I am a stickler for backing up after two huge computer crashes and a domain company going out of business and BOOM! all of their customers’ files being ALL GONE with NO warning.

I always rename a page on my site that I am updating as “name2.html” – always – BUT, last night, being careless and in a hurry to update my rates page, I neglected to do so and …

what happened next was a near disaster!

ONE teeny tiny error messed up the entire page AND since I had recently cleared my web cache as well, I had no previous instance of the page to copy and start over. I do USUALLY remember to update the files on my laptop, which I use pretty much exclusively for my Twitter tweeting, Facebook commenting and my Facebook Fan Page , BUT, as luck would have it, I had not updated my laptop as I had not used it except to do client work for the past week!

Thank goodness I did make a CD backup the last time I updated the site and added the new Social Media Assistance Package or I have no idea how I would ever have fixed things on that messed up page.

So, please, take a lesson from MY mess up and make sure you:

Name any page you are updating, for example, rates.html – to rates2.html and keep checking that one as you work before making it a permanent change to rates.html

Copy your web site pages, blog posts, etc. to a CD and if possible have them also backed up to another computer or spare room on your domain

Double check that your backups are correct before you do anything permanent that can not be undone or fixed.

Enjoy your wonderful web site and/or blog!

Happy 2011 to all of us! May this be our most successful and wonderful year yet of many more to come that just get better and better!

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and transcription assignments along with research, blog posts, article submissions
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Companies might consider business outsourcing for many
different reasons.

Business outsourcing is when a company hires an outside source to complete work or a project which would normally be done by the staff.

A company might consider outsourcing to save money by cutting down on costs or when they might not have the employee resources to complete a particular project.

Outsourcing gives a company the opportunity to complete a needed project that might not be a specialty of their employees.

When you outsource, you don’t have to pay a salary or provide benefits to the workers.

When business outsourcing occurs, the company will usually enter into an agreement with the outsourcing company. This is usually done with a contract.

The contract will usually include the terms of the agreement = like steps throughout the project, time the project will take, people involved, cost, and required resources from the client.

There are many different types of outsourcing.

The most common segments of a business that hire outsourcing companies for assistance include accounting services to help with payroll, inventory, and financial issues.

The biggest field of outsourcing today for companies is in the Information Technology field. This is because companies will upgrade their phones, computers, need cabling installed, troubleshooting performed and many other services.

Companies also outsource people for customer service positions, call centers, and telemarketing.

Outsourcing is a solution for a business to save money and complete projects and tasks in the workforce without having full time employees do the work.

Outsourcing is becoming more and more popular across the world every day.

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Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance

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There are many reasons you might consider outsourcing
for your company. Many of those reasons might include
the resources, cost, or staff.

If you are a growing company you might have many
projects you need to complete for your expansion. If
you are upgrading systems you might have projects you
need to complete.

You might not have a staff that knows how to complete
the project or your staff may not have enough people
to complete the project in the time frame you would
like it to be done.

Outsourcing is an excellent idea when you face issues
like this. A company can come into your business and
complete the project on your required deadline.

Another reason you might consider outsourcing is to
save money. You might currently have full-time
employees in positions that only require them to be
around for certain times of the year.

It is cheaper to eliminate the full time employee
position and bring in the outsourcing company only
when you need them to work.

When you bring in an outsourcing company to complete a
project rather than hire a full time employee, you are
saving on the yearly salary and the benefits you would
have to offer that employee.

In most cases, it is usually cheaper to hire an
individual or team of people on a temporary basis then
it is to use your own staff.

There are many reasons you might consider outsourcing.

You might have a full-time employee you need for one
specific thing but often has a lot of downtime and you
have to find extra work for her to do to keep her busy.

There is no reason to pay for full-time employees if you
can hire helpers for the duration that you need them.

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing, proofreading and transcription assignments!

Jan Tallent
Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance

573-775-4520 jan@tallentagency.com