The to-do lists of many entrepreneurs with small businesses are too long. The practice of outsourcing involves an organization hiring outside vendors to do tasks that are traditionally handled internally by workers. By outsourcing, you may devote more time to essential responsibilities like expanding your company....
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Buried in work, stressed beyond reason, and limited in time seem to be frequent trends in the workforce. Luckily, there is a solution to help any leader or entrepreneur avoid these dilemmas: delegating. Despite how easy this may seem, the act of delegating is often...
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As ConceptDrop’s Summer Marketing Intern, I was curious to see a customer’s viewpoint when submitting a project through online creative marketplaces. I decided to compare the project submission process of three companies: 99designs, Upwork, and of course, ConceptDrop. Before beginning, I came up with a...
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The growing popularity of freelancing and outsourcing has caused a recent shift towards a term more recently coined as “gig economy”. Gig economy refers to the work environment associated with short-term “gigs” rather than full-time employment. There are several theories as to why this shift...
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When it comes to certain projects, do you hire in-house employees or do you seek out external experts to complete the work? Outsourcing means that a project is contracted to a party outside of a company’s staff. While it may seem intuitive to utilize employees...
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