Comments on: How John Jonas Outsources To Full Time Staff For As Little As $200 Month

By: Bryan McKenzie

Bryan McKenzie — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:06:49 +0000

Outsourcing is a blessing, especially to those who are just starting a business and need quality work done at an affordable rate. I’ve outsourced some marketing and I have to say that it really depends on the country you pick. Some countries have become more Americanized and will produce a product that is identical, sometimes superior, to what you could get in the US.

By: Carpet Cleaning Marketing

Carpet Cleaning Marketing — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:22:01 +0000

Being a professional marketing consultant, I do not agree with outsourcing your marketing to other countries just because you get a deal! There are so many other more important aspects to marketing, internet marketing and search engine marketing that someone “even US based people” just don’t get. Go ahead and try it for a while then contact someone like me to clean up the mess and get you the results you were after in the first place.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:19:51 +0000

We write a lot of articles but I usually hire from places like elance.com, and it is always hit and miss. Hiring writers from outside of the US is almost always cheaper, but there are often issues with grammar, etc., and we end up re-writing a lot of material. I haven’t hired anyone from the Philippines, though, and it might be worth trying that. Quality is really key for us.

By: Office cleaning Bellevue

Office cleaning Bellevue — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:44:08 +0000

Thanks Yaro and John for sharing this interesting information. It’s always nice to listen to a person who is willing to share the exact steps used to get something done. I’m the owner of an office cleaning company and there was a time when I was thinking about an outsourcing, but couldn’t actually find useful information about it. Now I have trained and professional full time stuff that lives in the Seattle area, where we provide our services.

By: Colin Y

Colin Y — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:46:09 +0000

Yes outsourcing maybe a good solution especially when small business is starting to pick up. But still you need to be careful on who to deal with.

I have been there and know the hassle of dealing with outsourcing.

By: Obdulia Hansard

Obdulia Hansard — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:31:53 +0000

Wonderful resources right here. Iâ€™ll be back for the next your posting. maintain writing and happy blogging.

By: office cleaning Schaumburg

office cleaning Schaumburg — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:55:01 +0000

Outsourcing can really save you money and can bring you a high quality product. I personally had a good experience outsourcing. I had few websites done by a good guy in Russia and wonderful articles written by a lady from South Africa. Haven’t worked with Filipinos though, but I think they should be good because they have good English. A lot of big companies bring there call centers there.

By: Cleaning Cleaning Business

Cleaning Cleaning Business — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:38:58 +0000

I’ve listened to John’s stuff and think he’s got some good advice. If I can hire a guy for 5x less than in the US, this may be worth looking into.

By: Mike Schmitz | link building services

Mike Schmitz | link building services — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:06:52 +0000

Great insight on how to use outsourcing effectively. There is a risk involved, however, which is why sometimes it is better to outsource to people within the United States that you can even meet face-to-face. It is a different form of outsourcing, but still effective. Take something like hiring a company for link building services, for example. This is still somewhat considered outsourcing to build up your company’s website, but it is much less risky and more effective.

By: Natetronn

Natetronn — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:39:36 +0000

John don’t worry about it. I think people are just lazy (me included.) They want somebody to do the outsourcing for them. All you should need to say is “Outsource to the Philippines”, if they can’t handle if from there then they don’t deserve it.

By: Judaism

Judaism — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:28:24 +0000

A week ago I was really intimidated by the idea of hiring someone oversees, or just hiring someone at all. Now I can’t understand why everyone doesn’t do it.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:22:52 +0000

I rarely comment on blog posts, but I have to agree to your post. Majority of Filipinos speak very good English. Not only they do speak good English, but they can write very good articles as well (and I mean excellent grammar). You should hire one. I know, I have 3 Filipino writers who chunk out 30 excellent articles per day.

By: David

David — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:40:21 +0000

It all sounds fantastic. Just sit back on the white sands of Boracay and let some poor exploited pinoy/pinay do all those irksome tasks for you. Only problem is, you better be careful if you’re hiring them for article writing, blogging etc. Now we know that Google doesn’t always pay too much attention to grammar, syntax etc… But the potential audience you’re trying to reach just might. Especially if English happens to be their first language. Don’t believe me? Go to http://www.onlinejobs.ph ( one of the sites Mr. Jonas mentions on his $99.00 per month membership site ) and check out the work samples of some of the good folks there seeking article writing assignments in the West. The example of the article on baby blankets is a gem. And these are from job seekers that are highly recommended with ‘Majors’ in the English language. If that’s the best they’ve got, I’d hate to think what the rest are like. Although, having said that, if you’re looking for article writers in Tagalog, this could be just what the doctor ordered..

By: opal

opal — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:37:48 +0000

Great info! I’m inspired by the transparency of the processes that success stories provide.

On a side note, may I add that it’s “Filipinos” not “Phillipinos”.

By: frenchy

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:09:22 +0000

Mr Jonas, I mean. Not Mr. Jason.

By: frenchy

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:06:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I was about to write a long comment here to correct all the misinformation and\ misinterpretations about hiring Filipinos online shared here by Mr. Jason, but Shinta’s well-written comment already has a lot more than I could say.

By: haber

haber — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:25:54 +0000

I think the biggest hassle I have to deal with when it comes to outsourcing is that of trying to organise all my contractors so that they all know what to do, at the right time and in conjunction with one another.

By: jaydenlucas

jaydenlucas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:51:14 +0000

What made me feel amazed about the outsourcing secrets is the less expense yet leveraged time in the business while also taking time for yourself. I used this strategy as I also wanted to spend my personal time while checking on my business as well. Also, I got this idea from a blogger who emailed me about the easy ways of outsourcing which can be found at: http://www.massoutsource.com

It has free videos all can be accessed through this Australian guy’s website which also gave me an inspiration to bring back the success of my business in the long run.

By: Arthur Sinclar

Arthur Sinclar — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:16:27 +0000

I agree that elance is clearly bad. I havent’ tried hiring people in the philippines but it seems very interesting! Thanks for the interview Yaro…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:04:27 +0000

Yeah – remember Writing Up – I was on it for 2 years until it shut down and I never got any of my blogs back. Not only did I now make nearly as much as they said because people were clicking google ads left and right but I lost all my blogs. I wouldn’t believe a word this jerk has to say let alone give him $100 – that is how he is making money….he selling crappy information and stupid people are buying it!

By: fran

fran — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:01:13 +0000

Hi Shinta,

I agree with you.

I’m also from the Philippines and my business is hooking employers with possible employees. I use guru.com and elance.com to find customers and local ads to find employees. Regardless of what work involved, for example virtual assistant, writers, transcribers etc. I do not bid on projects that has a budget of $2-3 per hour. I usually bid on projects with $5 or more budget.

You will notice if you have been in this business for a very long time already, like me I started doing since the year 2000, that fair employers pay their employees fairly and $1-$2 is not fair.

Thanks,
Fran

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:30:26 +0000

Hey Yaro, I’m from the Philippines. And we are not Philippino we are Filipinos.

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:31 +0000

Oh, and I was especially annoyed at being taken step by step through something that isn’t even available in my country. That’s where my “bull” comment came in. I’m done commenting on this. Namaste.

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:07:24 +0000

Someone once said that a poem that only has 3 good lines should only be 3 lines long. I listened for an hour and all I got was “outsource to this country”. Look, I understand the concept of teaching the *what* for free and charging for the *how*,, but in Yaro’s interviews I’m used to getting more actionable info. It’s nothing personal.

By: John Jonas

John Jonas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:55:34 +0000

@disappointed – What kind of “in depth” info do you want from me? I don’t purposefully hold anything back in interviews like this.

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:47:18 +0000

Yaro is a great interviewer, but this John Jonas guy is impossible to get in depth info from for free. This is the 3rd interview I’ve heard him do and he always leaves me hanging and disappointed that I ever bothered to listen. His info is not new to me, but I do think that the concept of outsourcing is valuable. Even though I won’t waste anymore time if I happen upon another interview with him, I’m still not opposed to buying his products; mainly because the guys at Niche Profit Classroom vouch for him and I tried their site and was very pleased with it. It’s more likely though, that I’ll find a Rich Schefren product on outsourcing instead; even if it does end up costing me more. Thanks for trying Yaro, I know you saw through the bull, but just couldn’t say anything, lol.

By: Minnesota Attorney

Minnesota Attorney — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:50:19 +0000

Six months ago, I used John’s ideas and hired an attorney from outside the United States. She works half time and does an excellent job. Outsourcing isn’t tough, but it takes someone like John to explain the steps and where to get started.

By: learn german

learn german — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:24:45 +0000

$200 for a full time month is pretty good! I been tempted to use those something of fortune guys but they are around $600

Cheers!

By: IM Headlines

IM Headlines — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:02:45 +0000

I know what you mean friend. I used to find it very hard to find good outsourcers myself. From my experience I can tell that outsourcing to countries such as the phillipines or india may not always be worth it.

You see, it depends on your tasks. I usually hire people from the phillipines to take care of my graphic designs and/or coding. Some of them are really good at this. But for article writing, I hire native english speakers. It’s expensive I know, but it’s much better that way.

Cheers,
& Nice post BTW

Johnny

By: Blogging Guide

Blogging Guide — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:26:43 +0000

This is just what i’ve been looking for. I have so many different projects going on at the moment and i’ve been looking to outsource for a while. The problem i’ve found is that you need someone who is:

1. reliable
2. cheap

Otherwise the cost of the outsourcing just doesnt compensate for the return. But for $200 a month full time, well… cant go wrong really!