The book "the Freelancers and shabashniki"



Two years ago my wife and I moved to live outside the city. And from time to time I have to be in the shoes of the customer. So it turns out that the owner of a private house serve duty in a city is usually performed by utilities. Therefore, to the roof has been made Sewerage, well-kept yard — you need to hire people. Only instead of freelancers called "shabashniki". Due to the fact that for the majority the provision of such services is additional income.

In the short time that we live out of town, I've managed to bump in working with builders and "shabashniki". As it turned out, these bumps are exactly the same as that of the clients who work with frilansery and design studios. Namely:

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  1. Poor quality of work which makes itself felt through time in the most inopportune moment. Moreover, the services of the contractor can be far not the cheapest.
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  2. Failure of the timing. Believe me, to sit an additional week and a half without water no less painful, as no design for a week before starting the advertising company.

    3. Performers for recommendations, even from the best of friends, can screw up much more. the

  3. If you do not correctly control the process, then you will steal time, money and resources. Himself, purchasing the materials, I learned some methods how to do it.
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  4. If you do not understand the question, you hang noodles on the ears.




The root of my problems when working with builders lay in the fact that I'm not good with electrical, plumbing, work, metal, etc. I naively thought that I was good enough to earn so that I don't know how to do, done by other people. I thought that there is no need to go into all the details, because it has experts who know how to do it. This probably was my biggest mistake that cost me a lot of money.

This is probably not what you wanted to hear. Of course, I want to find a specialist who will take your "headache" to repair (website) for yourself. Plus the fact that there are experts (I speak from experience). Negative — to find them you must, at least minimally, to understand the topic. This raises the question:

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"Why would I need someone if I'll do that?"


first, all you hardly understand. You can only understand the theoretical part, how to do it. And professionals you pay for their skills because they know how to do (not just know). As the saying goes: "You pay a rouble for a nail and 499 for the fact that the expert knows where to score".

second, you loose the time to earn money in the field in which you understand, and not to have to repair (website) and to lose money.

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Well, even if so, how do we take this knowledge?


I get knowledge from professionals who really know how to do everything efficiently. Somehow it turns out that after the "shabashniki" usually find the spec that shows what and how to do it.

For example, today I learned how to restore check valve, injector repair and diagnose mini-tower. I learned that mini-tower that is responsible for the water supply to the house, you need to check every six months for problems.

Now I understand how it is done, but I will still go to a specialist who have shown me all this. Why? See paragraphs "first" and "second".

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With trumpets and shabashniki clear what to do with sites and freelancers?


I plan to write a book about how to work with freelancers. And habersaathstr, I ask for help to make the book as useful as possible.

In the work I need your questions and challenges that arose when working with the freelancers.

In addition I am looking for successful examples of cooperation with freelancers. How were you able to establish the process of telecommuting.
The most painful problems and the best examples of their solutions will be added to the book. For everyone who responds to my request for assistance will receive a free printed copy of the book.

Their examples and questions are welcome at book@webster.co.ua
If you want to follow the process of writing the book, visit my blog: webster.co.ua

This book is for you and without your participation it will not be as cool as you )
Thank you.
Article based on information from habrahabr.ru

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