Hello DP members, Have you been considering outsourcing to other countries? Have you tried it as well? Do you think it is a good idea? Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
I only ever outsource small projects, where there isn't much money being transferred. I've had a decent experience with most. Timezones cause problems, though.
Outsourcing is best thing to save money without compromising on the quality of work. Outsourcing has let to emergence of competition.
Yep. I totally agree with you mate. I think For organizations, outsourcing is now a necessity and a part of their daily operations. Nearly all web-based jobs are oursourced now. Web development can't be done by only 1 person. It requires joint efforts from experts like programmers, web designers, content writers etc. So for online businesses, it is not practical to employ so many people and best way to get rid of this is to oursource these services. - Source(http://www.isquaretechnologies.com)
Outsourcing is done where the matcheable labor/skill is available in abundance and at cheaper rates...usually web-based jobs are outsourced to India and Philippines. IMHO, the talent pool in these countries match those of the West!
@ Networxnz I'm afraid I don't qualify to answer that buddy! Because I belong to that part of the world where work is outsourced to!
Outsourcing is a good way to cut down on marketing and optimization expenses. I've hired writers from the Philippines before and they're pretty competent. Their rates are way cheaper that American writers.
It has worked perfectly for me, I have been doing it for a few years now. But only for small projects.