Outsourcing Pit Falls is an ebook guide to outsourcing, to help you avoid the most common pitfalls to outsourcing and protect your business. Plus it is only $7 worth checking out if you are looking into outsourcing.
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Jeremy Schoemaker – who has written 2473 posts on ShoeMoney.com.
Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.
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What an nice site..and for $7 you have nothing to lose.
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What about the 7 bucks you’re spending? Isn’t that something to lose, too? LOL
Outsourcing allows companies to focus on other business issues while having the details taken care of by outside experts. This means that a large amount of resources and attention, which might fall on the shoulders of management professionals, can be used for more important, broader issues within the company.
Awesome shirt! Great promotion. How did I miss this one?
These free T-Shirts Fridays are getting boring…
It has its moments. This one looks okay.
To outsource or not to outsource…that is the question.
Nice that this company put your pic on the shirt. You look happy about that too!
What’s your take on outsourcing, Jeremy?
There are some disadvantages to outsourcing as well. One of these is that outsourcing often eliminates direct communication between a company and its clients. This prevents a company from building solid relationships with their customers, and often leads to dissatisfaction on one or both sides. There is also the danger of not being able to control some aspects of the company, as outsourcing may lead to delayed communications and project implementation. Any sensitive information is more vulnerable, and a company may become very dependent upon its outsource providers, which could lead to problems should the outsource provider back out on their contract suddenly.
Relaxed and happy. I probably would be feeling exactly like he does if I’m running a huge business and only get to work for a few hours each day on it.
Speaking of outsourcing… you should outsource Free Shirt Friday to a hot girl with big boobs.
I don’t think there’s any need for that. I suggest you check out the photo gallery.
I think the Shoemoney blog has been invaded with women with big racks ever since Shoe attended his first Playboy Mansion party. Just check out the random images on the sidebar and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
That shirt is super cute. Great t-shirt friday post!
Cool shirt. By the way, isn’t it supposed to be Skills to Pay “the” Bills?
Currently, outsourcing takes many forms. Organizations still hire service providers to handle distinct business processes, such as benefits management. But some organizations outsource whole operations. The most common forms are information technology outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO).
I love the color. Do you keep all the shirts and stuff you get? You must have tons of them by now.
I’d be very happy to “take care” of the extra shirts you receive from T-Shirt Friday advertisers, Jeremy. By the way, what happened to Justin Goff’s follow-up post of Facebook advertising?
This has got to be one of my favorite tshirts.
Some nimble companies that are short on time and money, such as start-up software publishers, apply multisourcing — using both internal and service provider staff — in order to speed up the time to launch. They hire a multitude of outsourcing service providers to handle almost all aspects of a new project, from product design, to software coding, to testing, to localization, and even to marketing and sales.
Just got this, couldn’t think of a better time as I am planning to hire a full-time employee in the Philippines.
I read somewhere that India and Philippines are two of the go-to places for offshore outsourcing.
The company I’m working for outsources its customer support in the Philippines. Seems to be working well since the same outsourcing company has been contracted for four years running.
I agree. I think those are two of the top places you’ll find companies offering the best value for your money.
I was wondering why you had such a big smile on your face & then of course I scrolled down some more. That says it all, lol.
Nice one! Not one of the usual shirts we get to see here.
great tee, perfect promotion
Business process outsourcing encompasses call center outsourcing, human resources outsourcing (HRO), finance and accounting outsourcing, and claims processing outsourcing. These outsourcing deals involve multi-year contracts that can run into hundreds of millions of dollars. Frequently, the people performing the work internally for the client firm are transferred and become employees for the service provider. Dominant outsourcing service providers in the information technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing fields include IBM, EDS, CSC, HP, ACS, Accenture and Capgemini.
LOL, funny t-shirt!
I’ve been outsourcing for a while now and I think one of the biggest problems is to get qualified workers, many contractors don’t deliver the quality they promise unfortunately.
Not according to my experience anyway.
Maybe this book can help with getting this right.
/Daniel
That’s been a bit of a problem for me, too. I tried different contractors for a while before I was finally able to find that best delivered the work I was expecting. It has been smoothing sailing after that.
Outsourcing companies are motivated by profit. The only way to do that is to decrease expenses. Maybe that’s the reason why a lot of outsourcing companies hire employees who deliver substandard quality. That’s always been the downside of outsourcing. Finding a company that delivers quality service and outputs may prove to be a challenge but it’s worth the time and investment.
Outsourcing has been around as long as work specialization has existed. In recent history, companies began employing the outsourcing model to carry out narrow functions, such as payroll, billing and data entry. What’s your two cents’ worth on this, Shoe?
Outsourcing has created many opportunities for companies. In fact, many of the companies that exist today would not have survived after the recession due to the fact that their customers asked them to cut costs by a large sum.
Not only this, but the companies that are not outsourcing are losing. They are not villains searching to do massive layoffs — it’s a necessity.
In order to compete, we must become more educated, and therefore more productive. Meanwhile, we should educate ourselves on what outsourcing actually is, because it is not only designed to cut labor costs.
Is there any where I can buy a copy of the shoemoney custom shirt?
Why buy when you can easily ask Shoe for a piece? (Definitely re-tweeting this, too.)
“Work smarter. Not harder.” – That’s always been my goal.
I’m sure pretty much everyone share that exact same goal.
Mine is “work hard, party harder.” Isn’t that supposed to be the way it is, Jeremy? By the way, does that shirt have a twin? I’d love to sport it tomorrow to work.
This is a great resource for the online business I’ll be launching soon. Thanks for the heads-up!
I worked part time in an outsourcing company a few months back. There was a lot of work involved but it was fun.
There are many reasons that companies outsource various jobs, but the most prominent advantage seems to be the fact that it often saves money. And for a small fee of $7 to start it all up? Definitely a winner in my book.
Only $7 for all that content? Sounds like a great deal to me.
The process of outsourcing generally encompasses four stages: 1) strategic thinking, to develop the organization’s philosophy about the role of outsourcing in its activities; 2) evaluation and selection, to decide on the appropriate outsourcing projects and potential locations for the work to be done and service providers to do it; 3) contract development, to work out the legal, pricing and service level agreement (SLA) terms; and 4) outsourcing management or governance, to refine the ongoing working relationship between the client and outsourcing service providers.
Is it more cost effective for small businesses to outsource certain services? Do you have any tips on sales and marketing outsourcing?
That’s not Shoe on the shirt! The chin is just too pronounced and the male model’s body is built like a mainstream D&G model.
Some people are confusing outsourcing with offshoring. Companies that are outsourcing are cutting their costs down. Offshoring firms, in turn, are just looking for additional specialists to attend to a specific task. Please do correct me if I’m wrong, Shoe.
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Good luck getting people behind this one. Though you make some VERY fascinating points, youre going to have to do more than bring up a few things that may be different than what weve already heard. What are trying to say here? What do you want us to think? It seems like you cant really get behind a unique thought. Anyway, thats just my opinion.