Is Technology Holding You Back?
by rayjohnson | December 21, 2007 | under Internet Marketing, Outsourcing |
The biggest reason that many aspiring internet marketers don’t succeed is because they never get started. The most common reason is they are afraid of the technology. They become convinced that they cannot be successful online because they don’t have enough of the technical skills they think they need. How wrong can you be?
You really don’t need to be a computer wiz to be successful online. Many of the most successful internet marketers don’t know how to set up a web page, upload a file or set up an autoresponder. The difference between those successful marketers and the technology procrastinators is, the successful marketers did not let their lack of technical skills get in their way.
You many not know how to set up a web page or an autoresponder but you can find someone to do it for you. There are a number of places on the web were you can find people who would love to do those things for you. This is often referred to as ‘outsourcing’.
Three of the most widely known outsourcing sites are rentacoder.com, scriptlance.com and elance.com. Rentacoder.com is the place to go if you need software developed for a product, you need a modification of some software or you need files installed on your website. There are almost 200,000 coders registered on rentacoder all ready to work for you.
Rentacoder works like a reverse auction. In an auction you list your product and watch as buyers bid up the price. Rentacoder is the opposite. You list a project that you wish to have done and coders bid down on your project. You can choose the lowest bid or another bid based on reputation. Just like eBay has a rating system that helps you to determine good sellers and buyers, rentacoder has a rating system so you can find coders with good reputations.
Scriptlance is very much the same…
Elance.com is another popular outsourcing site. Elance has a more broad based workforce. You can find coders like on rentacoder that will write software and setup websites, but you can also find graphic designers, writers, sales and marketing experts, finance experts and even legal experts.
Elance works similar to rentacoder and scriptlance. Again, it is like a reverse auction. You put out a project you want accomplished and elancers bid on the project. Here too, there is a feedback system so you can get a good idea about anyone you may hire.
There are many other online resources for outsourcing work that you don’t know how to do or don’t want to do. You just need to do some online research to find them.
So now you know you don’t need to procrastinate for fear that you don’t know how to program in HTML or set up PHP pages or any other technological reason. You have the ability to get it done. Make your dreams a reality. Create your plan, outsource the projects you need to and start making money online!
Tags: elance, Internet Marketing, outsourcing, rentacoder, scriptlance





