Pakistani Day Laborer Finds New Opportunities Online
By Bituin Mahinay
(This as told by essay omits names and contains fictionalized elements. It is intended for entertainment purposes only.)
I spent my days unloading cotton from trucks but dreamt of a better life. Some in the U.S. and the rest of the west seem unaware that today Pakistan is one of the world’s leading cotton producers.
Though forced to take manual labor to support my family, I planned to enroll at a nearby university to learn computers and create a better future.
One day I met a girl who worked with her family in a much harsher environment than I did. Picking cotton in the field by hand proves a challenging endeavor. But I became enchanted by her smile and her resilient spirit, even when faced with such realities.
After time passed, I asked her father for permission to marry. He readily agreed but confessed he harbored doubts about my prospects. I assured him his daughter would never know want then set about working to keep my promise.
I spent my off hours in Internet cafes studying online. Soon my labors began to bear fruit.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Online Potential
First, I began to teach myself the secrets of social media. I learned how Facebook and other online platforms can be used not just to share information with friends and family.
Social media websites also serve as tools used to assist clients, educate customers and market products.
Soon I began taking work from clients both local and around the world. Many people fail to grasp that companies in the U.S., Canada and Britain, for example, prefer to hire marketers from overseas.
The reason seems obvious. Many U.S., Canadian and European marketers are simply too expensive by comparison. Work hard and produce results and you will find yourself on the path to success in this burgeoning market.
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You say to me, this all sounds wonderful! But Facebook fails to peak my interest. Well, that is fine, my friend! Because my adventure in online business proved far from over.
I traveled to the UK as a young man with my parents to visit an uncle who had emigrated there. It transpired that my father converted some money to Euros before leaving.
London turned out to be an inspiration to me. But what stuck in my mind most from the trip ended up being something very very different.
When we returned home and my father exchanged his Euros, he received back more money than he possessed in the first place.
The reason turned out to be the fluctuation in value between the Euro and the Rupee. But to me at the time this seemed like magic.
I became intrigued with the idea that you could exchange one country’s currency for another. Then wait until the right moment and exchange it back for a larger sum. Or keep trading currencies from one country to another using the changes in valuation to keep increasing the amount of money you had invested in the first place.
They call the process forex (for foreign exchange) and there happens to be more skill than magic involved. I soon mastered this technique as well – with a little help from online sources.
Offering a Helping Hand
Finally, I learned that U.S., Canadian and European companies need help with many other tasks as well. They need help maintaining their social media as we said before – but also help handling email, appointment scheduling, customer relations and much more.
Improving technology allows these companies to hire employees online. And many prefer to hire workers overseas. Again, the reason seems obvious. Hiring full-time employees in their home countries costs much more. They provide both benefits and high wages for these employees because of the higher costs at home.
Companies in the U.S. and elsewhere call these online employees virtual assistants. You need only a laptop and a decent internet connection to join their ranks. Good resources exist online to help you set up a virtual assistant business of your own.
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Build Yourself a Better Life
I soon moved to Lahore, a burgeoning tech hub in my country. Here I provide not only for my new wife but her family too.
Many options exist online for others to improve their lives as well. Learn the secrets of the internet for yourself.
And if you are a U.S., Canadian or European in need of a virtual assistant, you can find qualified employees online as well – at a fraction of what labor costs in your own country.
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Bituin Mahinay lives in Cebu City in the Philippines where he writes how-to articles and interviews for a variety of online websites.
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