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Internet Marketers are told over and over again that they need to outsource their work. It’s not hard to see why outsourcing would be a better use of your time – you would spend less time on the easy time-consuming duties and less time on those tasks you’re not real good at.

If someone else can do it better and/or faster, that frees you up to manage your business. Otherwise, you spend so much time working in your business, that you can’t plan out the future of your business and you can’t grow because you’re limited by your own 24 hours.

An example of this is spending hours making a pretty heading for your new blog, when you can pay someone a nominal amount to create one for you quickly and more professionally. This allows you to spend those hours creating an ebook to sell, populating your blog, or planning out the perfect launch for your next product.

Here are some outsourcing tips:

1. Ask for samples of the outsourcer’s work. If you want to hire a ghostwriter, you should look at their work to make sure it’s up to your standards.

2. If you’re hiring someone off a job board, remember to look at their feedback or ratings. If you’re hiring them from a forum, do a search of their name and look for positive or negative comments about their work.

3. Give detailed instructions as to what you want. If you are not specific, they might make assumptions about your request. It might take more work up front, but you can even make a training video of what you’re asking. This works great if it’s a task you’ll need performed again and again, and you may be asking various freelancers to do it.

4. Keep up the communication. Don’t assume they’re working on it behind the scenes, check in with them regularly and ask if they have questions or need clarification. Remind them of the deadline for completion. You can also ask for a progress report on the bigger projects.

5. Tip them. If they do a good job, let them hear it! Tip them to ensure that, even when they’re busy, they’ll put you at the top of the list when you have a new request.

6. Start with small projects for your freelancer, sort of like a probationary period. In fact, give the same project to several possible freelancers and see which one performs to your satisfaction.

7. Freelancers need regular work so give yours an idea of how often you’ll be giving them projects. If you’re between projects, keep in touch and let them know when they can expect the next job to be sent their way.

Remember that they are not your employees, but independent contractors. They can work for whomever they please and if you want them to continue working with you, give detailed instructions, give them praise, and don’t forget to tip!

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