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Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:00 PM PST

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The Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:00 PM PST

Doing business abroad is a lucrative career option, especially when you know that a foreign economy is booming and there is demand for certain type of products and services, that you can provide. But, doing business overseas never came without its obstacles. Let's assess the challenges of doing business abroad.

Stalled Out With Your Online Marketing? This May Be All You Need to Move Forward

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PST

image of rubber stamp You’re stuck again.

You know what you’re supposed to do. It’s not a matter of knowing the next steps — you know them, all right. You just aren’t taking them.

You watch while others pass you by. People who aren’t as good as you. People who don’t work as hard as you do.

Frustrating.

Something is holding you back from taking the next step. From doing the scary part — the part that means you might actually succeed.

Too many of you are waiting for that something. And you know what? It might never get here. So let’s fix that right here, right now.

Too many of us are waiting around for permission to take the next step. For someone else to bless what we’re doing and say it’s OK.

So this post is your official permission slip. Print it out if you need to, and stick it up on the wall.

If you need permission to raise your prices …

Sonia gives you permission to charge what you’re worth.

You have my permission to launch something more expensive than you ever have before. You have my permission to position yourself at the premium end of the pricing scale. You have my permission to quote your prices without apologizing for them. You have my permission to create a more valuable product and charge accordingly. You have my permission to focus on the customers who can afford the best you have to offer.

If you need permission to launch a product to your audience …

Sonia gives you permission to get that ebook, that coaching program, that membership site out in the world where people can benefit from (and pay for) it.

You have my permission to ask for the sale. You have my permission to sell even if it upsets some people. Which it will. You have my permission to ignore these people.

If you need permission to set boundaries …

Sonia gives you permission to focus on what you need to do.

You have my permission to take a break from social media. You have my permission to work in a focused, coherent way on your own project without being interrupted every five seconds. You have my permission to turn off email for awhile. You have my permission to take your laptop to a coffeeshop and work in peace. You have my permission to not answer the doorbell. Or your phone. Or your IMs.

You have my permission to not give a damn what the troll in your comments is saying. You have my permission to ban the troll without feeling bad about it.

If you need permission to take your business seriously …

Sonia gives you permission to think of yourself as a business, even if no one else does yet.

You have my permission to spend as much time and money on your business as you do on your hobbies. Or on other people. Especially people you don’t actually like.

You have my permission to have great site design. You have my permission to get decent hosting. You have my permission to take that really cool business course you’re dying to take.

You have my permission to envision your business being 10 or 100 or 1000 times bigger some day. You have my permission to get there.

If you need permission to call yourself an authority …

Sonia gives you permission to admit that you know your stuff.

You have my permission to speak and write confidently about what you know. You have my permission to teach what you know. You have my permission to stop pretending you’re dumber than you are. You have my permission to ignore the critics and wannabes who will never, ever be as brave as you are.

You have my permission never again to use the phrase, “Well, I’m no expert, but …”

What is it you need permission to do?

There’s nothing wrong with needing permission. It happens to most of us once in awhile.

What would you do if you felt you had the “right” to take the next step? If you felt you had earned some secret permission slip no one else can see? If the business and marketing fairy godmother could give you a blessing?

Let us know in the comments, and if you make a reasonable case, we’ll write you a permission slip on the spot.

About the Author: Sonia Simone is CMO of Copyblogger Media and co-creator of Teaching Sells.