First Post!
Welcome to a shiny new blog about making the most of outsourcing/freelance services over the web. I’ve been talking about getting this together for over 12 months now, and I’ve finally taken the first few steps.
This blog is primarily targeted at small business users of these services, not providers (as I am not a provider I can’t offer much in this regard). I’m going to cover a pretty wide variety of topics, but in a nut shell I’ll be including:
- how to use web-based freelancers within your business;
- project management (with an outsourcing twist);
- process oriented business improvement, including strategies for efficiency and automation of activity;
- profitability improvement for small business (including recession proofing);
- entrepreneurship and small business issues.
The first articles to go up will be on the basic concepts and implications (as I see them) of using outsourcing as a business tool. Then I will start to delve more deeply into common issues such as management, value, quality, culture differences etc.
I am aiming to post fresh articles everyday. A bit of a slog with no readers, but hopefully I’ll survive the solitude 
I appreciate feedback, so if you have any questions or comments please leave them on the blog or shoot me an email. I hope to reach a stage where I can engage readers like you in dialogue. As anyone who has a blog knows these early stages are like talking to yourself, entertaining at first but there’s only so much silence you can take without going a bit loopy
Thanks for reading, more to come!