My wife is an avid fan of American Idol and she watch the show relentless. Aside from that she spend countless hours reviewing the opinions from fans about the performance of each contestant.

In today’s show there are about 38 million votes that came in. And this just the flock from the United States. I wonder if they have statistics for international viewers. What’s my point? 38 million viewers and they are also potential customers. Selling only a dollar to this followers will give you 38 million dollars. Well, this is only a rough estimate.

Itunes is selling 0.99 per download, you multiply that by the number of viewers then you have your gross sales. Impressive.

Perhaps this might be the computation done by the “ebook gurus” low price + sell it to the masses and there you have it “millionaire”.

Well, but one need to solve how are we going to reach the “million flock”.

Hmmm. Now this is one strategy to consider.

more power reaching our “million flock”.

by the way bye Carly -

James

Why am I writing an article about outsourcing? Because presently outsourcing is one of the most important factors in any business. Not only in a large brick and mortar businesses but it can also be applied to small or starting internet marketers like us.

So what is outsourcing? Outsourcing is defined as a method of hiring an outside service provider to perform specific tasks for you. To put it simply is giving to another person the work that you should be doing.

For example you own a shoe factory in the United States ideally manufacturing the shoes should also be made within the office but you decided to outsource it to china. Why would a business give away their competency to another establishment? Here are some of the benefits:

1. Cost. Sometimes outsourcing a job to another business is much cheaper because the production and investment cost is much lesser than setting up a department. Outsource businesses have already invested in their competencies unlike setting up another department for the production. Secondly and obviously the labor cost of china is much cheaper than that of the US, at least in mass production.

2. The second advantage of outsourcing is that the main business can concentrate more on the marketing aspect of the service or product.

What does it got to do with with small or starting internet marketers like us? Well if your main specialization is copywriting, designing a website might slow down your business or if you are good in developing website scripts and templates, writing a sales letter might stuck you up staring at the computer (well, there are some individuals that have mastered both ways, selling and making products per se). That is where outsourcing comes in, you can outsource some of the job like web design, copywriting, search engine optimization…etc. Outsourcing some of these jobs will help you concentrate more on developing your product niches and earning money online.

Where to find outsourcing provider? Here are some of the websites that let’s you find freelance outsourcer.

www.elance.com
www.scriptlance.com
www.guru.com

Just a reminder, if you decide to outsource make sure you review the outsourcer’s profile and portfolio.

If you want a comprehensive reading on what is outsourcing you may download the free ebook below.

http://www.myworkathometips.com/free-stuff/myworkathometips-outsourcing.zip

Other recommeded reading:
10 Steps to being a successful copywriter.

Ghostwriters from the Inside-Out 

Turnkey Sites is one of the sale able items on the Internet today.  This article will explain to newbies what are turnkey sites and how are they going to help web entrepreneurs in their online business.

Turnkey websites are pre-made websites that are designed on a special niche.  In a turnkey sites every aspect or functionalities are already working, it means an entrepreneur will only install the site to the web server (sometimes an install script is already included), and wallah everything is already pre-made.  By the way you also need to include some of your personal info like (site title, contact info, paypal id, affiliate id etc.)

Turnkey websites are designed is such a way that starting web entrepreneurs need not to hire a web developer.

What does it cost for a turnkey site?  This will depend on what kind of niche will you be promoting.  For youtube.com clone websites, a respectable turnkey site ranges from $300 - $800, and sometimes it can go down up to $10.00 a piece (surf Ebay, the prizes are crazy but the after sales service is crazy too <sigh>).

Are there any disadvantages? Yes. Since the maker of the turnkey site is offering it to a large consumption of internet marketer, you might see a similar website same as yours.  Same in design and same in functionalities.  Solution?  After you have purchased the turnkey site you want to tweak it a bit before making it live.  Tweaking it like changing the theme colors and adding original functionalities.  If you are not completely a newbie in developing a site you may want to hire a web designer and developer for a fee.

Another thing if you will be purchasing a turnkey site solely without the hosting bundle, double check if the hosting requirements matches your hosting server.

So now you have decided to enter into the world of freelance or start an online business whether you just have a hefty argument with your boss or have heard a that many people got rich in freelancing.I will not offer strike it rich schemes because I think that there is no plug and play in earning profits, one has to work smart to succeed in any endeavor.

Below is the basic list in getting you started in freelancing:

• 1. Set your goals. - Setting your goals is very important, it will determine whether you have achieved what you wanted to do or not. Some examples are:
  • a. Increase adsense earnings from $10 to $20 per day.
  • b. Establish 10 website in a year.

  Just remember that goals must be specific and has time frames, don’t say I will establish many sites this year. Without goals you might end up being blown by the wind with no direction.

• 2. Research - Research what the current market is doing, you cannot offer web templates at $500 while your competitors are offering $50. You will have a hard time getting customers if you are offering high prices and low services. You must be competitive and one way to do that is research.
• 3. Plan - Organize what you have research and put everything into planning. There is an old adage: ‘how can you get there if you do not know where you are going.
• 4. Execute - Carry-out the steps that you have undertaken. Just do it. Remember that the only way to tell whether your plans are correct or not is by executing what you have plan.
• 5. Evaluate - You must evaluate what you have done after the execution stage. Do not evaluate before the execution, a lot of entrepreneurs end up procrastinating and got stuck in the Planning stage.
• 6. Repeat - Whether you have reached your goals or not repeat the steps and modify. A lot of successful freelance businesses do not quit in their endeavors. They just repeat the steps until they have finally reached their goals. And when they succeed in getting their goals they change it to a much higher challenging goals.

These steps are the basic foundation in freelancing or starting a business effectively. Good luck and just remember ‘Quitters don’t Win’. Welcome into thee world of freelancing!

About the Author:
James Montealegre is currently the website owner of www.myworkathometips.com. He also offers web design and other related services, you may visit his website at www.jepluscomputer.com.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Montealegre

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