When
it comes to meeting deadlines, one way to manage your timetable
effectively is to divide the large jobs and farm them out
to several coders.
Let’s
say you’ve been awarded a writing job to write an
e-book on childcare with 10 chapters for $2,000 over a 45
day period of time. Bid out each chapter separately among
10 coders and allocate, say, $100 for each chapter over
a 25 day period. This way you don’t have to worry
about the deadline because you’ve given yourself a
20-day buffer and you stand to earn $1,000 for your efforts.
If you are going to handle a project in this manner you
must be able to rewrite the articles you receive in order
to make sure the entire book “flows” seamlessly
and that the same style and tone of voice is consistent
throughout.
3. Cultivate
a strong talent pool
In many cases, this is the most important asset needed when
subcontracting work to others. Here are a few additional
tips to help you out in this regard:
a) Know
how to hire a good coder
There are four things you should look at when hiring a coder
– their resume, their samples, their rating, and their
client testimonials.
The
last two are critical because it is easy to prepare a bogus
resume and samples, especially on the internet.
If you
look at those four things and feel you have found the person
you are looking for, hire them.
b) Know
how to keep them happy
A happy coder always delivers better work than an unhappy
one, given the same skill level. You keep your coders happy
by dealing in a polite and professional manner, paying them
on time and understanding them when they fall or falter
(and believe me, they will miss a deadline now and then).
Give them respect and they will give you their best.
4. Nurture
your current roster of clients
Here is the main reason why quality counts – it is
quality, more than anything else, that will make your customers
come running back to you again and again. Always put a premium
on quality. First-class work is sometimes hard to find,
especially given a limited budget. If you consistently deliver
first-class work, you assure yourself and your coders of
a prosperous business well into the future.
There
is a popular saying in sales which says that “It is
eight times easier to get new business from your current
clients than it is from cold calls.” In other words,
make sure you ask your clients for referrals from people
they know or work with who may need the service you provide.
Some
coders hesitate when it comes to asking for referrals because
they feel it is unprofessional. They feel asking for referrals
is like asking for a favor. That is not really the case.
If you have faith in your ability to deliver good work you
are actually helping your client because of your willingness
to provide quality work to their friends or business associates.
That will reflect well on them too. It is a two-way street.
Now
that we have looked at three on line venues we are ready
to look at developing eye catching resumes that will help
you land some of those great paying opportunities.
You are
minutes away from being able start putting these
innovative work at home marketing ideas to work
for you. Our guide will tell you everything you
need to know!.
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