Outsourcing Data

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Curious about outsourcing data? Our book, “Outsourcing Through RentACoder” explains it all. Below are a few selected snippets that describe its importance and why you, as an outsourcer, should care. For details, head on over to this page and order the book. Then complement what you find here with the content in our growing outsourcing articles library (the book’s ‘online extension’).

Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page step-by-step user guide for entrepreneurs who want to reduce their workload and increase productivity at the same time.

Excerpts:

• Yes, RentACoder (now, vWorker) is where software gets done. But it’s also where animation, photography, and fine art gets done. It’s where audio, circuit design, data entry, and content writing gets done. And it’s where things like gaming, music, and GIS gets done. (page 61)
• Other situations outside of data loss can create a liability too — situations like illness, death, bankruptcy, and natural disasters. The outsourcing contract should therefore additionally spell out who will compensate losses incurred from these types of events. (page 94)
• Some companies don’t allow outsourcing. If you take a real look at the type of customer data your business handles on a day-to-day basis for example, you might be surprised at how tremendously private that data really is. (page 106)
• Companies may feel more comfortable working with an online employment resource knowing that their proprietary data is protected and enforced with this type of legally binding agreement. (page 118)
• Once you understand the collaboration process of online outsourcing, you’ll be as amazed as we are at the amount of data flowing through RentACoder (now, vWorker) at any given time. (page 120)
• The second problem is that off-site communication stores off-site data – data that RentACoder (now, vWorker) might not consider in an arbitration case. Should you collaborate away from the site, you must upload all off-site communication to the RentACoder (now, vWorker) website if you want to use it as a dispute’s documentation. (page 133)
• Encasing a search phrase within quotes for example, sends the engine off in search of an exact phrase match. Grouping words with AND or OR sends the engine off in search of data matching all or either one of the submitted query items. (page 250)
• Not too long ago, the entire country of Malaysia endured a lost Internet connection no thanks to cut cables. According to itworldcanada.com, “Internet and telephone traffic between Europe and the Middle East and Asia was hampered Friday after three major underwater data lines were cut. “ (page 261)
• Within three days, a buyer has to approve or contest the data recorded to the program’s timecard because RentACoder (now, vWorker) will automatically approve the data and pay its coder what’s due if a buyer doesn’t respond within that three-day period. (page 284)
• So would buying software for a programmer, renting a fax/printer/copy/phone machine for a virtual assistant, or shipping boxes and boxes of customer receipts to a data entry person. (page 293)
• Before accepting and paying for a completed project, RentACoder asks you to verify your satisfaction with it. You can’t do that of course unless you test it out. So be wise. Back up your data before installing and running your coder’s deliverables. (page 373)
• According to Internet World Stats, over three hundred million Americans use the Internet. That’s almost half the entire U.S. population! And based on data from GVU’s 10th WWW User Survey, over 90% of our nation’s own Internet equipped population is high school educated (at the very least) and old enough to comply with current labor laws. (page 406)

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Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page, 7.44″ x 9.68″ paperback book, fully illustrated and filled with everything you could possibly need to successfully outsource your tasks the first time.

Inside, you’ll find a slew of outsourcing know-how, over a dozen online checklists, worksheets, and more. It also introduces an outsourcing roadmap exclusive to the RentACoder (now, vWorker) website. Order it here.