In This Issue...

* Sylvie Fortin's outsourcing video tip

* Managed Outsourcing versus Out-Tasking  - Howard Tiano

* Review of Outsource and Delegate, a product from Dan Lok.

Outsource Outtake Of The Week

Sylvie Fortin - Sylvie Fortin is the secret weapon for many of the web’s top Internet marketers. Since 1999, her company, Workaholics4Hire.com, has been the “behind-the-scenes” backbone of some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the industry, providing reliable outsourced project management solutions. She has worked with the likes of Yanik Silver, Frank Kern, Shawn Casey, Ryan Deiss, Matt Bacak and many others. Her company handles every kind of task that needs to get done, and her specialty is in the content and web publishing market. Everything from concept development to customer service is handled by the Workaholics4Hire.com team.

-Do you have any outsourcing horror stories to share with our readers? I know I sure do! We can learn alot from our mistakes. Send to: outcasts@outsourceouttakes.com (can be audio/video)

Managed Outsourcing versus Out-Tasking

By Howard Tiano

Managed outsourcing and out-tasking are very different animals in the business world. It is vitally important to the success of your business ventures to understand there is a very big difference between the two. Simply stated outsourcing implies an on-going business relationship with a person, or company, to accomplish a business need.

Out-tasking, on the other hand, is simply looking outside your business to have a one time project or task completed. Often time's business owners are out-tasking when they should be building a longer term relationship through outsourcing. This leads to unhappiness and a negative feeling about outsourcing which really is misguided.

If your company is looking to have a custom software package designed, and you are looking at having a need for someone to periodically change and upgrade that software, then your business needs to build an outsourcing relationship with a person, or company, who can provide you with on-going programming services.

While you do not have the need for a full-time programmer on your staff, you do have a need for a programmer who will be available to you in the future when you need them. It is much easier for a person who built software to make modifications to it than it is having someone else come in and try to figure it out from scratch. This is an excellent example of needing an outsourcing relationship.

On the other hand, if your business needs to have a large bulk mailing done and will only need this done once a year or less, then you are likely looking at more of an out-tasking situation. You need a company who can take care of doing a large printing job, envelope stuffing, addressing, and mailing. This is not a technical task and can be performed by nearly anyone with general office experience and the right equipment available to them. When your business might need a similar task performed in the future it will not be hard to find a company to do the same task. This is an excellent example of out-tasking.

It is very important that you make the distinction between outsourcing and out-tasking and make the proper choice between the two. Your business will want to use the right resources and companies for the tasks you need performed. By understanding the differences between outsourcing and out-tasking you will be pleased with the results that your business can achieve.

Outsource And Delegate: Work Less, Make More!

After listening to Dan Lok’s two plus hours of audio, (not including the two bonus interviews), I feel he laid a great foundation for building your Internet business, leveraging the resources of others via outsourcing.

Borrowing liberally from some of the greatest business thinkers published today, (such as Stephen Covey (7 Habits), Robert Kiosaki (Rich Dad), Michael Gerber (E-Myth), to name a few), as well as Internet marketing superstar coach Rich Schefren (Internet business manifesto), Dan delves into topics such as time management, entrepreneurship, and team building. I do wish he would have credited his sources for the material more thoroughly.

Dan delivers his information with passion and authority, and even if you’ve read the above-mentioned authors, this is a good place to get a condensed version of their concepts as it applies to outsourcing your Internet marketing business.

While “Outsource and Delegate” is heavy on the why and what, and a bit light on the nuts and bolts, it’s well worth picking up. Also, you’ll want to hear the bonus interview with my friend, Carlos Garcia.

By the way, for those of you with more money than time, he offers an upsell package of outsourced services you may want to consider.

Check it out: Outsource And Delegate

Enjoy!

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