Do you outsource?

Here are some nice outsourcing tips: Outsourcing: Benefits and Companies

I was going to start a new thread about this but I'll just post here instead.

Yes, I absolutely outsource.

Listen, especially those Newbies or those of you who are struggling. Think of it this way:

Imagine you want to open a store. You have to hire an architect to design the building, get the surveys done, hire a few different construction companies, plumbers and electricians... Buy inventory or manufacture it yourself, hire a clerk and a manager and a janitor and a bookkeeper and on and on and on.

Now, most people who are trying to start an online business are doing all of these jobs themselves. That's fine and great-- Maybe you're broke, or maybe you're greedy and you just want all of those paychecks for yourself.


But outsourcing saves time. It allows you to get more done, which means more profit, and faster. Not to mention it gets done better when it is done by someone who is specialized in one area, rather than yourself playing jack of all trades and master of none.

There are a few things you should probably never outsource, such as the supervision of your projects and probably your sales copy... You should probably be very hands-on with those.

And of course if you are broke, that's fine, do all the work yourself... Just don't get frustrated. Keep in mind that you are doing the jobs of like 30 people, just as if you were building a physical store. It's a lot more work but when it is done, you get 30 paychecks.



My best tip? Hire fellow Warriors. I see a lot of tips about Elance and Odesk and all that, but seriously some of the best work I've gotten has been from fellow Warriors... They appreciate it having the opportunity to learn from you while simultaneously earning some cash for their own projects. They do a great job because their reputation as a Warrior is on the line.


Yes, you are going to get burned, and sometimes they won't meet deadlines or the work will suck. That's a reality of outsourcing and it happens everywhere.


Nonetheless, the best advice I could give for outsourcing is this:

1. Do it
2. Hire fellow Warriors


--Michael W. Tucker

Must outsource if you want to grow your business faster.

Yes! I personally train then for around 2 days then...we are all set to go

yes, absolutely.

I outsource some services as it helps do more things at a time and promote projects more quickly.

Yes, I do outsource. Makes the job faster and productivity better by distributing the workload.

I usually find good people from freelancer and odesk. You just have to screen them and train them to your standards which may take less than a week, couple of days even and you're set.

If you want to grow your business then you have to outsource ,,,,

I outsource and my best tip is : odesk !!

I outsourced mostly the task that are time consuming and not so important. It will allow you to have more time for your company.

I've been outsourcing for a while and thoroughly recommend it. Michael has given some great advice and I echo the suggestion to look first to other Warriors to work with you. I've been working with one guy for over a year, another for about 7-8 months who does all my graphics and I just recruited someone from ODesk who does programming. The leverage you gain from being able to get so much more done in less time far outweighs the extra cost of paying freelancers and if done right will put your business "on steroids".

The way I have gone about it is to start out small. Find little projects or tasks you can outsource with little risk to your core business and then research and recruit someone you think you'll gel with and/or has plenty of feedback. Build up some rapport and trust through the work they do for you and gradually increase their workload and responsiblity. You'll get a few dud recruits from time to time, that's a given, but if you do it this way, recruit carefully and start off small, outsourcing will help you reach your goals faster.

Personally... I don't outsource. But not because I disagree with it.

I have trust and intimacy issues... :p

I'm playing... I 'would' outsource things like... Graphics, site design maybe... but that's about it at the moment.

I write my own content, my own copy, create my own products, do my own admin, gather my own clients etc. etc.

But then the concept is to GROW your business, right?

See I'm still developing the business... however I can see how quite soon it'll hit the point where I do need to outsource, partly because I don't exactly love the work, and partly because I'd like to have a life

So the question could be, How soon do you think a person should outsource?

I like to know my business from the ground up, and I honestly would have trouble trusting that an outsource would have the same dedication to quality that I do... but again, I haven't really looked into it.

focusing to your core business is the main objective of outsourcing. however, you need to find the right company who will provide you trained and expert staff. Do not just get and trust a freelancer. Outsourcing has team leaders and supervisors who are checking your staff from time to time to assure you that you're not wasting any single penny.

outsourcing work can be work in itself. you have to be very well organized make sure to build a team focused on every aspect of creating a website, from unique articles, sales copy, backlinks, seo etc.

It goes back to the old saying.."if you want it done right, do it yourself!"

Honestly it's all personal preference. If you are a very picky person and have the my way or the highway mentality then go ahead and learn code yourself, learn how to spin articles yourself, learn SEO yourself, learn how to create squeeze pages yourself, etc. (basically everything yourself)

But If you just want the end result (to help people and earn lots of money doing it from the comfort of your home or laptop wherever you are)

Then just invest a small amount of money and get it done fast, and from someone who knows what they're doing.

personally I've found success using Fiverr.

most people worry about the looks of everything they're creating rather than the content and getting things ranked and up. Once you get things ranked, and just functioning; be it your website, iPhone app, product, squeeze page, etc..then you'll pop a few sales. But your appearance should be the last thing.

Leverage your time so that you'll make more money online when you aren't working ya know?

what were you planning on outsourcing?

I outsource allot of my projects. I use an article writing source when I get stuck, I use Odesk to transcribe, and a web master to do some of the finishing touches to my sites.

I find that when I am busy with creating I cannot get bogged down with the small things.

These things have helped me move forward - at first I tried to do it all and did not do any of it well - now I pass t out and get to do the things I like.

Yes I do because it gives me cheaper labor cost.

Yes, I do outsource a lot of my online project. It allows me to get a lot more accomplish, since I'm a part-time IMer. I use the Warrior For Hire section and oDesk for my outsources.

My #1 tip is to be very specific when discussing expectations and tasked with your
outsourcer. It saves you a lot of money in the long run.

Currently, I do not outsource because of the lack of funds. However, there are other ways to attract traffic to your site. Once I start to make some money, outsourcing will help to multiply the amount of places I can advertise.

Right now, I basically do everything myself. Mostly because I enjoy it. But I do look forward to the day when I can lighten my workload and have a team of people behind me to support me.

It's always interesting to see how and why other people do it.

I outsource everything, why because I am lazy, that is why people get into Internet marketing. So they don't have to work as much

Outsource is the best to grow your business and most helpful to us..

If we outsource our job and we can spare more time to think about other venture. You can have a base and proceed further by giving life to your future projects.

Yes, i do outsource in odesk and fiverr.
You have to outsource if you want your site to grow fast.

hi,

yes i outsource alot of things

why spend an hour doing a $5 job, that you can out source and then spend the hour more wisely doing a £500 job!

time is money at the end of the day! So it can be cheaper to outsource if we do it effectivelly

Yup I outsource my programming and my design work. Only thing I do is content and setting up JV partners which I might outsource the JV partners soon.

The key is finding someone that works and you can rely on. Once you have those key points in you can build like crazy your imagination is your limit.

I regularly outsource. Its helps in speeding things up. Instead of doing 10 things with one brain and two hands, I prefer to outsource my work to 10 different people.

In outsourcing, just make sure that you properly go through the details with the worker before giving them the project and once you find a good loyal worker, then always go back to him when you have more work.

The first thing I outsourced as soon as I started making money was backlinking, because I hate doing it. When I sell a website to a business, that's something I have done automatically. I consider it an investment, not an expense.

My experiences has been that I did not make money online, until I started using the leveraging power of outsourcing. If your not doing it your struggling needlessly and placing a devaluation on your time.

I contstantly outsource, whether it's Odesk or Fiverr, I find great work and I continue to use the same people to do menial tasks.
When it comes to fiverr, if there is something that takes me an hour to do that is menial, I will hire someone to do it for $5. If I don't do this I am saying to myself that I am only worth $5 an hour, which is not true at all, I am worth $6

I use FIVerr to have people proof read my pages. Their quality so far is XLent and then some. Also, my spell check will not catch glaring grammar errors.

What can we say on copy services. Most fiverr clones are not that good, and the old school services like odesk, elance, guru - are just too expensive.

Yes, I outsource many tasks.

My top 2 tips:

1. Fire Quickly - when people become unresponsive or are not doing the job properly, quickly dump them and outsource somewhere else.

2. Give Video Instructions - when working with programmers and web designers, I find doing a short video showing them what I want is MUCH better than trying to describe it in writing. Faster too. You can use easily create and share video using tools like the free Jing tool from Techsmith.

I only outsource article writing. My tip: when you get a good writer for a low price do not let him go!!! There is at least 90% of crappy content writers out there.

I outsource Article Writing and SEO(especially heavy duty stuff).