Comments on: My Business…Outsourced http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced A blog and forum community for helping entrepreneurs young at heart better their small businesses. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joey Pomerenke http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-20331 Joey Pomerenke Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:53:22 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-20331 @ Poo - Glad to see other people like me out there! : ) I have not personally had a bad experience with eLance and the quality. I think the reason is i have always taken the highest bid compared to the lowest as human nature would lead you to do. The company doing the highest bid is always a reputable company with a track record of great work. This shows in their feedback on eLance. Always remember, you get what you pay for. @ Richard - I have not yet outsourced any critical parts for operations to any company i have not done a lot of research on and know they are legit and here to stay. The majority of my outsourcing is project based, and doesn't deal with operations. But, James is right - You always need a back-up. This should be obvious however - Even if you are not outsourcing. You always need a back-up plan in business. @ Poo – Glad to see other people like me out there! : ) I have not personally had a bad experience with eLance and the quality. I think the reason is i have always taken the highest bid compared to the lowest as human nature would lead you to do. The company doing the highest bid is always a reputable company with a track record of great work. This shows in their feedback on eLance. Always remember, you get what you pay for.

@ Richard – I have not yet outsourced any critical parts for operations to any company i have not done a lot of research on and know they are legit and here to stay. The majority of my outsourcing is project based, and doesn’t deal with operations. But, James is right – You always need a back-up. This should be obvious however – Even if you are not outsourcing. You always need a back-up plan in business.

]]> By: Richard McLaughlin http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-20278 Richard McLaughlin Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:41:55 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-20278 2 names for you. Tm Ferris and James Brausch. Tim wrote the 4 hour work week and strongly pushes the idea of outsourng as much of your life as you can. Having read the book I actually took over some of the work for my partner; she outsourced part of her life to me because I am unemployed. She is more productive and I can help when i am not in the active job search. James wrote a post about Elance, and I would advise people to read it before outsourcing the critical parts of your job. He had a process block and fail because the outsource partner followed their process, and the process said stop. Here is the post: http://www.jamesbrausch.org/elance-doesnt-work/ Don't take hipost as me saying things bad about elance, but as a comment on having a backupplan in place. 2 names for you. Tm Ferris and James Brausch.
Tim wrote the 4 hour work week and strongly pushes the idea of outsourng as much of your life as you can. Having read the book I actually took over some of the work for my partner; she outsourced part of her life to me because I am unemployed. She is more productive and I can help when i am not in the active job search.
James wrote a post about Elance, and I would advise people to read it before outsourcing the critical parts of your job. He had a process block and fail because the outsource partner followed their process, and the process said stop. Here is the post: http://www.jamesbrausch.org/elance-doesnt-work/

Don’t take hipost as me saying things bad about elance, but as a comment on having a backupplan in place.

]]> By: Poo http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-20254 Poo Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:53:54 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-20254 Hey Joey, I've just been looking through your blog and realized we have similar back-grounds (business school) and similar future goals. You mention that you use elance, but I've heard they can be quite expensive compared to some of the others. Would you say there's a big difference in the quality of work you done? Thanks, Poo Hey Joey,

I’ve just been looking through your blog and realized we have similar back-grounds (business school) and similar future goals.

You mention that you use elance, but I’ve heard they can be quite expensive compared to some of the others.

Would you say there’s a big difference in the quality of work you done?

Thanks,
Poo

]]> By: michael brito http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19602 michael brito Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:50:10 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19602 you hit it right on the nail. i started freelancing a couple months ago, originally i was doing everything. i hated it. so one day while browsing some freelance job boards i had the idea of outsourcing almost all of my work. i now work about 5-10 hours a week and am making 3 times the money i was making before. i'm definately no millionaire, but i have a lot of one extremely valuable resource, time. PEACE! you hit it right on the nail. i started freelancing a couple months ago, originally i was doing everything. i hated it. so one day while browsing some freelance job boards i had the idea of outsourcing almost all of my work. i now work about 5-10 hours a week and am making 3 times the money i was making before.

i’m definately no millionaire, but i have a lot of one extremely valuable resource, time.

PEACE!

]]> By: Joey Pomerenke http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19559 Joey Pomerenke Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:14 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19559 If you guys would like to know any of the outsourced sources we used in the operations of JP eTail Group LLC, just shoot me any e-mail to joey (at) JPeTailGroup.com. If you guys would like to know any of the outsourced sources we used in the operations of JP eTail Group LLC, just shoot me any e-mail to joey (at) JPeTailGroup.com.

]]> By: Ketan http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19529 Ketan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:36:25 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19529 Any chance of telling us the malaysian firm who designed your website? I've been looking for someone to create a website and this company sounds really good. Great article BTW Any chance of telling us the malaysian firm who designed your website? I’ve been looking for someone to create a website and this company sounds really good.

Great article BTW

]]> By: Joey Pomerenke http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19499 Joey Pomerenke Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:37:11 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19499 @ Dan - I read that book recently and it did remind me of myself. He talks about having a personal assistant to do certain tedious things. I hired my sister for that :) @ Dave - This is my first experience with Elance. We choose them because it is such a large project and we were quoted some really high prices from programmers in the states. The rest of our outsourced contacts were acquired through contacts or Google search. Just shoot me an e-mail and i can put you in contact with the people you need. @ Dan – I read that book recently and it did remind me of myself. He talks about having a personal assistant to do certain tedious things. I hired my sister for that :)

@ Dave – This is my first experience with Elance. We choose them because it is such a large project and we were quoted some really high prices from programmers in the states. The rest of our outsourced contacts were acquired through contacts or Google search. Just shoot me an e-mail and i can put you in contact with the people you need.

]]> By: Justin Nowak http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19492 Justin Nowak Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:41:23 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19492 I think I will be looking to outsource some work soon, might have to ask for you recommendation Joey. Seems like the smart way to go. Great Article! I think I will be looking to outsource some work soon, might have to ask for you recommendation Joey.

Seems like the smart way to go.

Great Article!

]]> By: Dave http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19486 Dave Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:57:38 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19486 Great article, thanks for sharing. Are your Malaysian contacts still around? Did you find all of these outsourcing companies through eLance? Great article, thanks for sharing. Are your Malaysian contacts still around? Did you find all of these outsourcing companies through eLance?

]]> By: Dan Schawbel http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/comment-page-1#comment-19485 Dan Schawbel Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:37:02 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2008/01/29/my-business%e2%80%a6outsourced/#comment-19485 This reminds me of the 4 hour work week. If you have money you can do less, be more productive and enjoy life. This reminds me of the 4 hour work week. If you have money you can do less, be more productive and enjoy life.

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