| Outsourcing is one of the best ways to build your | | | | useful for all of your outsourcing needs. I highly |
| business without having to put in countless hours of | | | | recommend these websites since I've used them for |
| work. It's great to be able to use experts already | | | | years. I can trust the people on there. The reason I can |
| specialized in various tasks to complete them for you. | | | | trust the people on these sites is because they live off |
| All you have to do is delegate, however, what if you | | | | feedback. So if they screw me over, which they're not |
| want to use overseas sources for your outsourcing. | | | | going to, typically - I have a means to dispute it in a |
| Should you post an ad on Craigslist and hire experts | | | | controlled environment. I've only had one person in eight |
| from other countries bidding on the job? Should you | | | | years ever screw me over on a job and it was over |
| hire an expert from countries like China, India, Taiwan, | | | | an article. I'm not saying it's impossible to get screwed |
| and other countries? | | | | by sites like Elance or Scriptlance. However, you |
| I was recently asked this exact question from a | | | | lessen your chances of having it occur. |
| student of mine who did this. Although many bidding for | | | | But the best part about working with sites like these is |
| the job are more affordable from these countries, the | | | | that you've got feedback and your provider can get |
| question that may cross your mind is can they be | | | | kicked off the forum or get such a bad rating that it |
| trusted with passwords and server information? What | | | | may be difficult for them to find more work so these |
| are my thoughts on this? Well, personally, I would not | | | | workers usually work hard to please you -- the |
| use Craigslist to find people, especially when building a | | | | employer so to speak. If they have a bad rating they |
| new relationship. You're building a new relationship with | | | | can lose a lot of money and they will do anything in |
| someone and understandably cannot trust them right | | | | their power to avoid this from happening. |
| away. You're basically taking a huge risk if you don't | | | | So what wording should you use? The trick to it is |
| know them and are freely giving them access to | | | | definitely in you're posting. Say something like; "This is a |
| personalized information. I would suggest that you hire | | | | simple and easy task for anyone that knows what |
| an expert who already has an established relationship | | | | they're doing." By saying something along those lines, |
| with you so that you can be at ease. | | | | you'll get the most qualified person at a reasonable |
| So, what is the main reason why I would not | | | | price. The main thing is that you've got the third party |
| recommend outsourcing to sites like Craigslist? Well, | | | | like Scriptlance or Elance who are going to be the |
| there's no middle man who can oversee and | | | | middle man. They basically manage the whole |
| document the situation of managing the project. I | | | | payment process to ensure both parties are |
| guarantee you, there are various sites that can provide | | | | protected. They also manage disputes if you are in |
| you with better experts in an environment that looks | | | | that unfortunate circumstance. But even if you are, |
| after your best interests. | | | | they are pretty good at ensuring your needs are met. |
| Using sites like Elance or Scriptlance will give you the | | | | You can always go to them if you're having issues or |
| opportunity to find very reasonable, affordable prices, | | | | problems and let them know. They can deal with it and |
| especially if you use the right wording for your project | | | | handle it because that's what their team does. |
| posting ad. These sites are incredibly professional and | | | | |