Outsourcing

Yes, a popular term recently which basically means "Paying someone else to do your stuff", essentially that's what it is and you get what you pay for, generally.

I tried outsourcing and using a virtual assistant during the early part of this year. It was not a good experience and I felt as though I was wasting my £40 a week. Some good stuff happened but more bad stuff happened. Things just weren't done to a good enough standard.

However, I recently paid more money and outsourced some web design work and that was an excellent experiece. But much more expensive.

I will write a more detailed article about outsourcing soon but suffice to say that The Book has motivated me to try a VA again (or actually a team of VA's) - so let's see what happens.

James.