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Jun 17 2008

Advantages and Risks of Outsourcing: Advantages 2-3

Posted by Linda in Employees, tags:

The advantages and risks of outsourcing is the topic of this series posts.

I started it with an introduction and the first advantage of outsourcing. If you missed that post, you can access it at Advantages and Risks of Outsourcing Your Marketing. Today’s post continues with two more advantages.

Advantages And Risks Of
Outsourcing Advantage 2
Reviews And Samples
Aid Selection

Reviews are often available so you consider more than just price in your selection. All outsourcing services use some kind of review process, including comments by other business owners who have used that outsource vendor before.

You can also ask to see samples of the vendor’s work. I asked the freelance editors to provide a publication that they had frequently edited. I also looked at videos before selecting the video editor and Drupal sites before selecting my programmer.

Advantages And Risks Of
Outsourcing Advantage 3
If Vendors Don’t Complete Work
According To Your Specifications,
You Don’t Have To Pay Them

Another great advantage of outsourcing is that you can specify exactly what a job entails and set deadlines. If the vendor fails to meet specifications or deadlines, you aren’t stuck with a bill for work that you can’t use.

This can save you loads over assigning a staff member to do the job because you have to pay employees’ salaries whether they complete a job satisfactorily or not.

Of course, you can fire an employee who consistently fails to perform assigned tasks, but that’s much more complicated than canceling an outsource job that’s behind schedule or doesn’t meet your job specifications.

If these advantages appeal to you and you want to outsource a present job, I recommend that you go to one of the links below and sign up for an account. It’s easy:

Scriptlance.com.
Rentacoder.com

To get to the next post in this series, click the following link: Advantages And Risks Of Outsourcing: Risks 1-2.

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3 Responses to “Advantages and Risks of Outsourcing: Advantages 2-3”
  1. trafficsupport.net says:
    June 18, 2008 at 1:21 am

    well its a good thing that you introduced “Advantages and Risks of Outsourcing Your Marketing.” coz its a good way we should be aware on the rick that we should take while doing outsourcing

  2. katie says:
    January 17, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    hiya, does any know how much it cost to create a advertisement for a company, it would be much appriciated if isit somethink like mobile network company (vodafone, T-mobile)
    thankyou

  3. Linda says:
    January 21, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Hi Katie,

    There’s no exact answer to your questions about what advertisements cost. It depends on the media, the number of people reached, etc.

    But in this economy, concentrate your efforts on media that reach your target market and as few other people as possible. Such target marketing provides a better return on advertising investment than mass marketing.

    Warmly,

    Linda

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