Too Busy With Your Business? Start Outsourcing

Too Busy With Your Business? Start Outsourcing
As an entrepreneur, it is important to have continuous
growth in your business in order to be successful. One of
the ways that can help your business grow is outsourcing.

Outsourcing is when you choose certain business activities
that you currently handle and then deciding to use an
outside business source to handle the activity instead.
This simple definition can bring peace of mind to an
overloaded entrepreneur.

Case in point, as a web designer, clients may expect you to
have the ability to create or install everything that
revolves around the Internet. However, your skill set may
not include some of your client needs such as creating an
online shopping cart. So it would be good to find a
business associate that you trust and outsource the online
shopping cart to them.

However, make sure when you choose an outsourcing business
partner that you keep the following things in mind:

1. Choose someone that you can trust not to steal your
clients away.
2. Choose someone who has the same business ethics as you.
3. Make sure that this person has the skills to complete
specific tasks before outsourcing to them.
4. Ask for client samples and references so that you can
get feedback from their clients regarding their work habits.
5. Make sure to have a contract that includes a non-compete
clause in it.

The list above is just a running start on some of the
things that you need to keep in mind when outsourcing.
After you have determined whom you will outsource projects
to, make sure to have a service level agreement (SLA) with
them too.

The SLA should fully explain your expectation of the type
of service they will provide to your clients along with
time frames for completing the projects. The SLA should be
put in place the same time as the outsourcing contract.

Finally, you should make sure that you have a process in
place for handling your outsourcing project. For instance,
you need to include the following in your outsourcing to do
list.

1. Client name
2. Outsourcing project details
3. Time line
4. Special requirements

There are other things that you may need to add to this
list but the list above are the basic items that need to be
included in your outsourcing to do list.

Now that you have a template for outsourcing projects, you
can start planning for adding more clients to your
business. Do not be afraid of outsourcing but embrace it
and learn how it will free you up to do more with your
business to grow it.

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Ken Troyer is a very passionate online entrepreneur and has
a very high level of integrity. Ken has been involved in
online business coaching since 2005...and has developed
several successful websites since then. You can read more
about Ken over at his main website: http://kentroyer.com