I have a few helpers--writing blog posts, creating contests, etc.--for my website, Scribophile, and they're all over the world and I've never met them. So far they've all worked out really well. Maybe I've been lucky.
I basically set a goal and let them do whatever they want. After any initial emails to get them up and running it's not uncommon for me to not email them for weeks or months. If I do email, it's to make a small course correction. People who care about what they're doing don't need to be micro-managed, and like having the freedom to solve problems on their own terms. The trick is finding those people in the first place!
I basically set a goal and let them do whatever they want. After any initial emails to get them up and running it's not uncommon for me to not email them for weeks or months. If I do email, it's to make a small course correction. People who care about what they're doing don't need to be micro-managed, and like having the freedom to solve problems on their own terms. The trick is finding those people in the first place!