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.

90 percent of American’s have encountered outsourcing in one way or the other. The outsourcing of America’s information technology jobs to other foreign nations such as India is really good for the United States’ economy and will create new employment opportunities. Now, this is the part where you say “oh, I bet it will!”

Outsourcing or offshoring will help add about 124 billion dollars to the United States and will also create 317,367 new employment – this information is according to a study that that was conducted by a research company and was sponsored by a leading and trusted Information technology trade group IT Association of America.

Outsourcing is really far from being an economic disaster that will wash away domestic information technology as some people believe – global outsourcing helps firms become much more productive and competitive. The money produced via global sourcing is invested in the following:

• Market expansion
• New goods/products and services
• And most importantly, the money is used to increase real wages for United States employees.

Although offshore information technology services and software outsourcing has sort of displaced and might continue to displace some workers in information technology services and software occupations, the increased activity will create a wide variety of new jobs in both IT and non-information technology.

As the advantages compounds over a period of time, the United States’ economy operates a lot of more efficiently, creates more than two times the number of jobs than are actually displaced, attains a much higher level of output and also increases the average real wage. Many reports have shown that the benefits of outsourcing (especially information technology) sure contributes significantly to the real United States’ gross domestic products – in 2003, it added 33.6 billion dollars.

There are so many people who have been belly aching especially when they hear the word “outsourcing”, but the truth is that it is not ruining our economy, it is actually helping it for crying out loud! Outsourcing is really a vital link to effectiveness and labor market flexibility. It is important to have some freedom to outsource because whether we choose to believe it or not, the target of outsourcing changes over a period of time.

Outsourcing can really save on cost, increase efficiency, improve company flexibility, help improve company focus – for smaller companies, it would help to level the playing field with large corporations and also reduce business risks.

Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ‘Outsource This!’ Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.123Employee.com