The perception of the world has certainly changed as we have become to perceive it differently from:
to ‘The Blue Marble’:
Business understood this changed perspective as it became possible to do so via IT, transport and economic advancement. Building global empires taking advantage of what can't be found in their own back yards from cheaper land and labour to raw materials.
The strategic thinking behind globalisation doesn’t only apply to large scale organisations. This is the fists in a series of posts demonstrating how to use this ‘flat world’ in ways you perhaps may have never considered.
#1 Get yourself a virtual assistant
Whether in your personal or professional life I’m sure there are a lot of things you’d rather not spend your time doing. Why not not do it and spend more time doing what you do want to do.
As a lot of things that end up consuming a lot of time are web based this can be done via globalising your work load. Taking advantage of what big business has been doing for years.
Think about some time consuming tasks you could assign for fun (i.e. I’m going to assign the task of SEO for this blog), below are some sites to check out to get started:
US and Canada:
India:
Get in touch with how you get on, or if you’d rather not get your VA to do it for you.
Another insightful post Matt. With the rise of foreign VAs do you think that, say 10 years time, they will become the essential need for every businessmen?
Posted by: Richard | 01/10/2011 at 12:35 AM
Nice one Matt.
In continuing from Richards point, I would probably say in 10 years time the concept of a 'flat world' and international business / logistics (even for the smallest business) will become so well established, it may even become the norm to have your bills payed by someone in south africa, and your PO's chased by someone in India.
Posted by: Rayan Jawad | 01/12/2011 at 01:30 AM
Perhaps not essential for everyone, but as Rayan mentions as the world becomes increasingly outsourced within its operations (due to price and efficiency) the option for business people to take advantage of the freedom between countries throughout their day to day lives from the menial to highly skilled will appear more realistic.
You guys have given me an idea for the next blog post. As in 10 years time with our natural environment diminishing and working lives extending our demand for 'Authenticity' will continue to grow. This will increase the value of free time and strategies such as VAs......more to come from this later this week in the next post!
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