Comments on: Skills Who Needs Skills? http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/ Internet Marketing Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Owen-Thursfield http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Susan Owen-Thursfield Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:54:27 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-48 Hi Robert! Very thought provoking post and I totally agree. However, i think outsourcing the ironing and decorating is a little different from building an online business. You have an intuitive feel for how much "value" and cost should be attached to these activities. I thin when people venture online everything can be expensive. People will "put up" your website for "only £99!". If you've NO idea how simple FTP is if only you would put the time in initially (about 6 solid "learn" hours in my case), you might think £99 is good value. Frankly it make my blood boil when I see how easy it is for newbies to be ripped off online. All that said however, you MUST learn when you are doing "too much". For example. Learn enough to understand and appreciate exactly how technical and difficult the work really is FOR SOMEONE WITH THE EXPERTISE. Then go and outsource in full knowledge of what questions you and they should be asking each other, and importantly, what the going rate is. Graphics is a good example. I know enough about PSD to know that it is VERY easy to manipulate - even I can do that. And if you've got flair and know how to use the action scripts you've installed, (again, easy), it's actually quite fast to do. BUT the end result the professionals can achieve in a tiny fraction of what I can do is light years from what I could do. Save your graphics for creating your Christmas cards. And know yuo should be OUTSOURCING your graphics to a professional for your online business - but do not pay the earth! Thanks again fro raising this important point. We don't HAVE to be Jacks of all trades, but we do need to KNOW what those trades encompass so we don't get riped off when we outsource! Cheers! Sx Hi Robert!

Very thought provoking post and I totally agree. However, i think outsourcing the ironing and decorating is a little different from building an online business. You have an intuitive feel for how much “value” and cost should be attached to these activities.

I thin when people venture online everything can be expensive. People will “put up” your website for “only £99!”. If you’ve NO idea how simple FTP is if only you would put the time in initially (about 6 solid “learn” hours in my case), you might think £99 is good value. Frankly it make my blood boil when I see how easy it is for newbies to be ripped off online.

All that said however, you MUST learn when you are doing “too much”. For example. Learn enough to understand and appreciate exactly how technical and difficult the work really is FOR SOMEONE WITH THE EXPERTISE. Then go and outsource in full knowledge of what questions you and they should be asking each other, and importantly, what the going rate is.

Graphics is a good example. I know enough about PSD to know that it is VERY easy to manipulate – even I can do that. And if you’ve got flair and know how to use the action scripts you’ve installed, (again, easy), it’s actually quite fast to do. BUT the end result the professionals can achieve in a tiny fraction of what I can do is light years from what I could do. Save your graphics for creating your Christmas cards. And know yuo should be OUTSOURCING your graphics to a professional for your online business – but do not pay the earth!

Thanks again fro raising this important point. We don’t HAVE to be Jacks of all trades, but we do need to KNOW what those trades encompass so we don’t get riped off when we outsource!

Cheers!

Sx

]]> By: Robert Corrigan http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Robert Corrigan Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:02:41 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-40 Hi Martyn, the point you make is very valid, I have in the past tried to do everything myself. Result, very limited progress I always seemed to be spending too much time learning how to do and then trying to do everything myself. How much is my time worth, certainly more than the few pounds I have spent employing someone else to do this for me. Lesson learned. Regards Rob Hi Martyn, the point you make is very valid, I have in the past tried to do everything myself. Result, very limited progress I always seemed to be spending too much time learning how to do and then trying to do everything myself. How much is my time worth, certainly more than the few pounds I have spent employing someone else to do this for me. Lesson learned.
Regards
Rob

]]> By: Martyn Boaden http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Martyn Boaden Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:28:09 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-39 Hi Robert. Your post is very pertinent because one thing that I keep hearing from internet "gurus" is that they out-source most things - they don't design their websites, they don't design their graphics, they don't write their salescopy, they don't fulfil their orders. They spend their time on the "bigger picture" and out-source evrything else. They often use people in India or the Philippines who have the IT skills but will accept lower wages. Getting Plant Divinity to design our Headers is a good example. How much trial and error would we have had to go through to get the results that cost a few pounds? www.MartynBoaden.com www.TheOnlineAuctionResourceCentre.com Hi Robert. Your post is very pertinent because one thing that I keep hearing from internet “gurus” is that they out-source most things – they don’t design their websites, they don’t design their graphics, they don’t write their salescopy, they don’t fulfil their orders. They spend their time on the “bigger picture” and out-source evrything else. They often use people in India or the Philippines who have the IT skills but will accept lower wages. Getting Plant Divinity to design our Headers is a good example. How much trial and error would we have had to go through to get the results that cost a few pounds?

http://www.MartynBoaden.com
http://www.TheOnlineAuctionResourceCentre.com

]]> By: Mandy Allen http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Mandy Allen Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:58:59 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-37 Brilliant, Robert, I wrote a post quite similar to this a couple of weeks ago. I totally agree we should outsource anything we cannot do and anyhting we do not want to do or have the time to do. (Housework springs to mind....) Love your blog, keep up the good work. Mandy Allen Brilliant, Robert,

I wrote a post quite similar to this a couple of weeks ago. I totally agree we should outsource anything we cannot do and anyhting we do not want to do or have the time to do. (Housework springs to mind….)

Love your blog, keep up the good work.

Mandy Allen

]]> By: Barry Wells http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Barry Wells Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:02 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-36 Hi Rob, you've raised some good valid points. I'll come back and read some more very soon. Good luck with the course, Barry Wells Hi Rob, you’ve raised some good valid points. I’ll come back and read some more very soon.

Good luck with the course, Barry Wells

]]> By: Barry Newton http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Barry Newton Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-35 Hi Rob, How very true, it just shows that a little 'Thinking Outside The Box' works. I like the posts, there's something for everyone here. Well Done, Regards, Barry www.barry-newton.com Hi Rob,
How very true, it just shows that a little ‘Thinking Outside The Box’ works.
I like the posts, there’s something for everyone here.
Well Done,
Regards,
Barry
http://www.barry-newton.com

]]> By: Scott Chambers http://robert-corrigan.com/skills-who-needs-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Scott Chambers Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:45:28 +0000 http://robert-corrigan.com/?p=69#comment-34 Hi Rob This is an excellent post. Everybody has a special skill they enjoy doing, that somebody else would be more than happy to pay for. Your story of being a tradesman is a perfect example. I would be more than willing to pay you for your services because I can't stand that kind of thing. How many people are looking for help to get an on-line presence established? The offline market is huge. Thanks Rob and speak to you soon. Scott Hi Rob

This is an excellent post. Everybody has a special skill they enjoy doing, that somebody else would be more than happy to pay for.

Your story of being a tradesman is a perfect example. I would be more than willing to pay you for your services because I can’t stand that kind of thing.

How many people are looking for help to get an on-line presence established? The offline market is huge.

Thanks Rob and speak to you soon.

Scott

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