findtim
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one of things a lot of people forget is SPEED, they create a site and it looks great but loads sh*t.
i personally don't want to waste my time on things that can be fairly automated so i chose to outsource this and this is how i do it.
firstly i create a new user in wp admin, this way as soon as the outsourcing is completed i can just delete the account, but generally i leave it and change the password, if i need other work then i just create a new password.
if the work involves cpanel, i change the cpanel password for that period of time, normally just 2-3 days and then change it back. REALLY import steps that, sounds obvious but i have heard of people not doing that and later finding the outsourcer is using the site for other agendas !!!!!!!!!
for small jobs i go to fiverr.com , its tricky, you either go well or it fails? my rule is i test people on MY sites and not my clients, once they pass the test i then trust them to work on my clients, BUT i don't tell them the first is mine, normally i use a site thats in dev so i have nothing major to lose.
back to speed or any other outsourcing, backup backup backup as outsources don't and if they F up they will deny everything and then disappear !!!!
this is the guy i have been using for google speed improvement but he is also a developer, https://www.fiverr.com/kenjennings, feel free to tell him @findtim told you.
the hardest bit is finally finding someone good and priced fairly.
the 2 last speed projects he did took a very heavy site from 18/100 to 80/100 score ! the 18 came from the client changing things i had done since i handed it over, so it was a retro fix it job.
the 2nd job stuffed up, changes he made stopped my ecom search functions working, without extra cost we restored the site to PRE-HIM touching it and he put it all back in again. this time noting some conflicts and working around them, thats why i will be using him again.
anyway, i've always said if you have a freelancer thats doing good work promoting them helps all, if they see you as a chanel to more work i can tell you from experience they work BLOODY hard for you , its far easier to grow a client then find a new one and freelancers KNOW this.
hope that helps someone.
tim
i personally don't want to waste my time on things that can be fairly automated so i chose to outsource this and this is how i do it.
firstly i create a new user in wp admin, this way as soon as the outsourcing is completed i can just delete the account, but generally i leave it and change the password, if i need other work then i just create a new password.
if the work involves cpanel, i change the cpanel password for that period of time, normally just 2-3 days and then change it back. REALLY import steps that, sounds obvious but i have heard of people not doing that and later finding the outsourcer is using the site for other agendas !!!!!!!!!
for small jobs i go to fiverr.com , its tricky, you either go well or it fails? my rule is i test people on MY sites and not my clients, once they pass the test i then trust them to work on my clients, BUT i don't tell them the first is mine, normally i use a site thats in dev so i have nothing major to lose.
back to speed or any other outsourcing, backup backup backup as outsources don't and if they F up they will deny everything and then disappear !!!!
this is the guy i have been using for google speed improvement but he is also a developer, https://www.fiverr.com/kenjennings, feel free to tell him @findtim told you.
the hardest bit is finally finding someone good and priced fairly.
the 2 last speed projects he did took a very heavy site from 18/100 to 80/100 score ! the 18 came from the client changing things i had done since i handed it over, so it was a retro fix it job.
the 2nd job stuffed up, changes he made stopped my ecom search functions working, without extra cost we restored the site to PRE-HIM touching it and he put it all back in again. this time noting some conflicts and working around them, thats why i will be using him again.
anyway, i've always said if you have a freelancer thats doing good work promoting them helps all, if they see you as a chanel to more work i can tell you from experience they work BLOODY hard for you , its far easier to grow a client then find a new one and freelancers KNOW this.
hope that helps someone.
tim