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how do I manage the solo business travel... here is another post. travelling hundreds of kms away from home, solo, the family is worried. I usually have a status call 📱 with one of my family members to share my status update. Alternatively, While getting ready to leave for destination office, I record and send an audio text message to the family group.. In case calls and audio are missed, a selfie picture with a background is a very good way. This way they don't worry and not call me to disturb the meetings. I avoid taking out the phone in public, not recommended to talk and walk. here is a picture of my recent travel to Delhi. While waiting for the elevator 🛗 I realised status update missed. I quickly clicked a selfie and put in the family WhatsApp group. What are your tricks when you are travelling for Business trip? In the next post I will share tricks when you are travelling solo in train 🚂. #businesstravel #founder

Travelling can be done solo, it doesn't have to be pre-arranged in a WhatsApp group for years only never to make it out of the chats. A lone traveller is always able to search for pieces of themselves that they might have lost in the vast emptiness of their daily 9-5 life. It is therefore crucial to find meaning in life, flavour your life journey as you hike, go for road trips, game drives or simple walks. Learn to go solo, escape your lonely world filled with chaos and watch sunsets in Zanzibar. Fulfill your hearts longing, feel alive and paint your life with bright colours #travelindustry #adventuretime #adventureawaits #adventuretourism

When you hit the need. . . It may not be the best idea regarding a professional LinkedIn strategy, but: I'm so excited about my current journey that I have to share it: For a long time, the unused potential of #ExpatSpousesVonNairobi has been on my mind. Thousands of partners who live in Nairobi without a work permit or with difficult-to-access work permits, highly qualified and highly motivated. Besides untapped potential, social and professional isolation also play a major role for this "population group". Being an expat spouse myself, I understand what it means to struggle with #careeroptions, #imbalanceInPartnership, lack of external structural guidance in everyday life, #socialIsolation, and changes in environment. Last week, Elisa Roew and I founded a WhatsApp group - open to all expat spouses in Nairobi. 🚀 Within 48 hours 🚀 , the group had 130 members, discussed meaningful group rules, introduced members to each other, held the first sundowner, and established professional connections. And we continue to grow! 💪 Are you/an expat spouse and would like to contribute experiences, tips, literature, or statistics to our journey? 💪 😍 I would be very grateful for comments directly here, PM, and sharing this post. 😍 #FROMspousesFORspouses - the Expat Spouse Nairobi group. Already more than "just a WhatsApp group".

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After handling 100+ clients, here's one advice that foreign companies must know. Don’t Use Email, Use WhatsApp instead. Indonesians use WhatsApp not only for personal but also for business communication. Yes, we love this app so much. Meanwhile, foreign companies prefer to use email for business matters instead of WhatsApp, which they commonly use for personal conversations with family and friends. Foreign companies need to understand that Indonesians lack an email culture, leading them to rarely check emails. Even when they do, responses are often delayed. So, using WhatsApp is the best option. Even if you send files via email and have not received yet an immediate reply. Use WhatsApp to remind them of sent emails. If foreign companies are rigid and fail to adapt. the problem that usually arises is they send multiple emails without receiving responses and then conclude that the Indonesian partner is uninterested. Yet, sending short messages via WhatsApp can be a game changer. Do you agree? Comment YES or NO below! 👍

Have you ever traveled to a country and noticed how differently businesses communicate with their clients? Recently, during my travels to #colombia, I noticed that every business I interacted with used #whatsapp to communicate with their customers. From hotels to airlines, everyone was using WhatsApp to send automated and personalized messages. The #communication was so easy, straightforward and helpful. Interestingly, during a call with a potential partner in South East Asia, I learned that they provide the same service as well. It turns out that 80% of people in that region do not read emails. This made me wonder, why have we not fully implemented this service here in Europe? As businesses, we should always strive to find the most effective and efficient ways to communicate with our customers. Have you tried using WhatsApp to communicate with your customers? Share your thoughts in the comments below.  👇

Do you believe in karma❓ As much as I love my colleagues, it's a bit scary recommending someone with the same language combo as yourself to your own precious client! My client called me about a potential project, asking if I would be willing to do it. It was way out of my comfort zone, and involved travel, not a typical project I would do for them. She half knew this and so asked if I could recommend anyone. This is my best client, so I went on a mission to hunt for the perfect person. My first thought, as always, was who do I know on LinkedIn that might fit the bill. A couple of people came to mind and I contacted them. Not their cup of tea either. As soon as those messages went out I remembered my absolutely wonderful WhatsApp group of FR-EN translators in France, people I have actually met in real life! I reached out and within minutes had a recommendation for a colleague with the right specialisation and living in the right geographical area. I put my client in touch with this person and it sounds like it’ll be a good match if the project comes to fruition. 🎉 One happy client + one happy (new) colleague 🎉 A few days later I got an email enquiry about an entirely different kind of project that a potential client, who I haven't even worked with yet, has recommended me for! Moral of the story❓ ✅ Reach out ✅ Keep in touch ✅ Recommend your colleagues generously 💚 Your turn will come #LITranslators How often does this happen to you ❓ #kindness #networking #recommendations

Please Share... 5 months of the Year are gone, if you haven't then ask yourself when you will start working on what you said you will in the beginning of the year. I will be sharing how you can: - Build extra income stream part-time or full-time - How you can also start to travel through the business (travel Incentives) - Be in business and change people's live around you Join me WhatsApp group and learn: https://lnkd.in/dQ-u89nV Remember 2024 won't be any different if you have to decline/reject every opportunity presented to you. See less