A friend and I were talking over the phone the other day, and the subject of programming work for websites came up.
I usually dread finding a programmer to do any work for me. First, the work usually takes forever. Second, it seems like most tech guys and gals treat their customers as inconvenient pests rather than valued customers.
Then my friend told me about oDesk. He's starting using them for everything. 
oDesk lets you bid for contract work around the world. My friend had web programming done at $2.60 per hour, using an eager young techie from India. The work was completed quickly in about 15 hours of work that cost about 20% of the work if it were done by a U.S. programmer.
Put aside the pros and cons of American business going outside of the country for cheap labor for a moment, think about the savings that your business could realize from that kind of work! Plus, from a competency point of view, the work and expertise is equal to what you would find in the U.S. (by the way, you can also use U.S. based contractors who have registered with oDesk).
Take a look and see if oDesk can benefit your operation.
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