What I do VS. What actually gets done

Inspirational. Thank you. Today’s my day to get out there and hire someone. Literally. Or my wife kicks me in the butt. Literally.

…jp

Makes me want to punch myself in the face. I need to kick my outsourcing in to a higher gear. Thanks for the reminder. It seems like if you are not outsourcing at this point you truly behind.

Thanks again John. Sometimes we have trouble with productivity with the outsourced folks we use. I hate cracking a whip. But I would like a website completed in one day, I can do it, and I’m not that technical. Maybe I have the wrong person? thoughts?

John, looking to outsource lead generation sales are low. Thank You.

Great info John. I hire someone from the US that has a group of guys from the Phillipines. I hire him because he was already doing this full time and was taking the IM Course with Howie Schwartz at the same time as me. Needless to say, the results are showing up very slowly for a month in a half of work. I done a press release and a few articles and that is showing up a lot better than the stuff they are working on. Thank John, your stuff is very eye opening.

Raul

Hi
I have not had any luck trying to find people in the phillipines that I can use. I have talked to a lot of people having this same problem:

I have hired several and all of them have backed out in one way or the other in the middle of a project.
(I wanted a book rewritten and I told them exactly what I wanted before hand and they agreed just to say that they did not wanna no it after a week or so…)

Lots of them can’t write American english, their grammar might be ok, but when they write something it is just a little off….so it does not sound “american”….

Right now i have someone writing for me….we’ll see what happens…

Anyway, this is just my 2 cents and i still am trying to find someone that I can trust and will do a good job. I did not think it was going to be this hard, especially after listening to Adam Short (a teleseminar that you did) I say: You cannot get a good and reliable writer from the Phillipines for $150/ebook.
At least I can’t and i have been trying for MONTHS!!
I don’t know where they find them and how they go about but it is NOT as easy as you’ll make it out to be!!

I don’t know what I would do without my team in the Philippines, it’s been a life changer.

I got to play golf yesterday, and all my work was done. I got home, and they were arranging appointments with me to train them on new things.

Think about that, the only work I had to do was; get ready to have them do more stuff for me.

For those having trouble, the key is clear instruction, and taking time to watch the process as it gets started. I have 4 people now, they do everything from Articles to webdesign to calling clients.

What I found is that they are very eager to please, and if they think that can’t do something they back out, instead of failing. So I spend my time on training and encouragement. I understand that if I have to spend 8 hours with a new person that down the road will save me hundreds of hours or even thousands it’s a great investment.

I think odesk is the best for reliable people, Craiglists, is so so. Writing a book is hard, if it was easy you would do it yourself, so the first book they make for you will require a lot of hand holding. But once they fully understand then they can make book after book for you.

I hope that helps.

OK. I admit it. I need to do internet makreting, and need help. Lots of it.

I cannot wait you tell me about your training programs. I am also hoping you have trained Real Estate marketers (poeple who helped Tim Mai, Preston Ely, the shortsale Kid (Chris) and many more guys out there to make their business fly.

Who do I talk. Is there a number to chat. I am in Vancouver BC

Thank you
Farrah

I have posted this on my blog and I think I should post here too. This basically will open your eyes on the great experience of outsourcing in the Philippines. (Ingrid please read this)

"Be like them and hate yourself"

There are people who can be characterized as loner by choice and not by circumstance. Each day, options knock at your door. You may have with you the best idea that can bring your business to the plinth that it aspires to reach. You may also have the best product for your business. But why is it that you’ve been far left behind by those whom you competed shoulder to shoulder as you begin? Maybe the reason is that the option has already left you before you sway the door open.

In the internet business, you need a few good men to help you in the intensely gung ho business arena you are hooked on. If outsourcing comes to your mind right at this very moment, I must tell you upfront that you got me right. You may, at the outset, create in your mind some doubts and hesitations. You need to start clearing this seemingly vague area of your mind as it can only bring you nowhere as you go on with your business day after grinding day. You now must learn the first lesson and that is, act rather than hesitate.

I have learnt a couple of months ago that replacemyself.com gives a revealing idea on how many internet enthusiasts went into a craze on hiring Filipino workers to replace their place and stead. They wanted to free themselves from the common worries that bugged them in the past. In the beginning, the men they hired almost knew nothing about how to get a task done. They have willingly taught them and without a doubt, their men and women in the Philippines have learnt even the core functions of their businesses. Now, they’re on towering heights and mind you, they are earning more than what has been thought upon at the start.

The destructive nagging idea lurking on the mind which says, “I, alone, know this” finds no room in the internet world. You are immersing yourself in a fiercely competitive market. By competition, you need to pick up your pace. Being alone, however, does not give you a good pay-off. You don’t need to be a specialist nor do you need to hire one in order to succeed. An idea which can bring you from here to a certain point may be all that you need and with the help of other minds, you’re on your way!

In due time, you can make the efforts of others multiply for you. There are others who have now traversed a well-enjoyed course. You are no less than them and you deserve to have that same course they have taken. Before my talk would bring further, however, I must remind you that in replacemyself.com, they get prospects from the Philippines. Yes, you have read that right, Philippines. The skills and talents of ordinary Filipinos indeed transcend boundaries. They are archetype of industry and hard work. While working within the confines of their own homes, they can definitely be relied upon and many can actually vouch for that.

Today, the internet is flooded with reviews and testimonies on the facts I previously laid down. They can tell you stories on how their Filipino counterparts have saved them from worrying much as they lie in wait for the next coming day. Surprisingly enough, some of them don’t even know the nitty-gritty of outsourcing. Probably you are just like them or, in order not to upset you, probably a little better than they are. Again, with the few good men with you, you can seize the opportunity as soon as they get apparent.

I have given you an option and I have in fact knocked at your door. Yes, you may just be new to this and I understand your plight. At some point in our lives we may need to negotiate in an unfamiliar turf and begin the task of discovering our potential to succeed in other people. Once we begin to thrive on their efforts, our confidence starts to grow from there. Others have chosen to be loners, we cannot blame them. I cannot blame you either. But think again, whether you choose to be like them or not, you are still going to make a choice anyway. To end, I am going raise a red flag here, if you choose to be a loner, you’re going to hate yourself – that’s for certain!

The more I hear..the more I start to see that recruiting and training can turn into "another" full time project?! Then (from what I hear again) once you train these guys from the Phillipines a lot of them just quick you in a middle of a project….then you start all over with someone new.

Mr. Jonas says that his company filters through these guys and as paying members we get the pick from the cream of the crop….from the comments that I have been reading…it doesn't sound like the cream is floating to the top.

I do have to add that there has been some very positive comments also….the truth is "no matter how thinly you slice a piece of bread…there is always two sides"

Thank you for allowing me to share my comments…

Peace to all

I have NOT had luck with finding qualified people in the Phillipines and it appears that neither have your followers. Only four or five comments in the past 48 weeks! What's going on and why are you not responding. People are looking to you to give them REAL guidance and not just sell them something that may or may not work!

kwg

Kate,

I'm not sure what you've been reading, but from what I read it looks more like 4-5 people have complained that they can't find good people, and most people who comment have had a great experience.

I also don't knwo what you mean by me "not responding," all I do on my blog ispost tips.

If you're not succeeding, try something different.

Well, I am thrilled with my new employees from the Philippines. I also have employees in the United States for my hands-on work.

I own a bed and breakfast and Inn so I need housekeepers, innkeepers & maintenance that can't be outsourced. They ALL need to be trained. If you hire an employee – no matter where they are – they need to be trained to fit into your organization. You have to explain what you need to have done and how you want it done. This is common sense. Would you hire an employee in the US and walk away and expect them to do the job exactly the way you want it, without telling them what you want??

If my Philippino employees are working on a new project, I check in with them more often to start with to make sure it's what I want – just like I would with my US employees.

Right now I'm 1500 miles away from my business sitting in a hospital waiting room while my husband has testing for a clinical trial for cancer. I've been gone for 6 months. My US employees email me & call me & send me pictures when I can't figure out what they are asking – (just like my filipino employees) and they also quit. Yes, US employees quit because they don't like the job. You hire them and 2 days later they don't show up after they've told you how much they need and wanted the job!!! And it happens all the time! And it doesn't matter what country they live in, folks.

So, you can run a business when you are not there (even though I would have never thought that possible) and you can hire great employees in the US and the Philippines but you do need to train both of them. Don't expect them to read your mind!

Hiring my Philippino employees has been wonderful and I've gotten loads of stuff done that I'd been putting off because I simply don't have the time.

Thank you John!!!!

Carol Tiffany

G'day John from Australia

I have been a Member for less than a month now and I hired my first 'Guy' as an article writer this week. Had a little problem with payments but it seems OrbitRemit works really well from Australia to the Philippines.

Keep up the great Work John (or lack of it). Just disappointed there is no Forum available for members.

Dave