| In today's world, with the right equipment, you can run | | | | - You can keep working as you travel the world |
| your operations from just about anywhere. The kind of | | | | - You can live almost anywhere on the planet |
| company or business you run will in large part dictate | | | | - You don't have to lose touch with your current work |
| what equipment and other fixed assets you'll need to | | | | or clients if you travel to attend seminars, visit clients or |
| properly operate it. Our central recommendation is that | | | | look for new customers |
| you shouldn't buy any equipment or fixed assets that | | | | Many large firms are seeing the benefits of |
| your business really doesn't need. Be particularly | | | | outsourcing work to virtual professionals, and these |
| cautious about tying up capital in fixed assets in | | | | firms are reinventing themselves by adopting e-mail, |
| response to short-term needs. | | | | intranets, extranets, customer-relationship management |
| Some businesses need just a laptop and an Internet | | | | and enterprise resource planning systems. With the |
| connection, and for this reason virtual professionals are | | | | advent of hand held computers and PDA's, firms are |
| on the increase. The following information comes from | | | | seeing that going wireless is not a huge investment; it |
| a recent survey done online, from discussions with | | | | improves productivity and saves on support costs. |
| virtual professionals countrywide: most virtual | | | | Whether you're part of a firm looking for virtual |
| professionals realize that without the Internet, their | | | | professionals, or you're a virtual professional yourself, a |
| lifestyle would be impossible. Any profession that can | | | | PDA can be an important investment. How can you |
| detach from the corporate office and reconnect from | | | | compare PDA's? Start by formulating a list of the |
| a remote location can become a virtual profession: | | | | features you require in a PDA. You may also need a |
| architecture, web design, web site promotion | | | | pocket PC, a handheld device that enables users to |
| marketing, graphic art, management consulting, | | | | store and retrieve e-mail, contacts, appointments, tasks, |
| coaching, journalism or programming. | | | | play multimedia files, games, exchange text messages, |
| The virtual professional is no longer restricted to | | | | browse the Web, and more. |
| working from home; with smaller, more powerful | | | | Being a virtual professional brings with it multiple |
| laptops, better Internet connectivity worldwide and a | | | | benefits, but it has its own set of demands as well. |
| host of cellular and web services to select from you | | | | The more disciplined you are, the more successful and |
| can work from almost anywhere. This opens up new | | | | enjoyable your virtual career will be. |
| possibilities: | | | | |