When employing an offshore team, it is important that they understand your business, culture, as well as your customers and clients. It is important that they understand Australia, and the it’s culture. A great deal of this can be done through the creation of “lifestyle” videos. Create some specific vision that is relevant to your business […]
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35 Tips when on the MMT Tour
“I have been putting Mike’s tour off for some time and I am so glad I went. I was overwhelmed with the possibilities of what can be outsourced. Mike is a wealth of information, which was all very up to date with much experience behind him. It is amazing how well he shared all the […]
Entrepreneurial Lessons: From the Ground Floor to the Penthouse
Necessity is the mother of invention, but the birth of an entrepreneur requires more than necessity. It requires a great dream, unwavering determination to survive, and an unquenchable thirst for improvement. From an almost empty pocket and a dream of being my own boss, I have managed to learn a lot of things about entrepreneurship […]
The trend away from outsourced but still using $100 a week workers …………
ODesk.com provides a platform for engaging Virtual workers – they have 9.3 million workers for 3.6M businesses. Do I need to say that slowly? 9.3M for 3.6M – this is a serious TREND. The USA is the largest user of oDesk – AUSTRALIA is the second largest user. Interesting. Freelancer.com an Australia owned company […]
Thinking Offshoring? Read this ……………
THE BACKGROUND 20 years ago the BIG corporate businesses outsourced their very structured processes to countries that have a pretty good education system and LOW WAGES – like $100 a week. This developed a competitive edge over smaller businesses. 10 years ago Employment portals – like oDesk came along. Suddenly Smaller employers in […]
Offshoring vs Outsourcing what’s the difference?
I’ve had a few people ask me this. Outsourcing It is when you give all or part of a business process to a third party who run the process, giving you back the result. Most of us outsource our Accounting to an Accountant. 20 odd years ago big corporates outsourced complete processes like all their […]
Entrepreneurial Practicality and Strategy: How I Saved my Business from Crisis
For over 20 years of being a start-up entrepreneur, we enjoyed a constant profitable year on year growth. From a humble investment of $200, we managed to bootstrap to $30 million in revenue with 500 employees. All was well until – the Global Financial Crisis. The GFC caused 60% reduction in our market activity. […]
The Evolution Of Offshore Workers – From Robotic Followers To Thinking Team Members.
The role of the offshore worker is currently undergoing change. In fact, the entire outsourcing industry has changed over the years. Offshore workers are those who are employed overseas as an integral part of the organisation’s team. They are involved in the day to day operations and may be employed by the company itself or […]
Remote Staff – Do they Share & Grow or Wither in Isolation?
It is as true for Overseas workers as it is for local employees …. Experienced people are usually not still with their previous employer for a reason. Give me a dollar for everyone I’ve started over the years who showed their true colours after about 3 months with me and I’d be a rich man. […]
Entrepreneur Experience of Mike O’Hagan – Sharing His Key Tips for Your Offshoring Success
As an Educator, I’m seeing real results from developing teams of workers. The key is to learn how to maximise the engagement of people. And to learn the Offshoring services in the Philippines. In the past, large businesses “outsourced” to a third party provider who ran a business process. A structured systemised and repeated procedure. […]