Payroll is a commitment; a task is a decision. Before you hire — with the salary, the statutory deductions, the management, the "hope this works out" — clear your backlog the low-risk way: outsource it task by task. Here are the ten highest-leverage ones, in the order I'd do them, with links to what's involved. (Typical costs for each are in our 2026 price guide.)
1Google Business Profile setup
The single highest-ROI task in Jamaican digital marketing: when someone searches your name or "your service near me," you appear with photos, hours and reviews — or your competitor does.
Why first: costs little, pays forever. Details →
2Website content updates
The prices from 2023, the staff member who left, the gallery of blurry photos — every outdated detail quietly tells customers you're not paying attention.
Why: trust leaks through stale content. Details →
3Product uploads
If it's not online, you can't sell it at 11pm. Get the full catalog up with photos, prices and descriptions — the task owners procrastinate on longest.
Why: direct revenue unlock. Details →
4WhatsApp auto-replies & chatbot
You answer the same 20 questions weekly. An automation answers them instantly, at 2am, while you sleep — and hands real conversations to you.
Why: buys back hours every single week. Details →
5A month of flyers & social graphics
Batch a month of promo designs in one go — consistent branding, ready to post, no more 11pm Canva sessions before every sale.
Why: batching cuts per-piece cost. Details →
6Website copy & product descriptions
Words that sell are a skill. Sharpen your homepage, About page and product text — it compounds through every ad you'll ever run to that page.
Why: better words raise every conversion rate. Details →
7Business email on your own domain
you@yourbusiness.com instead of a gmail address. Looks established, survives staff changes, lands in inboxes instead of spam.
Why: cheap, permanent credibility. Details →
8Digitize the paper
Customer lists, receipts, inventory in notebooks — typed into clean spreadsheets you can actually search, sort and back up.
Why: everything else (email lists, systems, hiring later) needs this data. Details →
9Email list & first newsletter
Your customer list is the one audience no algorithm controls. Set up the platform, import contacts, send the first branded newsletter.
Why: owned audience beats rented reach. Details →
10A batch of Reels from your phone footage
Film raw clips; get back captioned, branded shorts sized for every platform. Ten posts of presence from one afternoon of filming.
Why: video reach without learning an editor. Details →
📋 Pick One From the List — Post It Free
Start with the task that's annoyed you longest. One fixed quote, vetted Caribbean team, quality-checked delivery, JMD or USD by bank transfer.
Post It at ezywebpro.com/small-tasks →Related: what these tasks cost · how to outsource properly · where to outsource (honest comparison)
Leroy Alexander is the founder of Ezy Web Pro, Mandeville, Jamaica, and creator of Ezy Tasks — the Caribbean's managed task service.