Comments on: I Wish I Would Have…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:07:04 +0000

Of course, outsourcing can make your business more productive – if you know when to take advantage of it.

By: Oleg

Oleg — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:13:54 +0000

I started to do outsourcing after some time. When I understood that it will save my precious time. You're right in most cases it costs less than your time)

By: Best CSS Gallery

Best CSS Gallery — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:14:22 +0000

I think you just have to find reliable people, but it's hard sometimes.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:53:39 +0000

Hey Jonathan -

Just to expand on one item in your post.

One of the biggest mistakes business owners make IS outsourcing things like taxes and accounting because they don't want to know anything about it.

Nothing wrong with outsourcing itself but very important to understand the basics of even taxes and accounting for your business.

I have seen too many stories where this part of the business gets outsources and the owner suffers in many different ways. Including:

- underpaying tax

- overpaying tax

- incorporating when not needed

- theft/embezzlement

- bad bookkeeping

- bad cash flow planning

- use of debt when not needed

- operating at a loss and not knowing it because the books were wrong

- etc.

I guess my point being that outsourcing in itself is ok but it's important to understand the basics of accounting and even taxes before handing it over to someone, in my opinion.

Tyler

By: clickktdotcom

clickktdotcom — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:49:42 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:50:26 +0000

As a designer/coder I tend to do all of my designing and coding myself, also I'm pretty good at english so all my ad copy and content etc I tend to write myself.

I think it's easy to learn design/coding because there's only so much you need to know in order to get good results, however when I have to fill in tax forms to join networks or manage my income and expenses I tend to get a bit swamped when I try and manage it myself with a spreadsheet.

I prefer going it alone and I think a lot of people feel safer this way, but if I started making serious monthly money I'd consider a second set of hands for my finance!

By: Richard Bonner

Richard Bonner — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:38:46 +0000

I'm actually just going through the process of going full time with affiliate marketing so I've been in touch with a few accountants etc to handle that side of things. It can be daunting but in my opinion speaking to someone who knows what they are doing would not be as daunting as having the tax forms in front of you which need filling in correctly

I haven't done any outsourcing for my affiliate stuff just yet but I've been hunting for copywriters to handle some other projects which can be annoying and stressful but when you find the right person – it makes it so much easier.