Outsourcing SEO services

I know how much you realize that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) can help bring new customers to your business. But have you priced the services for SEO lately? It can cost a small fortune. Do you know how successful the results are going to be? Depending on your business topics and niche keywords, the results can vary from spectacular to dismal. Getting natural search placement in Google, Yahoo and Bing is where all the new customers come from on the Internet. This “natural” search positioning can bring in tons of money for your business. Think of what a search position above your competition could mean for your revenue. But with the belt tightening going on in every industry, coming up with the cash to spend on SEO may be a problem. Outsourcing is the solution.

That is if the companies you outsource your work to are trained in SEO. What SEO tactics are involved to make your business show up high in the search engines? Well, article writing for one. Article marketing can give your online or offline business a huge boost in the search engines if the articles are written correctly, posted correctly and the proper keyword research is done ahead of time. Outsourcing article marketing can be a tricky endeavor if your overseas reps are not properly trained. But when they are, you could save your company a boatload of cash utilizing the reduced manpower rates of an outsourcing firm. Researching, writing and posting can be very time consuming. Finding the free directories to post to from the web is time consuming work as well, but this is one of the most crucial elements of SEO and needs to be done at all costs. But cutting the costs of labor is the real key.

When you consider that blogging, social networking and video marketing need to be a part of your SEO strategies, you’ll find out very quickly that keeping labor costs down is the neccessary step to SEO success. Manpower is one thing, but the proper training will be what gets the real results. Just how Internet savvy is your outsourcing firm? If they aren’t versed in the latest and greatest Internet SEO techniques, you will throw your money awaY. The Internet changes fast. SEO strategies such as Twitter and Youtube didn’t even exist a few years ago…who will know what’s coming next? Will your outsourcing firm be able to stay on top of all the upcoming trends?

Lucky for you, there is an answer. Some savvy outsourcing firms are properly trained in keyword research, placement and densities to maximize your website’s performance in the search engines. They stay on top of the upcoming trends. They are affordable and dependable. Save money while making money by giving your websites the search engine boost they need. You just have to know where to look…

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.123Employee.com

By now, just about every Internet marketer knows they ‘should’ be using a virtual assistant to free up their time for more important matters like strategizing, organizing campaigns, arranging JVs, creating new promotions, fine-tuning offers, etc. But, still, many marketers continue doing all the little things themselves. This is like bending over to pick up a penny while dollars drop out of their pockets — and they end up with a big rip in their pants!

Can you afford not to hire a virtual assistant? Let’s take a look…

What is your yearly income? Please write down that amount, because it’s important.

Now let’s say you wrote down $50,000 per year. Have you ever figured out what that means in terms of your hourly rate? It’s easy to calculate. You simply take $50,000 and divide it by 52 weeks. Then you divide that by 6 days (assuming you work 6 days like many Internet marketers). Then, finally, divide that by 8 hours to come up with your hourly rate. In this example, your hourly rate would be $20/hour.

What this means is that if you are doing tasks that would cost you less to outsource, then you are HEMMORHAGING money by doing it yourself!

Some of the excuses Internet marketers come up with to avoid hiring a virtual assistant include:

Excuse #1: I don’t trust anyone doing my work for me.
Excuse #2: I can do it faster myself.
Excuse #3: I don’t have time to train an assistant.
Excuse #4: I don’t know if I can come up with 40 hours worth of work for them each week.

So, let’s just get these out of the way, shall we?

1.”I don’t trust anyone doing my work for me.” What this means is if you don’t trust others doing work for you, then you’ll end up doing everything YOURSELF. And while, yes, this is quite obvious, did you consider that you would then be making yourself a slave to your work for the rest of your life? Also, that you’d end up losing out on any possible leveraging of your time or energy and would lock yourself into the dreaded “Time = Money” equation, where you can never make more money than you invest into work with your own hours.

2.”I can do it faster myself.” Depending on the task, perhaps you can. But even if it took your virtual assistant twice as long as you to do the same task at $5 per hour, you’d still GAIN $10 per hour if your hourly income was $20. If you did it yourself, you’d actually LOSE $10 per hour.  So, you might as well grab a stack of $10 bills and set one on fire every hour that you decide you can do it faster yourself.

3.” I don’t have time to train an assistant.” What you’re really saying here is that you’d rather do the same repetitive task over and over and over again instead of training an assistant just ONCE so they can do the task for you FOREVER without further investment of time on your part. Think about the power of investing just a few minutes to train your virtual assistant to complete a task that drains away countless hours of your time. This is the ultimate leverage. Provide your VA with a system to follow just once, and you’ve automated that process for yourself for the rest of your LIFE! So the question is, can you afford to NOT train your VA in repetitive tasks that suck away your time and energy?

4.”I don’t know if I can come up with enough work for them.” A superior outsourcing firm will always provide work for your virtual assistant in their “down time” that will actually monetize them for YOU. That is, when you don’t have work for your VA, the outsourcing company will provide work for them on your behalf — such as promoting an affiliate program where YOU would get paid ongoing commissions for sales they help you generate — without your even assigning work to them. So, in theory, you could end up earning more per month than you actually pay your VA, without your even assigning them a single task. In addition, a client-centered outsourcing firm will offer a variety of monthly plans to suit your needs, so if you only needed 10 or 20 hours of weekly support, that would be all you’d pay for.

There are literally hundreds of tasks that your virtual assistant can take off your plate immediately and handle for you on any given day. Imagine all the time that will free up for you.

As you finish your day you make a list of your priorities for the next day. You notice that at least half of your tasks can be easily delegated to your virtual assistant. So, you send him or her an email with instructions on what’s to be done for the day. By the end of the day your assistant emails you, letting you know that your tedious, repetitive tasks were completed for you — while you invested TWICE the amount of time into far more valuable, money-generating tasks.

If you’re ready to hire a virtual assistant then choosing the right outsourcing company is crucial. One of the main reasons Internet marketers start out with a virtual assistant and let them go is because they went with the wrong company.

123Employee.com prides itself on providing top-notch outsourced employees eager to work for you. We also provide flexible monthly plans to suit your needs and even provide daily tasks for your virtual assistant that monetize them on your behalf in the direction of generating ongoing passive, residual income for you if for some reason you didn’t have any tasks to assign them on a particular day.

To learn more about outsourcing check out my new book, ‘Outsource This!’ For a limited time your book purchase will be refunded when you sign up for service. You can order your copy of ‘Outsource This!’ at www.OutsourceThis.com.

123Employee is the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

That’s right . . . outsourcing supports the economic recovery of the U.S. I promise.

Don’t believe me? Well, here are a few solid reasons why outsourcing is a good thing:

Keeps American entrepreneurs and small businesses in business, even when money is scarce

Enables American small businesses to grow, thereby providing more jobs for American workers

Helps small businesses and solo entrepreneurs compete with big business—competition grows American business, which leads to more American jobs

Keeping America in Business through Outsourcing

We all understand that employees can be outsourced for a lower cost overseas, and that bone has meat on both sides. Although you’ve heard the assertion that outsourcing takes jobs away from American workers, I want to convince you that it will ultimately bring jobs home to America. But first let’s focus on the fact that if a business can hire outsourced workers for a smaller wage overseas, then that business can stay in business.

If an American business stays in business, it can continue to sell products and services on the American and overseas markets, which pulls money into the American economy. This cycle is the foundation or the raft of our economy. It keeps everything else afloat.

Growing American Business through Outsourcing

While a business is afloat, the next area of focus for the entrepreneur is growing that business. Picture the solo entrepreneur or solopreneur, perhaps like yourself, working more hours than you ever imagined and still not getting it all done. And I’m just talking about the regular day-to-day requirements of keeping an existing business going. This kind of regimen leaves no time for acquiring new business or developing new products and services. If a business grows, it will need to hire more employees.

By hiring one outsourced worker, an entrepreneur can leave the paperwork and the administrative details to that outsourced employee. The entrepreneur or solopreneur is now free to focus on making new deals, acquiring new business, developing strategic alliances, and marketing. In this way the business grows and turns a profit more quickly. Growth of the business and more profit means there are more jobs to be filled by American workers and money available to pay their wages. And so our American economy grows.

Beating the Competition—The American Business Dream

Outsourcing is good for the bottom line and a strong bottom line is what creates and feeds our capitalist model of competition. Competition provides for more innovation and better products and services. By hiring an outsourced workforce for business process tasks like chat support, scheduling, data mining, telemarketing, and the like, the solopreneur /entrepreneur saves money on taxes, office overhead, and employee benefits allowing for more competitive positioning.

The ability to grow and profit more quickly gives the American entrepreneur the edge. An American business that profits faster and handles more demand eventually needs a larger, smarter, onsite, American workforce. Once again, the money comes home and our American economy grows.

Outsourcing makes smart business sense. We at 123Employee want to help your business stay afloat and grow during these tough economic times. Let us provide you with outstanding service and the ability to grow your business, bringing good-wage jobs back home to America.

Visit our home page to hear a recent interview I did on national radio in which I discuss how outsourcing is good for the U.S. economy.

You can find outsourcing tips in my new book ‘Outsource This!’ Check it out.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

Over the course of these articles, we’ve pointed out some important elements to consider when looking for the right outsourcing partner. Here’s another that bears great consequence: who’s managing the operation?

Let’s cut straight to the chase. You’ve got to have someone on your side who can advocate for your interests within the outsourcing company. This person should be someone you can relate to and rely on.

What I’m getting at is the recommendation that while you’ll find your outsourcing company located overseas, you must make sure it’s run by an American. This might sound like an unnecessarily bold warning, but trust me, you’re going to appreciate the ability to be understood and get the kind of help you need when issues arise.

“But wait!” you cry. “I thought if I follow all your advice, there won’t be any issues.” My friend, there are always things that come up. You’ve heard it before: “stuff happens.” The thing is, if you’ve thought ahead and partnered with a company managed by someone you can identify with and count on, you’ll be in good stead.

So here’s the game plan. When you’re doing your research to find the perfect outsourcing partner, find out who’s running the show. Is that person someone you can contact directly? Get in touch with them as part of your vetting process and make sure the rapport is right.

Another very significant consideration is the location of the management. You want this manager to be on location in the building with the outsourced employees. This person is your ‘man on the ground’ directly handling and resolving any matters of concern that arise between your company and the employees you’ve hired from this outsourcing company.

Generally speaking, the companies most likely to have American, onsite managers are the bigger players. There may be some smaller ones that meet this requirement, but it’s less likely.

Let’s be perfectly clear here. You do not want an intermediary who is brokering the services of an outsourcing provider. You want to go direct and have first hand contact with the person overseeing your prospective employees. This requirement ensures that the management will be able to resolve issues for you, because they will know what is truly going on in the work environment with the actual employees.

This is the kind of management and service we provide at 123Employee. We meet this requirement and are ready to be your preferred outsourcing supplier. Let us provide you with outstanding service!

You can find more of these tips in my new book ‘Outsource This!’ To get your copy, click here.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

This week I’ve got something really basic and yet super important to share with you about outsourcing. The reason I say, “really basic” is that I expect you might say, “duh!” when you read it. But it’s also fundamentally important to your success, and most people thinking about outsourcing don’t realize that this suggestion is a must do.

If you want to hire a staff here in America, you place ads, receive applications and resumes, weed through the pile to find the best candidates on paper, and then set up interviews to meet your top three to five choices. This is the right approach. Even if you use an agency to post the position and screen the applicants for you, you ultimately conduct the interviews directly with the people you will potentially hire.

This should be the case with outsourcing as well. Do not work with an outsourcing company that does not allow you to directly interview prospective employees. Why should they prevent you from this interaction? Whose interest does that serve? Not yours, for sure.

It’s great that the outsourcing company can compile a list of candidates that strongly match the specific criteria you are looking for in an employee. This service alone saves you valuable time and energy. But it is up to you to make sure that the suggested matches are truly right on. Without this step, you are destined to waste time sorting through a few employees that aren’t hitting the mark for your business.

Get your outsourcing company to provide you with at least three strongest matches for each position you need to staff. Meet with each of these individuals, presumably on the phone, and ask them pertinent questions to confirm that they understand and can deliver exactly what you need from them. This in-person exchange also gives you the opportunity to ensure the quality of their English if that is one of your important criteria.

Additionally, speaking directly with prospective outsourced employees provides a view into the personalities that will be a part of your team. As with onsite employees, these people will be the virtual face and voice of your business to your customers. Confirm that they can project the impression you want to make.

At 123Employee, it is our policy to support the direct interview between potential employee and employer. We know the importance of this step and wouldn’t have it any other way. Take advantage of us as your preferred outsourcing supplier. We’re here ready to help!

You can find more of these tips in ‘Outsource This!’ To get your copy, click here.

123Employeeis the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

At the outset of a new endeavor, a combination of anxiety and caution are warranted. It’s more comfortable if you don’t have to make a big commitment while you kick the tires and go for the test drive. You need a period of time to try out new ideas and practices for your business, and in that period of time you either gain confidence or decide it’s not your best choice.

This should be your approach if you are new to outsourcing as well. Don’t jump in with both feet and decide that you’re going to hand over all your bookkeeping and customer support in one fell swoop. Rather, move slowly toward a planned goal of outsourcing all the tasks that you can.

The best way to start with outsourcing is with just one. Start with just one outsourced employee at first. That is exactly what I did.

After doing my research to find an outsourcing company I felt confident with, I used them to help me find my first employee to try out. As far as finding the right outsourcing company for you, I will get to that in an upcoming article.

To screen prospective employees for me, I gave the outsourcing company a list of what I was looking for in an ideal employee. Once the company had some candidates for me, I interviewed them myself, and then picked the one that I hoped could deliver what I needed.

So, get that first employee and give it try. How is that employee meeting your needs? Is this outsourced employee displaying the qualities and qualifications that you must have in order to continue your business success? Does the employee understand what you are asking them to do? Are they doing it right and making progress for your business?

If you are answering yes to these questions, congratulations! You have found a winner and a keeper. On the other hand, if you are answering  to any of these questions, go back to the outsourcing company and have them find you another employee to try.

Once you have found one outsourced employee that works well for you, it will be easier to find more. You will have more clarity about what you are looking for in your interview process and in your specifications to the outsourcing company.

And, believe me, once you have found an outsourcing company that can deliver quality workers for your business, you will wonder why you did not outsource sooner. Your business will be growing right before your very eyes. Just take that first step and try its.

You can find more of these tips in “Outsource This!” To get your copy, click here.

123Employee is the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

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Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

A statement from the Federation of Small Businesses (http://www.fsb.org.uk) urges small business owners to be cautious about outsourcing:

People should make sure they are getting the right service for the size of company they are. They should not have to shell out for blanket coverage. It is about striking a balance.

What kind of balance are you striking in your business? Are you finding that you are paying high prices for help with your business tasks, but you are not getting the results you had hoped for?

When you choose a plumber to fix the pipes in your home or a dry cleaner for your business suits, you are looking for a good value and quality service that you do not have to think twice about. Once you have chosen a company to the work, you want to confidently move forward without having to reevaluate the decision. This should be your approach in getting help with your business as well.

We all need help to achieve our goals, whether it be in our personal lives or in our businesses. And there is nothing worse than feeling like you wish you had hired someone else once the job is done. I hate that feeling.

Are you going back over work that your staff has already completed to make sure it was done right the first time? Do you have regrets about your hired help? If you answered to either question, I encourage you to reconsider.

We cannot do it all ourselves, that is for sure. As small business owners, we just don’t have the superhuman capability we need to get it all done. What is inevitable is that you need to hire help. But what is not inevitable is the quality, reliability, and affordability of the help you are going to hire.

For tasks that you need done in your home, you probably ask your friends and neighbors who they’ve used and how satisfied they were with the work. You need a person or an organization you can trust. And you need a match for the task at hand.

Because you are growing your small business, you need a partner like 123Employee to provide you with trustworthy, reliable, affordable help. I know the struggles of finding good help, and I have been using the services of our staffing group with great results.

Don’t be hard on yourself, but do be cautious in your business decisions. Choose a partners like us. We’ll succeed together.

You can find more of these tips in “Outsource This!” To get your copy, click here.

123Employeeis the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

If someone were to offer you the possibility to earn a substantial residual income, would you take it?

Well, that depends, you say.

The better you understand how our affiliate program works, the more enthusiastic you will be for the opportunity. It’s truly a no-lose, no-risk, share-the-wealth kind of scenario. And I know we’re all looking for a little extra income with the least amount of effort.

We provide technical and managerial support to make your affiliate income stream easy to manage and maintain.

Working with your existing client base you simply market and give away our book “Outsource This!”.  We give you all the tools you need, including the ability to track your leads and sales.  This way you can see where a prospect is in the process of hiring representatives from us.

Here’s how it works. Your prospects click on a link from you and receive a free copy of the information-packed “Outsource This!” the little book that opens the door for the small business owner to compete with the big boys. Not only do you offer the valuable book, but also you offer your prospects the great outsourcing services provided by 123Employee. The book shows them how 123Employee helps them take action to make it happen. Meanwhile, you get paid for every representative that your prospects hire.

Picture this: For each representative that your customer hires, you receive $450.00. One of your clients decides they need ten extra hands. Cha-ching! You just made $4,500.00 for doing nothing more than providing a link to our website that we gave you. And you’ve helped grow your business while helping your clients build theirs.

There really and truly are absolutely no setup fees required.

I get so much satisfaction from knowing that I am helping others grow their businesses, providing employment to those who need it, and expanding my own income at the same time. You’ll feel the same. Click here to sign up for our free affiliate program.

123Employeeis the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

Monday, January 26, 2009 was dubbed Bloody Monday by the media for the 50,000 jobs that were cut from the workforce of the United States that day. This is a sad reality that we are facing here in America, but it does not stop within our boarders. As jobs are cut here, the wave ripples out to negatively impact the job market around the world.

Our mission as outsourcers is one of positive impact. We are here to create jobs, share the wealth, and help grow businesses. As assertive advocates of small business, we offer the opportunity for immediate action against a crumbling financial situation. While there is a lot of talk out there about stimulating the economy to get it back on solid ground, we are here actually doing something.

I know there are many one-man and one-woman shows struggling out there to get it all done every day, struggling to finish all the work tasks that stack up never endingly, stretching the limits of physical and mental capacity against the clock and the dollar. I’ve done it myself and I remember it well. We really don’t have to struggle alone. I am in the trenches with you, and I am here with my fellow associates in the outsourcing industry to support you.

Just imagine how your single-handed operation can smartly flourish if you bring on a staff. Does the thought of getting some help bring you a sense of relief? By using our representatives as your staff, you become part of the economic upturn, a provider of jobs, an achiever of more, and the owner of a growing business. As your business grows, you are able to contribute more to your local economy. This is a contagious win! Be a part of it with me.

123Employeeis the Low Cost leader in outsourcing to Philippines . It offers offshore outsourcing services from its American managed facilities in the Philippines. For just $897 per month each, you can have a full-time dedicated employee or team of employees with the skills you need.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.OutsourcingOutsourcing.Com.

You are a modern-day, small business owner. You’re hip to the market trends that impact your niche, and you’re savvy to the notion of best practices. How is all that working out for you so far? Are you able to spend all the time you’d like on each and every aspect of your business? Are you accomplishing everything that you need to fast enough?

If you’re like me, you can always use another pair of hands to get through the day’s To Do list. Also, if you’re like me, you cringe when you have to spend money on something that doesn’t show an immediate cash flow positive return. As we say around here, today’s outgoing dollar better come back as two tomorrow.

Do you know how your competition is getting it all done and staying on budget? I know. It;s simple. Your competition is using outsourcing. The cost of an outsourced staff is marginal compared to what you’d expect to pay a local staffer.

What’s it worth to you? By adding even just one worker who gets you a few more hot leads, imagine how that could increase revenue for your business. How about a staffer who could take care of your repetitive, menial tasks? How many more hours would that free up for you to be doing the critical stuff like closing deals?

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.123Employee.com