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Atricle Dump - Outsourcing your Business for More Profits
I know some of you are thinking... duh! But, I have been working from home for about 7 years and it still amazes me how many companies slack on their Customer Service duties. I have worked for a few Direct Sales companies as well as owing my own business. I still have much to learn about running a business, but I do know that you have to please your customer in order for them to return. Of all the Direct Sales companies I’ve been with, the main problem seems to be slow shipping. Of course, it depends on what is being sold. However, when a customer has to wait over a month for the products they’ve ordered, it is almost
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.ht
Video Brochure – The same advantages a CD sales letter (above) has over a print sales letter are even greater with a video brochure. You can film your own infomercial and even if it never airs, you can distribute it on a DVD or videotape. Unlike infomercials, which have some strict guidelines, video brochures can contain practically any format. You can use the “news broadcast” format, which is restricted in infomercials. The best video brochures are those that look like television programs, since that’s what people expect to see when they are watching it. Testimonials can now contain video of the person speaking. Befor
It's normally when so much of your time is taken running your business that you don't have enough time to work on expanding it and taking it to the next level. This also means your earnings/profits also get stuck at a certain level.
This is when you need to look at your business and work out what processes and tasks you can outsource. If you don't do this, you won't be able to take your business to the next "level".
Whether it's answering email, support, research, site building or article writing, there will be something that you can outsource.
It can be a bit of a leap the first time you do it, I know for me it was a bit of a rench because it seemed like I was letting go of some level of control of my business. I only realised after I'd done it that it was actually the reverse, I was stopping the company from controlling me, and in doing so freeing up my time for more profitable things.
If you are like me, then once you realise this you will start to look for what else you can outsource..
The first task I outsourced was submitting my sites to directories for free one way inbound links to help those site rank better. It is such a boring tedious task that I was spending very little time doing it, so little in fact that I might as well not have been doing it.
I placed a job description on RentaCoder and within a few days had 20+ people bidding on the job, varying from around $2 per hour to over $5 an hour for the work. Some people even had lists of directories that they could supply as they had previously done similar work for other clients.
I ended up choosing a company who do the work for $3 and hour and can cope with as much work as I give them. I now have around 50-60 sites being submitted to my list of directories every 4-6 weeks and all I have to do is prepare the list of site to be submitted.
I also have a couple of people writing articles for me so that I can have unique content for some of my sites.
I am planning on outsourcing a couple of other aspects of my business shortly as well, including site building with one of the site generation tools I use, so that I can have someone else building sites for me. This of course means that my business will continue to grow even while I am away on holiday with my family.
Perhaps you're starting to get the idea of how important it is to outsource things as soon as you can. If a task is becoming mundane, monotonous or time consuming, it's time to wrtie down how you do the task and use it as a training guide for someone else to do the work..
What kind of things should you outsource?
1. Directory submissions.
Make sure you set up a separate gmail, yahoo or hotmail account for the submission reply emails to go to and check that the work has been done.
Make a list of domains that you want submitted and get them all done so that the new links appear over a coupe of months, rather than all in one go, this looks more natural to the search engines.
2. Get articles written. Make sure the articles you get written are good quality.
If you are getting them written for submitting to article directories then better quality articles get used more and therefore you will get better more/better links.
If you are using them for your own unique content sites, then you want to offer your visitors good quality information to encourage them to visit again and to sign up for your newsletter.
You should aim for at least 500 words and a keyword density of around 2%, this should cost between $5-10 per article, depending on the quality.
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.htm
Over the past 25 years I have had the unique opportunity to talk directly with many of the professionals and instructors who use Overhead Projectors as an integral part of their profession. Through these interactions I have accumulated notes and information that has inspired me to write these articles that pertain to some of the most common problems experienced by owners of today's and yesterday's Overhead Projectors. This is the fifth article in a series of articles that will be written from a professional Electronics Technicians point of view in regards to some of today's most common Overhead Projector problems.from controlling me, and in doing so freeing up my time for more profitable things.
If you are like me, then once you realise this you will start to look for what else you can outsource..
The first task I outsourced was submitting my sites to directories for free one way inbound links to help those site rank better. It is such a boring tedious task that I was spending very little time doing it, so little in fact that I might as well not have been doing it.
I placed a job description on RentaCoder and within a few days had 20+ people bidding on the job, varying from around $2 per hour to over $5 an hour for the work. Some people even had lists of directories that they could supply as they had previously done similar work for other clients.
I ended up choosing a company who do the work for $3 and hour and can cope with as much work as I give them. I now have around 50-60 sites being submitted to my list of directories every 4-6 weeks and all I have to do is prepare the list of site to be submitted.
I also have a couple of people writing articles for me so that I can have unique content for some of my sites.
I am planning on outsourcing a couple of other aspects of my business shortly as well, including site building with one of the site generation tools I use, so that I can have someone else building sites for me. This of course means that my business will continue to grow even while I am away on holiday with my family.
Perhaps you're starting to get the idea of how important it is to outsource things as soon as you can. If a task is becoming mundane, monotonous or time consuming, it's time to wrtie down how you do the task and use it as a training guide for someone else to do the work..
What kind of things should you outsource?
1. Directory submissions.
Make sure you set up a separate gmail, yahoo or hotmail account for the submission reply emails to go to and check that the work has been done.
Make a list of domains that you want submitted and get them all done so that the new links appear over a coupe of months, rather than all in one go, this looks more natural to the search engines.
2. Get articles written. Make sure the articles you get written are good quality.
If you are getting them written for submitting to article directories then better quality articles get used more and therefore you will get better more/better links.
If you are using them for your own unique content sites, then you want to offer your visitors good quality information to encourage them to visit again and to sign up for your newsletter.
You should aim for at least 500 words and a keyword density of around 2%, this should cost between $5-10 per article, depending on the quality.
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.ht
Many people who participate in online forums find themselves wasting productive time debating worthless commentary, rather than engaging in the topic at hand. Some folks get really upset over all this and yet it is truly amazing that the people who make these comments are the ones doing the most disrupting.Recently in an online forum a self-proclaimed "psychotherapist" came into chat and participate in our dialogue. This particular gentleman, which I might describe as a senile, angry, bitter, dirty old man is known to cause problems, but like always he starts out just fine and thus no harm, no foul. Af
I also have a couple of people writing articles for me so that I can have unique content for some of my sites.
I am planning on outsourcing a couple of other aspects of my business shortly as well, including site building with one of the site generation tools I use, so that I can have someone else building sites for me. This of course means that my business will continue to grow even while I am away on holiday with my family.
Perhaps you're starting to get the idea of how important it is to outsource things as soon as you can. If a task is becoming mundane, monotonous or time consuming, it's time to wrtie down how you do the task and use it as a training guide for someone else to do the work..
What kind of things should you outsource?
1. Directory submissions.
Make sure you set up a separate gmail, yahoo or hotmail account for the submission reply emails to go to and check that the work has been done.
Make a list of domains that you want submitted and get them all done so that the new links appear over a coupe of months, rather than all in one go, this looks more natural to the search engines.
2. Get articles written. Make sure the articles you get written are good quality.
If you are getting them written for submitting to article directories then better quality articles get used more and therefore you will get better more/better links.
If you are using them for your own unique content sites, then you want to offer your visitors good quality information to encourage them to visit again and to sign up for your newsletter.
You should aim for at least 500 words and a keyword density of around 2%, this should cost between $5-10 per article, depending on the quality.
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.ht
How do you measure the effectiveness of your advertising? Do you look only at whether or not you have had an increase in sales or enquires subsequent to the publication of an advertisement, or do you include product or brand awareness in your evaluations?The most suitable criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of advertising, depends on a number variables, such as the advertising goals, the type of media used, the cost of evaluation, the value that the business or advertising agency places on evaluation measures, the level of precision and reliability required, who the evaluation is for and the budget. It is
Make sure you set up a separate gmail, yahoo or hotmail account for the submission reply emails to go to and check that the work has been done.
Make a list of domains that you want submitted and get them all done so that the new links appear over a coupe of months, rather than all in one go, this looks more natural to the search engines.
2. Get articles written. Make sure the articles you get written are good quality.
If you are getting them written for submitting to article directories then better quality articles get used more and therefore you will get better more/better links.
If you are using them for your own unique content sites, then you want to offer your visitors good quality information to encourage them to visit again and to sign up for your newsletter.
You should aim for at least 500 words and a keyword density of around 2%, this should cost between $5-10 per article, depending on the quality.
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.ht
How I loathe those awful, cheesy pages promoting the "secrets" of point of sale advertising. They usually offer nothing more than common knowledge with a bonus picture of a slick, 1980’s suited guy grinning at you.However, this page will try to inform you about exactly that: a “secret” market of 210,000 shoppers every 2 weeks (that’s 34,000 more shoppers more than Tesco’s) that most point of sale advertisers completely overlook.I am talking about Motorway Service stations. 1 of these stations attracts 22 times the footfall of high street
When you post the job make sure candidates send you an example of their work. I would also recommend giving two or three a few test subject to write articles on before you make you're final decision as to who to use in the long term.
3. get your articles submitted for you to Article Directories (see previous linking strategies articles).
4. getting sites built using a site generation tool
5. posting to forums (see previous linking strategies articles)
6. writing ebooks and software systems to sell.
7. designing new sites or templates for site building tools.
These are just some of the ones that are obvious to me, you may well find other things that you can outsource, the important thing is to get it done.
Sources. My favorite places to use for outsourcing are: -
http://www.topkeywordlists.com/elance.html http://www.topkeywordlists.com/rentacoder.html
Others that I haven't tried (yet) include: - http://www.guru.com http://www.webmasterlabor.com
Having your own business and owning your own business are two different things, do you want to work for your business or do you want to have your business work for you..?
Take control of your business now and look at what process or task you can outsource now!
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