| Trusting your work to a stranger on the other end of | | | | outsourcing than solely IT based services. These |
| an internet connection does seem risky; how can you | | | | included training, accounting, customer relations and |
| really know your money is not just disappearing into an | | | | manufacturing. |
| account somewhere on the other side of the world | | | | - Owners felt that there were marked improvements |
| never to be seen again? You may even be thinking | | | | in the ways their companies ran immediately after they |
| that your internet skills are not up to the challenge of | | | | started to outsource certain functions. |
| outsourcing online. | | | | - Of the companies who replied to surveys, over half |
| These concerns are exactly why there are now | | | | stated that they saw big differences in the overall |
| professional freelance sites operating to ensure that | | | | performance of their companies after the first six |
| outsourcing benefits work in your favor that not only | | | | months of outsourcing. |
| do you get the work you want to outsource | | | | - Owners were so impressed with the benefits they |
| completed, but that the whole process is easy as it | | | | saw to their company that they stated they would not |
| can be- even for the least internet savvy business | | | | only continue to outsource whatever product or |
| owner. In fact, for these freelance sites, their business | | | | service they already were but they would also |
| success depends on you being happy with your | | | | consider the outsourcing benefits for other aspects of |
| outsourcing experience. This is why outsourcing work | | | | their businesses. |
| to freelancers online is becoming the new answer to | | | | - Forty three percent of companies answering |
| the age old question "how can I work smarter, not | | | | surveys said that they used outsourcing for IT |
| harder?" | | | | functions. |
| Working smarter - not harder is the reason many of | | | | - Thirty six percent are also using supply chain |
| us enter into business ownership. The dream of | | | | management, the implementation of selling from a |
| something outside of our nine to five job that promises | | | | products inception to its final delivery, to fill their needs. |
| the potential to grow our capital faster than any pay | | | | - Thirty one percent said that they were using sources |
| increase would. | | | | outside their company to help with training. |
| Using outsourcing benefits, as a means of working | | | | - Company executives stated that outsourcing a |
| smarter, has attracted the attention of researchers | | | | portion of their work builds a stronger company, takes |
| wanting to test its benefits. | | | | the pressure off of growing companies, and delivers |
| The Studies Found: | | | | superior products or services for a better price and a |
| - Outsourcing benefits are not just limited to getting a | | | | better profit. |
| job done that was not otherwise being taken care of | | | | Using outsourcing is a great way to grow your |
| but gave an overall advantage to the entire company. | | | | business, the benefits of outsourcing speak for |
| - Many other aspects of business benefited from | | | | themselves. |