Outsourcing advice?

dvduval

15 years ago

guru.com is pretty good too for writers.

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Banned 15 years ago

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morwanneg

15 years ago

I am doing this at present and so far so good. I will advise you to carefully screen who you will hire though. Though some people in the Philippines are good with the tasks you mentioned, some are not. If you want quality work, settle for those providers whose rates are average and not that cheap. If you want substandard work, settle for cheaper rates.

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Daniel Soulsby

15 years ago

Hi There

You can have a lot problems outsourcing all that, its going to hit and miss so try loads of places, once you find someone that's good hang onto them. Also be prepared to spend money while your looking around.

I always think that quality attracts traffic and will make you more money in the long run so I use ecoverfrog or designguru ryan for graphics / the minisite.

I can recommend using Kyle Tully for copywritting as I used him and he was great.

I usually do my own products or get an expert face to face to do them with me so i can't recommend anyone there.

Hope that helps

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Stuart Turnbull

15 years ago

Many thanks to the Warriors who answered my questions, I have made contact with a couple of Warriors thru the 'Warriors for hire' forum so fingers crossed!

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hotlinkz

15 years ago

Stuart,

Here is a list I recently compiled.

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jobs.37Signals
Tech Jobs: Design, Programming, Rails, Executive, and more.

jobs.JoelOnSoftware
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MeFijobs
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Ron Douglas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Stuart Turnbull

I'm thinking about outsourcing eBook creation, sales copy writing, minisite building and promotion/traffic generation.

I've heard a lot about using cheap but skilled people in the Phillipines and wonder if my fellow warriors have tried this.

Has anyone tried replacemyself.com from Jon Jonas?

You mention outsourcing promotion/traffic generation. The problem with outsourcing this is you usually have to spend time training the workers on how to promote your site.

I'm actually launching a service tomorrow (Thursday) which has teams of trained traffic generation specialists which will promote your site for you.

However, due to the labor hours involved, we can only accept 300 clients tomorrow...

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Roy Carter

15 years ago

Morwanneg - Care to share where you found your Phillipino outsourcers?

Also, any answers to Stuart's original question?...

Has anyone tried replacemyself.com from Jon Jonas?

I'd like to hear from anyone who has actually tried it.

Roy

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Andris

15 years ago

I hired a woman in Philippines for content writing. I am quite happy with her work. You can find people in bestjobs.ph site - post an ad there (it's free, just make sure that you write correct company/personal info or they will ban you).

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wallush

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Andris

I hired a woman in Philippines for content writing. I am quite happy with her work. You can find people in bestjobs.ph site - post an ad there (it's free, just make sure that you write correct company/personal info or they will ban you).

Thank you very much for sharing this. I checked bestjobs.ph and it's grate. I'm going to try and fined somebody to employ.

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rayray7

15 years ago

the main question should be how much are you willing to spend. Money most times will determine your quality. Please don't believe cheap will get you excellent quality.

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joshtheman

15 years ago

I haven't tried replacemyself.com i just hired a filipino copywriter, it amazes me how she's very good in english. i'll let you know any feedback after a week.

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Nicholas Ho

15 years ago

Can find some here too :

craigslist: manila classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events
Welcome to Hire Filipino . com - Get ready for a new job.
Virtual Assistants from all over the world

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michaelmac

15 years ago

Odesk.com have a lot of writers,programmers etc on their books from the far East, including the Phillipines.

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Jasmine Shaw

15 years ago

elcance.com and guru.com are good websites to try.

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JeromyS

13 years ago

I have used Replacemyself by John Jonas. I think it is pretty good. Pricey, but good. The access to the 2 job sites is great. His training and stuff is pretty good. I don't know that it is 'required', or that it is the cheapest, but the customer service is good and the trainings are not bad. I paid for the lifetime access and am glad to have it at my disposal when looking for new employees. Do screen extensively though and be willing to pay a bit more for experience and skill.

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ago

13 years ago

Try elance.com or Odesk....

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Casper C

13 years ago

In all honesty, you can outsource all of those things here at the forum. Check out the Warriors For Hire section. You can get some really great deals. Great services but cheap as chips!

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Marx Vergel Melencio

13 years ago

I believe ReplaceMyself.Com among other outsourcing resource centers talk about directly hiring people working at
home via telecommuting job posts...

As the proprietor, business development and marketing strategist of a 5-year old ICT (Information & Communications Technology) outsourcing firm
here in Manila:

Many Filipinos are still skeptical and reluctant to work with companies, businesses, home businesses and
individual Internet marketers without official local business presence...

This is one of the main reasons why a lot of direct applicants need to be initially trained and handheld for a few months:
Trained people with relevant experience and knowledge prefer to work with officially registered local companies and businesses...

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Gail Ogden 13 years ago

Hi Stuart;

I have tried replacemyself.com from Jon Jonas. I found one good employee and I found one who asked for a sum for pay then at the last minute wanted more. After she took tow days to reply. So I think it's just a place to find possible staff the rest is up to you. I did not try his paid service where he says he will find you an employee

You have to develop a way to make sure that you hire someone with the right skill set, but also you have to plan to spend time training. In the end it's far better to get someone that's trainable as you can teach them to do a wide variety of stuff. Beware that sometimes they tell they have a high speed computer connection and they don't. If they don't it might be worth you paying for it does not cost much.
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- Gail Ogden 13 years ago
  
  Oh Stuart also keep in mind that whenever you hire someone from the Philippines you run the risk of problems. So be prepared though for problems, because even with all the due diligence you can still run into a problem employee. I hired a girl that was doing great work. One day she told me "I don't want to let you down as my employer since you've been so good to me." The next day she told me she would have an update by that evening then I never heard from her again. Just keep in mind that it's not bump free managing staff at anytime, and it for sure is not easy to manage someone so far away that you have not even met. But it is worth the trying.
  
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Al_Warrior

13 years ago

Freelancer.com is a good place to start. You can also outsource here in the forum. There are many warriors who are very good in the task you are looking for...

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Bruce Smith

13 years ago

A lot of people are having success outsourcing to the Philippines. Based on what I've experienced, Filipinos have very good work ethic and are hard working, decent and moral people.

You will have great results if you create decent instructions and manage the process.

Here are lists of reliable sites where you can find Filipino virtual workers:

Onlinejobs.ph
Craiglist.com
easyoutsource.com

You can posts your hiring ad there for FREE.

~Bruce

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