Earlier I shared a little about how I utilize outsourcing in my business.
(You can read my own adventures in outsourcing below.)

I’m absolutely loving it and really loving the opportunities it opens for me. In my case, there are two very large benefits/pluses about outsourcing.

—> I’m saving time.

—> I’m saving money and making more money.

There’s also a third little benefit in there that may be just for me. I know I’ve spoken of this before but it’s worth saying again. I’m helping fellow work at home moms make money from home! YAY ME!

This has been something that has always been a goal of mine literally right from the beginning. When I first started looking to work at home and of couse looking for that work at home “J.O.B” I decided I wanted to help others work at home too.

Especially when I seen just how difficult it was to find a job working at home. Not only are they few and far between – you have to rummage through all the garbage and scams out there too! What a pain in the toosh!

So, the fact that I now have a part in another mom making some money at home … I’m one super-happy camper! And I plan to do this many times over for a very long time.

But that’s just me. Now I want to hear from you. I’m just really super, genuinely curious!

Do you outsource? If so, what tasks do you outsource?

Please feel free to comment below. I’d love to hear from others who are enjoying the benefits of outsourcing as much as I am. (Feel free to answer any and all questions.)

1) Do you outsource? If so, what tasks do you outsource to others?

2) How has outsourcing made a difference in your business?
(Good and bad of course.)

3) Is there something else that you don’t outsource that you would like to? If so, what task is it and why aren’t you?

4) What made you finally decide to outsource?

5) For those of you that want to outsource but haven’t been able to do so yet. What’s holding you back?

I can’t wait to hear from you!

I’m in the middle of starting to do some outsourcing. Actually, I’ve been outsourcing some things for a very long time. I’ve just lately gotten very serious and handing out lists of jobs to my VA’s.

I have one in particular who is absolutely the best! (You know who you are sweetie! Or maybe I can say Goob? Yep, that’s her nickname! The Goober!) I also have a couple other “little ones” who do more specific jobs and not as much.

I can’t share any names right now because first of all, I’ve not gotten my goober’s permission to do so and secondly, she’s not even a VA! LOL! I keep telling her she needs to open herself up more, as a VA, she rocks! But, she is perfectly content with doing some work for me and another friend of mine. Other than that, she has her own sites to take care of and is just honky dory the way things are right now. The other’s I can’t share just yet because if I understand correctly, they are going to be launching a whole service in ghost writing. So, we’ll wait and see there.

Anyway, it seems quite odd to me at times that I’m an affiliate manager. In basic terms, I guess you could call it: a VA who specializes in managing affiliate programs. So, why is it that someone else pays me to do their work and I pay someone else to do mine? Simple – that’s business. I specialize and enjoy affiliate marketing while my VA’s prefer the more “secretarial type work”.

(I hope that was a decent enough description! I so don’t want to be offending any VA’s!! If you’re a Virtual Assistant and would like to give me a better description – by all means – leave a comment.)

My goober helps me take care of my end of the deal here on the blog. She currently has 3 days a week to take care of me with the possibility of 2 more depending on what I have for that particular week.

Monday is Monday Nite Blog Thing
Tuesday is “open”.
Wednesday is our newest section, Wacky Wednesday Videos
Thursday is “open”.
Friday is our Parenting Humor day highlighting our very own Lisa Barker.
(You’ll be hearing from Goober soon with a more detailed list of each of these.)

So basically, what she’s doing so far is searching for blog things, searching for wacky videos and she recieves our Jelly Mom installments – then posts each of those here.

As you see, Tuesday & Thursday are open. These are days for me to speak my mind (even though we’re off here – today being Friday and all, lol!). These are also if Goober wants to post anything extra AND my “ghost writers”.

I have ghost writers in quotes because they are ghost writers but not necessarily in the same traditional aspect that you usually see. I make a list of my random thoughts for a post and they put them together to make something that makes sense to more than just me! Believe it or not, this works out two fold for me. First, I get more posts and secondly, it saves me times. If you only knew how many blog posts never got written simply because I didn’t have time to put those random thoughts in order. I’m really going to like this set up.

The control freak in me still has just enough control to keep her happy and I don’t feel as though I’m just posting everyone else’s thoughts. They’re my thoughts – just in a much more comprehensible way.

My goober will also be soon taking over all my advertising at MommysHelperOnline.com (notice how I refer to her as MINE? lol!) Wow – this has been a REALLY long time coming! If you search back through old blog posts, I bet you’ll find many years ago I started this with one other VA. You’d probably have to start at our old blog to find them! That’s how long it’s been!

I’ve been wanting someone to completely take over my advertising for a really long time. I just never got around to it. Goober has been handling small sections of my advertising for a couple years now. Soon, she will be in complete control of the advertising. You can certainly refer to her as my customer service in advertising.

This too is going to work out two fold for me … Again, saving me time AND making more money! How you ask? I’m now going to pay someone else to take care of it but I am going to make more money. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, does it?

On the contrary – it makes complete sense. She’ll be saving me more time so I can do other things of my own that I enjoy and don’t procrastinate until it eventually never gets done. AND she will keep a much better eye on my advertising.

She’ll be taking down ads that have expired. She’ll be reminding people to renew. She’ll be answering questions, placing new advertising plus so much more. So, all of you that have been getting free advertising from me for so long … sorry folks … it’s about to end, lol! No more taking down expired ads two months later because I didn’t have time and/or then forgot. You’ll have approximately one week to renew and then it’s gone baby … GONE. (Getting goofy am I?)

This will also allow me to do extra promotions and run contests! YAY ME! They don’t call me the contest queen for nothing. Although, I’ve really stepped down a notch or two from this thrown. Just no time to do it. Now I have someone to help. So, those of you may not get any free advertising anymore because I didn’t have time or simply forgot – have no fear – there’s a good chance you’ll be able to win it! (So, watch out for a comeback with my infamous Quick Impromptu Contests!)

But that’s what I’ve been doing …

Do you outsource?
If so, what exactly do you outsource?

I’ve been thinking about installing a shopping cart on MommysHelperOnline.com for quite some time now. (Time being the operative word here, lol – gotta find that time to do it!)

I’d like to combine all my ebooks and all of my advertising into one shopping cart – making the ordering process a lot more simpler for my customers and more importantly automating it more. For the most part, it is automated but not quite to my complete satisfaction.

I just found a new shopping cart solution which now brings me down to making a decision between two. (Hey it could be four or five, lol!)

The first one I like is WahmCart and the new one is Easy Seller Pro

It’s a really tough decision too! Both carts seemed to have take all the issues most marketers have and combined them all into one “one stop shop” (excuse the pun!).

As I look down over the list of benefits and features to both – they both seem to have an answer to all my problems or everything I’d love to have in a shopping cart (affiliate integration, choice of payment processors, ability to contact customers, etc.) again, making this a very tough decision!

One has an affordable monthly charge and a 14 day trial for $1 (don’t have 14 days at this point). One has a little more expensive but still very affordable one time fee and comes with 6 months of free hosting.

Both are “newbie friendly” which is something I could really use. Both are created by very successful and more importantly trustworthy women. Both have tons of step by step help throughout the process – another huge plus for me. Oh what’s a marketer to do?!?

Of course, as I usual find myself, Easy Seller Pro is in “launch mode” offering a special price for two weeks only. Soooo … like I have the time to do this but I should make my decision ASAP before I find myself paying full price yet again. (I’m my own worst enemy sometimes!)

I like the fact though that this also gives me another option to share with our clients for YourAffiliateManagers.com. As you can tell, I haven’t used Easy Seller Pro yet but, there is a 60 day money back guarantee plus, the recommendation came from a good friend of mine, Rebecca Hagel. She’d never steer us wrong and she uses only the best.

So it’s back to the drawing board …
Benefits & Power of WahmCart
What Can I do With ESP? (Click on the videos link at the bottom of the page.)

Help! What are your thoughts?

Easy Tasks to Outsource – Search Engine Optimization


If you run an online business, you already know how important search engine traffic is to your success. In order to rank high for your keywords and phrases, hiring a search engine optimization expert or link-building service will help to put you on the map. Search engine optimization, when done correctly, will increase the traffic to your website and is an easy way to get your business name out there for the entire world to see.

Easy Tasks to Outsource – Web Design

Website Design
If you are running an online business, you need to put as much time and effort into your website as you would a brick and mortar store. Getting an attractive, easy to use website is not easy and you will find that there are many professional website designers who are looking to wow you with their expertise.

This is something that is well-worth the money spent. You’ll be able to rest assured that your website design is attractive and easy to navigate, which is always a plus for turning visitors into buyers.

We’re going to switch gears here a bit and discuss some of the …

Easy Tasks to Outsource

Because online business calls for a wide variety of skills and talents, no one person can or should tackle them all on their own. There are several tasks that can easily and, more importantly, beneficially be outsourced elsewhere.

Writing

For many people, writing is not a strong point in their business. Therefore, putting well written, action provoking content on their website is a difficult task. However, this is NOT an area to be skimped upon when it comes to online business. The content on a website has a direct effect on search engine rankings.

Copy that is neglected will show when it comes to a business’ bottom line. If you find it difficult to get the results you are looking for with your writing, consider outsourcing it to a qualified writer. You will find that there are a ton of freelancers who can help you get the content you want, to help generate sales from your visitors.

Outsourcing Benefits – Accountability


When you outsource, you will have a contract with the person or company you are working with. By having someone else who is depending on work from you, you are more apt to stay ahead of the game by planning better and making sure that you’re tasks are getting completed as well.

When you first begin learning about and implementing outsourcing techniques within your business, you’ll find those boring or repetitive tasks can easily be handed off to someone who enjoys doing them. This will allow you, as the business’ owner, to free up more time to concentrate on more important aspects of your business such as product creation, advertising, networking and other marketing practices.

And this brings us to the next segment of our course … Tasks that are most easily outsourced.

See ya next time!

Outsourcing Benefits – Expand and Get More Involved

Against popular belief, when you outsource, you will soon realize that you are in a great place when it comes to getting more involved with your business. You will be able to expand and provide everything your customers need.

Just because you’re handing some work out to others, doesn’t have to mean that you’re no longer involved – quite the opposite. Outsourcing frees you up to try new things with your business, learn more and experience new aspects of your industry – frees you to do the tasks you WANT to do.

Outsourcing Benefits – Going to the Experts

The tasks you are outsourcing might not be ones that you have no desire to learn about, whether they are troubleshooting, manufacturing, taking orders, website design and maintenance, or something else.

By handing the work over to an expert who enjoys and makes it their business to know these things, you’ll be able to take advantage of their knowledge in the area without having to learn it yourself. This in turn will give your customers or clients more than you could possibly give them yourself.

Benefits of Outsourcing – Saving Resources

Think about everything that goes into the tasks that you would outsource. This will range from things like your time and space to costs such as Internet and software. After awhile all of these costs add up. For instance, graphics software can get quite expensive.

If you are outsourcing an activity, you get more than just the task itself out of the way. You will also get someone who specializes in areas of your business that you may not know quite as well as or have no desire to learn. More than likely these people will already have the tools needed to complete their assignment. This saves you the money that you would be investing into these tools – tools that you may only need to use once.

So, depending on the project, this might save you money and learning time.

Which brings me to the next benefit of outsourcing … See ya next time!