How To Hire The Best Freelancers – 5 Tips To Avoid Disaster
If you’re an internet marketer considering hiring a freelance programmer or web designer for the first time, you’ve probably heard a horror story or two about a freelance job turned disaster. There’s a lot to know when hiring a freelancer and the process can be very intimidating.
How do you know they have the skills they say they do? How can you know if they will be reliable? What if you don’t know a thing about programming or how to build a website – how can you reduce your risk?
To kick this series off, below is an outline of what we’ll be discussing in future posts. Its more of a bird’s-eye-view of how to hire the best freelancers, and in case it doesn’t answer all your questions rest assured we’ll be diving into more detail in upcoming posts.
If there is something else you’d like to know about how to hire the best freelancers, just let me know by making a comment and I’ll add it as an upcoming post on this topic!
Here are a few things to look for when hiring freelance programmers and web designers or developers that should help you find quality freelancers that won’t break the bank. And with any luck, you might just find your freelance match made in heaven.
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Be clear and UBER specific with your instructions
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Insist they be tested — no, not for illegal stimulants
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Keep them ‘on their toes’ with questions that require more than 1 word answers
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Use milestones to divide your project into several manageable parts
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Only outsource what you know
Stay tuned for more on each of these 5 tips to avoiding disaster when shopping for a freelancer. There’s a lot to it, but its not impossible to find the good ones if you’re smart about it.
To your online success!
Kathy
PS: If you have a specific question about online marketing or creating an online passive income stream… Just click the “Ask Kathy” tab above and send me your question. I’ll answer it personally by email or in my next blog post here!
