In this new year, business as usual will not be the name of the game. Saving money
will be the ticket to making money. Doubling productivity while cutting costs will
not only bring your company back to solvency, but will also be a critical plan to
keeping products and services flowing and giving your customers the service they have
come to expect. If you think this plan of action sounds to hard to accomplish, it
really has never been easier.

Any business, no matter how large or small, can benefit from the services of
outsourcing. Increasing efficiency in your operation will increase profits and
create the ideal business plan. For as little as $5.00 an hour, your company can
have a dedicated virtual assistant to tackle all of the tasks that you are probably
overpaying for now. If your business was lucky enough to have survived the worst
of this weak economy, the lessons learned will be critical to your survival in the
future.

An Internet savvy outsourced rep can help your business grow it’s profits in ways
you may not even be aware of. Tasks such as article and video marketing have emerged
to be powerful tools in creating a worldwide presence and beating your competition.
Increased exposure to a global audience will increase business and profits. If
you have priced how much American labor costs for Internet talented workers, you’ll
see that your competition is struggling to stay ahead of the game. Don’t do that.

You need a partner that will help your business expand. And not in the ways you
are used to. Expansion no longer means renting a bigger office, buying new desks
and computers or even hiring additional local labor. This all can be done now
virtually with an overseas team of highly trained reps. This is the wave of the
future. A few years ago, the Internet was slow in building exposure for businesses.
But now, everything has changed.

Outsourcing tasks can include administrative, call center management and billing.
It can include desktop publishing, social networking and even research and
inventory control. In fact, there are so many things your rep can do for you that
you should take a look at what you’re spending now, and quickly realize how much
you can save. Saving money is making money. See how your profits can soar from
making outsourcing a part of your new business plan.

Virtually everyone on the planet already knows that China has become a key importer of consumer and industrial goods. May be in a short time, India will do the same. Outsourcing has really stood the test of time.In the early 19th century, the US was actually a poor (yes, poor!) developing country. The European capital assisted in helping to finance the American railroads, canals and even helped to finance new factories while the labor force in the United States began to produce goods that successfully competed with European made goods.

Because the markets were quite open and also somewhat competitive, both the Americans and Europeans benefited immensely from this process. Thankfully, employment creation and economic development took place on both sides of the Atlantic. At the moment, service providers outside the country prefer to use “American made” computers, equipment, software, and telecommunications. Top outsourcing countries also obtain monetary, legal and marketing services from the United States.

There are some job processes that cannot be outsourced because in these particular job functions, personal contact is very important. It will definitely take domestic companies to come up with new products and or services to meet the needs of local customers. You really need to understand that outsourcing is not going to be the ruin of America, as a matter of fact a lot of the people we work with consistently remain close by – do you have to travel to India in order to see a dentist when you have a tooth ache? Or do you have to travel to get a lawyer, doctor, plumber? etc.

You will definitely begin to notice that after sometime that more and more jobs will be created than outsourced in America. The United States is popular for its open labor market – this is a characteristic that is basic to our country’s economic vitality. Do you know that about a million employees are tired of their jobs or simply hand-in their resignation letter each week and an equal number is hired to take their place right away? Agreed, it is a lot harder to lay off workers in countries like Japan and Europe than in the United States. You also need to understand that many foreign companies still come to the United States in order to set up operations and hire Americans to work in these businesses.

So, do not be afraid to outsource business tasks to offshore countries.

Daven Michaels