QUESTION:
I’m starting a marketing company that offers services requiring outsourcing from different partners. What’s the best way to outsource this work and create a billing system that shows my company name to my clients?
ANSWER:
Naomi Kokubo
by Naomi Kokubo, Cofounder of Founders Space
Here are few billing systems that you can check out:
AcceptPay http://www.acceptpay.com
HighDeal http://www.highdeal.com
Aria http://www.ariasystems.com
PaySimple http://www.paysimple.com
Steve Lindstrom also recommended…
Free Books http://www.freshbooks.com
As for outsourcing work and finding talent, there are numerous online services that act as virtual marketplaces, where contractors and businesses can connect. Here are three of the more popular services:
oDesk http://www.odesk.com
BidModo http://www.bidmodo.com/
eLance http://www.elance.com
I hope this helps you get started!
I can't really speak so much about the outsourcing part of your question since I've never done it myself, but I've heard good things about http://www.elance.com. Additionally, before you actually do any outsourcing you might want to read this article from Entrepreneur Magazine about the topic: http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/hiri…
If you want a really nice (and fairly inexpensive) billing system then you should check out Fresh Books (http://www.freshbooks.com/?ref=2bbac0bd235706-1). Fresh Books allows you to sign up and manage 3 clients for free so you can try the product out. It also lets you have multiple people manage your account, send quotes and bills, and your customer can even send you payments via credit card through Fresh Books.
I've heard of a few billing systems that you may want to check out:
AcceptPay http://www.acceptpay.com
HighDeal http://www.highdeal.com
Aria http://www.ariasystems.com
PaySimple http://www.paysimple.com