- Course overview
- Join our community on Slack!
- What is outsourcing?
- What is it good and not good for?
- How much should I budget?
- Section 1 review material
- All the course review sheets in one PDF
- Where to find outsourcing firms and freelancers
- Introduction to Elance
- Going further in-depth with Elance
- Introduction to Upwork
- Going further in-depth with Upwork
- Introduction to Freelancer
- Other techniques and platforms for finding contractors
- Section 2 review material
- Choosing your ideal subcontractor strategy
- Deciding between a firm or freelancer
- Understanding how to choose from the best outsourcing zones
- Understanding price & autonomy
- The "Goldilocks Syndrome"
- Section 3 review material
- Writing the right title
- Practicing with titles
- Writing the right description
- Getting hands on with writing descriptions
- Getting the settings right
- Reviewing your settings
- Section 4 review material
- The Sx5 framework for solidifying product ideas
- Coming up with strategy, Sx1
- Coming up with scope, Sx2
- Section 5 review material
- Creating an overview
- Adding the functions section
- Going further in-depth with functions
- Creating the pages section
- Creating parameters
- Creating the users section
- Adding comments
- Section 6 review material
- Intro to sketching
- Materials for sketching
- Sketching it out
- The finishing touches
- Upgrade to a tool, getting started with Pidoco
- Getting used to the features in Pidoco
- Creating a quick sitemap
- Site elements to start with
- Using templates to save time
- Handling images in Pidoco
- Adding and controlling layers in Pidoco
- Annotating everything
- Alternative: Using Balsamiq for quick wireframing
- Alternative: Using Balsamiq continued...
- An example project created in Balsamiq
- Section 7 review material
- Introducing M.A.P.
- Adding interactivity to your prototype
- Collaborators and reviewers
- Creating a tablet version
- Section 8 review material
- Reviewing bid language
- Bid language
- The response rate test
- Dissecting the bid rate
- Section 9 review material
- Strategy: The $50 test
- Strategy: Rapid cycling posts
- Strategy: The Keyer question
- Strategy: Repeat the project back to you
- Strategy: Get them off the platform
- Strategy: The long term strategy
- Strategy: Messaging freelancers
- Strategy: Dividing specializations
- Section 10 review material
- Five pillars for evaluating contractors
- Six red flags for contractors
- Response rate sets the tone
- How important is site reputation?
- How to handle referrals
- Is outsourcing a long term solution?
- How to handle extra work
- Legality with outsourcing
- Fixed rate versus hourly rate - use my method
- What is good? Avoid this trap
- Outsourcing and protecting your IP
- Section 11 review material
- Getting introduced to Asana