Today you'll learn how you can use outsourcing to cut costs and save time. Even make more money! One example of outsourcing is contracting a Web designer to create your online store. We have included some tips for this as well in this month's edition.

But before we get started, I have a small reminder to all of our subscribers in the IT/telecom industry...

September and EuroLatina's yearly business event in Stockholm Sweden are almost here. The event, connecting European and Latin American IT companies, was a huge success last year. I was there with redtienda and we made several business contacts that have generated more new business that I possibly could have imagined. I strongly advice you to attend this event if you have an IT company and are interested to expand your business with new strategic partnerships and services. The event is free. All you need to do is make a reservation and get there yourself. Find more information and make an online reservation at their Web site http://www.eurolatina.com

All the best,
Erik G. Olsson, Editor
eolsson@redtienda.com

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• How To Use Outsourcing To Beat Your Competition
• Top 7 Questions You Should Ask Your Web Designer Before Letting Him/Her Loose on Your Site

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Outsourcing is when you hire outside professionals or services to take on part of your business workload. You may want to outsource part of your work because you don't have the room, you need an expert, you have periodic busy periods, or you need more production to get orders out on time etc. You could outsource accounting, secretarial tasks , factory help, computer training, web design etc. Below are ways to use outsoursing to beat your competition.

By outsourcing part of your workload you can save time and spend more time concentrating on beating your competition.

• you won't have to take time training new employees
• you won't have to do time consuming tasks like adding on new equipment
• you won't have to learn a new software program or other equipment
• you won't have to interview employee candidates
• you won't have to fill out all the complicated employee paper work like tax forms, scheduling, retirement plans etc.

By outsourcing part of your workload you can save money and spend more money on marketing or advertising to beat your competition.

• you won't have to buy extra office and other equipment
• you won't have to buy extra office or work space
• you won't have spend money on employee costs like; taxes, medical, vacation time, holidays, workers comp., unemployment costs etc. (these may vary by which country you do business)

There are many other ways outsourcing can help you beat your competition. Here are a few more:

• the extra help can help you complete and deliver orders faster
• you could expand your market share by becoming the middleman and offering your subcontractors services or products
• you could end up getting orders from your subcontractors
• it will allow your business to take on extra or large orders

Some of us spend a lot of money on getting the right site - make sure YOUR designer can do what you want before parting with your cash...

1. "Do you have your own web site?" A web site designer without a web site is like a printer without business cards!!

2. "Can you show me 3 examples of your work?" If they all look the same - then the chances are so will YOUR site. Don't settle for a template design from a graphics package.

3. "Can you show me references from satisfied clients?" Follow up references to see how well your designer relates to his/her clients.

4. "How quickly will my site load?" The main page of your site should load in less than 10 seconds, and should be under 30K in size.

5. "Will everyone be able to view my site?" Some of the more recent technologies are only viewable in newer browsers. What alternatives are put into place for browsers that are less than generation 4?

6. "Will potential customers be able to find my site?" Will people be able to type your company name into a search engine (or your business type and location), and see your site in the top ten results?

7. "Can you prove this?" Ask your designer to show you "live" searches on different search engines for three of their clients.

  Rolf Nilsson, rolf(a)lindhousein.com
  Lindhouse International Ltd., http://www.lindhousein.com

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Sales techniques and negotiations strategies from the sales-guru Patricio Peker in Argentina.
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Free Internet marketing resources and eCommerce site guides directly from Michael in Australia.
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An online community for Web designers and IT professionals.
http://www.itsitio.com

Register your online store in this fine business directory.
http://www.guialaguna.com

Find out the total number of sites that link to your online store.
http://www.linkpopularity.com

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