Blog Feed: Small Business, Small World

Cool contest going on over at http://www

Published on 2010-07-28 19:06:30

Cool contest going on over at http://www.odesk.com/w/futureofwork – $250 for 3 best submissions #futureofwork > read more

How To Start Your Home Business – Free Info Here

Published on 2010-03-24 08:20:19

A new free website for anyone to try free until the end of March – If you do not know anything about affiliate marketing you can find out all about it here. > read more

Business Advice From Van Halen

Published on 2010-03-11 13:10:20

By Dan Heath and Chip Heath Walk into an urban high school and look around at the kids. Roughly half of them will drop out of school. If you knew which ones, you might be able to steer them toward a different path. But you can’t solve a problem > read more

Top 10 Outsourcing Trends by Small Businesses in 2009

Published on 2010-03-10 14:15:00

by Amit Mullerpattan The expanding reach of the Internet and growth of online collaboration tools have all changed small business outsourcing dramatically in the past 3-4 years. Let us take a look at 10 key trends for using independent contractors > read more

Onsite offshore coordinator vs. offshore onsite coordinator

Published on 2010-03-09 13:25:29

by James Wheeler Traditionally outsourcing vendors place coordinators on the customer site to facilitate communication with the offshore team.   This article discusses a different approach to coordinating offshore outsourcing projects where the cli > read more

12 Reasons to Hire a Sourcing Advisor

Published on 2010-03-04 14:15:38

Over the years I’ve worked with dozens of tier one and tier two outsourcing providers.  I recently asked some of them to provide their perspective as to “why their clients and potential clients should hire a sourcing advisor.”  One would init > read more

Selecting the Right Outsource Provider at the Right Time

Published on 2010-03-03 12:15:15

by Alsbridge, Inc. Often times, when selecting an outsourcing provider, the list of candidate firms can look almost identical in terms of capability and ability to handle the scope of services clients seek. This can lead to a sub-optimal subjective d > read more

Top 5 Staffing Considerations for Building a Procurement Team

Published on 2010-03-02 13:20:33

by Bill Huber The most effective procurement organizations are able to attract, stimulate and retain top talent; and retain the energy and momentum to continuously drive change to their companies. Less effective organizations can succumb to bureaucr > read more

25 Aspects of Professional Life to Outsource

Published on 2010-02-25 11:45:36

by Nick Krym The list below covers a variety of tasks that could be reasonably easy outsourced to a Virtual Assistant. 1. Industry / Market / Vendor / Product Research. Even though you can ask your VA to check library you are better off keeping the r > read more

Enjoy Your Life, Get a Virtual Assistant

Published on 2010-02-24 12:55:32

Do you know Timothy Ferriss? His book, The 4-hour Workweek, became no. 1 in both the New York Times and WSJ Bestseller Lists. He has seen in the world and has garnered a lot of titles and awards under his name. For example, he has been a break dancer > read more