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Outsourcing – Using Other People to Produce Your Projects

By on March 21, 2014

Several sources are available where other people could produce products and services for you, often at a lower cost and with more competence than you could do it yourself. Some popular sites for outsourcing include: Fiverr where products and services are offered for an ultra-low price, typically $5; 99Designs, where you post the project and price you are willing to pay for a design, website, logo, etc. You post the funds into an escrow account. Then people from around the world present examples. If you do not find anything you like, your funds are returned. If you find something close, you may provide everyone or just the person who is close, more parameters. Again, you will not be required to pay until and unless you get something that you actually want. For typical pricing, look at what other people offer for similar projects. Elance and oDesk are popular project-based sites, where people are found and hired to perform administrative (like transcribing) or tech functions. Payment is typically through Paypal to ensure protection of you and the contractor; Freelancer.com is similar to Elance and oDesk, with more people who write computer code and software apps, although all three sites may provide code writers; Virual Assistant (VA) sites will also handle administrative and technical projects. Such sites as ContemporaryVA.com and AssistU.com have been high rated for providing high-quality VAs, although each person is different and you need to verify, with a test project. A top web marketer found someone through ContemporaryVA.com who she uses on a 20 hours-a-month retainer to handle her product launches, telesummits (telephone-based events), etc while AssistU offers longer-term VAs.

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