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Is Your Outsourcer Outsourcing Themself?

I just came across this funny video from The Onion. 

It's a great satire on the whole outsourcing boom that has been taking place since the release of books like "The 4-Hour Workweek ".

Thankfully, they don't use the dreaded term "virtual assistant", which is, in reality, an impossibility until such time that the prophesized "singularity" occurs.

That being, of course, the dawn of genuine artificial intelligence

You can read my rant, er, article on the proper term for outsourced staff by clicking on the link a few words back.

Enjoy the video.

PS: Sorry about the 15-second Palm Pixie trailer…


More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas

What It Means To Be An Entrepreneur

I love this short video. It’s both reaffirming and uplifting at the same time…

There’s No Such Thing As A Virtual Assistant

OK, enough is enough!

For several years now I’ve seen and heard hundreds of marketers refer to their outsourced staff as "virtual assistants" or "VA’s".

But in reality, that term is completely incorrect!

Think about it, what does the term "virtual" mean?

Well, Webopedia defines it as:

"Not real. The term virtual is popular among computer scientists and is used in a wide variety of situations. In general, it distinguishes something that is merely conceptual from something that has physical reality.

For example, virtual memory refers to an imaginary set of locations, or addresses, where you can store data. It is imaginary in the sense that the memory area is not the same as the real physical memory composed of transistors. The difference is a bit like the difference between an architect’s plans for a house and the actual house. A computer scientist might call the plans a virtual house.

Another analogy is the difference between the brain and the mind. The mind is a virtual brain. It exists conceptually, but the actual physical matter is the brain."

So, do all these marketers have "not real" or "conceptual" assistants? No, I don’t think that’s it.

How can any of us employ an imaginary assistant?

We can’t (at least for now), plain and simple.

But what we CAN do is employ a REMOTE ASSISTANT, or RA, can’t we?

Yes, that’s right, a genuine flesh and blood human being. Not some imaginary construct of a non-physical "person" who does our menial work for us.

So, why not start today using accurate terms and accurate thinking?

From now on, how about using the term Remote Assistant to replace the ridiculously incorrect Virtual Assistant?

And while I’m on the subject, I’m reminded of a term that Mark Joyner termed to describe the viral growth rate of marketing campaigns – COPULATION rate.

Guess what Mark, that’s a really bad (and incorrect) use of the English language.

In his defense, Mark did admit that he would have preferred a better word, but that’s what he came up with.

The definition of copulation is: Sexual intercourse.

I’m guessing that if you’re reading this, you well know that sexual intercourse doesn’t necessarily produce offspring.

And that’s what Mark was shooting for with the term copulation – the production of offspring.

In this case, an exponential (or viral) explosion of growth in an email list or other marketing campaign.

In other words, the term he chose doesn’t center-in on the key principle he was trying to identify and define – exponential growth.

Some better word choices would have been: propagation, proliferation, replication, duplication, X-factor, etc., etc.

The only reason I can think of that a guy as smart as Mark would purposely choose an incorrect term like copulation is…

SEX SELLS!

Yep, even sexual terms like copulation.

And since Mark is a master marketer, I’d prefer to think it was a deliberate decision, rather than him simply being lazy.

Either way, I’m a very strong advocate of moving the human race forward, not backward.

And one of the ways I believe we can do that is by using our incredible English language to accurately communicate our thoughts.

In short, I refuse to participate in any form of "The Dumbing Down of America" or any other country, for that matter.

Hopefully you’ll join me and educate the folks you have in your sphere of influence to take the "high road" in their communications.

 

Unique Two-Tier Investor Affiliate Network Pays You Back

The Investor Affiliate Network

Let’s face it, there are hundreds, if not thousands of affiliate networks and schemes out there.

And every once in a while, the planets align, the angels sing and something really special is born.

In this case, the aligning planets were a decades-old, super-profitable offline business and the internet.

Enter Chris Bell. He’s been actively buying all sorts of quality used merchandise offline and then reselling it at profit margins into the thousands of percentage points for the last 20 years.

Imagine having the inside connections (and cash flow) that allows you to locate and buy entire households full of furniture for pennies on the dollar. Or even entire hotels worth…

Then imagine having the warehouse space and other infrastructure – including showrooms – to store, display and sell massive amounts of this furniture and other merchandise.

Then, set up an online store that displays and sells your merchandise so you have both an offline and online presence.

Now, if that’s all you did, I think you can see how you’d make tons of money.

And that’s what Chris Bell has done quite well for a long time.

But what if you conceived of an idea for a way to radically expand your venture by inviting "investor affiliates" to join you?

What is an investor affiliate?

Well, aside from not having anything to do with traditional stock and bond type investment programs, investor affiliates differ from traditional affiliates in the following ways:

1. They can join the program for free and are then able to invest a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $500 towards the purchase of merchandise.

2. They receive 10% of the profits from sold merchandise bought with money from their account, PLUS their investment money back.

3. They also receive an additional 10% monthly distribution from profits attained by funding from their account.

4. They also receive 5% of the sales of merchandise from all affiliates they refer to the program (second tier).

So, hopefully the key differences between standard and investor affiliates are clear enough.

Investor affiliates essentially can make money two ways.

The first is by investing into the network and letting their capital go to work for them – passively and automatically.

The second is by referring other investor affiliates who join and invest. The referrer gets rewarded with 5% of the profits generated from sales of merchandise funded with the referral’s account.

Here’s a theoretical example from their site:

a. We buy an item for $10.00 and sell it for $100.00.

b. Your initial $10.00 + 10% of the $90 profit is returned to your account for reinvestment ($19).

c. 10% of the profit is added to your monthly payout ($9).

d. 5% of the profit is sent to your designated charity – optional ($4.50).

e. 5% of the profit goes to the person who referred you $4.50).

Just so we’re clear, at the present time, the most they will use from your account for any one purchase is $10, like the example shows.

But they can use multiple $10 amounts from your account to fund the purchase of multiple items/packages.

So, without you doing a thing, your money is multiplying and growing at a rate better than any bank and virtually any other type of investment can pay.

And if you want to ramp things up quite a bit, simply make sure your "bank" is topped off with a full $500 investment and then get busy referring others to the program.

That way, you can use their money passively too, rather than just your own – at 5% per referred affiliate. And that’s just smart business!

I think what I like most about this program is that everyone wins – the folks who are selling the furniture and merchandise to Chris and his company, the investor affiliates, their referrals, the end buyers of this still heavily discounted property, and of course, the network itself.

Recently, in wanting to expand his online business, Chris took on a Vice President. The new VP is a long-time successful internet marketer named David Cheyne.

And with David on board, the internet aspect of Chris’ business, as well as the whole unique investor affiliate program being offered, is taking off like gangbusters.

Most people who have been online for a while have been confronted with offer after offer, only to find that most of them just don’t live up to the hype – in one way or another.

They require lots of time, marketing or technical expertise, more money for adjunct services and often, further investment in the "advanced" package, that tells "the rest of the story".

And when you consider how much money the average wannabe internet marketer spends on ebooks, courses, software and services, usually to get a negligible return on investment, a program like this is a real breath of fresh air.

Instead of spending $77 or $97 over and over again on theoretical or rehashed junk, a single $100 investment and telling a few people about it can continue to grow and pay – PASSIVELY – for years and years!

Of the hundreds of programs I’ve seen, been a member of or heard about, this one is hands down the MOST UNIQUE, MOST PASSIVE and MOST PROFITABLE, when measured against the others for ease of use, monetary investment, time and tech skills required.

And in case you’re wondering, yes, I joined and invested.  

And I’ve seen my money grow from $250 to over $300 in a couple of months (during the site’s development phase, mind you).

Just try getting that kind of return from your checking account…

Needless to say, if you’re tired of all the speculative crap out there, this should really get your entrepreneurial juices flowing!

Listen, this isn’t a pie-in-the-sky program that is going to make you rich overnight.  But it IS an amazing way to compound your investment into your future.

How many passive income streams do you have right now?  How many do you want?

This program is the only one I know of that REALLY and TRULY pays you, the investor affiliates back, consistently, passively, beautifully…

I can’t recommend it highly enough.

 

 

The Investor Affiliate Network