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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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“We want to work with people who are up to date in the areas that we’re iterating toward, so we outsource software development but keep design, engineers and product management within the company,” she says. You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com. Who you gonna call?

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Four Tips for Monetizing Your Online Marketing Blog

Andrea Kalli

They are faced with the endless difficulty of the fact that their audience is the exact type of person that does not buy things, especially when those products are marketed using the same tactics as their own. Instead of pitching courses and products, give your readers access to marketing networks that pay you for their success.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file. It was simple to set up the account and post the job and before long I had 40 people apply for the job.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

By taking the time to write down exactly what you want to accomplish, you’re much more likely to get a good product and avoid expensive rework because of miscommunications. Do use sites like Elance. Freelancers are talented, but being talented doesn’t make them mind readers. Writing a brief has a number of benefits.

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