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6 Ways Startups Benefit from Business Process Outsourcing Services

6 Ways Startups Benefit from Business Process Outsourcing Services

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Outsourcing your services is something that is universally embraced by massive conglomerates and one-person startups alike&period; Sure&comma; in some cases&comma; this is done because there’s no other choice&comma; but even in situations where you could do a certain task on your own&comma; you need to ask yourself one question – is outsourcing really more efficient&quest; This strategy can bring you a higher quality of service and lower overhead cost&comma; which are&comma; in and of themselves&comma; more than good enough reasons to do so&period; Here are six most common ways in which startups benefit from business process outsourcing services&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Simplifying your internal structure<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As an executive&comma; it’s your job to oversee the entire organization&comma; yet&comma; some of its departments might be outside of your scope of expertise&period; For instance&comma; you might have worked in the sales or HR department before starting your own company or becoming a manager&comma; however&comma; this wouldn’t qualify you as an IT expert as well&period; Sure&comma; you don’t have to know everything about everything in order to run a startup but by becoming a supervisor of those tasks you’re already familiar with&comma; you can definitely boost your own efficiency as a manager&period; As for all the rest&comma; you can simply delegate it to people who are more skilled in those areas&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">A fresh perspective<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-570 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;pexels-photo-974476&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"6 Ways Startups Benefit from Business Process Outsourcing Services" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"600" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">When you need to start a new marketing campaign&comma; outsourcing might give you a <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">privilege of the outsider’s perspective<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&period; A company you decide to work with might have a completely different view on your brand than your own team does&period; In fact&comma; their standpoint might be closer to that of your audience&comma; which is the insight you were aiming for in the first place&period; Needless to say&comma; it’s much easier to manipulate the public image of your company if you first know what that public image actually is&period; By outsourcing&comma; you can exploit this in a more reliable way&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Offshoring gives you more options<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In a situation where you decide to start your own in-house department&comma; you will be faced with an issue of what’s available&period; When it comes to hiring&comma; you will be restricted to your local talent pool&comma; which can be quite a problem&period; Sure&comma; hiring telecommuters and remote workers is a viable choice&comma; yet&comma; it might be much easier to simply outsource your entire marketing department&period; Moreover&comma; there are some regions that are known for offering the most cost-effective service in certain areas&comma; like India for customer support or Hong Kong for digital marketing&period; Nowadays&comma; there are even outsourcing platforms targeting these specific areas&period; For instance&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">2 Easy platform<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> focuses on above-mentioned Hong Kong&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Easier to budget<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-571 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;calculator-calculation-insurance-finance-53621&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"6 Ways Startups Benefit from Business Process Outsourcing Services" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"600" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">When negotiating with an agency&comma; you agree on the list of features and services you are about to receive up front and you have to pay them based on that&period; On the other hand&comma; when you decide to start an in-house department&comma; the expenses just seem to be piling up&period; The cost of organizing a hiring campaign&comma; training your new employees&comma; as well as providing them with adequate hardware and software licenses are just some of the major expenses&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The employee wages and bonuses are something completely different and you never know when you’ll have to hire a substitute or a replacement&period; On top of it all&comma; you may not even have the room for your new department on-spot&comma; which means that you’ll have to lease out a bigger office or make a contract with a shared office space somewhere else&period; All in all&comma; outsourcing is much easier to predict and budget&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Scalability<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The next thing you need to consider is the issue of scalability&period; Let’s face it&comma; most agencies you’re outsourcing to are more than capable of running an operation that is several times larger than what you’re asking for&period; Aside from you&comma; they probably have several other clients that they’re tackling at the same time&period; To make the long story short&comma; if you ever feel the need to expand your capacities&comma; you can just renegotiate your contract with this agency instead of being forced to physically expand your operations &lpar;hiring new people&comma; leasing out a new office&comma; buying new equipment&rpar;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Penetrating new markets<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Finally&comma; by making your company international&comma; you will have a lot easier time penetrating new markets&period; What we mean by that is the fact that every new partner poses as a new contact in your network&period; Think about just how easier would the expansion be if you already had someone you can trust there&period; In fact&comma; this can also be a great long-term strategy for probing the potential expansion&period; You can start by outsourcing to locals instead of <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">establishing an international office<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> right away&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Conclusion<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The last thing you need to understand is the fact that your own department is always going to get outperformed by a specialized agency in the short-run&period; Of course&comma; after a longer period of time&comma; once your team acquires the same level of experience and learn all the business practices&comma; there will no longer be that big of a difference quality-wise&period; Nevertheless&comma; there’s no way of telling how long will it take&period; So&comma; for all those who can’t wait that long&comma; outsourcing is a clearly superior option&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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