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Outsourcing Pros and Cons – More recently I have been outsourcing some of my work because of the lack of time I have on working on so many projects. There are actually a lot of benefits to outsourcing but unfortunately, there are also some negatives that come with it.
What Is Outsourcing?
I’m sure you guys already know what outsourcing is but incase you don’t, it’s basically hiring a third-party person/service to do work for you that you need to get done.
An example of that would be if a company needed to get a lot of filing and processing of paperwork done, they would probably hire a temp to do that. More than likely, the reasoning behind that could be the company may have more important work at hand to get accomplished so they can’t use that time filing paperwork. Though, that simple task does need to get done at some point.
Outsourcing Pros
There are plenty of pros to outsource work besides the obvious fact that you’re getting necessary work done by paying a third-party service. But here’s a list of advantages I see when I outsource some of my work:
As we continue with tax season, I figured we’d go over some tax deductions you didn’t know about. Well, maybe not necessarily you but me. 
I previously wrote a few posts on tax stuff so you can read them at List of Tax Deductions 2009, Tax Deductions for Self-Employed and Tax Deductible Expenses for Self-Employed Online Entrepreneur. But since there’s less than two months left to file your taxes and get your refund, I figured we’d cover a few more things here.
I’m constantly reading about tax stuff because it’s becoming more and more important to me as my revenue increases for my online entrepreneurship. As you guys know, we have to file for taxes on all the money that we make so deducting expenses become more and more important so we’re not actually losing out on money that should belong to us and not Uncle Sam.
Matter of fact, I don’t even have a Uncle Sam so why would we want to donate our money if we don’t have to. 
(By the way, that was my lame attempt to add an unnecessary joke somewhere randomly in this post)
Anyways, let’s get down to business. Let’s go over some detailed tax deductions we didn’t know about…
Write Off Travel Expenses – There are a few things about travel expenses and I’ve mentioned in the past but I would like to correct a couple of things I found as well. I mentioned that you could write off travel expenses if you’re moving outside of 50 miles to a new job. Well, apparently you need to have been hired prior to the move to qualify for writing off travel expenses.
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Getting on the first page of search engines for a popular keyword can be hard but if you know enough SEO and proven link building strategies than you should have no problem. Though, all that link building can take precious time and we all know time is money. So why not consider outsourcing?
I recently had a very good conversation with David of Link Wheeler about their services and how it works. The conversation actually came shortly after I wrote the post “Interesting Way to Get 3 Sites Ranked on the First Page of Google” and his services goes way more into depth with how it works. If you liked my technique, Link Wheeler goes above and beyond on helping with going through the entire process of “natural link building” so you don’t get suspected of spam.
You guys already know about the blog commenting, submitting to directories and those other generic link building strategies. Well, they actually have this system with Link Wheels in which you feed off the juices of links through a link wheel cycle of powerful websites.
Confused yet? Don’t be. Let me explain their process a little more.
The Process of Link Wheeler Link Building
What they do is use the powerful link juices of, say, a Web 2.0 website such as Hubpages or Squidoo, let’s call that “Site A”. They would write a completely unique article specifically for “Site A” and it would be related to your niche. Then they would take another website such as article directories (we’ll call that “Site B”) and then write another unique post. From there, they would link “Site A” to “Site B” and then “Site B” to your website.
So, not only will you get the powerful link juices from “Site B” but you’ll also get it from “Site A”. They almost use “Site B” as a filter which definitely works. I say “filter” but it might actually be called a “gap” or “break” which is seen by search engines as a natural link building process which they love. And if they love your site then it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll get on the first page.
Remember, it’s not about the amount of backlinks you get, it’s the type of backlinks you get. I mean, wouldn’t you want 1,000 powerful one-way backlinks from reputable sources rather than 10,000 trashy links? Me too! And they use various sites which include, but not limited to, Web 2.0 properties, article submissions, blog posts and even Youtube videos.
Here’s a grid that I took from their site which displays exactly what they do. Feel free to click on the image to see a larger version.
Does Their Strategy Work? Here’s Proof!
Honestly, I’ve already heard of his technique before so I can tell you based on experience that it does work. For instance, remember when I told you that you guys should always comment on contest posts? Well, most contests require you to link to their post (say 100 people link to it) and then you comment with your link. Even if it’s nofollow, you still get the domino effect of all those links linking to that post and then the post linking to you.
But I decided to check out their portfolio section and do my own search. Well, I saw their first client (abforum.org) and Googled the keyword they targeted which was “Australian Business Forum” and to my surprise, that website was number one for that keyword. Check out the screenshot I just took:
Okay, that wasn’t really a surprise because like I said again, I know the technique works. And if you look at the screenshot, you’ll see there are over 73 million search results so we know that keyword is pretty competitive.
What I Like Best About Link Wheeler
Well, besides the fact that their techniques work which would equal traffic for us which would also equal money in our pockets… I actually like the fact that they are honest and they tell you straight up what is realistic and unrealistic before you spend any money. Just contact them if you have questions and they’ll be glad to answer it in depth. Personally, I’ve had numerous e-mail exchanges and they answered every single one of my questions. Thanks David!
With that said, they obviously have great customer service. I’m a people person and if they you go out of the way to communicate with me and help me out, you’ll definitely get an “A+” from me. And yes, they already got that grade from me.
Conclusion
They have a staff with SEO experts that are committed to helping you build links in a natural fashion. They have various packages you can order and all of which include high powerful one-way backlinks from PR4-PR9 websites. The money you spend will basically pay itself back in a short time and like I said, its proven that it works.
Anyways, you should at the very least check out how the Link Wheel goes and if you have questions, feel free to drop them here or contact them directly. I know they’re reply back to all your questions!
So, I’ve run into various places in which you get paid for your ideas but to me, it’s all on an honor system and believe it or not, a lot of people are not honest.
There are plenty of websites like this. The very first one I ran into was a website in which you come up with domain name ideas for potential clients and if your domain name idea gets picked, you get paid.
The one I noticed most recently was on Sitepoint. They have a new section on their website entitled “Name My Thingy” in which people post what they are looking for and you guys come up with the idea and get paid for it. The thing I’m not a big fan of is the simple fact that you really have no way to prove an “idea” is yours.
Of course, you can go through the whole legal system, create a blueprint of your idea and get it copyrighted but then again, who really wants to go through all that hassle to get paid a few dollars? A few hundreds? Okay, if it were thousands, then I would definitely consider getting my “idea” copyrighted.
I’m still in the works in my tests but it seems as though I ran across an interesting way to get 3 of your sites to rank on the first page of Google for a popular search term. I’m still testing it out for myself as we speak but I know for sure it works because I have seen it with this website owner to be remained nameless… for now.
As you know, there are only 10 search results that appear on the front page of Google when you look for something. So, occupying 3 of the top 10 slots are pretty valuable especially given the fact that almost all of the search engine traffic comes from that first page. And even more come just from the top 3 search results.
So, what if I told you there’s a way to get 3 of your sites… better yet, what if I told you there’s a way to get one site to rank on the first 3 search results? That would be pretty damn good, huh?
But in my instance, I would suggest using 3 different sites as it will probably be more profitable. The reason why it will probably be more profitable is because visitors who visit 3 different sites are more prone to clicking ads on each site. If they all come back to the same site and notice that, more than likely they will just click back on their browser and go to the very next search result… on a different site.
Okay, so how do you actually do this? Well, I mentioned that it was an “interesting” way and some people may not agree that this should be done. If you don’t want to read it, just don’t continue…
