subject: Find Out Why A Freelancer Is Good For Your Online Business [print this page] Find Out Why A Freelancer Is Good For Your Online Business
For those of you who are trying to do everything in your online business, let me tell you that is a tall order. If you expect yourself getting good at performing every task that an online business requires, you are putting a lot of unnecessary pressure on yourself, and in the process, it will cost you a lot of time and effort, sometimes even cause you to quit your business.
There are so many talented people out there, working as freelancers, who would gladly help you out in your online marketing business, at a very reasonable price. What is a freelancer?, well, either a self employed person that specialises in a particular activity of online marketing or even several trades, who does not work for a long-term employer, instead giving his services to different clients or customers, working independently.
So a freelancer works for different clients, doing the tasks specified by his customers with whom he or she agrees to a deadline for completion and at a set price. And you can get these freelancers at many websites, which you can get online by doing a simple search for their services.
You can get them in so many places. A simple search in Google will show you hundreds of websites full of freelancers, specializing in a ton of different tasks. And these freelancers are sometimes very cheap, working in far away places like the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Rumania etc. So the prices you pay are most often very affordable, even though these people are highly specialized generally.
You can also hire these freelancers by looking at forums and asking for recommendations. Or just post something like "Hey, I am looking for a good web designer who charges fairly and is quick and reliable. Who do you recommend?" And what will happen is that you get a few recommendations and a few contacts from freelancers themselves wanting to help you.
There are many popular freelance websites out there on the internet, and Elance is a very favourite one. The feedback you will get from that website is a very positive one, and you will not get many negatives. So you are bound to have a decent service from the positive ones, like "rent-a-coder" too, another freelancer site that has a very good reputation.
Don't think that sometimes because a freelancer's quotation is very cheap, they are less capable and don't feel too confident. This may not be the case at all, instead, sometimes the freelancer can be a new and may be less experience one, but equally well qualified as other experienced ones. So give them a chance because you can be also pleasantly surprised. It may also not work at all, but that is why you need to do your home work, ask questions, make sure you detail everything and that every detail is understood by the freelancer in question.
Many sites have a long list of graphic designers, writers, web designers, programmers and more, who will do things like site submissions and other administrative tasks, web site creation and many more. You can ask colleagues or friends you've met while networking, about good freelancers they know and can recommend.
Does the financial side of outsourcing worry you? Then go through a site like Escrow.com where you can give them a deposit for the job you want done, and they tell the freelancer that you've paid. Then, the freelancer can do the work knowing that the money has already been funded. This gives them a better frame of mind to work.
When you are happy with the work, let Escrow.com know and they will release the funds to the freelancer. So, by using these more reputable outsourcing companies, you have the best chance to find a good freelancer, working at a reasonable price, who will do a great job for you.
