Recession-Busting Tips for Small Businesses:  

It’s an understatement to say that the current economic slowdown has created some uncertainty about the future.

To manage this uncertainty, small business owners are probably taking rational steps to protect their business, such as trimming excess expenses and eliminating unnecessary spending.

However, cost-cutting isn’t the only strategy survival -- rather, businesses can also focus on maintaining current revenues and priming the pump for future revenues.

But how can a small business do this?

Simple: one secret weapon to not just surviving, but thriving during this time, are the tens of thousands of talented and professional elancers available for hire on Elance.

Here are a few ways elancers can help your small business thrive:

1. Focus on Key Customers You want to keep the revenues you do have, so it’s time to make sure you are closer than ever to your most valuable customers. Hire elancers to call and connect with your customers, write and conduct surveys, design and execute direct mail campaigns to recognize and thank your top customers, or design special customer promotional offers to thank your customers for their past business.

2. Hone Sales & Marketing As you look to bring in new streams of revenue, you’ll no doubt target a new segment of customers. Consider hiring an elancer to re-write your sales and marketing materials, re-design or upgrade your website, help you launch a blog, build and execute an online marketing campaign, produce a radio ad, or simply update your customer newsletter.

Now is a great time to make noise and attract new customers while your competitors stand paralyzed by the economic environment.

3. Maximize Employee Productivity Let’s face it: there are way too many tasks that get in the way of your employees spending time on activities that can really impact your business. Think about empowering your people to delegate these some of those distracting activities to elancers.

Tasks such as conducting competitive research, sourcing customer leads, entering data into your database, sorting through inbound email, writing articles for your blog or website, or any other administrative task is ideal for delegating to an online remote worker.

The bottom line is that elancers are a flexible, affordable resource to help you survive and thrive.

Employment & Recruiting 

Enter your search terms Submit search form

121 Sensei, A-kaiwa, Abckara, Ability Nikken, A.C.E International, Abes, Academic, Acroseed, Adept, ADK, Advance, Aesop Club English School, Afflux English Institute, Agence Presse, AIM, Algo Club, Alex Tsukada International, All-Win Station, All About Teaching English in Japan, All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union, All Japan Federation of Transport Workers' Unions, All Japan Seamen's Union, Alpha English Academy, Alpha-Net Consulting, Altavista, Amoldage, Angel 17 Agency, Aoi College of Languages, AP Outsourcing, Arts C Models, Asahi Culture Center, ASP Outsource, Association for Foreign Migrant Workers, Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Axelle Modeling Agency, B-cause, Bayside English School, Be Cool 2 Gether, Becoming a CPA in Japan, Benesse, Berkeley Language House, Berlitz Career Services, Berlitz Union, Bernard English School, Biz-Ex, BL& C, Borders Executive Search, Borderlink, Bridge Group, Boyd & Moore, BS Human Resources, Careerjet, Career Cross Japan, CDS, Cinq Deau Un Modeling Agency, Copernicus Associates Japan, Career Strategy, Child-Care and Family-Care Leave Law, Come Inn Conversation Cafe, Confederation of Automobile Workers' Unions, Confiant, CORE, Cosmo, Cosmopolitan Village, Dave's ESL Cafe, Dela Cruz English Club, DIP, Dot-Com Business, DotJapan, East-West Consulting, ECC Foreign Language Institute, Ecentral, Education Workers and Amalgamated Union Osaka, EjobSite,  English Conversation Cafe Leafcup, English International Conversation School, English Quick Pro, English Teachers in Japan, Enterprise Training Group, English Tree, Ernest Expert Service, ESC, ESS International, ETC, Executive Search International, Find Jobs in Japan, First Advantage, First Position, Forum, Fullcast, Gaba, GaijinPot, General Union, Gess International, G.E.T. School, Get Students Japan, Going Global, Global Partners, Global Daigaku, Global Human Net, Glova, Goodwill Group, Greenlist of Japanese Universities, Gymboree, Hakuryosha, Hays, Headhunter Japan, Hello Teacher, Hitachi Institute of Management Development, HLC, Hop Step Jump Language School, HoriPro, Hot Jobs Japan, Human Associates, Human Development Institute, Human Group, Human Link, Hynd Group, ICPA, IEEC, IHC Way, Interac, I.S.S. Service Center, Ikoi English School, Imagine Child Development Center, Ingenium Group, International Community School of Gunma, Interesse International, Ippo Recruiting, IT Consulting Japan, iTTTi, Iware, James English School, Japan Airlines Cabin Attendant Union, Japan Association for Employment of the Elderly and People With Disabilities, Japan Association for Working Holiday Makers, Japan Career Guide, Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions, Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions, Japan Council of Performers’ Organizations, Japan Education Centre for the Hotel Industry, Japan English Teaching, Japan Flight Crew Union, Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, Japan Institute of Workers' Evolution, Japan Intercultural Institute, Japan International Training Cooperation Organization, Japan Jobs Guide, Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center, Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Japan Pensioners' Union, Japan Research Career Information Network, Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Union, Japanese Jobs, Japanese Trade Union Confederation, JapaneseJobs, Japanese Travel Jobs, JDV International, Jetset Japan, JM&C, Jobs in Japan, Job Seek Japan, Julia International School, Kantou Employment Creation Organization, Kaplan Japan, Kashihara Eikawa, Keitai Teacher, Kevin's English Schools, Labor News From Japan, Lazaris Modeling Agency, Leafcup, Legal Futures, Little America English School, Londate, LoversLike, Managemates, Mates, MCIB Partners, Medina, MeySen Academy, Michael Page International, MidCareer, Mike's English School, MKI, MS Japan, Multus International, MY-Sensei, My Yes Man, National Confederation of Trade Unions, Myriadd, Network Answers Japan,  Ninepoint, Nissait English School, Norton Place English Cafe, Nozomi Infotech, Ocean Global Network, Office Marika, One UP, OpenMarkets, Open Standard Solutions, Optia Partners, Orangutan English, OS Productions, Osaka Employment Service for Foreigners, Owls, Pacifica Consultants, Panache, Peak, PeopleSearch, Peppy Kids Club, PeraPera World, Pilotagence, Pinnacle Consulting, Potential K.K., Pritchard Dunham, Promart, RCS, Robert Leonard Consulting, Robert Walters Plc, Sagan Speak, San Consulting, Search Worldwide, Senseup International, Shahani Associates, Shibuya Royal Service, Shimamoto Partners, Shimura Labor Management Office, Simul, Skillhouse, Skyward Travel, Slate Consulting, Smith's School of English, Stars and Stripes English, STE, Stoneman, Summerhill International School, Teach Away, TCLC, Teacher-Student, Teachernavi, The Specialized Group, The Tokyo Recruiter Blog, TMC Japan, Tokyo Employment Service Center for Foreigners, Tokyo Korean School, Tokyo Music Center, ToYo Work, Transearch International, Tumble Tots Japan, Union Network International, Vantage Japan, Vedior Career, Victoria Star Promotion, Vision Consulting Services, Voice Models, VSP Agency, Wall Street Associates, Waseda University International, Washington Kikaku, Westgate, Will Square, Willing Workers on Organic Farms in Japan, WinBe English School, Wise, Work in Japan, Working as a Wedding Minister in Japan, Working at a Japanese University, Yemni English Club, Zapper, Zen Language School, Zoo-Phonics Academy