The only reason for people to outsource is to work less and make more money. Even though you hear a lot of these so called 'Gurus' banging on about how they do everything themselves to avoid duplication and create something fresh blah blah blah, well sorry to break the trust and word of gurus but they do outsource some of their work, if not all!

Why do they do this? Well I'm not too sure myself but partly because of the fact that they have made their name and fame and can afford to. However if you new to IM then it would be best to try and do everything yourself to save costs but if you have been in the IM game and have made some profit then it won't hurt to outsource.

Oh yeah and by the way outsource means, to obtain a good or service from an outside supplier or source, in plain English that means to send out work to an outside provider to save costs and mainly to save yourself from doing it. Why do you think all these big fish gurus in IM are able to maintain several premium businesses... well that's simple because they outsource.

No matter what you hear outsource can save you from extra work and it can cut costs, notice I'm saying 'can' and not will because it depends what kind of work you require from the person you outsource from.

Now if you are interested in getting some of your work outsourced then there are several sites where you can go including Elance.com, Rentacoder.com, Craigslist.com, Guru.com and there are a few more but the ones listed are the main ones.

Elance is the one I like to use, yes I do outsource some of my work as well, it's got a huge variety of people that deal in nearly every element of IM including SEO, web design, PHP, graphic design, and more or less everything. One of the things I love about using Elance is the security of your money when paying through an escrow account. Escrow is, say for example you're willing to pay $100 for some outsource work to be done then you send that $100 to Elance, they then take that off your credit card or PayPal account and hold that money in an escrow account for you.

Once your provider has done the work and you are satisfied with the work then you'll be able to release the escrow money and then Elance will pay your provider. It's great protection for you and your provider. Guru and Craigslist are similar to Elance and RentACoder is more for like software coders, copywriters and that kind of thing.

If you are really serious about getting some work outsourced and want to learn more about different sites and techniques to outsource effectively and getting the right person for the job, then you want to head over to Jeff Mills Outsource Compendium to get a better understanding. By the way I learnt how to outsource from this guy and really learnt a lot, there's more to outsourcing than you think. This guy also has an interview with Mike Filsaime about outsourcing!! Must See!


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