Getting Started in Outsourcing Made Easy

This speaker deck will teach you on how to get started with outsourcing. David Jenyns will walk you through in planning this strategy in your business and how to implement it effectively.

This presentation is taken from the Outsourcing Profit Machine Workshop. To learn more, visit http://www.melbourneseoservices.com/seo-products/outsourcing-training-dvds/

Transcript

1. GETTING STARTED A journey of a thousand miles.
2. DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS? • Find work in 1st world and outsource • SEO work $80 = $5 • Graphics $70 = $10 • Video $100 = $10 • Webwork $100 = $10
3. DO HAVE A BUSINESS? • Understand your business model • The rolls within your business • (traffic, conversion, customer service, HR, legal, accounting) • Do your Org Chart • 1st hire a Mum (admin, support, hiring)
4. WHERE TO START? • #1. Identify task that can be eliminated • #2. What tasks could be done by someone else just as well, if not better • #3. Most time consuming tasks • #4. Most stressful tasks • #5. Most important tasks
5. PLANNING YOUR GROWTH • Are you building a person or a process dependent business? • All systems have a set 1 --> 2 --> 3 • The bottle neck in my business • 10 mins to do it yourself or 30 mins to teach?
 
 
 
 

6. PROJECT MANAGERS • When to get one • Site priority sheet - how I work with Ryan • Focus on outcomes not tasks • Make decisions up to $X • Max of 7 per PM
7. ANOTHER WAY TO GO • Offer for entrepreneurial staff • 20% more for the job • Hire people under them • Help them build a business
8. SMOOTH SAILING • Hire team leaders • #3 in charge • Weekly checkins • Point of call
9. WORKER RETENTION • Takes 6 months before someone really knows what they're doing • Pay them more + bonuses • One-on-ones, feedback and coaching
10. AS A CEO • Getting the right bums on the seat • 50% of time spent hiring • 30% managing your managers • 20% on your strengths
11. FINAL TIPS • Start small and scale up • Focus on outcomes, not tasks • The person it takes to grow a $100,000 business is different to… • It's hard work but it's worth it.
12. QUESTIONS & TAKEAWAYS
13. WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME • www.davidjenyns.com • www.melbourneSEOservices.com • www.podcastinterviews.com • www.davidjenyns.com/twitter • www.davidjenyns.com/facebook • www.davidjenyns.com/posterous
14. WHERE YOU CAN FIND PETE • www.preneurmarketing.com • www.preneurmarketing.com/book • www.twitter.com/preneur • www.youtube.com/preneur09 • www.challenge.co