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Digg it UP - Outsourcing Your Work
Last week was a busy one for me: I am the contact person for applicants to a local Education Foundation and Friday was the proposal deadline! It never fails that the few days before the deadline I am flooded with questions from people applying. Most of their questions and requests are within reason, but I thought in the spirit of this week, I would offer suggestions on how to contact funders with questions about your proposal.1. Do what they ask you to do. Funders may specify on their website how they want to be contacted the first time. Honor thes
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scrat
Chapter 3 of 14The real goal and hope is that your celebrity endorser will boost the effectiveness of your marketing, product, or company campaign in a positive fashion. The value index, as we like to call it, is extremely important. Just look at companies that had deals with the likes of Kobe or O.J. when they ran into trouble. Disaster was and is always just around the corner if your celebrity endorser has the misfortune of having any form of legal trouble. Bad news for them only means worse news for you and your company. Over the years, mil
By way of example, let me start with a short story :-)
At 8.30pm one night last week, I started to wonder whether it would be possible to automate a particular part of one of my website design processes. At present I do this task semi-manually and it takes me about 4 hours to generate a multi-page website.
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scratc
As a new freelance bookkeeper, accountant, or other entrepreneur in the service or consulting business, you may be tempted to accept any client, just to get your business started. However, not all potential clients are the kind you want. Beware of the following warning signs:1. Client is not current with income tax or payroll tax returns. When meeting with potential clients, always inquire about the status of income tax and payroll tax filings. If the client is cheating, ignoring, or lying to the IRS, they will almost certainly do the same t
By way of example, let me start with a short story :-)
At 8.30pm one night last week, I started to wonder whether it would be possible to automate a particular part of one of my website design processes. At present I do this task semi-manually and it takes me about 4 hours to generate a multi-page website.
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scrat
WARNING - Read This or Risk Going Broke Like 96% of the population!This may shock you but the Bureau of Statistics shows that 96% of the population at age 65 end up dead or dead broke on a pension. Only 3% become financially independent, and only 1% at age 65 will become rich and there is a similar pattern in most western countries including Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, Canada, Japan and Europe.And it's getting worse...On February 26th, 2004, Peter Costello, Federal Treasurer MP, told ABC Radio that in the future "There's going to
At 8.30pm one night last week, I started to wonder whether it would be possible to automate a particular part of one of my website design processes. At present I do this task semi-manually and it takes me about 4 hours to generate a multi-page website.
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scrat
May people these days have a problem with mounting debt. The average person is well below the bad credit limit and is in desperate need to fix it.Some people are so desperate to reduce their debt that they are seeking quick and easy ways of repairing their credit.This demand has introduced us to the debt elimination scam.For a large upfront fee of $2,500 - $3,000, the organizers of this debt elimination program scam will provide the victim with a special legal document . This document is then presented to the victims' bank, Mortgage C
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scrat
For the last 100 years, companies have relied on traditional advertising in the form of catchy jingles, TV commercials, billboards, print ads in newspapers and magazines, direct mail, hot air balloons, and waving mascots. The technique is to interrupt a radio listener, TV viewer, or magazine reader with an attention grabbing ad that compels the consumer to buy the company’s product or at least have the product closer to the forefront of his or her mind next time the individual is making a buying decision.In most instances, advertising is acceptable
Anyway, by 8.45pm I had scratched out an outline of what I would need a new custom piece of software to do to automate this task and by 8.59pm the 'project' was advertised on one of the main freelance websites....
Within 2 minutes I had the first bid from a programmer....
Within 15 minutes I had four more bids....
Within 45 minutes I had accepted a bid and the programmer was working on the project.
Two days and $75 later (and with less than an hours work
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