{"id":232,"date":"2007-11-28T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T00:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2007\/11\/outsourcing\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T15:36:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T05:36:59","slug":"outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2007\/11\/outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Explaining outsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is <a title=\"Outsourcing gives control, rather than takes it\" href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/07\/outsourcing-gives-control-rather-than-takes-it\/\">outsourcing<\/a> and why should you care?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Outsourcing <\/strong><\/span>is simply getting someone else to do a task or tasks for you. It can be a simple task (e.g. getting someone to stuff envelopes or do a letterbox drop for you) or a skilled task (e.g. hiring a professional web designer, accountant, <a title=\"Picking a good business writer\" href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2008\/01\/how-can-you-pick-a-good-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\">writer<\/a> or photographer)<\/p>\n<h2>Some of the benefits to you and your business if you outsource are:<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5307\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2007\/11\/outsourcing\/many_hands_support\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5307\" alt=\"many hands make light work\" src=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/many_hands_support.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many hands make light work &#8211; it&#8217;s true!<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>save time as someone else does some of the work<\/li>\n<li>you gain expert knowledge in many cases<\/li>\n<li>you can potentially learn from the supplier<\/li>\n<li>you can gain an outside perspective (great as a sole trader)<\/li>\n<li>you may get a more professional result which will attract more customers<\/li>\n<li>the project is likely to be finished sooner than you could do it on top of the other tasks you are performing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although <strong>there is a cost to outsourcing<\/strong>, that is often paid for with the advantages above &#8211; for example, Brad designed his own website and it took 9 months before it was ready to launch. Later he realised that he could have paid Jim to design it and it would have been launched within a month, giving Brad an extra 8 months of sales to help pay for Jim&#8217;s service.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are feeling overwhelmed in your business or are desperate for another day every week, outsourcing may be your best option.<\/p>\n<p>If you have already done some outsourcing, how did you find the experience?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address><a title=\"royalty free images you can afford\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123rf.com\/#avsuper\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">*Image courtesy of 123rf<\/span><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is outsourcing and why should you care? Outsourcing is simply getting someone else to do a task or tasks for you. 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