Brace yourselves as  Jason Dulay talks about his freelancing journey on #JasSuccess with Anna Soriano.

Watch this interview as Jason shares a lot including;

✅ How WFHR was founded

✅ His struggles and challenges as a freelancer for 9 years

✅ His various jobs such as VA, Bookkeeping, SEO, Web Dev, Marketing and other randoms such as Voice Over, Game Tester

Jason Dulay is Accountancy graduate but worked in a call center out of college for 6 or 7 years. He decided to quit as call center trainer even though that time he was earning around 50k a month.

He learned about freelancing in a Cebu online forum, istorya.net, He saw an Ad about online jobs and got curious. No other information can be found on the net so he had to learn everything on his own, from scratch.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Watch this interview as Jason opens up on the story of how he started out his freelancing journey ever

since he was 10 years old. Discover how he grew up with the strong urge to earn on his own, from

selling POGS, Dakki, and gadgets; to learning about freelancing and becoming a successful digital nomad

who continuously and sincerely helps out other Filipinos to start their own freelancing career.

Listen as he reveals his experiences, his values, and the lessons he learned from all the steps he had

taken to get to where he is right now. Admire his utmost desire to pursue his beliefs and truly search for

ways to do things he enjoys working on as well as helping out others on their own journeys.

 

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Notable Quotes:

* What you need to develop is discipline, consistency lang talaga.

* So that’s it, it’s very simple to say, you just need to develop discipline, but it’s hard to do.  It’s really hard to do kasi you feel sad, you feel depressed, you feel like giving up, but if you think about it, if ever you did feel sad, just remember sabi ni Sir Jason, all I need to do is keep going and keep doing, keep following the advice that I’ve been following.  Keep following the lessons, and so on. And then that’s how you get successful.

* It requires patience.  I always say, anything that’s worth it is worth struggling for, it’s worth fighting for. Risk and return yun, effort and return. The more effort or the more profitable something is, the more fulfilling something is, the harder it will be to achieve it.

* One thing that’s very important, if you want to be productive, have yours to do list. May list ka of what you’re supposed to get done.

* So it’s important to find the right mentor, but if you do, it’s worth it.

* I always make it a point to learn more, to work harder and get things done.

* What’s the best way to do it?  Just start small, do one thing at a time. Don’t scale too fast.  Once you start doing, you do one thing and then you do it properly. Then that’s when you add another and then do it properly until it keeps growing. Just take it one step at a time, yun lang.

* Advice ko is if you haven’t been hired yet, then join the Hustle Challenge, yung nastart ni Holly.  Kasi yung lahat ng nagjoin sa challenge, nahire.

* It’ll all depend really on your discipline.  On following those steps in order for you to achieve your own success.  You can really achieve anything that you think. Anything is possible. It’s just you yourself that holds you back.

Watch this #JasSuccess episode as Neil Reichl shares his inspiring story.

Neil was a medical representative turned Chatbot Builder And Premium Accountability Group Leader

In this interview, we tackled a lot including;

✅His transition to freelancing

✅How his 2015 became his ultimate test of grit and courage

✅His challenges as premium accountability leader

and much more…

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Notable Quotes

* Di ako pwedeng makipag kwentuhan na makipag kwentuhan.  Dapat may mangyari sa akin. Dun ko na discover yung podcast.

* If I get to consume so much content dito, sabi ko, eventually matututo din ako. Yun pala, meron palang downside din.  Sobra kang na aaddict naman na matuto lang ng matuto, wala ka namang na iimplement.

* Yung pagiging entrepreneur hindi pala sya dapat sobrang complicated, or technical.  It just has to sell, it just has to fill a gap, a void.

* 2015 sabi ko, gawin ko na nga itong mga pinag sasasabi nitong Jason Dulay na to.

* Dun ko nakita yung potential to make money from home.

* May mga cliente ako na 5 dollars isang article. Ang first earning ko in a month, after several months of trying, was parang 3 thousand pesos.  And then later on 10 thousand pesos, and then later on naging 20 thousand pesos.

* I started investing na rin in courses with communities.

* If I make X amount, tapos put a little sa investment sa learning, mas tumataas na yung rate ko.

* Ang usapan lagi with the client is, how many hours will it take you to finish the job.

* If you guys are charging nasa 2 dollars per hour, 3 dollars per hour,  Wala kang gagawin sa profile mo, just change it right now to 10 dollars per hour.  And you will start getting invites.

* People started to perceive you differently na parang, ah OK, 10 dollars.  Ibig sabihin, or 20 dollars, ibig sabihin magaling to.  Definitely may ibubuga talaga to, kasi di sya maglalakas ng loob na mag charge ng ganon.

* So guys, wag pamurahan. If you can charge competitively, go for that.

* Learning was really addicting  and implementing is really hard.

* Dun ako napunta sa Master Class ni JTL, John Pagulayan.  And that’s when the mindset shift happened na.  Nakikita ko na yung value ko sa client na asset pala ako. Di ako expense lang.

* Kahit puyat ka, kahit wala kang internet gayon, pero dahil gusto mo, gagawan mo ng paraan.

* Honestly, yung kay Jason Dulay is the best way for you to get there.

* Sabi nila, kung wala ka pa raw budget, mag take ka daw muna ng free course. Ako ngayon ang nakikita ko is, if wala ka pang budget, mas dapat mag take ka na ng premium course.

* Right after enrolling sa VA Bootcamp, humataw ka talaga.

* Makita mo yung efforts mo, ang bilis ng progress mo.

* If you are already doing this as a VA.  Ang unang lang tanong is, “Gusto mo ba talaga to”.  Gusto mo ba talaga that you get to spend your time working from home. Hindi sya madali as it looks.

* Ang tanong lang tagala dito is, gaano mo sya kagusto.  Kung talagang gusto mo sya, hindi ka mag take ng mga free courses lang.  You will take a paid course na.

* If you are also thinking to leveling up na your VA skills from VA to Ninja VA, Ang isipin mo is paano ka kaya makaka pag deliver ng more value sa cliente mo. Yun ang una mong isipin.  What’s in it for the client, before you ask for a raise dun sa rate mo.  Or before you start increasing your rate to the next client that you are going to speak.

* If you go for the free course, you are giving yourself an excuse not to take this seriously.

Neil’s Journey to Freelancing

Watch this #JasSuccess Interview with Lina Jucutan, The Uragon Customer Service Rep from Albay.

In this inspiring interview, we tackled a lot including;

✅ Her humble beginnings in freelancing

✅ Her work life both as a freelancer and a Tourism Consultant in LGU

✅ God’s miraculous intervention in choosing a company to work with.

and much more…

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Notable Quotes:

* Sometimes we need to appreciate the moment that we felt down. It is the moment that we are open to the opportunities in life as you are to chase them. That’s my turning point. Phoebe sent me your link about freelancing and I was very eager at that moment to know about it. I subscribe every free courses you have. I sometimes asked how Phoebe went through all those tasks. Then everything just turn out for me well in my journey to freelancing.

* It humbles me every time I remember where we started in our freelancing career. Our house before has was very mean as we are just staying with our grandmother’s house as we decide to separate. The moment that I started my freelancing career what is with me before are pills.

* Actually what happened was, I told my husband that I am the queen of all free courses and scholarship. I click link to link free courses. I started from freevacourses and avail other free trainings. I subscribed to every free scholarship and meet some new friends and was able to establish my profile together with my husband.

* After applying in the job, I felt nervous especially when I see that there are more than 200 freelancers who applied in the job post. But it was the start of it as if everything fall into place.

* One of the things I learned in life and this is most of the time I say to everyone that If you felt tired of standing on your belief probably it is the time for you to kneel. Pray and ask guidance to the Lord and do everything you can do and all will be given to you. The Lord has plan for us as it was written in Jeremiah 29:11-I have plans for you. We just need to trust the Lord.

*  If you are a good freelancer you need to be creative and resourceful. If there is a power interruption in your area, you can go to the mall for example and do the job there. I built my character and endurance through those challenges I went through.

* Open communication to what are happenings and being open to the client what are your dreams, how can you help them and how they can help you, can also help in building trust with our clients.

* I change my half-smiled profile picture with a very welcoming and smiling profile photo. It became the reason of having many clients. I knew it from reading that smiling can attract clients as they perceive it that a smiling person has a positive outlook in life and a good aura.

* We have to communicate with our classmates in our courses. Let’s connect to one another. They might be the reason that we might have an opportunity to have clients. Aside from having a good profile picture, connecting with our classmates. Because from there, I received many invites from the clients. Aside from this, you learn from one another.

* We have to be open to our client if you can or can’t do the job. But I advised that you have to make your best as the client hired you thinking that you are the perfect person to do the job. But if you really cannot do the job, tell your client to look for another freelancer to do the task so that you can avoid those consequences that might be a reason to break your good relationship.

* What I do is to assess my performance first and apply for a course because probably there might be new learnings that you have not don...

Be inspired as Eleazar Jose (LJ), a VA Bootcamp graduate, a Roadto100k Masterclass Wave 1 student, one of the new part owners of WFHR and co-owner of a Freelancer Placement agency, shares his inspiring story.

Touching base on how he started working online in 2011, failed in 2015 but got back up in 2016 and is now running his freelance business and agency while living in Thailand.

Watch this interview to discover more about LJ’s success and find out;

✅Exactly how he started as a part-time freelancer specializing in WordPress web design and development back in 2011 while in college.

✅How he got hired by WordPress.com to work for them on a short-term project that generated him a 6-figure income back in 2014 while working in the call center.

✅The #1 reason that he burned through that 6-figure income and lost it all in a matter of months back in 2015.

and a lot more…

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Notable Quotes:

* What I want to talk is how people, how our community, how Filipino’s can fast track their freelancing success this year. Especially those newbie’s, those who been struggling a lot, I been in your shoes so I’d like to share my top 7 Secret Hacks on How I got to where I am right now.

* Someone who was 20 years old, I didn’t have the right mindset, who was born poor, I didn’t have a lot of things in life yet. So I wanted to get everything I could get and I almost burnt it all.

* There was a very big turning point in my life when I realized that I had to make better decisions in life.

* I sought out people to help me, I think just by chance in Facebook there was an event just in Manila, to treat more on personal development event.  That how it started. I found my mentor, the people I followed, the time that I wanted to change my life, my thinking and I didn’t want to get stock in the Call center for five years.

* The main reason why I achieved that success is because I took extra steps, I do things differently and seizes all the opportunity given.

* If you are going to invest on something there has to be a return of investment. Otherwise that’s a liability.

 

Eleazar ‘LJ’ Jose Journey to Freelancing  

Digital Nomad and Online Entrepreneur

* In 2011, he graduated from High School and entered college take-up Engineering.

* He was from Davao Philippines, and went to Manila for College at UP Diliman

* College was really a struggle for him and he failed to finish his course. In his very first year in college he never had good grades and became not interesting. He planned to shift in Business or Accounting course. But end-up to be college dropout.

* He had technical skills particularly in coding back in college. He became curious on how technology works, he became intrigue on how to put colour in the screen, shape and images.

* After being dropout in College, He started to explore real world. He applied in the Call center and got hired. He worked in the Call centre for 4 years.

* While working in the Call center, he became a part-time Wed designer, got opportunity to work WordPress.com and earn around 6 digits income, he was only 20 years old that time. He lives his life to fullest #YOLO. He never had a right mindset that time, burnt all what he earned.

* By chance he found a mentor to follow that makes him realized to have a better decision. He doesn’t want to be stocked in Call center and jump start in to freelancing. He wanted to work online with less typing. He prepared everything, building portfolio, website, and sample projects. He is specialized in Facebook Marketing focusing Facebooks ads.

Watch another episode of #JasSuccess as Mary Jane Samantilla, a VA Bootcamp student, shares how she discovered freelancing in the most challenging time of her life.

Mary Jane was a former BDO bank teller and currently a WAHM of 3 kids.

In this interview Mary Jane talks about;

✅ The challenges, struggles, and blessings that lead her to freelance

✅ Why she pursed E-commerce

✅ How she handles 2 full-time and 3 part-time clients

and much more inspiring and relatable stories of her life.

 

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Notable Quotes

*  Ang dami kong,  ang dami kong bakit,  Lord bakit ako,  bakit ako.   Ang dami naman iba, E ba’t di kanila na lang, Sabi ko ng ganun pero syempre, ano pala, may magandang planning pala si Lord para sa buhay ko at diko pa siya na rerealize that time. Sobrang hindi mo alam eh diba.  Yan talaga pag may na plano siya sa buhay mo di mo talaga alam.

* Ang galing ng ano sayo perfect timing lahat no? Tas lahat ng mga oras mo hindi mo sinayang talagang lahat. Ginrab mo yung lahat ng opportunity na pwede ka talaga makapagwork

* Nagpagawa siya samin ng goal ilagay mo dun siya sa lugar kung saan lagi mo siya makikita.   And very effective siya hanggang ngayon anduduon pa rin siya.  Nakalagay dun yung house and lot.  Di kasi ano eh, minsan parang napapagod ka diba.  Parang titingnan mo lang.  pag pagod ka di ba,  halos ayaw mong buksan ang laptop. Pero pag nakikita mo yung goal mo. ang sipag sipag mo diba?  Kasi Yung inspiration mo eh. Yun yung reason mo Kung bakit.

* Baka meron diyan mga mother’s na gustong ano, gustong magtanong sa kagaya ng0 pinagdaanan ni Mary from walang laptop, walang internet, wala lahat siya nung means pero yun napagtagumpayan niya pa rin yung freelancer, so yun.  Nasa ano talaga Yun eh, sa mindset ng tao.  Kung it talaga yung gusto mong gawin. Then go for it di ba. Walang pweding pumigil sayo

* Ganun talaga nasa diyos ang awa  nasa tao ang gawa. So dapat gumawa pa rin. Nagdasal ka ito’y hiningi mo  dapat talaga may kapantay na ano na hardwork

* Siguro ano simple lang una syempre pray hard. Sabihin mo kay Lord kung ano gusto mo.  Be specific alam Niya naman ang pinagdadaanan mo eh.   Alam Niya naman kung ano ang kelangan mo pero  kelangan pa rin sabihin sa kanya.  Kung mas maganda yung punta ka sa kwarto taimtim na pagdadasal.  Kung pwedeng isigaw mo o iiyak mo lahat gawin mo then labas ka ng kwarto ano pala e-claim mo after,  yung blessing sabihin mo na narecieve mo na sya diba para marecieve mo nga siya and then paglabas mo ng kwarto punta ka sa computer mo mag apply ka inapply mo .

* Yun mga natutunan mo kung meron man kung wala do your own mag research ka tapos after nun may mga challenge di yan mawawala wag ka lang susuko never give up.  Kasi ang challenge talaga anjan yan eh, kahit ngayon, bukas, in the future.  Kapag ngayon ka lang, hindi mo na siya in-overcome pano pa siya haharapin bukas or sa susunod diba so kelangan cool ka lang, ready mo na ang sarili mo sa mga nadadaanan mo and then ayon tapos do your part and let the Lord do the rest that’s it

Mary’s Freelancing Journey:

* She never knew her father.

* She was grew with her Lola because her mother was working as factory worker

* Experience Bully in school when she was in elementary

* In college, She enrolled in a small computer school at Monumento Quezon City

* She stopped after 1st semester in college due to her job as cashier in Chowking.

* Working student for 4 years

* She again enrolled as Business administration

* Land a job as a Manager of Chowking after she was graduated

Watch another interesting and inspiring story on #JasSuccess as, WAHM, Herlene Somook shares her freelancing journey.

Herlene started out as a Kumon Assistant Instructor before she became a call center rep.

For five years, she has shifted from sales to tech, and finally outbound marketing before she transitioned to freelancing.

Tune in and find out how Herlene

✅ Pursued writing after learning about content marketing

✅ Started to run a content agency along with her client

✅ Started her own content agency where she handles a team of writers and social media managers.

and a lot more…

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Notable Quotes:

* If people believe in you, who are you to take it for granted?

* Every step of the way I’m scared. Siyempre kasi kumbaga I’m scared of losing what I already have. I’m scared of making mistakes. I’m scared of making a fool out of myself. And then sometimes when you say things na hindi mo naman kayang i-deliver pala. But at the end of the day, it all boils down to getting the little things done. Kasi yung mga maliliit na bagay na yan that’s how it’s going to prepare you for the bigger things.

* But yung mga pinagdaanan ko na yun, it helped me become a better manager. It helped me become a better writer, a better person. Kasi, I was able to just take it a step at a time. So it’s just the little things that really count.

* It’s hanging out with the right crowd. It’s picking out the right friends to hang out with. Kasi marami na rin akong naging ups and downs dito sa freelancing tapos every step of the way I have people who will help me or who would just remind me na “Oh, you’ve gone so far. You’ve done a lot.” So I think it matters to have the right people to hold your hand if you’re going through the difficult part and then raise your hands when you’re going through the victories.

* Last year I handled a team of writers and social media managers tapos ako yung nag-train sa kanila. Hindi mo pala mare-realize na kung ano na yung narating mo unless you have people who are going to do your job.

* Ang sinasabi nung ibang tao, it’s the years na nagka-count kapag freelancer ka. Honestly, I’ve been freelancing for 3 years but I feel like I’ve only been freelancing today. Parang ngayon pa lang talaga ako lumalabas sa shell. Na parang natututo akong maghanap ng clients. Natututo akong gumawa ng proposals. Natututo akong to know kung ano yung ibenta sa skills ko and the pricing and everything. Kasi before that, everything was just given to me.

* Kasi minsan medyo mahirap intindihin pag newbie ka or nagsisimula ka pa lang kasi ang mindset natin lagi is parang kikitain mo na eh okay na yan. But if you think about it, there’s this currency that we all have pero hindi lahat vina-value which is time. Yung time na iti-take mo to create an

* Lalo na kapag when you’re writing, when you’re creating articles, the articles that you create are not only articles, but it’s a testament to how good you are at what you do.

*  The point is we as freelancers need to understand that what we’re producing is not merely the product. We are giving value and money is just the equivalent to the value of the time that we gave.

*  If you are a newbie, the best thing that you can do is know the skills that you want to get paid for. And then improve that skill set by enrolling in workshops. Yun talaga yung, if you want to be successful at anything, that’s the best thing that you can do.

 

Herlene Somook’s Journey to Freelancing

* Started as a part-time assistant instructor for pre-school teachers at Kumon back when she was in college.

Watch this interview as Glenn Mark Dizon shares his freelancing journey here on #JasSuccess.

Glenn is a Legislative Researcher before he ventured into freelancing. He’s been freelancing for more than 8 years and he’s an expert in the field of SEO and FB Ads.

In this interview, Glenn will talk about,

✅ His humble beginnings as a Councilor and Family Man

✅ Why he decided to pursue Freelancing

✅ What made him decide to specialize in SEO and FB Ads

and a lot more…

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Notable quotes

* Fortunate lang ako na yung first client ko is napakasupportive na i-SEO yung website nya para matest ko rin SEO (Seach Engine Optimization).

* Ang pinakabasic kasi sa talaga sa SEO, the more website na nagmention ng website mo, those are considered votes patungo sa website mo. As much as possible, mamention ang website mo ng other website. Pag namention sya, para syang vote of confidence na ang mangyayari is magrarank ka over those na nag aaspire din na magrank.

* Actually hindi naman mahirap yung SEO. Dapat mo lang malaman ang basics kasi don naglalaro sa basic. Kasi kung aaralin mo talaga ang whole SEO, there are around 200 ranking factors na dapat mong aaralin. Pero, if you know the basic, kasi naman yung Google, yung kino-consider nya is mga basic lang which part ng link na ibibigay later.

* It’s more on relevancy than quantity of websites na nagmemention sa website mo. Napakaimportante sya and maganda na magstart ka sa Virtual Assistant work kasi you will have mga dapat mong kailangan sa business like research and email management kasi magagamit mo itong lahat down the road sa pagka SEO mo.

* Kakalaunch lang naming ng BPO center. Isa din yun sa isa ko gusto ko mangyare, at the end of my term, at least meron na kami BPO center sa lugay namin.

* Don’t worry about the competition. Worry about paano mo aralin talaga at matutunan ang basics.

Councilor Glenn Mark Dizon’s Journey to Freelancing

* Started 8 years ago as a legislative researcher for the municipality and transitioned to becoming an SEO Web Designer.

* One of his researches led him into a forum v7n.com forum, a forum regarding SEOs, where it caught his interest and develop his booming career.

* Learned from his cousin about Web designing for a month every night and review every day.

* He built a travel website after a year of study and got successful on promoting their Island, Bucas Grande in Surigao Del Norte.

* Started travel website on year 2010 and was motivated to improve SEO and polish his Web Design skills.

* Had a freelancing career while working on government full time and eventually became a family man at the same time.

* Launched a BPO center in their municipality that could accommodate 200 seats of Virtual Assistants.

 

Q and A Highlights:

Did you try different fields before becoming comfortable or deciding to specialize in your current field which is SEO/FB Expert at the time? Have you explored other fields? Or, do you know already to focus here?

  At first palang, gusto ko na SEO kasi maganda sya for business. Like yung inisip ko kung meron ako isang service at maglaunch front page sa Google, I will have everything na lahat ng nagresearch sa akin mapupunta. A year after that, nagstart na ako sa travel site na ginawa ko. Ang nangyari is nabuild ko na yung travel website then naglaunch front page. So sa akin na lahat business. Lahat na naghanap ng Siargao at Bucas Grande.

 Was this already your plan before na magbuild ng travel website?

Nung 2010 ko sinimulan yung website ko na travel.

Feautured on #JasSuccess is Princess Joyce Adrias.

Princess is a former Nurse in KSA who was encouraged and financed by her sister to enroll in the VA Bootcamp to get started freelancing.

Discover a non-tech savvy person’s difficulties in trying new things out and what made her decide to work from home and finally get out her comfort zone.

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Notable Quotes:

* Meron akong formula, nung araw na nakuha ko si first client na realize ko yung formula ko na ito perseverance + study x prayer = right client. Dapat meron ka din part hindi pwedeng puro prayers lang.

* If you really want naman marami namang paraan kung gusto mo talagang gawin magagawa mo di ba.

* Kasi manggagaling yun sa sarili mo, kailangan mo yung hanapin sa sarili mo yung motivation para makapunta ka doon sa outside your comfort zone so kung hindi ka techie hanapin mo sa sarili mo na mag aral ka. Like ako para maka start ako ginawa ko nag aral muna ako. Ayokong pumunta sa battle na wala akong alam na wala akong bala.

* Ang routine ko nag aaply ako dalawa, nag bibigay ako ng 2 connects ganyan per day hanggang sa makakuha ako ng client. Tapos meron din naman akong mga invite kasi nakakuha ako ng badge eh, raising talent badge.

* Personalized yung cover letter kasi malalaman ng client kapag copy paste lang siya, hindi mo binasa.

* Super helpful nga nyung mga lessons sa modules kasi ang tagal ko ng nag aaply ng trabaho ngaun ko lng yun nalaman. Kung sana dati pa nalaman ko yun maganda siguro yung mga trabaho ko dati.

* I change my profile depende sa a-applyan ko tapos titingnan ko yung skill set, “alam ko ‘to” so idadagdag ko sa skill set ko or e-erase ko yung isa idadagdag ko itong isa ganun

* That’s a good tip for everybody kasi even sa Bootcamp, we have a lot of yung mga lessons sa Bootcamp pero when you write your profile yung iba they just write their profile one-time tapos submit agad parang they don’t have anybody else to review it. It really helps when somebody else looks at it kasi they see things na you don’t see. Yung ibang mali na you didn’t notice that’s what other people will see and hopefully somebody you trust din like yung dad mo reviewed it he’s somebody you trust and yung cover letter din. And that’s what I want to point out din to everybody who’s watching especially if you’re new to Upwork and new to freelancing put effort in your overview first of all and put effort in your cover letters.

Princess Joyce Adrias Journey to Freelancing

* She’s a Nurse in KSA for 6 years, from 2010 to 2016.

* Due to the unfortunate incident, she resigned and chooses to become a full-time Mom with her kid.

* She saw Jayson’s Dulay post in “80k a month”, and her sister helps her to enrol in the complete package in a Va Bootcamp.

* She’s a non-tech savvy person but she’s eager to finish the Va Bootcamp to help her husband for their Financial Budget.

* She Graduated in Va Bootcamp first week of June 2017.

* Right now she has 3 clients, 2 in upwork and 1 in another platform.

Q&A Highlights

Parang around 3 weeks pa lang you had 3 clients, or four but you had to turn the other down tapos may declines ka. So what’s your secret, anu ba ang secret mo?

Meron akong formula, nung araw na nakuha ko si first client na realize ko yung formula ko na ito perseverance + study x prayer = right client.

Yung time na wala ka pang client, what was your routine that you did, that got you to the point na may client ka? Were you like applying to 1 job a day or 1 job per week?

Ang routine ko nag aaply ako dalawa,

Featured on #JasSuccess is Nix Eniego. Nix is a marketer who leads a fast growing company while running his own growth marketing agency.

Nix discovered how to make money online at a young age of 16. He started as a content writer and dived quickly into SEO. Before he turned 20, he already had his own content marketing and SEO business.

Today, having turned 25, Nix is considered as one of the leading marketers in the country.

Discover how Nix ascended from being unknown to a thought leader in the industry. Watch this #JasSuccess interview and be inspired by his successful freelancing journey. Learn how to run an online business with not much of a capital as Nix shares some useful tips.

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Notable Quotes

* Those small things, those small realizations at the beginning, when you’re 12 years in freelancing, those make a huge impact on where you are today and the rest of your freelancing business or freelancing career.

* My advice is, just do whatever it takes to get that first client.

* When you start with something new, you usually don’t have a lot of confidence in yourself, you’re usually scared. You still have a lot of learning to do, you still have a lot of mistakes to make and that’s what freelance platforms allow you to do. They let you make those mistakes and I guess most importantly they help you build your confidence.

* The underrated thing that no one talks about, one thing that you get from that is not even the experience, it’s not even the portfolio, it’s the confidence. You are now confident.

* And when you’re starting out you really just have to do it. Nike’s motto “Just Do It”, even when you’re scared, even when you don’t believe in what you’re doing.

* You guys shouldn’t worry too much about the rates when you’re starting.

* Treat as an OJT, like earn while learning. Learn and use the experience to charge more for the next job.

* It’s easier to succeed if you’re known for one thing versus being a generalist of sorts. Pick one thing and be the best at that.

* My advice is to write every day. None of the greatest writers of all time became great just because I’m bored, I’m great, no. They actually wrote every day, that’s the only secret.

* Try to read one new book every week or every month just so you have fresh ideas every time and you’re always learning.

* Before you take on that client build up your portfolio, find friends or maybe family members who have a small business, work on their thing, do some freelance work for them for a little and then you now have experience.

* You can’t just sit there waiting and if you’re looking for a job, you can’t just pray and a job is gonna appear in front of you, that’s not going to happen. Aside from praying you have to go out there and actually take action and do that to get a job. You cannot wait.

* The moment that you let other people affect how you think or how you do things you’re not going to be successful. You should be I don’t care what anyone else says I’m doing something good and I’m gonna keep doing it and keep working it out.

* You’ll only need one person to say yes to you and your life will probably change forever.

* One thing that I want to impart to you guys right now which really changed me, what really change the trajectory of my career is I built my personal brand. I worked hard on building a personal brand. Meaning, I work hard being known as a marketer, one of the best in marketing, I worked on that.

  Nix Eniego Journey to Freelancing

* When he was 13 years of age, he was trading NBA cards in Glorietta Mall for 2,000 to 4,000php.

* At the age of 16,

Featured on #JasSucces is a touching story of Jacquelyn Pulgo’s successful achievement in freelancing.

Discover how she got started in freelancing as she reveals how hard life was for her, sleeping literally in a ‘karton’ and comfortably now in a ‘kutson.’

Jacquelyn’s story is definitely a must watch as she gives inspiration of how freelancing changed her life for the better.

Free VA Course for Newbies

FreeLancing In the Philippines (FLIP) FB Page

Subscribe to Jason Dulay’s YouTube Channel

Notable Quotes:

* First as a newbie, parang nangangapa ka pa how to start and it doesn’t really hurt to ask questions especially from those who are in the, in this industry.

* And I would say patience and prayers talaga. Patience, kase hindi naman kapag nag apply ka yun na, makukuha mo na yung job. There are a lot of people who are applying in the same job, hindi lang ikaw. So, just be patient and samahan mo na rin ng hard work at prayers. Prayers is really important. I truly believe na if it’s not really for you, then it’s not for you.

* When you have to find options, find options, research and at least be familiar with. Right now, especially sa ngayon, be familiar with mga e-commerce, especially dun sa mga videos ni Sir Jason it would really help. Kase yun din, dun ako nagsimula at yun ang nakatulong sakin talaga.

* I don’t really worry much about that if I were you. Kase to tell you frankly, hindi rin ako tech savvy. In fact, I remember my first time even before, even after na nag call center ako. Hindi ako magaling talaga sa computer. In fact, I don’t have any computer skills na super bongga. I just browse, just like a regular person. Nag fe-facebook ako, nag yu-YouTube, ganun lang talaga ang basic na alam ko sa computer. So, for those of you who does not have any computer skills, you don’t really have to worry. Kase kung iha-hire kayo hindi naman ibibigay nang employer nyo yung trabaho nyo. Of course, you will have trainings, if you have questions do not hesitate to ask and it would be best if you’re going to ask instead na mawala yung job.

* For first timers, I would suggest na try going to sites like Sir Jason’s. Kase it really helps a lot of first timers. Andaming first timers na natulungan dahil dun sa site na yun. Also, please research more hindi yung, although may sites talaga na tumutulong kung paano mag start for a freelancing. But it would be best as well na mag research kayo and then try to find something na suitable sa inyo.

* If ever, cause most of them would complain na narereject talaga yung application niyo or walang nag rerespond. Just focus on your goal, yun lang. And then think of this as a challenge and just don’t give up on that challenge kasi lahat naman tayo nag kakaroon ng problem, lahat naman tayo nagkakaroon ng failures. Nobody’s perfect but what you just need to remind yourself is its just part of your trials it’s part of the job kumbaga. It’s part of your life and just don’t give up on it and prayers will do really good.

Jacquelyn Pulgo’s Freelance Journey

* Started working in a BPO company in 2012

* The company she’s working for suddenly got dissolved for unknown reasons.

* During this time, they have no proper place to stay and they don’t even know what they’ll be having for lunch and dinner. Everything went back to zero

* After some time, they found a place to stay, the problem they can’t afford to pay their rent.

* Uses free data to apply in Upwork. Got rejected multiple times

* Although her proposals weren’t accepted, it did not stop her from trying to get an online job, she always sees to it to get tips from fellow WAHPpers