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Offer services that you outsource

by Jeremy Lacer
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Hello everyone.

The last couple of days I have been thinking about starting a Multimedia Design business. The work will be outsourced so I don't have any real overhead costs. I will be offering almost any kind of service because it's easy to find an outsourcer for almost any job.

The work will be outsourced, that means that I don't have a portfolio. How will I convince people to hire me instead of someone with a really large portfolio?

And how do I find costumers for my business? SEO is very hard because there is a lot of competition and I don't have a lot of money to spend on advertising (Adsense for example.)

I will be using Social Media but that's not enough to attract a lot of costumers.

Thanks .
#offer #outsource #services
  • Profile picture of the author NXmarketeer
    only a decent portfolio (= a lot of free work) will get you clients... IF you are lucky.
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  • Profile picture of the author hassan007
    I have a simple business model for you dear.....

    Promote your service with attractive slogan in your signature on forums....

    You are out sourcing the whole work so displaying your own portfolio would be ethically not good

    So you can ask the supplier to provide you his portfolio and you can display that on your website....

    If there is anything you can P.M me and we can discuss.....
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Lacer
      Originally Posted by NXmarketeer View Post

      only a decent portfolio (= a lot of free work) will get you clients... IF you are lucky.
      Personally I think that it's also possible if you offer services for a small price. People will buy from you because it's cheap and at the same time I'm building a portfolio .

      Originally Posted by hassan007 View Post

      I have a simple business model for you dear.....

      Promote your service with attractive slogan in your signature on forums....

      You are out sourcing the whole work so displaying your own portfolio would be ethically not good

      So you can ask the supplier to provide you his portfolio and you can display that on your website....

      If there is anything you can P.M me and we can discuss.....
      That's a very good tip!

      I'm thinking about offer local services, not really online. Maybe I can print some flyers or something.
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    I've seen a number of success stories of marketers who had no portfolio but still got the gig.

    Check out the offline section if you're thinking of doing this locally- there's all kinds of wisdom in there that can help you out.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeTucker
      Originally Posted by hassan007 View Post

      I have a simple business model for you dear.....

      Promote your service with attractive slogan in your signature on forums....
      Another vote for forum signature marketing?
      Let me know how that works out for you.



      Originally Posted by hassan007 View Post

      You are out sourcing the whole work so displaying your own portfolio would be ethically not good
      You are going to have to tell millions upon millions
      of middlemen across the planet that their entire
      business model is unethical and wrong.


      Originally Posted by hassan007 View Post

      So you can ask the supplier to provide you his portfolio and you can display that on your website....
      Not necessary, and you could lose business
      when they go straight to the supplier. But
      hey, if you want to risk it... Unless you are
      suggesting that he operate as a VAR?


      Originally Posted by hassan007 View Post

      If there is anything you can P.M me and we can discuss.....
      That will be difficult for you to do,
      seeing as how you cannot send
      any PMs yet...




      Originally Posted by Justin Stowe View Post

      I've seen a number of success stories of marketers who had no portfolio but still got the gig.

      Check out the offline section if you're thinking of doing this locally- there's all kinds of wisdom in there that can help you out.

      ^^This is exactly right.


      By the way, you may want to familiarize
      yourself with what a "VAR" is. It stands
      for "Value Added ReSeller" and it means
      that you openly sell the products or services
      of someone else-- But you do it better than
      they do because you add some product,
      service, or guarantee of your own.

      This allows you to, for example, sell
      name brand services under your own name
      and still make a significant amount of sales.

      (Of course, if you are going the other way
      and selling very cheap services at an
      inflated price, i.e. outsourcing the jobs on
      Fiverr, well then you probably don't want
      your clients to know!)
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      ...A tachyon enters a bar.

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  • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
    You can build a portfolio by doing 'pro bono' work.
    Get a copy of:
    'How to Market, Establish A Brand, and Sell Profesional Services'
    By Alan Weiss, Ph.D

    You should find a used one ebay or amazon.

    You can contact the people you are going to outsource to and ask for samples of their work and put those samples on your site but don't forget to tell the person who supplies the sample this.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Lacer
      Originally Posted by MikeTucker View Post

      Another vote for forum signature marketing?
      Let me know how that works out for you.





      You are going to have to tell millions upon millions
      of middlemen across the planet that their entire
      business model is unethical and wrong.




      Not necessary, and you could lose business
      when they go straight to the supplier. But
      hey, if you want to risk it... Unless you are
      suggesting that he operate as a VAR?




      That will be difficult for you to do,
      seeing as how you cannot send
      any PMs yet...







      ^^This is exactly right.


      By the way, you may want to familiarize
      yourself with what a "VAR" is. It stands
      for "Value Added ReSeller" and it means
      that you openly sell the products or services
      of someone else-- But you do it better than
      they do because you add some product,
      service, or guarantee of your own.

      This allows you to, for example, sell
      name brand services under your own name
      and still make a significant amount of sales.

      (Of course, if you are going the other way
      and selling very cheap services at an
      inflated price, i.e. outsourcing the jobs on
      Fiverr, well then you probably don't want
      your clients to know!)
      Thanks for you post. I wasn't familiar with the term VAR. I'll look it up.


      Originally Posted by Valdor Kiebach View Post

      You can build a portfolio by doing 'pro bono' work.
      Get a copy of:
      'How to Market, Establish A Brand, and Sell Profesional Services'
      By Alan Weiss, Ph.D

      You should find a used one ebay or amazon.

      You can contact the people you are going to outsource to and ask for samples of their work and put those samples on your site but don't forget to tell the person who supplies the sample this.
      Thank you .
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeTucker
        Originally Posted by Jerrel View Post

        Thanks for you post. I wasn't familiar with the term VAR. I'll look it up.


        Thank you .
        Glad to give you an idea.
        "VAR" isn't widely used outside
        of the IT industry, which is a
        real shame if you ask me.
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  • Profile picture of the author drees5761
    You can get business without a portfolio, as long as you come across as knowing your subject matter then you will be fine. Once you get one satisfied client, then ask them to give you a reference and build from there. Good luck.
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