Is Outsourcing Internet Marketing Unpatriotic?
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As you may know, I gave my presentation for the Outsourcing Masters Telesummit yesterday (Sept. 25th) as one of 15 other experts in the field. The content was excellent, and was a smashing success!
I just received an e-mail from one of the co-founders of the event David Frey, which contained an e-mail exchange from an angry subscriber calling him unpatriotic for encouraging others to outsource.
In these economic times, I know there are many people have either lost their jobs or are living in fear of losing their jobs, and the term outsourcing has largely been associated with large companies moving offshore to save on labor expenses. There have been many who consider themselves “victims” of this trend.
I have alot of empathy for them. It can be a scary thing, losing your job, your income and even your home due to the current economic conditions.
Allow me to clear up a misconception of the term outsourcing as we practice this for our Internet marketing endeavors.
Outsourcing is not strictly “offshoring,” meaning that you can delegate tasks to local workers, or U.S. providers as well. That is still outsourcing. Much of the content creation part of my business is outsourced to U.S. writers, or other providers in Canada, the U.K., or Australia.
That said, I completely agree with David on the following points as quoted from his e-mail exchange with “Joe Parks”:
1. There are a LOT of solo entrepreneurs trying to reach their goals and dreams by starting their own home based business.
They can’t afford to hire US employees. And the burdens that the government are putting on small businesses is making it even hard to turn a profit.
Outsourcing gives them an opportunity to reach success.
2. The $4 an hour you pay to someone in countries like the Phillipines is enough to allow them to lift themselves out of poverty and gives them hope for a brighter future for themselves and their families.
You can read the complete exchange at David’s blog here:
http://marketingbestpractices.com
What do you think?
P.S. By the way, you can still get all the recordings and transcripts of the calls for the launch price before it goes up by $100. Check it out here:
Outsourcing Masters Telesummit
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