If you’re feeling overwhelmed and have to be two places at once most of the time, why not try letting someone else do all the hard work? Outsourcing can save time, money and effort without sacrificing quality (if done right).
Good Outsourcing Means No Micro-Managing
The first step to moving towards a better more easy-to-manage schedule is to learn to let go. Many upstart entrepreneurs find this the hardest as it means they have to relinquish some control. The question you have to ask yourself is would a president be able to run a country if he spent the whole time sweeping the streets? Could an actor hold the camera, direct himself and play beside himself? No. People need roles and businesses need more than one person in order to grow.
It very easy for someone who has built something from the ground up to find it hard to step back. I know because I have been there more than once! A good way to get to this stage mentally is by over doing it. Work on every little aspect until you go blue in the face and outsourcing seems like the only way out. Everyone can get there.
Find The Best Outsourcing Method For Your Needs
Everyone and therefore every business, blog or project will be different and require different skills and resources. That is why the most important factor in getting this right the first time is choosing the best place to find you new resource. By these what I mean is, if for example you make websites or blog you can use Freelancer.com to find the talent you need or if you need an online or telePA (just coined that term!) service you can use Money-Penny. The trick is researching your field and looking thoroughly through what is out there in terms of outsourcing you tasks.
Some Useful Outsourcing Resources
www.guru.com – Online marketplace for freelance talent.
www.elance.com – Matches people who want to work remotely with employers.
www.freelancer.com – At a small commission, programmers can bid on projects and buyers can post their projects.
www.odesk.com – odesk is a global service marketplace for small and medium sized business to hire, manage, and pay remote freelancers or teams. A great outsourcing resource.
Really good post, i do a ton of outsourcing. It really comes down to figuring out what your valuable at and what your not valuable at. I personally am really good at marketing and SEO. I’m also ok at writing content. However, i outsource a ton of content writing because i figure my ROI is the biggest when i spend time doing seo/marketing work. Therefore, if i can get someone to do content production whilst i do the important stuff, it allows me to focus at what im best at.
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Thanks, yes that is most definately the way to do it. No one person can be an expert in everything. Its best to aknowledge your strengths and let other people take care of the rest.
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The online industry is huge at the moment, and it’s expanding every day. The opportunities are endless online, soon the market will be oversaturated and things will start to change.
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It is expanding for sure. Change for sure, although I think there will always be opportunities out there.
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I joined both guru and elance. I felt like I was putting so much time into ‘applying’ for the jobs. The thing is, no matter how much you put into vying for the jobs, you have no assurance you’ll get the position.
I’ve wasted a lot of time on those sites and have now given up. I think they should make it easier for new talent to get a foot in.
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It is hard to find well paid and well respected jobs on there but they do exist. These sites are far better at the moment for employers rather than employees. Try getting the work in and then creating a team of freelancers from these sites. This will build your feedback to and can help you get work in the future.
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I have an account at elance.com
I hope to work with them but unfortunately I can not speak english very well. Looks like I have to ask for help translators to change my writing.
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Freelancer.com is really good. We use that site a lot and hire people from around the world. Try that one and as your English improves i’m sure you’ll get more work.
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Just make sure the people you outsource to are pros and in it for the long haul, I’ve had some bad experiences in the past with missed deadlines and poor quality content. Granted, I’ve chosen a cheaper alternative
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Agreed. Buy it cheap buy it twice.
Always worth hiring high quality and communicative freelancers.
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If you don’t outsource, then you’ll end up wasting a lot of opportunities for your business. Sometimes i find people who are way better then me in some tasks and work for a very reasonable rates. I recommend oDesk as it’s the one that i had the best experience with.
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So far many looks for previous ratings and they even dont show up for newbies those who offer for less money.I was tired of applying jobs in odesk
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Twitter: Ileane
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I have a freelancer that I work with quite often. She and I met on Twitter and after I saw some examples of her work, that was all I needed.
I’ve heard a few complaints from writers about not making enough money on elance, so I don’t recommend using them.
Thanks for all the advice.
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I sometimes wonder how North American/Native English speaking freelancers can make a living wage when it the pay is often so low.