, it's something I thoroughly enjoy doing. I love the creative side of planning, strategy, product creation, testing new traffic methods and sources, attending seminars and conferences, etc. I spend more time managing people and investments, planning, performing quality audits, holding meetings, updating our policy and procedure manuals (soon to be outsourced), and making sure the squeaky wheel gets the oil these days. At some point I'm going to need to outsource human resources. ![]() RoD |
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| Staff Leasing Services Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Manila, Philippines
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Good to hear that you Guys are all satisfied in outsourcing your business. Among the many advantages of leasing staff, it is its cost-effectiveness and convenience that attracts clients most of the time. |
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| Mr. Steal Your Girl War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Charleston, South Carolina ... in my lustful little room full of wine and women
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I dont outsource anything. I do everything myself. True definition of an independent business owner. Ok wait... i lied... lol... i did outsource my ebook cover creation for the basketball book that i've created. |
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| It's all good!! War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Reno, Nevada
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If I could afford it, I would pretty much outsource most everything... |
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Lots of SEO.
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| It's all good!! War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Reno, Nevada
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Amen Andrew |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: newjersey usa
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odesk: i out sourced web design, ppc set up and rum adwords camp. great work form odesk. love odesk because you can control your employees by feedback. you cannot do that on the forum. |
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| It's all good!! War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Reno, Nevada
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Ya know, I have never used Odesk...I have used Elance (many times) but from what I have heard and seen, is that Odesk is pretty much everyone's favorite. Note to self.... "revisit Odesk" |
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| Doo Be Doo... War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Berkshire, UK
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The main things I've outsourced have been product development and product graphics ![]() If I could I would do it all myself - I'm a bit of a control freak |
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| IM Teacher/Copywriter/SEO War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada
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The same here, 50% of the "writing" is outsourced and some SEO for customers among a couple other tasks. If I don't have the time, I'll basically outsource it. ![]() Bernard |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009
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Just recently outsourced the backlinking for a new website. Also got an ebook cover created. Very happy so far, as it would take me ages to do these tasks myself. I like to stick with creating content. |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: , , United Kingdom.
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I mainly outsourced my website marketing as I am involved in another project at the moment. Regards vivi62 |
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| Alex War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009
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70% content writing 20% SEO packages 10% domains, proxies, etc |
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| Banned War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2010
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I still have my hands in all of the aspects of my online business. It is too young to safely turn over. So my biggest outsource for the month? Well that would be the preparation of my food. Pizza joints have gotten a heavy workout from me.
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| Digital Assassin War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida
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| SEO Packages for the most part
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edinburgh
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This is always a big month for me. Always like to setup a few new projects just before the end of the tax year. I outsource almost everything Keyword and Niche research, Content for new websites and Backlinking for the next few months. Only thing I do myself is setup the website and fan page. Less is more |
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| jeffrey Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: malaysia
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No offence. Why don't you pm me and tell me. That way, not many will know. He!He! ![]() ![]() ![]() You know what. You might have help a warrior like me make a few more sales. Most of the writers are full of BS. They write unbelievable articles that converts high bounce rates to my sites and help my site lose their rankings. By the time I try everyone of them, I might lose a lot of sales. | |
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| Mr. Steal Your Girl War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Charleston, South Carolina ... in my lustful little room full of wine and women
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And i've also outsourced niche research on the basketball book i created. I know alot about basketball... just needed to know if there's a niche that's rabid for it online.
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| Mind Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Athens, Greece
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This was an interesting question. I outsourced backlinking. I read this thread trying to find good ideas. | |
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| Niche Hunting Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beach, California
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| Cat Mother War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I outsource my follow up phone calls every month. Apart from not having the time to call every one of my leads, I also don't have the desire to ![]() I use a professional call centre to follow up my leads which leaves me more time to do the stuff that I like, like promotion! |
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011
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i operate a 24/7 computer operation in philippines, 5 operators, plus a manager, computer brain has its ups and down, especially with holy week just around the corner |
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| Inspirational Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Australia
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I outsource a majority of my article writing as well as all graphic design. You can always find decent graphic artists for cheap. Article writers on the other hand... that's definitely you get what you pay for. |
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| Bill Platt War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
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No offense taken. If my writers see this thread and want to contact you, they will. | |
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| Banned War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2012
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I outsource writing also as it saves me heaps of time. I also have a va and outsorce lots to them
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Europe
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Recently I outsourced article writing... used Elance... I'll need to check out Odesk. I also outsourced the cover design for my ebook... |
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I was outsourcing video marketing
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| Niche Hunting Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beach, California
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Seems like article writing and SEO are the leaders so far. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Site design, graphics, copywriting more. Are these activities going the way gas stations have ... Self-service?
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2011
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This month I spent a lot on outsourcing articles and SEO. They are both just time consuming. I usually go for medium priced writers, but I will always go for the top SEO guys. |
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| SEO and some writing.
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Forum marketing, it is time consuming and boring if you don't like your product category. Only problem is sometimes my assisstant goes a little overbored and stuff gets classified as spam. |
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I outsource quite a bit of what I do. Mostly SEO. I usually find it easier to stay on top of other things if I let someone else to that type of work for me. I try to only outsource things that aren't going to give any of my secrets away and give me competition, but anything else I can outsource I usually do.
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New Zealand
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My biggest outsource work this month (or last month, March) has been graphics. I do all writing myself |
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Hi Niche Man, I'd have to agree with Adrian and Bill on this one! Article writers, and graphics. |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dallas, TX
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Outsourced some technical wordpress stuff. Been thinking to outsource Wordpress mock-ups, to help me get more deals offline.
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| David Loi War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Australia
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Web design. This is the part that I am struggling.
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| Niche Hunting Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beach, California
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Hmm. Seems to be a growing demand for quality article writers and SEO Experts. The first to find the niche wins.
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| Consultant War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Private Beach
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I outsourced video editing. But I'm probably just going to hire the guy permanently.
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Every expert was once a beginner.
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| in Bright Sunny Island War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Singapore
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But last month I spend more on design than writing.. Outsource is great, it's just make things easier for all of us! Jeremiah | |
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