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Previous: Job Seekers Flunk The Social Networking IQ Test Is your business stagnating because you just don't have enough hours in the day to do all the things you should be doing to grow your business? Do you work all day and part of the night and still not get everything done? Do you find you don't have the time you want to spend with your family and/or friends? Those are problems many business owners deal with day after day. But smart business owners know they don't have to work like that. The way to reduce the hours they work and improve their business is to bring in help – and one of the most affordable ways to get that help is to outsource work. And the good news is there is an army of independent contractors and small companies both in the US and abroad who can do the work you need done. Besides letting you reclaim your time, outsourcing work can provide your business with capabilities you, yourself don't possess… skill that you need to get jobs done – but don't need regularly or on a full-time basis. Comments As a web designer I continually get emails from indian companies wishing me to outsource them work…these emails are generally in the worst possible english and half the time make no sense, my question is simply, “how can they expect me to look favorably on outsourcing if they can’t get simple ideas across?” The calls I get from these same companies are infinitely worse than the emails i might add. Posted by: Matt Hymes on November 19, 2009 at 4:14 PM Outsourcing doesn’t have to mean giving work to someone in a different country than the one you live in. It just means sending the work “out” of your own company to be done. We do it here at BusinessKnowHow.com. We outsource jobs that require specific skills that we don’t have on staff and don’t need often enough to hire an employee to perform. As far as language and communications go, the problem isn’t related to any one country or language. If someone in India outsourced work to a web developer in the US who only spoke English, the same language problem would arise - in reverse. Same is true if someone in France outsources work to web developer in Spain who doesn’t speak and write French fluently. So in outsourcing, one has to start by considering what needs to be done and how it needs to be done. Then it’s a matter of choosing the company that can do the work in the way you need it done at the price and time frame that meets your needs. Posted by: Janet Attard Hello Janet- As you know, I am a big reader of Business Know How and it just so happens, that our model has almost completly shifted to outsourcing. However, our outsourcing is strong as we only outsource to highly qualified U.S. professionals and always have a description and test in mind before we attack the market. It has proven to help us get past a poor economy and has positioned us for real success in 2010 and beyond. Posted by: Jasmine Sandler on December 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM For outsourcing,finding a reliable company and negotiating the terms and conditions is quite important.A flexible contract benefits both parties, allowing the supplier to innovate and you to react to changing circumstances. Posted by: Transcription Services on February 19, 2010 at 12:28 AM Hi Janet, I agree outsourcing is an important strategy that can work beautifully, as long as you research the service suppliers and screen them properly. I use several services (some local and some overseas) to leverage my time and allow me to scale my business.
Posted by: Brian Bijdeveldt on February 25, 2010 at 10:41 PM The need to outsource as a small business owner is essential. The energy required to get a small/new business moving is momentous. Most small business owners I know work themselves to death trying to do everything when there’s an affordable, reliable outsource option available. We operate in the furniture industry and outsource all leather furniture deliveries to reliable ‘white glove’/full service delivery companies. When dealing with leather sofas there is a special skill required and it does not make sense to try and do it all. Posted by: Theater Seating on May 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM I hear the other web designer. I get alot of email proposals from companies from other countries to outsource. I don’t think I would ever use them because for the same reason as most. I dont know them from Adam. They have no brand recognition for me to go by. I am learning to network more these days however. I do want to get help from specialist in programming e-commerce and web apps for example as it is not my strong suit. I have spent so much time learning things i’d probably could have passed on to others. I am best at web design, brochures, multimedia,and SEO. Although i would like to program for eventually. Posted by: Superstar - Houston web design on May 16, 2010 at 5:35 PM I absolutely agree with your suggestion for businesses to outsource. Internally this is considered delegation, so why not broaden it externally. The latest book to discuss this trend is “The 4 Hour Workweek” and as far as I’m concerned, that’s three and a half hours too long! :) I write Ingenious Business, a collection of proven practical techniques that ignite business growth and profitability. An article this week talked about how to cut down on your work load through outsourcing. It’s part of a series on Creating a Turnkey Business. Posted by: Business Doctor on August 23, 2010 at 4:01 AM |
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In my experience with our cleaning business consulting firm, it is too small to scale correctly. I spend more time training and assisting help than it takes time to just do it myself. I guess it depends on how complicated and time consuming your business model is.
Posted by: cleaning business Ev on September 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM