Outsourcing work in order to get the job done is nothing entirely new, but people are finally starting to catch on. With the success of websites like guru.com and elance.com, it is now easy for anyone to hire someone across the globe to complete a project.
It’s amazing how much the internet has helped develop a global economy, and as internet access becomes more and more available around the world, that will only expand. We have only touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to discovering global resources via electronic delivery.
Global outsourcing offer several major benefits. For one, you dollar can go much further. It might cost you $100 an hour to hire someone in the United States for a particular expertise, but in India it may only cost you $10 an hour.
Secondly, the different time zones presents significant opportunities that allow you to have your business running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Imagine being a college student that has a research project due in 48 hours. You could hire someone from India to do all the research and organize it for you. You go to bed and when you check your email in the morning, you find a complete outline and all of the research you need to complete you report.
Not only that, but the research is very well organized, with all the sources accurately cited, direct links to the original source, and it even includes graphs and images. All you need to do now is add your own words to make it your very own content – and you could even outsource that.
But outsourcing work is not just for college kids. I’d be willing to bet that you could outsource a big part of your job, and other parts can be automated. The only exception to this rule is labor jobs that require your hands, but even then you could get creative.
Think about it . . .
- What repetitive tasks get on your nerves that a monkey could do?
- What do you hate most about your job that you could offload?
- How much more money could you make if you could multiply yourself?
- What part of your job do you wish you were better at?
- If you could get rid of work how would you spend your time?
By taking advantage of the global economy and the availability of highly competent, yet cheap resources, you can live the life of freedom. Discover the power of outsourcing work and you’ll never look at things the same.
To find out how to effectively search and hire the best talent for the least amount of money, go download the Xtreme Outsourcing video program. While this program discusses outsourcing internet businesses, the same powerful strategies can be applied to your line of work and just about any business model.



10:31 pm on October 5th, 2008 1
Thanks for the article. The one difficulty I see with outsourcing is that you can’t outsource primary leadership tasks. Things I would include in this are vision casting, dreaming, one-on-one communication etc..