Comments on: Outsourcing – Why and How and Yes and No More Sales Leads of Higher Quality at Lower Cost Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:15:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/03/08/outsourcing-%e2%80%93-why-and-how-and-yes-and-no/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Eric Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:03:52 +0000 http://www.marketet.com/?p=4371#comment-618 Dave; Thanks for visiting and commenting! Excellent points, especially the one about tying performance to the money – a great one and given that it’s been applied to me before, I should have remembered it! Thanks for reminding me… Dave;
Thanks for visiting and commenting! Excellent points, especially the one about tying performance to the money – a great one and given that it’s been applied to me before, I should have remembered it! Thanks for reminding me…

]]> By: Dave http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/03/08/outsourcing-%e2%80%93-why-and-how-and-yes-and-no/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Dave Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:02:52 +0000 http://www.marketet.com/?p=4371#comment-617 I would add that the pool of outsourcing vendors includes freelancers who are often in a different category than “shops” with a team and established processes. Our website was developed by a freelancer and I admit to missing your 4th point: the take-on process. This caused some angst in the form of project delays when the developer went on vacation or had other fires to put out or projects to juggle. One final element I recommend is to tie the project completion date to real money. Finish early get more, finish late get less. I would add that the pool of outsourcing vendors includes freelancers who are often in a different category than “shops” with a team and established processes.

Our website was developed by a freelancer and I admit to missing your 4th point: the take-on process. This caused some angst in the form of project delays when the developer went on vacation or had other fires to put out or projects to juggle.

One final element I recommend is to tie the project completion date to real money. Finish early get more, finish late get less.

]]> By: Eric http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/03/08/outsourcing-%e2%80%93-why-and-how-and-yes-and-no/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Eric Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:58:28 +0000 http://www.marketet.com/?p=4371#comment-616 Axel; Thanks for the comment. Yes, a company which has been performing a task for your company is the most ideally suited to train your own people if you decide to take on the task yourself. The outsourcing company knows your people, knows the process it has been following, and which of your company’s resources it has been using to accomplish the task. The company will know your people, know your own processes (at least those it has come into contact with) and is thus well-placed to teach you how to do it all yourself. Axel;
Thanks for the comment. Yes, a company which has been performing a task for your company is the most ideally suited to train your own people if you decide to take on the task yourself. The outsourcing company knows your people, knows the process it has been following, and which of your company’s resources it has been using to accomplish the task. The company will know your people, know your own processes (at least those it has come into contact with) and is thus well-placed to teach you how to do it all yourself.

]]> By: Axel http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/03/08/outsourcing-%e2%80%93-why-and-how-and-yes-and-no/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Axel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:57:14 +0000 http://www.marketet.com/?p=4371#comment-615 Great list, Eric! From experience, I would add one additional characteristic of a good “outsource” partner: the willingness to train your inhouse staff when and if you (as the client) decide that the skill is becoming core or a competitive differentiation for your company, and should be developed more and more inhouse. You want a partner that gives you that kind of flexibility and piece-of-mind. Great list, Eric!

From experience, I would add one additional characteristic of a good “outsource” partner: the willingness to train your inhouse staff when and if you (as the client) decide that the skill is becoming core or a competitive differentiation for your company, and should be developed more and more inhouse.

You want a partner that gives you that kind of flexibility and piece-of-mind.

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