Outsourcing to Streamline Your Business
Thursday, August 20th, 2009At a time when cutting costs makes more sense, outsourcing some activities may seem counter-intuitive. After all, outsourcing means money going out, not going in. But it’s essential for businesses that want to put their operations on autopilot and create conditions for success when the overall economy starts moving again.
Taking an example from my own business, I’m passionate about helping my clients get out of chaos by providing them with strategies for things like organizing their workplaces and homes, time management and work-life balance.
This is the work that I love to do. I’m excited every day when I start work, knowing I’m doing exactly what I want to do, helping people achieve better balance and reach their goals.
Bookkeeping, on the other hand, is not my passion. Neither is spending long hours undertaking a rigorous hiring process targeting candidates from across BC who might be a good fit for my company. Same goes for making sure my website is patched every month and the code shows up like it should on every web browser. Cold-calling, administrative support… there’s an outsourcing solution for just about anything.
These are all tasks that must be done for my business to operate, but they’re not what I’m passionate about. It makes way more sense for me to hire people who are passionate about these things to do them for me. There is a cost attached to this. But compared with your bill-out rate and where you might better make use of your own expertise, it just makes sense to outsource. Find the right people, put the process in place, and you’ll find that you have more time to get down to the business you love to do.
Linda Chu
CEO – Out of Chaos, Professional Organizing Solutions
www.outofchaos.ca
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August 31st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
‘Outsourcing’ has become popular worldwide, both as a viable economic alternative as well as a political issue in the USA. Outsourcing is a kind of sub-contract. A business, sub-contracts part of its processes to an outside agency, called the service provider, at a negotiated price called the contract price.Thank you
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Linda Chu Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Absolutely, there is business out there for everyone. As entrepreneurs and business owners, we may where all the hats, but that does not mean we have to do it all. Thanks for your readership.
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