Outsourcing to Grow Your Business

Get an Educated, English speaking worker by Outsourcing in the Philippines!

You can’t do it all yourself. If you know you need help with your business or service. There is an obvious solution. Just outsource it overseas. Really…I’m talking specifically about competent, english speaking Filipino workers from the Philippines.

I can guarantee you that outsourcing has a high return-on-investment (ROI) if done right. Especially with a skilled and affordable workforce in the Philippines.

For as little as $100-$1,500 per month you can have an outsourced employee that will help you with your business. That is for full-time and part-time schedules of 20-40 hrs. per week. The costs vary with different skill sets and the experience of the outsourcer.

The benefits of outsourcing are endless. Imagine gettting a lot more work done and in turn make a lot more money…with your guidance and specific instructions of course.

Cost of Outsourcing:

Exchange rate: 45 pesos per $1.00

Example below: 5,000 Philippine pesos is $111.11, the average cost for a full-time Filipino employee is usually around $300…for the month!

Whatever business you are involved in, are you really using the internet to the fullest. Filipinos are very savvy on the internet, so my advice is to use the internet to grow your business. It is by far the greatest way to get more exposure for your business than all media combined.

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Bonus: An Effective Online Marketing campaign…

Create business profile blogs, a Facebook page, Twitter account and of course a couple squeeze pages to capture visitors email addresses. (Squeeze page- a one-page website that offers a FREE ebook or newsletter or a instructional video…in exchange for their email address.) Then generate traffic to your web properties with good SEO on your blogs, submitting articles to directories, bookmarking your blogs, RSS feeds from your blogs and other traffic strategies.

With an aggressive online marketing campaign you can have 1,000’s of inbound links to your web properties in a matter of months. You will see a significant increase in traffic. You would want to track your visitor activity using Google Analytics. (Google Analytics-tracks all visitor traffic into your sites.) You would insert a “code” that they provide onto your blog for tracking. Really easy to do yourself or a task for your outsourced employee.

With these college educated, computer savvy Filipino employees, you can reach a whole new audience cheaply and quickly.

(Tip: Many of the most powerful Internet marketing strategies are free and easy with a trained staff.)

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This is what most successful internet marketers do. They get someone to do things for them. The outsourcers are only as good as your plan and detailed instructions. You are the architect, boss, honcho. Plain and simple.

You can find good Filipino workers at a couple of places. Some of these outsourcing services are websites with a database of thousands of workers ready to work. There is a one-time registration fee for them. And other full-service outsourcing companies charge a monthly fee that will provide you with an outsourcer based on your business needs.

A great thing is that they will allow you to interview as many potential employees until you find the right person.

You can see tremendous results for very little financial outlay.

Tips on hiring an outsourcer:

Know your needs.
Give detailed instructions of your mission and tasks.
Expect daily or weekly reports.
Set goals and deadlines. Be firm on your expectations…but please be polite and respectful.
Establish points of contact…email, video conferencing with Skype, Yahoo Messenger or Google Talk.
Pay only after the end of the month or period when you hired them. (exa: Hired on 20 Dec 1020…Pay on 20 Jan 2010…for 30-days of work)
Interview 5-10 employees before hiring. In most cases.
Have them to perform a specific task and report to you after a “deadline” with the completed task.
If you are not happy…pay them for their service and move on to the next one.
Bonuses are okay. Just don’t make it to frequent.
Be informal and ask them about their life and family. Create a good working relationship.
Don’t be to quick to fire an employee. Allow them to make mistakes. We all make mistakes.
Give an occasional work-day off, when you are happy with their results.
Understand that they don’t work on some of their national holidays.

(Tip: Keep on top of your business. Be prompt and dependable with your instructions, meeting appoinments, payments and overall…say what you do and do what you say!)

List of businesses and services to benefit from outsourcing:

Marketing
Research
Virtual Assistant
Data Processing and Management
E-Commerce
Data Processing and management
Recruiting
Medical support
Real Estate
Home-based businesses
Internet marketing- creating and managing blogs.
Sales Persons- Realtors, Insurance, Financial planner, CPA, Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists, etc…
Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM)
Professional Speakers
Trainers- Life coaches, Yoga teachers, Business coaches

Outsourcers skill sets:

Upload Blogs and Monitor comments
Suggest Social Media Content Ideas
Update Twitter Profile and Followers
Create Facebook Fan Page and Find Fans
Write or Revise Articles & Post Online
Video Marketing
Software programmers
Create Lists of Companies or Individuals
Research Business Competitors
Prepare and E-Mail/Mail Materials
Learn Software Applications
Project Management
Obtain Best Pricing on Purchases
Answer Phones and Check Voice Mail
Maintain Virtual Calendar
Arrange Appointments
Organize Travel Reservations
Create Newsletters
Prepare PowerPoint Presentations
Process Orders and Fulfill Orders
Handle Customer Service Issues
Email, Phone, Live Chat
Tech Support
Post Ads and Blog Entries
Data Entry and Mining