Starting your own business online can be overwhelming especially if you don't have the skills in all areas.
Outsourcing tasks can keep your business heading in the right direction in the quickest way.
Here is a list of tasks I found on the Elance blog http://www.elance.com/p/100-projects-outsource.html
This gives you an idea of the type of tasks you can outsource for your business so you can get on with running it.

Technology > Website Design & Programming
1.Website Design
2. Simple website
3. Programming
4. E-commerce Website
5. HTML Emails  read more »

This is a very helpful post on the Elance blog. Jeff Haden a freelance writer give his tips and advice on working with a freelance writer when outsourcing your written project.
Some of his advice is similar to what I outlined in my article on "Tips on picking a provider " If you haven't read it here is the link.
Tips on picking an outsourcing provider  read more »

Elance is one of the major Outsourcing companies, covering a range of outsourcing options.
It has outsourcing providers who can do anything, web design, written projects like ebooks,software design, web page design software, virtual assistant.  read more »