| If you run your own internet business then online | | | | everything that your member of staff will need ot |
| outsourcing will enable you to grow your business | | | | complete the job at hand. This should include |
| faster than doing everything by yourself. If you hire a | | | | information on what the finished project will actually |
| freelance member of staff suddenly you have | | | | look like, what resources you have for them to make |
| someone on hand who can produce articles, ebooks, | | | | the project run smoothly and any other elements you |
| website templates and more while you sleep, relax or | | | | consider important. This "specification" sheet it essential |
| simply get on with other, more important, projects. | | | | to not only brief your team member on exactly what |
| The first step in succeeding with online outsourcing is | | | | is expected of them but also to give you a yardstick |
| figuring out what tasks you actually need completing - | | | | to measure their work against. |
| and whether they are one off tasks (like creating a | | | | After all, if you haven't provided a detailed description |
| mini site graphic package for you) or longer-term tasks | | | | of the required outcome of a project, it is very difficult |
| like hiring a full-time virtual assistant, article writer or | | | | to explain how and why your freelancer has missed |
| customer service person. | | | | they the spot, and they may well be understandably |
| Once you have made your decision, the next element | | | | annoyed at having "failed" at something you didn't |
| is to come up with a detailed brief containing | | | | inform them of to begin with. |