How I Saved 20+ Hours/Week by Outsourcing Microtasks Using a Crowdsourcing Model
Learn how I used crowdsourcing platforms for small jobs and transformed my productivity and time management.
As a solo founder running a small online business, I found myself constantly buried under repetitive tasks — list cleaning, formatting CSVs, research, content tweaks, you name it.
I tried hiring freelancers, but it was overkill for such small jobs. Platforms like Fiverr and Upwork didn’t make sense for multiple tasks of 10–20 mins.
Eventually, I started using micro-tasking/crowdsourcing models where a large pool of workers handles small jobs quickly, like:
- Cleaning spreadsheets and Data entry for lead lists
- AI Training tasks or gathering information from people with different intelligences (worldwide)
- Social Media moderation and growth for them
- SEO testing from different countries and monitoring the load testing of the website
- Writing articles at low cost but with Good Quality
- Product tagging for my client’s store
- Basic image/video moderation using GPTs
And many more things can be done through the platform…
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To my surprise, this approach saved me both time and sanity. I now outsource 15–20 small tasks per week this way and focus on high-value work from the people around the world.
For anyone running an online business or side hustle, I 100% recommend exploring the awesome crowdsourcing route for handling small but important micro jobs. It’s way more efficient than hiring someone full-time or burning yourself out.
If anyone’s curious, I’ve been using a platform called [Digital WorkerBees] where you can post microtasks, provide proper step-by-step instructions to workers, and a crowd (I mean, workers or users of the platform) gets to work much faster.
You will also get a chance to approve/reject the work after checking quality. When you approve the task, the worker will get paid for their time and efforts. Anyone can provide work, and anybody can work on others’ tasks.
I love the concept of ‘Employer-Workers’ Based model over the marketplace, it’s a true gem for Crowdsourcing.
I don’t want to make this a sales pitch, so feel free to DM me if you want to know more or try it out. Just sharing what worked for me.
