Thanks.

I just finished watching your video on your “ah-ha” moment and I see myself so clearly in your outline of your own mistakes that it makes me shake my head in wonder. Do all of us who are trying to begin a business online go through these exact same struggles? And if so, isn’t there a way we can reduce the learning curve sooner rather than later?

I’ve finally taken an important step for me, and finally outsourcing work for my first membership site. Rather than begin again and build everything on my own, again, I’ve outsourced all the traffic aspects to an entity that is busy writing articles, press releases, and other social media interaction. Of course, anyone who has gone through this process recognizes how important all aspects of building your internet business can become to the overall, long term success. I’m hopeful that spending money to avoid tasks I find time consuming will prove fruitful in the end.

Thanks for a great place to come and get really useful information for building my personal internet empire!

I guess, in a way, we also need the right cashflow to get us started. In this context, outsourcing can be the key to saving us time to free up the money that is required.

Another option for those who don’t have the cash flow to outsource is to barter with others for services/products until they can build up the money they are looking for.

That being said, I agree 100% that you must be clear and focused in what it is you need done in your business to avoid wasting both precious time and money.

It echoes your points.

I’ve read some great stuff, thanks to you and your followers.

I’ve only just started the blogging journey in the past few weeks but must ask the question: how vital is it for me to move from Blogger to Word Press to follow your programme?

Many thanks

Mervin

Great post and love your blog!

I never experienced the “catch 22″ – I already had the cash flow when I hired my assistant – and I simply needed some help with a specific task (article submission). I also heard from a friend that when she hired her virtual assistant, her income doubled a year later. I wanted to find out what it’s all about, of course!

I now use a very specific exercise for people who hesitate in delegating. I call it “Discovering Your Personal Brilliance Zone” (see the link in my name) – find out what you do best, delegate the rest.

Milana

I prefer to outsource people and actually see them. I did this once, and it was better since I could show to my assistant what I needed him to do for me.

Franck.

Outsourcing isn’t necessarily about freeing up time. It can also be about unloading the tasks you hate doing yourself so you can do the ones you enjoy.

For some people, that might mean outsourcing copywriting or other tasks that technically “make more money” so they can focus on the technical side of things – building sites, installing and tweaking WordPress, or whatever. These things are typically considered low-value tasks in the scheme of making money, but part of the reason most of us are in this business is to do what we enjoy.

Bartering skills is a good way to outsource stuff you don’t like doing in exchange for helping someone else do something they don’t like, but you do.

Im with a lot of you on this one.

You see I am fairly new to all this, well I say new but I have been trying for over a year but getting no-where.

It is only now I have managed to get a place in Alex Jeffrey’s coaching program that I see myself moving forwards positively.

I am putting sooo much work in right now to get things moving so I can ultimately see that out-sourcing is going to be a MUST as my business progresses.

Right now though as a lot of you have said the initial income level needs to be reached before you can afford to out-source.

For me though I have learnt a lot of what to do and how to do it via free resources online, however somethimes I have struggled with finding free help on certain tasks.

This is why my blog has every step I have taken so that anyone else in my position can follow along if they wish.

I think if you dont have the funds to out-source like me then get stuck in and work damn hard to get things moving yourself. At the end of the day I see out-sourcing as a luxuary.

for me I will be satisfied for now until I can pay others to assist me and when that happens I know I am successful !

I have paid out for one thing though, my soon to start mentoring. I think everyone needs a mentor to get started in the right direction. I have wrote about this on my blog.

Till net time- thanks for the great post Yaro

Dean
http://www.DeanHolland.com

If you’re a pro at writing but you don’t know the techy side, you can find someone out there who needs some content written for their site and who would be willing to trade a blog installation and design for that.

When I was getting started, I did everything from having my condo painted in exchange for a couple years of web hosting (I already had a reseller account for my sites so this cost me nothing extra) to offering a link at the bottom of the site in exchange for a blog design.

You might be surprised at what resources you have that can be traded for someone else’s time or resources. Even if you still have to do some work yourself, if it’s work in your field, you can probably do it a lot faster than you could if you were trying to teach yourself something entirely new!

Good luck, everyone, and outsource away!

Once you get into a good outsourcing groove it makes life so much easier and I’ve managed to pursue avenues of income that would not have been there if I was still doing all the regular day to day tasks that needed to get done.

I must say, this article could be the answer I was looking for.

I totally agree that whatever decision I’m ABOUT to take in my online business is cashflow and outsourcing.

I tarry on outsourcing too much due to the cashflow, and this article brings different perspective on balancing cashflow vs. outsourcing.

I can’t wait for the 2nd part!

Cheers

Thanks for this!

Thanks again!

Ann Jade
http://www.21rivers.com

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

Like you said, a main concern for entrepreneurs is to secure the initial cash flow to get the funding available to afford the outsourcing for your first steps. If you presently have a job, this may be easier, however if your business is your full-time job, than a new business might not be seeing a great deal of cash flow.

It sounds like you are going to address this issue in your next post, however I would like to mention that probably the most effective way to this is to concentrate 100% on sales (this is probably slightly different for blogs). Test as many marketing techniques to form your marketing mix as possible. Doing some market research will probably help you to arrive at an efficient marketing mix sooner.

Concentrating on sales might be pretty obvious, however it is easy for anyone to get distracted in other business tasks that don’t contribute to sales right away (ie: web design tweaks). Unless these auxiliary tasks contribute in some way to sales, in the interest of saving time and money, avoid these tasks whenever possible.

Praveen, you asked the question ‘What do you think one should look for in an outsourcing company, if one decides to do it?’ I know you asked Yaro this question, but I felt that I could help with this one also.

If one decides to outsource some of their work then it becomes of high importance to find the right Virtual Assistant (VA) to support you and your business with a view to form a long-term relationship with this VA. This will save time and money in the long run as the need to teach and train will gradually dissipate and you can simply hand over the work knowing that the end result will be of a high standard.

Try a search on ‘VA Networks’ to find whole networks of Virtual Assistants. Usually there is an area for you to post an RFP (Request for Proposal). An example of a network/forum in which I am actively involved is VAnetworking.com. You will be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the responses you will receive back.

If the VA you select isn’t able to help with a particular service then usually they will be able to provide a referral to a Virtual Assistant who can cover this area. If you would prefer to stick to the one VA simply chat with your VA – they might be more than happy to undertake training in this area.

I’m sure others will offer some really good direction and advice regarding this question also.