As a business owner, it matters not whether you hire online or offline there are certain traits/qualities that should always be considered before you hire your skilled worker. These can include…but are not exclusive to…
Intelligence: You want a creative thinker and problem solver
Integrity/honesty: These two go hand in hand.
Curiosity: Someone with a thirst to know and understand
Complimentary skills: Eliminate individual effort by hiring complimentary skill sets.
Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm…it is contagious…need I say more?

As many of you will notice, this weekend we released a major update to EasyOutsource. Below is a list of the most prominent feature updates and improvements.

1. Upgrade to WordPress 3.1 and BuddyPress 1.2.5.

We upgraded the site to the newest versions of WordPress and BuddyPress. It took a significant amount of work to get the site ready to upgrade to the new version of BuddyPress, but it’s well worth it. This new version has many improvements and we’re now on the upgrade path to future updates as they come out. Later in the year you should expect improvements to privacy, search and messaging as these updates are rolled out in the “BuddyPress core.”

2. Favorites list replaces the Friends list.

We used to have a reciprocal friends list, much like Facebook. We came to the conclusion that this isn’t the ideal way to manage user connections on a job site, and so we removed it. Instead you will now see an “Add to Favorites” link on all [...] Continue reading

Working online is hit or miss.  Sometimes, you really succeed in the business and it becomes your main source of income, while some try it out for a few months and decide to go back to working a 9-5 job.  What makes the difference and what should you do to become the former rather than the latter?

There are a lot of common mistakes and pitfalls that online workers commit.  I am guilty of committing a few of them myself.  In order for you to succeed as an online worker, you should be careful to avoid these mistakes now that you are already aware of them.

• Not knowing the going rates of other online workers in the same field of expertise – One of the first things you should do when starting to do online work is to research on the going rates of other online workers.  Say, you want to offer SEO services, go to freelancing sites and look at the rates posted by other freelancers that do

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This weekend EasyOutsource officially passed the 2000 member mark. As of this writing there are 1350 workers, 681 employers and 430 open jobs. Congratulations to Jonnee Louh J. Busain on being our 2000th member. We’re working hard to grow this community for everyone. As mentioned previously we will be rolling out a major upgrade to EasyOutsource soon to make your experience here even better. We hope you will all enjoy it.

I had the privilege of writing a guest post for Kathy Dobson’s blog – Dedicated to Freedom.  Kathy is an advocate of outsourcing to the Philippines.  She was interested to hear from a Filipino outsourced worker’s point of view on the topic of outsourcing to our country, so I offered to write an article for her.

I was fortunate that readers and followers to Kathy’s blog were also interested to hear our opinion on the issues that surround the topic of outsourcing to the Philippines.  You can read my article on A Filipino freelancer’s thoughts on outsourcing by clicking on the link.

If you also have a topic you would want me to write about on Kathy’s blog, please give your suggestions on the comments section.

Do you own a small online business or perhaps have just started a website and want to propel it to the top ranks at search engines? This is of course the aim of every website owner – to have their site appear on the top of the search results for the keyword(s) they chose for their niche. The process of pushing your website to the top is called SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

However, not everyone who owns a website knows how to rank high at search engines.  To do that requires the knowledge and skills in SEO and more importantly, time.  You are lucky if you have both. But if you’re not a professional SEO and don’t have the time to learn the skills to become one, there’s a service called DIYSEO that might be useful to you.

DIYSEO is a service that seeks to help everyone who needs SEO but doesn’t have the budget to hire a professional agency, which can easily cost upwards of $1,000 per month. [...] Continue reading