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Outsource What Works...

August 29, 2011 by Barney Austen with 41 views

Outsourcing a function should only be done if it’s working ! This sounds like a contradiction. Why on earth would you want to outsource something that is already working, rather than outsourcing something that is not working well and driving you mad? Why outsourcing? Outsourcing is designed in the main to do the following; To allow a... [read more]

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Scheduling Social Media Time

August 4, 2010 by Barbara Weltman with 1,605 views

According to the Nielsen Co., the time spent on social media sites increased this past year by 43%. Many are now spending more time tweeting than e-mailing. What does this mean for a business owner with a calendar packed with things to do each day? [read more]

The Economist on online freelancing and the future of work: crowdsourcing goes mainstream

May 21, 2010 by Ross Dawson with 263 views

The Economist this week addresses the wonderful world of online freelancing and crowdsourcing, under the rubrik Work in the digital age. The full article is well worth a read. The article points to the potential for online freelancing and piecework to account for a substantial part of global labor. While The Economist has touched on the... [read more]

“Backshoring”: the new buzzword that may give you a job

January 27, 2010 by jmcaddell with 235 views

A recent post from Booz & Company’s “Strategy + Business” introduced a new term: “backshoring” – an emerging trend of returning manufacturing from an offshore location to the home country (”The Case For Backshoring“). This is especially important for US business, which has been a very aggressive proponent of offshoring for the... [read more]

Six ways technology is transforming small business

November 18, 2009 by Ross Dawson with 665 views

This article was written to frame The Insight Exchange's SME Technology Summit in Sydney on December 1. While many of the references are to Australia, the issues apply globally. Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are taking a larger share of the business pie and increasingly driving economic growth. This is one of the most... [read more]

The Jury Is Still Out

September 8, 2009 by Jonathan Salem Ba... with 82 views

Does where stuff gets made matter to consumers, and thus to brand identity?I keep thinking that it does, and that it will play an ever-increasingly important role in purchase decisions. Reality hasn't quite caught up with my forecast.Here's my rationale: Outsourcing has its limits, as recent product crises have illustrated: Boeing had... [read more]

Elance Survey on Outsourcing Every Day Tasks

February 11, 2008 by Steve King with 107 views

Elance - the online marketplace that helps small businesses easily and efficiently hire freelance talent - sponsored a survey by Harris Interactive looking at personal service outsourcing.  The survey found the majority of Americans would gladly outsource a wide variety of tasks.  Key quote from the press release via Reuters... [read more]

Outsource Your Manual Stuff

December 31, 2007 by Brad Feld with 59 views

I didn't listen to any voicemail in 2007.  I got plenty of them - but I didn't listen to any of them.  Yet I got 100% of the information that people left to me.  I discovered a magical system that transcribes voicemails to emails.  And it doesn't involve anyone that works for me. I've been searching for a speech-to-... [read more]

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