Inside Tips On Outsourcing

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In my experience, contractors who are always bidding on work in Elance and those types of sites are always bidding for a reason. The contractors who are not bidding are not bidding for the opposite reason. They are good and don’t need to chase work. There are techniques to flush these guys out. A lot of them set minimum bid alerts so they are notified of high value jobs. One way is to post high value jobs to attract their attention and get conversations started with them. Another way is to search for the best ranked or highest earning contractors. Track their previous job types to see which ones match closest to your job requirements. Never measure a contractor based on the rating system because a lot of them give each other good ratings even if they’re not good to preserve each other’s scores. You should track down the busiest, highest earning contractor that has worked on job descriptions just like yours and contact their previous employers for verbal feedback and reference.

Also, never contract a big important job completely to an unknown service provider and always pay through escrow to guarantee output on providers you don’t know well. These are small tips for mitigating your risks when dealing with freelance providers. Never try to go outside of the system that you found them in, as it’s safer to work in a middle ground.

Don’t select the cheapest bids, look for quality stuff. If you have multiple outsourced talents working for you, you may want to consider hiring a project manager to interact with them. Regular meetings and teleconferences over Skype are recommended to keep updated on the work status.

The best way to work is to find outsourced talent that you can have a permanent need-based relationship with. This adds security and saves the time it takes to source new workers. Almost all of the strategies that I have discussed in this book can be offloaded to separate service providers – however you will need to plan your overall strategies in detail before getting the work started.

Simon U Ford (SUF.EDBD)