$2000 a month to outsource anything

What is your business model? We have no details to properly give you a answer to your question without knowing this.

Hi

If you are starting from the point zero, the first this you need to do is to create your own business. So, spend in it.

Then spend more in driving traffic to your business.

Build a high responsive list, and promote to them.

I hope this will help.

I'd spend half of it on PPC and the other half on people to write for my blog/email campaign. I might have enough for someone to manage the business for me.

This is what i am planing to do.
At this moment i am looking for people to work for me, and the same time, i am working on the plan.
The problem is, i feel like i am falling on the "shiny thing" syndrome, because every time i change my plan and want to try so many things at once, instead of focus on one thing.

This is right on track for being able to maintain your own business.

My advice is the same - build a list.

The $2000/mo can be used to hire link builders and content writers for building few blogs and promoting affiliate products through the blogs.

$2000/m would be a nice number for trying some SEM stratigies which are more fruitful than other marketing methods.

Hey OP,

I'm not sure whether I just didn't fully understand what you're asking or not, but it seems to me you're going about this entirely the wrong way.

I actually own an outsourcing company and live here in the Philippines. As "johndetlefs" mentioned...we don't typically take on IM clients for the reason he posted.

The truth is, you have to build out a profitable process FIRST before you even consider outsourcing. Not idea stage...not proof of concept...an actual, working, profitable, documented process. Only then should you consider scaling it and replacing yourself through outsourcing.

if I got $2k in my hands right now,and plan to outsource to increase income and to create passive income (hopefully),I would purchase website at Flippa and resell it again.

Or,I just create squeeze page and find the cheapest cost to built a list

I can use that good amount of money to generate me more $$$. I can hire a team of people who can do design/programming, content, marketing, and other admin tasks for me. You can build a brick and mortar business with that amount if you have the right team of people and the expertise to get that money rolling and offer you a great ROI.

With this much money you can do lots and great stuff... OR start saving this money and then invest it in a bank

my two cents!

2k/mo is a reasonable amount of money to outsource a website. That is, buying articles, SEO services, products and custom design and maintenance.

My opinion is that u make your own business......
where u have such a good knowledge ....

I understand your logic, but take a look on it from another direction.
I will take my self as example.
My English is not good, and it's not possible to open a busyness when i can't even wright a single article.
For me, outsourcing in the beginning stage is a must. Yes, i realize that at first i may lose money, but i don't see any other way to go.
Some one else don't have the time and other reasons...

'Outsourcing everything' is probably every newbie's dream, but it's a mirage - something you will have to work up to over time.

I did everything myself, including creating the products and copywriting, and managed to net US$10K/month in less than 2 years on 18-20 hours a week.

Things can go very quickly for your startup if you bring the right knowledge and skills that you can leverage. It's going to be much, much more difficult in some niches for a recent high school grad who's real world life experience amounts to flipping burgers at Mickey D's and hanging out at the mall.

Depending on your niche and your business model, you've got learning curves to contend with. Whether you actually do the work yourself or outsource it, you've got to know and understand how to get the right work done. (As a cautionary tale, you'll read here daily about those still struggle after years of getting the work done right - a huge distinction that completely escapes most business people.)

hmmm... I'll assume you meant "production costs."

How does this grab you: create teaching webinars/videos and repurpose the same content as audio, transcripts as PDF (e-books), each as "new" products? Then, with minimal time/effort you can break each of those down further in a series of blog posts, posts to your list, with the videos cut and edited on YouTube, etc. Can you see the potential when you've done your research and get into the right niche for this? (And, 'No, Virginia, it's not just for MMO!')

The last thing you ever want to do is make your success/failure dependent entirely on others. Google comes immediately to mind because so many newbies are strapped for cash they naturally zoom in on anything "free" and "easy." Unfortunately, SEO is neither "free" nor "easy" nor does it "scale" - but they won't find that out until it's too late.

Setting up an LLC will probably cost US$500-600 with the formation, licenses and fees; and you'll have to renew those licenses and fees at city and county levels, so that's another 150--200 every year. But I think it's well worth it because of the financial and legal protections it provides if you're serious about building a business that will be growing and expanding for years and decades to come. There's a little absolute certainty about how taxes and deductions will change over the years, but I'm confident that you'll be able to build your net worth quicker this way. (For example, from my perspective the tax code is generally fair/generous about legitimate business expenses and deductions. That's bound to change, but no one knows 'how' or 'when.')

That said, there are undoubtedly a hundred times as many newbies who aren't the least bit interested in empire building and only want to supplement their income - and add a measure of financial security with all the gloom-and-doom about the economy, deficits, debt, and unsustainable entitlements. That's fine! I think a lot of them are going to be pleasantly "shocked" while they watch their incomes from Internet marketing gradually replace and surpass their 9-5 gigs over the next decade!

Whatever you decide, my advice is to stop chasing money, and look after the best interests of your target audience. If you do that, they'll take very good care of you, too, and it's not just buying your products, but going the extra mile to thank you personally, and recommend you to their friends. You can't buy that kind of advertising or endorsement!

There are 2 levels of outsourcing. Level 1 is Outsourcing grunt work / detail work / repetitive work. You can find many people for this. The problem is MANAGING them. Also, you have to ensure quality is consistent and your ROI objectives are met. Or else you are just wasting money.

Level 2 is outsourcing your WHOLE business. You are basically hiring a company to run your business. This IS available but it won't be cheap plus they'd probably need a % of your gross revenue. Moreover, there's a danger they'll steal your traffic, members, content ideas, model, or all of the above.

For me I'd spent it on content. I'd pay writers to churn out high quality content, then post on guest blogging sites. It's the best long term organic traffic you can get

Unfortuntely I can relate to this type of thinking. When I first got started with IM, I thought I had more money than time. I was running a brick and mortar store and doing okay at it.
So stupid me, I thought, "why can't I just "invest" $2000 a month in IM and build up a passive business after a year or so and have a nice little passive income stream(I think I was reading the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series at the time). I just hire someone to create this magical site that will do everything for me after I set it up and all I had to do was buy traffic for it. Lol, how nieve!!!!
I think Joe or Justin(whichever one it was) from Adsense Flippers said it best:
Trust me, I sort of tried to do the same thing myself and the only thing I did was make some big Clickbank product creators some money for 4 or 5 months.(Thanks Bill McRea)

So my suggestion to people new to IM is, pick a system or a mentor and learn the system. It's going to take some money in almost anything you do online then after you have your system down, then spend $2000 a month on VA's, writers, web designers, video editors and etc to maintain and grow that system, the only difference though, is you'll be making $7,000 a month and you'll only be spending part of you additional income.

if you do it correct you can expect at least 10 times higher (but still you need to be a superb manager, have a great plan and know what you are doing) cheers!

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