12 Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2013

Outsourcing is a key cost saving strategy for many companies that helps them maintain a profitable bottom line. As Western countries streamline their own manufacturing sectors and developing countries compete for outsourced jobs, some significant changes could be coming.

12 Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2013

Under 30 CEO notes, “With the expected rapid growth of the global BPO market at an annual rate of 5.4 percent to $93.4 billion in 2015 , it is obvious that most countries would leave no stone unturned to relish a slice of the pie. Irrespective of their levels, service providers and business industries will strive hard to create new incentives in order to attract BPO jobs. Such incentives would definitely include reduced taxes, fees and of course free or subsidized rates for English speaking courses and technological nuances.”

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50+ Free Map and Navigation PSD Designs (Google Map, Pins, Markers)

When it comes to Image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master. And of course, Not all design lovers are web designers.

50+ Free Map and Navigation PSD Designs (Google Map, Pins, Markers)

You can find numerous amount of free design stuff online. Finding free PSD website template also not very difficult but it’s very hard to find the design elements which reflects fusion between creativity and design trends.

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Understanding Press Releases

Ever heard of Ivy Lee and his response to a tragedy that affected the lives of more than 50 during the early part of the 20th century? His response resulted in the creation of what was to become the main stay in public relations campaigns, namely press releases.

Understanding Press Releases

A press release is also known as a news release. It is a written announcement that is directed to the news media about any news having some value. The press release is aimed at encouraging journalists to write about the news, so that the company or business releasing the news gets more exposure to the public without any expense. Press releases can be given for several types of news, such as awards and accomplishments, a launch of a new product or service, upcoming events, financial data, promotions and sales news, etc.

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Where are Your Clients Hiding

Clients are truly everywhere, that is, if you know where they are hiding. As freelancers and entrepreneurs, we have to take responsibility and find these people in order to survive. You have to keep looking for clients even if you already have some, but especially if you do not have any.

Where are Your Clients Hiding

You can feel like you are going in circles looking for clients and it will often feel like they are intentionally hiding from you. Fortunately, clients are not really hiding from you, it just seems like they are. It can often seem like your clients are hiding in the midst of misleading job ads, forums and networking events. The problem is that you are not promoting yourself, looking in the wrong places for clients, or just not being persistent enough. It is a challenging, but it it is something that you have to master in order to sustain your business. Here are some ideas about where and how to find clients for your business. These strategies can apply to almost any type of business whether it is graphic design, freelance writing, programming, or web design.

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How to Create an Electric Guitar in Illustrator

Have you ever thought of how to draw a vector guitar on its stand in Illustrator? This tutorial with cover all the steps to draw a nice vector guitar on its stand. Hope you have fun learning this tutorial.

How to Create an Electric Guitar in Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an Electric Guitar in Adobe Illustrator. You will learn how to create the shapes that form the electric guitar, apply gradients and some other effects to give it a 3D appearance.

Let’s get started!

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Announcement: Winners of Slidershock Giveaway

A weeks ago, we created a contest at instantShift called Slidershock Giveaway had announced the five winners of A Premium Multisite License of Slidershock.

Announcement: Winners of Slidershock Giveaway

We’ve got more than 40 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we have left with 32 valid comments. It’s really good to see that how we can able to help in our reader’s life and their profession.

In case, If you missed this giveaway, make sure you are ready for next one as we going to create more such giveaways in future.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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