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Master Outsourcing - Get the Best Price & Save Time
Introduction to the course
Course Overview (7:33)
What is outsourcing? (6:27)
What should you outsource and what should you not (12:11)
Planning your budget and estimating costs (12:15)
Section 1 review material
Getting Started
Where to find outsourcing firms and freelancers (7:43)
Introduction to Elance (19:33)
Going further in depth with Elance (2:44)
Introduction to UpWork (19:40)
Going further in depth with Upwork (5:53)
Introduction to Freelancer (9:06)
Using alternative techniques and platforms to find contractors (5:40)
Section 2 review material
Dive Deeper
Planning your subcontracting strategy (8:24)
Deciding between a firm or a freelancer (19:52)
Country Profiles & how to pick your ideal combination (18:34)
The relationship between Price & Autonomy (8:06)
The Goldilocks syndrome (7:38)
Section 3 review material
Posting Expertise
Writing a title that attracts the right bids (9:05)
Hands on with writing titles (12:39)
Writing the perfect description (11:06)
Getting hands on with writing descriptions (15:11)
Getting the settings right (19:03)
Section 4 review material
Strategies for minimizing costs and time
Rapid cycling posts (4:53)
The $50 test (4:14)
The "Keyer" question strategy (7:42)
Repeating the project back to you (4:12)
Getting them off the platform (4:21)
The long term strategy (5:17)
Using messaging to your advantage (7:15)
Fixed rate vs per hour? Use our technique instead (9:38)
The Specializations strategy (6:25)
Section 5 review material
Best Practices
6 pillars for evaluating contractors (15:53)
6 red flags for contractors (7:51)
How important is site reputation? (4:52)
Understanding your response rate (4:40)
How to handle extra work and specifications (2:09)
What is good? Avoid this trap (9:14)
How to treat referrals (3:15)
Is outsourcing a long term solution? (5:56)
Legality with outsourcing (10:56)
Section 6 review material
Documentation
Creating an overview (5:51)
Creating a functions list (10:29)
Example: Creating our functions list (10:35)
Adding pages (19:50)
Creating the user section (11:09)
Creating the parameters list (10:50)
Adding comments (2:50)
Intro to Balsamiq (19:50)
Going further with Balsamiq (3:32)
An example site made in Balsamiq (3:20)
Section 7 review material
Selecting the right person
What to look for in their language (9:31)
Analyzing language further (13:46)
The response rate test (6:30)
Dissecting their Bid amount (11:09)
Section 8 review material
Internal Management skills
Getting acquainted with Asana, the king of project management tools (12:28)
Going further with Asana (10:03)
Section 9 review material
Bug Hunting
Becoming a bug hunting master (11:14)
Bug hunting on mobile (5:11)
Some thoughts on bug hunting (1:39)
TIP: Accelerate your testing this way (0:49)
Section 10 review material
Common Scenarios and how to handle them
Low quality work (6:13)
Missing Deadlines (8:19)
Repeatedly missing bugs (6:10)
They ask for money upfront (5:14)
They bid and disappear (4:15)
Contractor raises their price (8:36)
Section 11 review material
Feedback section
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The Specializations strategy
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