Posts by mike

Outsourcing Your Content Marketing

Like graphics or web design, content writing is a particular skill that people go to great lengths to develop. If you want content that resonates with your audience, provides a meaningful message, and most importantly, is well written and easy to understand, it only makes sense to hire a professional.

Before You Outsource Your Social Media…

Social media – in all its various forms – has become a mainstay of our lives, both personal and professional. For businesses and entrepreneurs, a presence on various social media platforms can be a key component of generating leads, driving traffic, and building relationships with existing customers and clients. Unfortunately, though, keeping up with social media, especially multiple accounts, can be a time sink that many...

Skype vs. Slack

In an office environment, where everyone’s connected to the internet and working on a computer, instant messaging programs make a lot of sense. They provide a way to communicate quickly with coworkers (or clients), and also meet some convenience requirements conducive to office-type work – especially for us! For one, typing to one another via a chat is silent. There may be times when we need to speak to each other in person or...

Microsoft Word vs. Google Docs

It’s time to draft some copy. You’ve brainstormed your topic and done your research, but now you’ve got to start typing… Where do you go to begin? For some, it’s that ubiquitous blue W – the longstanding king of word processing, Microsoft Word. For others, it’s a straight to their favorite browser to fire up Google Docs and make drafts in a more web-based way. But what’s the difference? Why would people choose one over the...

Jargon: The New Meaning of “Language Barrier” in the World of Outsourcing

As the business world continues to develop on a global scale, and more and more businesses (both large and small) are looking to outsourcing and virtual assistance to meet their needs, there’s an often overlooked language barrier. Now, language barriers can sometimes be a problem for companies outsourcing overseas, but that is not always the issue at hand. For most services that a business might need, chances are high that there’s...