More on Outsourcing

If you missed the teleseminar the other the day about outsourcing, I'll quickly share a few important points here.

What should you consider outsourcing?

1. Projects you don't have the skills for or would take too long for you to do.
2. Items you can pay someone else to do at less cost than you make on an hourly basis.
3. Tasks that bore you--and therefore don't get done anyway!

How do you find reliable outsourcing talent?

1. Ask friends and colleagues. Word of mouth is the most effective way to add to your team.
2. Reliable sites like elance.com and hiremymom.com.

When is it time to outsource?

1. When you have too much work and can't get things done in a timely fashion.
2. When administrative tasks for your own business (such as marketing, web updates, bookkeeping) keep you from being able to complete billable projects).
3. When doing so will help you strategically grow your business.

In my next post, we'll talk about outsourcing mistakes to avoid.