Outsourcing Conspiracy is bunk - part 2
Continuing with the full head of steam from yesterday’s post…
Here’s where I agree with them…
On page 3, where they say “Outsourcing isn’t magic.”
That’s absolutely correct. It’s not. (Neither is partnering, but that’s another story…)
Nothing is magic. You have to work at all of it.
And I agree when they say that outsourcing isn’t for beginners. When you are just getting started with a business, you are not in a good place to outsource.
But outsourcing is ideal for a successful solo business or small business.
The main reason to outsource is that there is work that needs to be done to run a business that:
- The owner doesn’t like doing,
- The owner doesn’t know how to do,
- The owner doesn’t have time to do.
For the smallest businesses, hiring is not a great option. It’s too big a commitment…
Outsourcing Conspiracy is bunk - part 1
Don’t get me wrong - I’m a fan of Brian Clark and Jon Morrow.
I’m even a charter member of their Partnering Profits program.
But I have a lot of problems with the Outsourcing Conspiracy report they just published.
I understand what they’re doing - they’re setting up outsourcing as a straw man so they can knock it down and make partnering look like the perfect solution.
But there are a lot of flaws in their arguments.
They say “outsourcing really is the perfect solution if:
- you have a budget of at least a few thousand dollars
- you can communicate exactly what you want them to do
- you have time to oversee their work, checking in every so often to make sure they
are doing everything you want
- you are satisfied with merely average or slightly above par work
- you are satisfied with an employee who’s doing the job, but isn’t particularly enthusiastic
about it
- you are capable of replacing them quickly and easily whenever they move on to
another job or fail to meet your expectations
- you feel perfectly secure that nothing you’re doing can be stolen, or if it is stolen,
you can protect yourself”
Almost everything there is wrong.
Let’s go through those items in order…
1. You can outsource for much less than thousands of dollars - I know because…
