Tips for Running an Outsource Company
On the internet there are always people from all across the world who come together to form teams and businesses to help each other make money. In many international countries where wages are low there are freelance workers who will complete tedious tasks for half the price that anyone else will do it for. If you can find enough of these workers then you can start your own outsource company. I’ve seen many people on the Digital Point Forums who have outsource teams who complete work for them.
The hardest part of running an outsource company is finding reliable outsourced workers who work for as cheap as possible. Clearly the point of an outsource company is for you to find work and then outsource it for cheaper and keep the profit. When you can hire international people at half the wages you’re being paid then you can see that this is a lucrative business. You’ll need to possess some managerial skills that you can use to keep on top of your outsourced team, but apart from that you won’t need to do much else except find the work. Basically your job is to find the work, collect payments and make sure everything gets done on time and correctly from your outsource team.
In the beginning I found it difficult to get my outsource company running either due to the people I hired we’re not reliable or they charged too much. My goal was to always make at least 50% for finding the work and outsourcing it which although is a high commission, it was attainable. Nobody wants to throw money down the drain so the more money you can make the better off you’ll be. You never know when you might have a slow month in the freelance business anyways so it’s good to have some reserves from the months that do treat you good.
There is always work available online, but when you need to find work on a daily basis then it can sometimes run a little short. Everyone is looking for the cheap prices, and you definitely won’t have those. You’ll be relying simply on the work that you offer, and it needs to be good enough to retain clients. Webmasters don’t mind paying top dollar when things are done correctly, but the minute you start making mistakes you better have some answers.
When you have an outsource team from an international country the worst thing about it is that you aren’t able to meet them in person. You only get to interview them over a chat service on the internet and this can make it difficult to gauge people. In the beginning you might have some issues finding a team that gets the work done on time. As time progresses you’ll build a nice list of people who do complete work on time though and before you know it, you won’t even need to worry about your employees not finishing the work. You can never have to many people available to complete work for you, so don’t be shy about growing your list. Even if you don’t use half of them it’s good to have them on a list in case you ever become swamped with work, and trust me it will eventually happen.
When you have jobs to complete never leave them until the last minute because as you’ll find out outsourced workers don’t always comply with deadlines. It’s your fault if the work isn’t delivered to your clients on time due to your team not finishing it on team. This means you need to stay on your workers and make sure that everything is done correctly. If you finish to many projects with delays then word will quickly spread that your service has been slacking and it could result in less business.
Running an outsource company is hard work, but it’s very lucrative and it’s a lot less work then actually doing the work. When you manage a team of ten outsourced workers you can get more work done then if you we’re doing it all. You need to think like this if you want to make money online as it’s a battle that you need to win.
