2010年4月18日星期日

Sourcecontrol: An outsourcing framework for the dangerously ambitious.

Sourcecontrol: An outsourcing framework for the dangerously ambitious.

This isn't a sales letter. It's a story & a solution.

We'll keep this simple. If we haven’t met yet, my name is David Walsh. I'm an entrepreneur, and I've been pushing the limits of outsourcing for years to build projects and create companies – and I've blown an absurd amount of time and money along the way.

Anyone who tells you outsourcing is simple & cheap is lying to you.

After all the chaos, the mistakes, the blown budgets and the wasted hours – yes, it’s simple and a massively profitable. Everything leading up to that point is anything but.

Over the last 3 years, I've taken every lesson I've learned and put it into a 160 page, fully annotated, resource packed book that is everything you need to start outsourcing successfully. No other resource available gives you this level of detail toward leveraging your time and money.

Rather than some hard-selling letter, we'll just skip right to feedback I've gotten…

"Enough to make you completely rethink your current business model"

“Sourcecontrol is an absolute must-read for anyone who is looking to exorcise extraneous busywork from their lives, take their entrepreneurial endeavors to the next level or mobilize their work with as little wasted effort as possible. David has written a book that is informative enough to make you completely rethink your current business model and entertaining enough to keep you glued to your seat (I read the whole thing in one sitting due to its excellent readability). I highly recommend Sourcecontrol as the next logical step in any lifestyle designer/entrepreneur/ambitious person's progression!”

Colin Wright / Exile Lifestyle

"Save hours of labor and headaches"

“If you’ve read the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris and thought to yourself – “Yes! That’s for me! Now… how do I start outsourcing?” then Source Control is for you. David’s insights, expertise, templates and “swipe file” of common documents will save you hours of labor and headaches – and hopefully save you from repeating some of the mistakes I made with my first virtual assistant.”

Sid Savara / SidSavara.com

"Chock full of easily personalized documents"

“With these techniques I've found an incredibly cheap VA who for a week now has been nailing all the low level tasks I've been giving him, most importantly finding me new freelance gig leads, a previously time sucking weekly repetitive event. He also takes out a lot of the front work, so I can focus on the most profitable actions. The ebook comes chock full of easily personalized documents which make hiring, task processes, and finding the right VA a trivial chore.”

Robert Granholm / The Life Design Project

"You are going to change my life"

“I've been reading your book on my train ride home and to say I'm blown away is a serious f****** understatement. As soon as I get off the train I'm f****** running to Kinkos for a hard copy – then purchasing 2 copies. You are going to change my life.”

Jesse McPherson

"David has obviously got this outsourcing caper down to a fine art."

“David has obviously got this outsourcing caper down to a fine art. He has made the mistakes and produced a product that will guide you around the obstacles you will no doubt encounter if you go into this without the knowledge or guidance someone who has been there can give you. If you're thinking about outsourcing but you feel you need some guidance before taking the step towards employing a VA and knowing you can make effective use of them, this eBook and a few hours to put it into practice will give you the confidence you're looking for. Please note, this is not for those after someone to organize their shopping list, this is beyond outsourcing as the novelty Tim Ferris sold it as.“

Dan Hanaveer / Voyagner

"I read the entire thing in one sitting, and that isn't something I do very often."

“After reading all 160 pages of Source Control, I couldn't be more impressed. David's book takes concepts that were first made popular in Tim Ferris' 4 Hour Work Week (4HWW), and expands upon them. After the release of 4HWW, everyone was getting excited about the concept of hiring a virtual assistant (VA). This basically entails hiring someone else to do all of the things you don't like doing in your life, thus enabling you to focus on the things that will add the most value to your goals. Things you can have a VA do range from paying your bills, to coding websites, to proofreading copy. The possibilities are endless.

Whereas Four Hour Workweek mentioned the idea outsourcing, it really didn't provide the tools necessary to effectively apply the concept. This is were Source Control truly shines. David walks you through step by step what outsourcing is, why it is beneficial, and how you can apply it to your life to start saving you time and money.

What sets this apart from many other similar books is the passion that he exudes in his writing. You can tell that David genuinely cares about the stuff he is talking about, and the result is a very engrossing final product. I read the entire thing in one sitting, and that isn't something I do very often.”

Sean Ogle / Location 180

Have a testimonial or review to add? I’d love to hear it. Go ahead and email it in .

Losing money when you start outsourcing is not a possibility – it is an absolutely certainty.

Here's a taste of what you're getting into:

  • You'll put ads on sites like Elance and have no idea how to handle the response. Every proposal looks the same and every firm looks strangely similar, as if they're all working from one giant country-sized office. Lacking a meaningful basis for comparison, you'll be paralyzed with indecision.
  • You'll hire someone and realize you completely overestimated your ability to keep them busy. This isn't because you don't have a mountain of work – you have loads of it. Your problem will be that you can't present that work in a way that enables them to do it for you.
  • You'll get work back that isn't wrong enough to withhold payment, but not good enough to actually have been worth paying for. You'll spend equal time cleaning it up as you would have spent doing it yourself. This will happen with alarming frequency.

Isn't anyone else getting into serious outsourcing at this this level?

Feel free to go scour Google for anything of value. Trust me, I did. I tried everything I would have used when I started out: personal outsourcing system, outsourcing system, outsourcing guide, virtual assistants guide, hiring virtual assistants and more. Wasteland.

Let me tell you what you'll find…

  • Hundreds of sketchy firms that sprung up following the success of The 4-Hour Workweek, attempting to catch a new marketplace promising to “make your life easier”
  • Generic, non-actionable articles on the benefits of outsourcing
  • Heavy, big business Information Technology outsourcing with zero relevance to an agile, entrepreneurial focus
  • Entirely too many bloggers complaining about how they can't find someone to manage their kid’s soccer practice calendar effectively.

What you get with SourceControl…

Let's break it down…

  • Starting with the right mindset so you aren't sabotaging your push into outsourcing
  • Save yourself massive headaches by screening candidates on your terms in a way you won't get on Elance or other sites
  • Ensure you don't watch a firm a firm disappear with your money and not so much as an email
  • Totally change how you look at the work you do and tasks you perform
  • Establish new filtering process and decision-making rules for deciding what work benefits from you doing it
  • Step-by-step explanation of breaking down any specialized process and turning it into a generic process anyone can do for you
  • Capturing your process for your assistants, handling decision points ahead of time
  • Key process for creating illustrations or supporting document to support your new process
  • Separate your individual role in every task from the generic actions, and learn to turn a specialized task into a scalable process
  • Decide between full-time assistants or part-time on-demand help.
  • Eliminate communication chaos using clearly defined rules
  • Eliminating the domestic middle-man to save serious money
  • We'll introduce a few unexpected parallels between NLP (neurolinguistic programming) and outsourcing
  • Where to actually find assistants – and no, there's no day of the week in the name.
  • Actual, hard-dollar cost figures I've found around the world
  • Managing massive projects without risking disastrous outcome; this alone saved me thousands of dollars that I wouldn't have realized I was losing until it was too late
  • 7 types of work you're doing that you probably shouldn't be touching; and how to take advantage of sourcing to get it done
  • Outsourcing your writing tasks: there's a critical distinction to make if you want this to avoid failure here.
  • Anatomy of a bulletproof outsourcing system
  • Anatomy of a perfect task assignment; skipping even one of these can change the outcome of the entire project
  • Money, security, fraud and some obvious preventative measures to keep your money safe
  • Bulletproof source for getting high-quality creative work done with almost no risk; pay once and dozens of designs for your budget – and every single person comes directly to you.
  • The letter of introduction test to discreetly test your assistant's English skills
  • Cubicle Ops: Outsourcing Your 9-to-5; how outsourcing from within your job actually can be the best way to start and experiment; also learn the mistake to avoid when you're automating your job
  • Location location location. Learn where to go for which tasks.
  • A tested, proven task assignment workflow to keep everything organized, accounted for and transferrable
  • A centralized system for keeping files organized and structured
  • The killer arsenal of free tools and services that allow you to run it all seamlessly

The Sourcecontrol Package

The Book

159 illustrated pages covering a full range of topics, including theory, recruiting, systems & process, communication and tools. Absolutely everything you need to start doing less is covered between in this four-part book.

Core Concepts

We'll start by looking at your mindset toward outsourcing and make sure it's aligned with what it offers you. We'll cover your expectations and motives for going abroad, compare tasks of necessity vs. novelty, briefly look at ethical arguments and dive into the concept of systems design.

Starting Out

We'll cover how to triage your tasks and make sure you aren't spending time on low-value activities. We'll explore some common terms, types of hiring scenarios, recruiting, finances, geography and the 7 types of work that's prime for outsourcing.

Operations & Arsenal

Covers basic task workflow, file management, as well as provides a recommended set of free or nearly-free tools that enables a seamless workflow.

Resource Reference

This is a companion to the provided templates and document resources. It describes each document and its relationship to the overall system.

The Resource Pack

Ready-to-use templates, documents, and resources to kick-start your system. This is everything I'd personally developed & refined to manage my assistants simply, directly, and most importantly - from anywhere. Includes Google Documents templates and communication samples.

Process & Expectations Template

Clearly defines handling of tasks, communication & other expectations.

Accounts & Resources Template

Master accounts & resources document, shared with your VAs

New Hire Screening Application

Screening form used when seeking new VAs

New Hire Details Form

Simple details form for new VAs

New Task Entry Form

Quick input form tied to your mater task tracking template. This is used for adding new tasks to be tracked with your VA.

Task Details Template

Master task assignment sheet, shared with your VAs

Task Metrics/Hours Tracking Template

New task form & metrics spreadsheet

Process Instructions (Sample)

Sample sequence of process steps to be shared as reference with task assignment

Process Unpacking (Sample)

Sample mindmap showing the explicit breakdown of the formerly specialized, repetitive process behind installing a new Wordpress blog

Process Variance & Decisions (Sample)

Sample document to note task-specific variables/decisions which enable a VA to perform a process

Ready to take control & start doing less?

Everything will be delivered immediately as instant digital download. You'll be given access to the complete Sourcecontrol book and all complimentary resources.

Normal Price                     Special Release Price

    $64                         $44

100% Stress-Free Money Back Guarantee

Here's the deal. I've made money with this, and I've stopped doing a lot of things I have no business doing. You will too. There are only two ways that you will not make money or save time with this: if you don't actually do anything it says, or if you aren't willing to let go of low-value things you're doing. My book's value it determined by the value you place on your time.

I don't want your money if you're hesitant, and not ready to operate at this level. It requires a serious shift to a relentless striving for time ownership. Hesitation is your problem, not mine. Hesitation is why a lot of people still have terrible jobs or no stamps in their passport. Hesitation is fear, and fear has no place in the lifestyles we're designing.

Anyway, an absolutely no-questions asked refund policy is entirely available if you don't enjoy what you get. If you have any interest, just get it and don't stress about asking for a refund. They're processed through an assistant (of course, right?) so you're not bothering me by requesting it. The guarantee stands for 60 days from purchase. Email any refund requests to orders@dangerousambition.com.

Talk to me

If you have questions or want to talk about the book, or outsourcing in general - drop me a line on Twitter at @dvdwlsh or via email at dw[at]muselife[dot]com.

Cheers,

David Walsh
Muselife.com

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