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

Success

You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com. VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has reviews and ratings of many virtual assistant companies. You uncover outsourcing talent the same way you find employees: by networking in person or online, asking for recommendations and interviewing carefully.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2013

Small Business Labs

  While most of the focus of the law is on firms with more than 50 employees, owners of smaller firms will also need to review their personal and business health coverage due to changes caused by the law.   We borrowed this trend from the 2013 Future Workforce Trends from our friends at MBO Partners.

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Four Tips for Monetizing Your Online Marketing Blog

Andrea Kalli

With a few hundred dollars and some hours spent on Elance, you can easily program and design your own marketing tool. After a while, your blog could develop a proactive and valuable audience that’s begging for new blogging tools and marketing resources. Rather than searching for a company that can provide, why not create your own?

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The Role of Side Gigs in an Uncertain Economy

Small Business Labs

We'll be reviewing it in the near future. According to Elance, 25% of their global freelancers are side giggers  and the percentage is even higher for their U.S.  By adding a second stream of income, I would no longer be entirely dependent on a single paycheck.    This has always been a reason for side gigs.

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Your online Business Development System: The Blog Transmitter

BioTeams

Most blogging platforms allow you to keep your blog "password protected" until a few friendly reviewers have looked at these articles and you have asked for and incorporated their feedback. Graphics Designers: elance. Do not promote your blog too soon until you have at least half a dozen good articles loaded into it. Word Press.

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

Men With Pens

Review- The Gettysburg Approach to Writing -amp Speaking Like a Professional Reply Mark W. Do use sites like Elance. Reply Sharon Hurley Hall ( @shurleyhall ) July 8, 2010 at 2:09 pm I don’t know which one of these is my favorite tip. I will say, though, that I remember all the clients who have taken the time to thank me.

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Consulting Disruption Leading to Opportunities for Independents

Small Business Labs

Key quote from his Harvard Business Review article on this topic : We have come to the conclusion that the same forces that disrupted so many businesses, from steel to publishing, are starting to reshape the world of consulting.  Think of them as a specialized Elance or oDesk that connects independent consultants with buyers.

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