In this inspiring #JasSuccess Interview you will discover how Maritess ‘Allie’ Pasag went from Bahay Kubo to Freelancer CEO. You’ll surely be inspired and encouraged as she shares her Freelancing Journey with FLIP.

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 Notable Quotes:

* When you do good with your clients napaka generous nilang mag bigay ng referrals.

* I learned na kailangan pala talaga may savings kahit papano. Hindi pwedeng walang wala talaga.

* I mean freelancing is a good business even the VA companies it’s really a great business, profitable business sya pero stability I think you would agree. Stable sya in a way kapag yung client mo long term na pero they can drop you like a hot potato.

* When you’re doing work from home reputation is very important.

* When I started,I really didn’t know anything. Wala akong alam sa real estate, hindi ako ipinanganak na marunong na akong mag WordPress. Wala akong alam sa mga bagay na ‘yan. As in I learned it by experience so yung sinasabi nila na “I don’t have any experience kaya hindi ako makakakuha ng VA job.” No, it’s how you present yourself. I think I really think it’s how you present yourself and how you find ways to help your client more.

* We can do a lot of things even when we’re really thousand miles away from our clients and since I think it is a good trait of Filipinos na we are very resourceful and very accommodating we’re very friendly. Hindi mahirap sa’tin to personalize the service that we’re offering.

* It’s not easy starting an agency, starting a team especially when you go through experiences like that na you get betrayed at times.

* It’s not the fame. It’s not the money. It’s the acceptance nila tapos yung feeling mo na you’ve touched them and you’re able to help them in your small little way. So yun yung the best talaga na feeling.

* “You don’t need to be great to start but you need to start to be great” so yung procrastination nyo yung iniisip ninyo na ‘I am not this good hindi ko kaya yan.’ You don’t need to be great lahat tayo pinanganak pantay-pantay tayo. You just need to keep moving forward. Pag may challenges another hurdle lang yan but you need to keep moving forward that’s what you need to do kasi it doesn’t matter how many time you fall and fell flat on your face what matter is the number of times that you got up you learned from your mistakes and you moved forward.

Allie Pagan’s Journey to Freelancing

* Smart, Humble, with Patient, Intelligent-Life

* Undergraduate Engineering from UP

* Came from a poor family living in a growing very small community

* Got early married

* Become a successful business agency owner

Allie Pagan encountered ups and downs in life. She was getting sick when her father passed away and her husband decided to resign from work to take care of her. Despite the experiences happening in her life, she remained strong and think of positive ways of how she can earn while stays at home.

In 2005, she started as a part-time freelancer in oDesk. It wasn’t easy for her to start the freelancing because she had no idea that the client is legit or scam. After several times of sending proposals, the right client came in and she landed the job as full time earning 3.5$ per hour, which is enough to support the needs of their living. She did her best on the job as a Virtual Assistant. As the client felt she was loyal to the work, she was offered to become a business partner with the client. She was asked to look for a developer as it is needed for the business.