subject: The Pros And Cons Of Outsourcing [print this page] I receive about five e-mails per day minimum from Indian outsourcing companies trying to persuade me to use their services. if you have your business listed all over the Internet, then I'm sure you'll know what I mean. They usually don't give you any prices in the initial e-mail. if they don't, these are usually the ones to look out for as they charge much, much more.
I always reply and ask them to give me prices. Usually they will reply by telling me their hourly rate. Then my next step, is to ask them for an example of a project, aimed to tell me how many hours were spent on this project. Every single time without fail, it works out very expensive.
Most of these companies are web designers and search engine optimisation specialists, also they say. Although I have enquired many times with these companies, I have never ended up taking them on. The reason I have never ended up hiring outsourcing companies that solicit business via e-mail is that they really are just too expensive.
Websites like Rent a Coder however, have much more affordable options. If you haven't used a website like this before, basically what happens is: You place a 'bid request' and then coders, web designers, writers etc bid on your project. you able to see their previous work, rankings or ratings from people who have previously hired them and also had the time to compare prices and talked to the 'coders'
So basically, my advice would be to ignore all e-mails related to outsourcing in general. try out websites like Rent a Coder and eLance and you will have much better results. I have mostly used these types of websites for content writing but have also used them for web design, web programming, and other things.
If you are wanting to outsource your telemarketing work, then I suggest you try a country like New Zealand. This works out especially well if you live in the UK or Europe. New Zealanders are well spoken and are very affordable, especially when you look at the exchange rate.
