Building Your Business by Outsourcing

Building Your Business by Outsourcing
By ChadBennett.com - facebok.com/chadwbennett - twitter.com/chadwbennett

What we wont talk about
Your opinion on the ethics of outsourcing
ChadBennett.com - facebok.com/chadwbennett - twitter.com/chadwbennett

What we will talk about
What and why outsourcing?
Stuff you can outsource
How to start
Best countries to use
Where to go
How to manage employees
Problems with outsourcing
Success Stories
Books to read / Homework

What and Why Outsourcing?aka offshoring, BPO, etc …
Outsourcing is subcontracting a service to a third-party person or company to:
- Lower costs and SAVE MONEY
- Save time
- Save resources
- Find qualified people
- Reduce time to market
- …

Stuff you can outsource
Computer Programming
Accounting
Technical Support
Server Management
Secretarial activities
Web Development
SEO / SEM
Call Centers
Engineering & Manufacturing
Company Logos
Anything that doesn’t need you to be there …
Stuff you don’t want to do
Sending a birthday card to Mom
Checking emails
Listening to voicemails
Breaking up with girlfriends
Saying sorry to your wife

How to start
Triathlons!
Figure out your goals
Write your goals down
Focus on what you want to do
Figure out how you what you want or need
What could I outsource in my business or my life?
How much can I afford?

Best Countries to use
There is no “best country”
Philippines, India, China, Malaysia, Czech Republic …
Find the country YOU want to work with

Where to go to find people
Freelancer.com (GetAFreelancer.com)
oDesk.com
Craigslist.org
Elance.com
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Alibaba.com
LimeExchange.com
Guru.com
RentACoder.com
Google.com
Articlez.com

How to manage employees
Email, Skype, PayPal
Google Wave
You need web based project management Software!
Zoho.com (Zoho Projects)
Basecamp.com
Attask.com (@task)
Screen recording software (Screencasting)
JingProject.com
Camtasia (http://www.techsmith.com)
Webcam and microphone

Potential Problems
Language barriers
Quality of work
High Turnover
Constant asking for advances
Security of Data

Success Stories
Long Term Outsourcing Projects - $1 to $4 per hour (GAF)
Over 200 applicants
Found best secretary from the Philippines.
Programming
PHP, MySQL …. Development lots of projects
Custom windows application development
Website specific smart email spider/extractor $50 (GAF)
Logos
Company Logos – Long Term Projects ($50 per logo)
Professionally done

Books and Homework
Books
The Millionaire Next Door (Thomas J. Stanley)
The E-Myth (Michael E. Gerber)
The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
Homework
Add me on Facebook , LinkedIn and Twitter (Facebook.com/chadwbennett - Twitter.com/chadwbennett)
Check out the websites where to find people
Start Outsourcing!