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Outsourced LifePATRICK CAMPBELL@Patticus
Samudra Anitha
Explore the world of outsourcing and mechanical turk to make you more efficient.
Agenda
• Why you should outsource?
• What can you outsource?
• Sourcing help
• Managing help
• Utilizing Mechanical Turk
• Q&A
Why Outsourcing?
Mechanical Work
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Opportunity Cost
Massive Intelligence
SamudraPopular Musician
Masters in Economics
AnithaPhD. in Physics
Finance Background
Cash Money
What to Outsource?
•Anything that I find myself doing for more than fifteen minutes, as long as I am not required to do the task/project.
Examples
• Customer Service Calls/Emails
• Scheduling
• Data entry
• Deck Creation
• Research
• Blog Stumping/CopyWriting
• Prospecting
• Design/Development
Things not to do...
• Anything requiring VPN (without approval)
• Anything requiring a personal touch
• Design or HTML work*
Sourcing Help
The worst part of the entire process.
Sourcing Help
1.Source
2.Test
3.Validate
Source
• One off Help
• Mechanical Turk
• Odesk, Elancer, etc.
• PeoplePerHour (US)
•Consistent Help
•Odesk, Elancer, etc.
•BrickWorkIndia*******
•AtoZTasks
•TaskEveryday
Asking for Help (one off)
• Know what you’re looking for...
• Scope the project and be specific
• Break projects down...seriously
• Interview applicants through email or Skype
• Interview applicants through a test project
• Look through portfolios
Asking for Help (ongoing)
• Utilize an agency*
• Phenomenal for repetitive tasks
• Scope the work you want completed
• Fire very quickly
• Run a trial with the company (start small)
Test/Validate
Managing Outsourced Labor
Managing Help
1. Be specific
2. Provide a timeline
3. Schedule check-ins
4. Ask for confirmation
Please research premium pricing for 30 minutes and provide a summary of:
1. the concept and definition,
2. the importance of premium pricing,
and 3. examples/case studies of premium pricing.
Send me your results as soon as you are finished. Email me a summary of the task when you are finished reading this.
A Few Other Notes
• It gets easier.
• I schedule an hour each day to go through completed tasks and write out the requirements for tomorrow’s tasks.
• Google Docs...amazing.
• Delegate!