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John Au-Yeung for Waken Software Solutions Inc.

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How to Hire People to Build an Online Business

Building a business requires lots of work. One person can only do so much to build their business. Therefore, it's important that we hire people that can help us build an online business so that we can take a break while making money.

Ask for Referrals

The best way to find someone that may be able to help you is through word of mouth. Other people that worked the person can tell you if he or she is good. Communicating to others that your business is looking for people also gives us more reach in finding the right candidate.

Through word of mouth, you can know what kind of results the person produced for others so you can be sure that it's likely or not that he or she may be the right person for you.

Hire from a Marketplace

Marketplaces like Tychoo and Upwork has lots of people that can help you out for an affordable price. This is important in the early stages since you don't have much revenue.

People that work for a low price don't necessarily mean that they're low quality. However, you do have to be careful by looking at their ratings in their profile before you choose someone. Also, interviewing and testing people is also important before you hire them.

Ultimately, you have to judge for yourself with the profile rating, interviews, and tests. The price is also important of course. It should be within your budget.

Meeting online should be the same as meeting face to face.

Communicate

We have to communicate every step of the way to make your requirements clear. This way, we won't have any misunderstanding of what you want.

Feedback should be given frequently so that your project stays on track.

Conclusion

There's no better time to build an online business by hiring people. Now that we don't have to rely on local help, we can build an online business without the huge cost that was needed before the Internet.

We just have to be careful in who to hire. Therefore, we should vet people thoroughly before hiring anyone.

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Simhadri

Great job.

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John Au-Yeung

Thanks for reading.