One way to make sure that you have enough content for your business is to outsource. Outsourcing might seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be an all or nothing proposition. You can let others do part of the work or all of it. You can outsource to one person or too many people. It’s up to you.
Things that can be outsourced when it comes to product creation:
Writing – You can hire writers to make new content for you. Or, if you use PLR, they can tweak it for you. A dedicated writer can save you lots of time. They can help you focus more on planning for your business instead of doing the day to day work.
Editing – Even if you do your own writing, it’s important to edit it. Editing all your own writing is challenging and an editor can help you push your work to the next level. They can ensure that your work is unique, original, and factually and grammatically correct.
Formatting – You can choose to outsource formatting. For example, let’s say you want to use 10 blog posts in an eReport that you’re going to sell later as an information product. You can hire someone to do all the formatting. You can ask them to grab the series off your blog, or you can provide the blog posts to them them in a file. They can also format any of your other info products.
Graphic Design – One of the easiest things to let go of when you first start outsourcing is graphics. There are numerous graphic design companies that don’t charge a lot for simple graphics. Do check out your designer to ensure that the images they’re using are legal for what they are being used for.
Landing / Sales Pages – Every writer is not good at writing sales copy. It’s a special type of writing that’s different from content writing. Getting someone else to write your sales pages, and design them using your systems such as Leadpages.net or Instapage.com is a great idea because you’ll likely make more sales by hiring someone who is experienced and has a track record of success.
Shopping Carts – If you’re a jack of all trades, that’s great, but not everyone is. Shopping cart technology can be confusing and even stop some businesses from succeeding unless they bite the bullet and outsource this portion of their business.
Other Technology – Any type of tech can be confusing, if you’re not technology minded and experienced. But no worries, there are plenty of people who are talented in this area. If you don’t know how to do it, and you have the funds, hire someone. It’ll make you more money in the long run, so it’s a good investment.
Project Management – Once you have several people on your team doing various tasks, bits and pieces of the total work, then you may want to hire someone to act as a project manager. That way, you will simply send the ideas to them and they’ll ensure that the work is distributed properly and that deadlines are met.
You can outsource as much or little of each product as you like. The best place to start is with things that you’re not good at doing. If you’re not proficient in a skill it will take longer for you to do it than it will for someone who is an expert. When you consider that your time is worth money anything you can outsource for less than you’re worth per hour you’ll be making a profit.
For example, let’s say that you make $50 dollars an hour. A writer may charge you 200 dollars for 10 articles or blog posts that you can turn into a product later. Let’s say it would take you five hours to write 10 articles or blog posts.
That means it’s worth $250 dollars to you in terms of the time it will take you. Having someone else do it earns you $50 because you end up with time to do something else such as planning, organizing, and directing your business.
Speaking of outsourcing, here is a PLR product from Piggy Makes Bank, called “Outsourcing Magic: Finding & Keeping Hard Working Business Partners” Read it, learn from it and then use it as a ready-made product to share with your audience.