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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Re-Outsourcing

This is what I just sent to subscribers of my Internet Marketing Prescriptions Newsletter. Here it is again in case you missed it or aren’t subscribed to the list. If you aren’t…WHY NOT? You don’t know what you’re missing. :)

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For Lack of a Better Word, Re-Outsourcing

When speaking to other Internet marketers, one of the common things they talk about is having too much to do, feeling overwhelmed or feeling like they’re going to go over the edge.

Oh yeah – I have felt that, even as early as last week.

With all my talk about outsourcing, you’d think I’d have this under control. But what we do in our business always requires constant evaluation and reworking. You see, over the past few months as we’ve worked on improving things and even adding new projects, I kept adding more and more to my to do list. I felt like I was drowning and didn’t even realize why.

So, here’s what I did:

1. I wrote that really long to-do list.
2. I looked at it and immediately marked the things that should be given to my VA or some other qualified professional.

The result: A much smaller to-do list.

Some of the things I passed off included

- Reviewing testimonials and posting them on various websites
- Posting articles for our affiliates to publish
- Downloading PayPal histories and shopping cart reports
- Other tasks that I didn’t need to be doing.

Whether you’re already outsourcing or thinking of getting started…write that list out and start delegating. Your blood pressure will thank you for it.

By the way, now that I’ve cleared my plate, I’ll have more time to get the full Outsourcing Sweetie Course together. In the meantime, you can start receiving outsourcing tips for free here:

Outsourcing Sweetie Tips

And don’t forget…those on my tips list always receive a discount, so be sure to start receiving your tips today. You’ll be the first to know when I get the full course completed.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great tips! I've gotten so busy lately that I am going to be outsourcing work myself. It's funny how VAs seem to be the last ones to actually outsource too -- but we have tons to do too! :)

Angela Wills
http://www.StarVA.com

6:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess, in a way, outsourcing is just delegating, isn't it, except that you're sending outside your immediate sphere of influence?

6:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Definitely a lot like delegating the way I do it, Mara!

11:51 AM  

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