This is fourth in the Planning the Unexpected series. Each day is a products, person or service I recommend. Please again note that attached links are affiliate links. This helps me make some money to pay for last minute travel and emergency things during my grandmother’s funeral. Today is Friend-sourcing, Twitter and Martha Giffen…
Friendly Outsourcing, Friend-Sourcing.
You may not have heard of friend-sourcing. Chances are good that you have used friend-sourcing and just never realized it. Since so many people do not realize what it is, they do not use it very often for their business growth or for even personal growth. Utilizing this method of outsourcing projects can benefit both you and your business.
Outsourcing Grows Your Website explains how and why outsourcing is so important. Friend-sourcing is very similar to outsourcing, other than the actual hiring out of jobs.
Everyday Friend-Sourcing
We ask our friends about movies and ask about restaurants. Now we can do that on social media such as 
Facebook and Twitter. The advantage of instead of asking “have you been” followed by “was it any good” is shortened to “what do you think of…” and people with opinions will post them.
But this can be used for business as well. You can ask those same questions as related to your projects and work. You can ask friends to fill out short surveys.
Bartering and Friend-Sourcing
The other way to friend-source is something that was common years ago, bartering. You outsource a task you are not good at with a friend who is good at that task and vice versa. This mutual trade of tasks helps optimize your skills and use others skills where you are weak.
Martha Giffen
Someone who is very into Twitter is Martha Giffen. Now if you want to learn more about Twitter or you do know how to use it Martha can help. This is a prime tool to help in the Friend-Sourcing field so this is something you should know. She is offering a class “Tweet with Martha” for free on July 24th. This course will help you get started on Twitter and offer you another way to Friend-Source.
~MJ Schrader
PS Want to save 25% off my products?
In honor of Pat’s Unseminar 8, you can save 25% off any product this special page. You have until July 17th!
