I get asked this question time and time again…
If you’re just starting out and you’re on a tight budget I won’t deny that it can be hard (but it’s money well spent). Once you’re in a positive cash flow (after your own income) you should consider putting 25-35% of your costs into hiring outsourced workers.
As a rule of thumb 75% of your workers should be revenue generating at a rate of around 1.5 times what they cost you to hire.
Less than 25% of your staff should be working on tasks that come before profits are made to help you scale up your business. Remember that outsourcing is about 2 things… 1. helping you grow your business (and profits) and 2. buying you back more time to spend on the things you really enjoy.
What you’re saying here is very interesting, I had not given much thought to how the work is divided up amongst outsourced workers before. I can see how this makes a lot of sense.