Comments on: How to Outsource & Explode Your Business

By: Alaister

Alaister — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:53:22 +0000

Hey Amit…great video about concentrating on $200/hour tasks and outsourcing everything else. This is a great way for businesses to explode at incredibly fast rates for a very low budget. Excellent tips and advice!

If people are looking to outsource $50/hour and $10/hour tasks make sure you guys check out http://www.freelancer.com

We are the largest outsourcing site in the world and have over 1.6 million registered user from all over the world.

By: Andi | Web Marketer Depot

Andi | Web Marketer Depot — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:51:37 +0000

The first time I’ve read about outsourcing is from the book 4-Hour-Work Week (I think this book has reached the cult status in internet marketing community ^-^), and I’m really fascinated by the idea. And that’s why I find this video really cool as it simplify the idea of outsourcing into a more step-by-step basis.

Do it yourself first. Put a price tag on the tasks. Outsource $50 and $10 tasks. Etc.

Thanks, Amit.

By: Edwards Ray

Edwards Ray — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:42:11 +0000

Thanks Amit.you have done a great job. when i searched outsourcing companies in UK ,One of my friend suggested me finbpo. Amit can you help me out what are the parameters that can decide about the best outsourcing company.My friend told me Finbpo is the best one.can you help me here.Thank you..

By: Patrick & Nicole

Patrick & Nicole — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:47:59 +0000

great video Amit. I have been exploring options for an ideal place to have a logo created for the imminent Clickbank product we are launching in the next month or two, and now I have 99designs.com thanks to your recommendation. Outsourcing is going to be playing a major role and your advice was very helpful. thank you

By: R.W. Jackson

R.W. Jackson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:10:38 +0000

I second the fact that this is great timing Amit. I’ve just started to find myself swimming in a sea of tasks and the idea of outsourcing the most mundane of those is really a fantastic one.

Thank you,

~R.W.

By: Raj

Raj — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:02:30 +0000

Anthony,
Thanks for chiming in and giving more ideas.

By: Jerrel Pickens

Jerrel Pickens — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:04:37 +0000

I totally agree, I actually just got done blogging about how Super Affiliates like yourself stress outsourcing. Its definitely the way to go when running an affiliate marketing business, or any online business rather.

By: Anthony Santiago

Anthony Santiago — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:38:07 +0000

Hi Raj,

1.) You should outsource when you have your system AND you are ready mentally to hand the work off to someone else. Cost-wise it all depends on what needs to be done. You can hire per task basis, part-time or full time. It really depends on YOUR budget.

2.) I think it depends on your (net income) budget. You can find good people at all levels. From my experience, US workers are more than overseas workers.

3.) You need a system, a set of instructions to give your worker. If you don’t then you don’t know what you want outsourced. $10/hr can mean ANYTHING…literally ANYTHING
- Check my email
- Market research
- Customer support
- Website promotion
- Content Creation
- Ebay.com (who knows? LOL)

As for finding help, Elance, Odesk and Scriptlance get thumbs up in my book.

Good luck and hope I was able to help a bit.

Onwards and Upwards,
Anthony

By: Anthony Santiago

Anthony Santiago — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:24:57 +0000

Hi Amit,

Excellent post. and THANK YOU for sharing. I hope everyone realizes that it doesn’t take an ARMY of outsourcers to make a fortune. You are a perfect example. Its about leveraging your time to thing you DO BEST and high level activities.

You got it right. Perfect your system, then get someone else to help you with it.

Amen to bookkeepers, accountants and 99Designs!

Onwards and Upwards,
Anthony

PS. @ Everyone:

Please note: Outsourcing is JUST a tool. NOT a fix-all. You must know how to best yield this powerful leveraging tool for what YOU need. Think about your business and where you can free up your time.

By: Anthony Santiago

Anthony Santiago — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:13:06 +0000

Hi Richard,

You don’t have to always use your own name for website promotion, unless its absolutely necessary in your industry. I have a friend who posts to different forums for a doctor and what they do is have the comments approved first (set up in spreadsheet with url, comment, etc). Its reviewed, then approved… comments/posts are POSTED. Regarding, blog comments, I have had some success but there are times when the comments are not moderated and the time spent posting goes down the drain.

You can also use pen names for your traffic generation. Why not think about using outsourcing for article directory submissions, social bookmarking, directory submissions, etc etc.

Amit hit it on the head: YOU MUST KNOW YOUR PROCESS BEFORE YOU OUTSOURCE.

This is critical step that most beginners get wrong. You have to know EXACTLY what you want so there are no surprises in the end. (personally, I know firsthand)

Good luck!

Onwards and Upwards,
Anthony