Benefits
The Agents of Value system is designed to be the most efficient way of getting webmaster help. A traditional project-based staffing model has a bottleneck in the remote location project manager. A project manager serves as the gatekeeper to the producing workers. In order for requests to get through to a worker, the project manager needs to understand the information and then relay this. This creates two different conditions which can reduce the quality of the project outcome:
- Information can be relayed incorrectly
- Time is lost by not communicating directly with the workers.
This service has been designed for webmasters who are able to be their own project manager, and who want to build a cost-effective long term relationship with a webmaster staff.
Contrast with Freelance Market
This is even better than finding someone over Freelance or Rentacoder. The requirements of running an online business tend to be ongoing. In particular, there are a few major problems that come from working with freelancers!
- Hiring workers on a project basis, often leads to cutting corners to finish a job on time. Consider a task like link building, which on the surface seems to be very straight-forward. A freelance worker contracted for the task of getting a specific number of backlinks, with no other instructions, would choose the path of least resistance. The links would most likely come from a low quality source. Many of these links would be absolutely worthless for the site being promoted, providing no real visitors, and no benefit in search rankings.
- While a freelancer if finishing your project, they are already thinking about where their next project is coming from. It’s human nature to seek for security. While a bit of pressure is great for moving a project along, freelance markets can provide a tenuous lifestyle for even the best webmasters or developers.
- Freelancers work unpredictable schedules and may not have the appropriate tools or work environment.
What Work Can I Assign to a Webmaster Agent?
You can assign any kind of work which can be done over an internet connection. Generally, our customers already have a work list that they would want to assign to their agent. If you’re not familiar with collaborating over an Internet connection, chat with our brainstormer. We’ll help you figure out an efficient plan for getting your business ahead.
Many of our customers have not previously had a full time employee previously. Because of this, we’re providing a few suggestions for how to make having an agent as successful as possible.
1. Set Goals. This includes setting short term goals and long term goals. What objectives do you want to accomplish in the next two weeks? What goals do you want to accomplish in the next 12 months? Make sure that your goals are as specific as possible. Also make sure that they can be measured. Finally, the goals you have should be realistic.
When you are working with an agent, review these goals on a regular basis to see how you are doing. Sometimes you need to adjust your goals, while always keeping them in mind.
2. Be Considerate. Even though you will probably only know your agent over chat or email, still consider that they are a real person. Sometimes people have great ideas and complete tasks perfectly. Other times people get sick or make an error. One easy way to be considerate is to keep in mind the Golden Rule (aka the Ethic of Reciprocity). Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
3. Be a trainer. If you are in the position to hire an agent, you might also be the best to train an agent also. Webmaster work is very sophisticated. Articles that are published on the Internet will often be out of date shortly after they are published. In addition, there are many different strategies that could be employed, to varying degrees of success.
If you are particular about the results of a project, then it really is up to you to make sure that an agent is trained properly, and instructed about your goals.
We screen our agents very intensely. Agents for tasks like content building, SEO, affiliate marketing, or general web marketing have been given IQ tests, in person interviews, and asked to create writing samples under time pressure. In addition, webmasters for technical projects involving graphics and programming are asked to create a sample project to demonstrate their abilities.
But, even after our screening, an agent is still a raw resource. In order to gain the maximum benefit from their work, they will require training specific to your work tasks.
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