Now that I’ve had some time to search and study a bit in Jeff Mill’s Outsourcing Secrets and John Jonas’ ReplaceMyself.com let’s distinguish what the differences are between the two.

Jeff Mill’s Outsourcing Secrets is geared toward educating you, not the outsourcer…as opposed to John Jonas’ ReplaceMyself.com which is a resource site dedicated to teaching your outsourcer. Each site does have tools to use for your outsourcer such as Jeff Mill’s 81 Word Press Video Tutorials that either you or your outsourcer/member of your team can log in and view. These 81 videos are broken down into 7 modules for easy navigation and viewing.

Jeff also puts out a newsletter filled with tips and suggestions for your outsourcing project as well as continually motivating you to take action. His is an ongoing coaching program in outsourcing. He also hosts a few seminars each year. His next seminar is called “The Boost Seminar” and will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota (Jeff’s home state) March 19, 20th, 21st of this year.  Remember, Jeff said there are two things that successful Internet marketers do:

• they all network by going to these Seminars (the absolutely best place to meet new JV partners as well as bringing people into your existing network.) Your network is your lifeblood and without it you will struggle to succeed.
• they all outsource some or all of their work

A few more things you’ll find in Jeff’s site include:

• A page full of videos from interviews he did on outsourcing and related subjects with other successful marketers. Some titles include: “Affiliate Management using Outsourced Talent” and “Jeff Mills presents the Train My Money Maker System and Blueprints.”
• A page of hiring documents such as a Work for Hire Agreement and Affiliate Manager Agreement.
• A full page of MP3’s to listen to and PDF’s to download and learn from.
• A forum to exchange ideas, ask questions, network with others who are interested in outsourcing. It’s not a heavily active forum…at least not yet, but Jeff does seem to monitor it daily and responds quickly.
• A complete resource page, showing you the tools and systems he uses with his virtual assistants.

Jeff also offers the option of purchasing his “Train My Money Maker System and Blueprints.” Included with this system are 8 Money Making Systems that are essentially a “business in a box” type thing that you give your outsourcer, tell them to watch the videos, read the manuals and implement what they learned. I can’t list them all but here is an example of one: “Affiliate Auto Blogs.” Your outsourcer would learn this system and implement it.

These 8 ready made systems will cost you $249….which I actually think is a very fair price to have something ready to go and start your outsourcing immediately. The perfect shortcut to those who want to outsource but don’t have their own manual or package/system they can hand to their outsourcer.

Replacemyself. com was created by John Jonas a year or two ago to address outsourcing….specifically to the Philippines. This site will be primarily used to train your outsourcer in all the Internet marketing tasks that will be required of him. Included in John’s site:

• MyProjectPlans …this is the area you  use to post your projects/assignments and your outsourcer checks in to complete them. This is the only place you should be sending your outsourcers to. Replacemyself.com is not for their eyes, only “My Project Plans” which is an area you  will have access to once you join Replacemyself.  Your outsourcer can see at a glance what needs to be accomplished. Of course you only have continued access to this as long as you are a paid member.
• Training Modules: You will automatically get the “Welcome” module and one other bonus module of your choice after joining. A new training module is released to you each month and you are allowed to juggle them into the order that you want to receive them. Additionally, you can puchase each module for $97…with each module you purchase you will also receive one month of membership in ReplaceMyself.com. Memberships cost $97 a month. These modules become available for your outsourcer to access in the My Project Plans area. To be honest, I’ve only watched a few of these videos but I’ve read in a few places that they are not the best quality training videos out there. That will have to be your decision
• A complete “Business in a Box” for those who can’t wait to get started but do not own any systems to give an outsourcer.
• Pre-found employees…if you neither want to or don’t have the time to sort out an outsourcer for yourself, there is a section of Pre-found employees that you can hire. Be aware that you will be tagged with quite a substantial “finders fee.” I find this area lacking in choices.
• Access to BestJobs.ph and Onlinejobs.ph…in my opinion this is probably the best benefit of joining Replacemyself.com. Remember I told you in my last post that Bestjobs.ph is no longer allowing anyone to sign up  for an account if they do not own a physical Philippine address. No one knows the reasoning for this, but inside John’s site he gives you access to Bestjobs.ph. You also get free access to Onlinejobs.ph which is his own Philippino hiring site that he set up. If you joined each one of these separately, you would have to pay for a membership…with Replacemyself.com it comes free….and, remember you cannot sign up for a new account at BestJobs.ph…this may be your only entrance into that resource.

As you can see, each one of these two membership sites has their place. One to educate, motivate and coach you to outsourcing success, and the other to educate, motivate, focus and coach your outsourcers.

The cost of Jeff Mill’s Outsourcing Secrets is $47 with a free month long trial. The cost of John Jonas’ ReplaceMyself.com is $97 a month. Most likely after the first month or two you will not have to continue as a member unless you want to send your outsourcer to these resources (such as “MyProjectPlans”)…obviously you would have to have a password and log in info to get them in.

In my own dealings and research into Jeff Mills and John Jonas they have come up with high marks in integrity and always over deliver content to their members. But, as always, you must do your own research and make up your own mind if these memberships are what your business needs at this point.

I am interested in what you have to say…so, please take the time to comment and let me know if there is anything else you would like me to cover on these two outsourcing sites.

As for me, I will continue my own study and implementation of these tasks. I am presently searching for my own outsourcers from the Philippines and I will continue to post my progress.

By the way…both of these membership sites have affiliate programs. Yes, I am an affiliate for both, but remember, I am also a paying member of both sites.  Everything I said would have been said the exact same way even if I were not an affiliate

enJOY your day and dream about the 4 hour work week

Kathy

Here are the links to Jeff’s and John’s blogs:

John Jonas: http://www.jonasblog.com/

Jeff Mills: http://www.jeffmills.com/

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There are three main players/components to  Outsourcing to the Philippines (or anywhere overseas)

• The owner…the entrepreneur, the one with the vision (that would be you )
• Project Manager…your most important asset with any business is an excellent Project Manager. This is the person who will delegate the tasks that need to be done within the business  model that you have given them. It is also their responsibility to follow up to make sure it gets done right. When you first start out outsourcing, you may have to assume this position at first but it won’t be long (once the successes start coming) before you will need to put someone else in the most important position so that you can concentrate on starting new business’.
• The technicians…these are the players that the Project manager has designated your tasks to…these are the ones that actually do the physical work for you. This is your team.

Although I promised you two web sites to work from to hire from the Philippines, it seems that one site bestjobs.ph is no longer allowing anyone who is outside of the Philippines to sign up. This site is still active but it is only for people who have physical addresses with business’ located within the Philippines.  So, until they change their mind again…this one will have to go by the wayside..although there are creative ways of getting in.

When they closed bestjob.ph to outsiders, John Jonus (who was successful at using these Outsourcers) decided he would set up his own site to connect online jobs and Filipino workers  with American, Uk, Australian etc. countries.

www.Onlinejobs.ph was born in early 2008 and became the “Outsourcing to the Philippines” go to source. Onlinejobs.ph is geared specifically at Filipinos who want to work online for foreign companies.

For the most part, they are all college graduates…or senior students looking for work. The ones you should concentrate on are the ones with the Science of Technology degree. They each have different strengths and skills listed…its a rare one that would come trained in all aspects (I would wonder about those qualifications anyway)….but they all can and want to be trained to execute new tasks and procedures.

To get the best results, you need to email at least 20 people at a time with your desired job. Not everyone will return your email even if it seems they are available. Sometimes these people are listed in such places as Craigslist in the Philippines as well as onlinejobs.ph and they may have secured a job there.

Once you get email results, filter through and eliminate any that don’t seem a good fit. Narrow your list down to 5-6 applicants. Once you do this you want to test them on a fairly difficult task…to see what degree of proficiency they have, but more importantly, you  want to see their ambition and resolve to accomplish new tasks they aren’t familiar with. The ones creative enough to find and execute the answer to something they previously had little knowledge on is the person you are looking for. You want a self starter.

Personally, I think paying them for doing this task is important. It sets up good vibes between you and your prospects  and allows them to see your generosity from the start. Even if you paid each one around $25.00 you could do 5 of them for $125 which is not a lot to spend on hiring an assistant…but it is a lot to them in terms of reward. You’ll attract better prospects this way too.

Another thought is to filter through the applicants and if you feel you have found one that you would like to try out, hire them on a “trial” basis for the first month. Make sure they understand that the first month will be a trial to see if the job is a good fit for them and they are a good fit for you.

Once you’ve made your decision and hired someone, you must be sure to and stress the fact that you are “there for them.” If they can’t figure something out and they are too scared to turn to you then they will just quit showing up and walk (just like a brick and mortar employee would do.) Treat them like you would any respected brick and mortar employee. When you find a good one…one with integrity, education, creativity, passion, desire, tenacity, persistence and honesty…they are worth spending the time to nurture and train. In the end, its you that will reap the reward.

Remember, you are not Outsourcing one task to a temporary employee as you would on a site like Elance. You are training your assistants for full or part-time employment. And although you can higher part time, according to John Jonus it is better to eventually have full time employees only…as soon as you can afford to do so.

Two more things to be aware of  are bonuses for those that have earned them  and “the thirteenth month.”

• Bonuses…Because of the money exchange, it won’t cost you much to give bonuses…when they are earned, and will only endear you to your employees more….creating deep trust and loyalty which can only be a good thing.
• “the thirteenth month”...this is a tradition in the Philippines but your Filipino worker will most likely not mention it…maybe assuming or hoping that you are aware of it. Here’s the tradition: When the 12 month year is over, they are automatically rewarded a “thirteenth month’s pay” equal to one month’s salary. Can you imagine how excited and surprised your employee will be when you automatically give them this gift at the end of the year?

John Jonus has a membership site…www.ReplaceMyself.com that has training manuals that you can give to your newly acquired employee/employees, videos they can watch and learn from and he even offers his members access to a “business in a box”…for those who want to get started but don’t have a package they can give their employee to learn from and get going.

Next post we’ll explore www.ReplaceMyself.com in more detail and I’ll reveal more of what’s available to members behind closed doors. There’s an interesting side note to joining Replace Myself that you’ll learn about too.

In the meantime, you can check out John’s blog at: John Jonus Blog

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I’ve been away on a mini vacation that my daughter took me on for nearly a week (thank you very much Shannon!) and catching up with everything online has taken a lot of time! There are emails to filter through and answer….(I have numerous email accounts…as I am sure a lot of you reading this do), videos to watch and learn from and coaching courses with lessons to complete…plus websites and blogs to look after!

Before I left on this mini vacation I was really feeling the effects of trying to do all the Internet marketing tasks that my business required of me. I was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed because I simply could not keep up….even though I was spending hours at the computer daily. “This isn’t the kind of freedom I am after” I thought to myself one day. I got into this business to escape corporate America, its rules and regulations. I was after freedom….personal and financial freedom. The kind that I knew you could  obtain by having a very successful Internet marketing business.

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