The idea of outsourcing sounds really great at first. What comes to mind is people working for us at a much lower wage than we would pay here in the U.S It sound good at first. After all, do we all not want to save some money in our home based business?
I know that I would love to save money as I am trying to run a successful online business. However, there are a lot of problems with outsourcing that can put more of a hole in our pockets than we would like to believe. One of the problems with outsourcing is that we are dealing 100 percent with people outside of our own country.
The ability to contact these people is minimized except of course if it is through the computer. Otherwise, unless you have a special calling plan, this could run into a lot of money. A second problem with outsourcing is the fact that there is a language barrier. When I communicate with someone from a foreign country is struggle tremendously to understand them!
At that point I began to speak very very LOUD. I wonder what these people are thinking when I speak so loud! They must believe that I think that they are deaf!! Another problem with outsourcing in your home-based online business is the fact that people from other countries abide by different business laws. Some of these laws are not what we would consider ethical or fair. To make a long story short, they are playing baseball and we are playing football.
Not only are we not on the same playing field, but we are also playing different games altogether. In summary, think twice before outsourcing your work to a foreign country. If you do, make sure that you thoroughly check their references from others. Look for several references, and not just one or two! You will be glad that you did this first.