In this #JasSuccess Podcast, you’ll discover how a former factory worker started her freelancing career as Honeylet Davo shares with FLIP her struggles in life and the reason why she decided to enroll in the VA Bootcamp.

Be inspired with Honeylet’s success story and learn some tips on how she landed her first Upwork job in just two weeks after applying her learnings from the VA Bootcamp.

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Notable Quotes:

* Sabi nya kasi nakita nya daw ako yung presence ko sa facebook sa mga groups na nagcocoment or nagseshare ako ng kung ano man ang kaya kung ishare so yun pilipina sya eh and member sya ng WAHP dun nya daw ako nakita  and nakikita nya din ako sa ibang groups so sabi nya mukhang knowledgeable ka naman or mukhang mapagkakatiwalaan ka naman kaya sabi nya, gusto nya akong itry kunin so mga nasa 3 weeks na rin naman ako sa kanya.

*  Yes, yung mga silent reader wala ano kung gusto nyo makita din kayo sa facebook so yung kahit napatunayan ko na kahit kaunti yung naiseshare naten like answering some post or yung kahit magcomment man lang diba at least kahit papaano it helps.

* Siguro start cleaning up your social media account kasi diba nakikita ng mga prospective clients lalo na yung mga pinopost natin, so medyo ingat ingat na tayo sa mga tags and shares.

* Start creating din yung mga social online accounts. Kasi sa Linkedin nung nagstart akong magcreate ng mga online accounts so dun ako ng start mag create din ng LinkedIn account and may nakakakita din saken doon so they’re sending me job invites diba it really helps.

* Katulad ng mga data entry tasks naman or social media management hindi naman kailangan talaga na college graduate ka. Yung iba nga kahit diba yung most americans naman hindi nila kailangan na may maipapakita kang certificate as long as you know what your doing.

* Para sa akin talagang ang laking tulong ng VA Bootcamp kasing parang may katabi kang tutor. Kaya yun kaya talagang binabalik balikan ko and every time na nag kecreate ako ng cover letter parang andyan lang sya nasa tabi kumbaga hinahati ko lang yung monitor ko kabila yung sa cover letter kabila yung module so siniswitch switch ko lang sya and ang laking tulong nya talaga saakin kahit naman sino yung nagtatanong sakin talagang yun yung sinasabi ko, sige try mo tong gawin it really helps mas madali kaysa yung sa parang ang tagal tagal mo nakatutuk dyan sa cover letter and you still don’t know what to say or what to write.

* Kasi for me diba parang pagsinabi kasi nila na, “ah nag asawa ng maaga so parang sige dyan kana tambay kana sa bahay parang malolosyang or whatsoever,” pero kung ikaw gusto mo may mangyari talaga sa sarili you have to dedicate your time your effort even your money invested on education, educate yourself kahit na sabihin natin hindi sya sa college pero there are a lot of ways available lalo na sa age satin ngayon na may available internet if you can do facebook all day para lang sundan yung mga tsismis diba why not dedicate it on inventing something new na eventually makakatulong naman sayo to improve yourself to improve your lifestyle

* Sa mga newbies kasi nakikita ko is more on  puro how po ganyan. Dumaan tayo dyan eh diba sabihin din natin ako guilty din ako na once nakapagpost din ako ng how po pero try to check try to read kasi andun na yung sagot parang kumbaga kung sa ahas tutuklawin kana eh nasa harapan mo na pero hindi mo sya nakikita kasi parang yung focus mo parang gusto mo ispoonfeed nalang sayo so dapat gumawa din tayo ng ...

Mike grew up poor. In fact, one of his strongest childhood memories is how his parents sometimes couldn’t afford to buy any food.

Instead, they’d have soy sauce…together with rice.

That was when Mike told himself that he wanted a better life.

Years later, he was making P400k/mo as a freelancer.

And now? He employs hundreds of Filipinos around the country giving them better lives.

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Mike Cubo’s Journey to Freelancing

* A graduate of Mass Communication from being a self-supported person

* Living from a very poor family who was born in Davao who have not owned a house, merely rent a house and transferred to a different place to survive

* Been into different jobs to support himself in college

* He got his first job as a Jollibee crew, working the day and going to school at night after work

* He becomes a sales clerk at Gaisano Malls in Davao as his second job

* He becomes a telemarketer at Marco Polo Hotel Waterfront which only paid by commission

 

His Paths after Graduated

Their family went to Cebu to look for the opportunity, but he became jobless for six months, so he decided to the telemarketing jobs to earn his living. Any kind of jobs he went through like credit card agents in HSBC and Union Bank. He also has been into selling membership cards of one of the resorts in Danao Cebu particularly Intosan Resort. He learned from selling over the phone. Life for Mike is very hard because he is a Mass Communication graduate while working this kind of job.

Unexpectedly, he got a son from a previous company which makes his life, even so, tough and earning not good enough to support as early as 20 years old. Strangely, he applied for a call center company in Cebu, Sykes Asia, but fell down going back home for he was declined due to unable to speak English fluently. He realizes that it was frustrating to response the interviewer every after 2 seconds. Davao people use Bisaya language, so when speaking English there, are social people where he’s not among them.

He helps himself to become a better person while living in Cebu. Every day he read books and novels and read them loudly with a pen in the mouth. He had found an old dirty, broken keyboard since he also had a problem in typing skills which also need for the job. After six months, he applied again the Sykes Asia and this time he got the job. He earned seven thousand a month being a TSR 1 and became a reporting analyst. He also went to Teletech as TSR 2 or L2, then at Lexmark as a Supervisor as a Tear 3 Engineer Supervisor, Trainer and Reports Analyst, Operations Manager at Concentrix. The expenses go higher so he tried in Singapore but he was failing to land a job there. He was jobless awhile, all their money were all used up, he had banks loan and that was the lowest point of Mike’s life. Then later he visualizes where his real path is.

 

Q&A Highlights

What motivates you most to the freelancing?

I heard oDesk and took me two months visiting the site. I had read most of the time Indian testimonies that they are earning high paying jobs at home. I was thinking “it was a scam”. I’m in a certain of safety net, like doubting that should I go to freelancing or not. I’m earning this, but how about the insurance of my kids, my car allowance, my perks? So I was at the peak point in my life. So, that started me to motivate into freelancing. I started as a Data Entry Specialist. At that time oDesk was very competitive and I do not have the experience history yet so I earned 3$ for 8 hours or something. I was very good in excel because I was a reporter ana...

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.

The Email and Internet Marketing Expert John Pagulayan shares his journey with FreeLancing In the Philippines (FLIP) in this Successful Pinoy Freelancer Podcast. Find out how he hit the 6-digit dollar earnings per year and be inspired by John’s success story and learn some expert’s tips to becoming a millionaire freelancer.

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Notable Quotes:

* Well, the first thing is you will sure always invest in your business. Diba kasi we always parang kita niyo tong bago kong work station etc. tapos hindi naman siya nakakakuha ng clients. It doesn’t make sense diba so if ever before na medyo gipit sa pera if I was gonna make an investment I make sure that it’s either contributing to my business or else pag hindi, hindi ko say binibili.

* Say for example in a business you need to get leads diba. You need to get people that you have to talk through para maging clients and one thing that  I can use is that yong alam mo yong mga scraper my ego scraper ganon so back then I didn’t have that. So when I got the money kahit yon pa lang yong extra money ko I bought the scraper alam mo yon like things that would help make your business easier because once you’ve done tapos smooth running yong own business mo you already highlight yong someone to join the website for you alam mo yong mga ganong bagay and now you can start yong sa mga tipong luho.

* Kasi to be honest like laptop tapos writer lang naman tapos yong laptop yong pang gaming na sobrang laki na kala mo naman diba ano kala mo ikinayaman mo yon porket may laptop kang malaki it’s not ano diba you’re a writer at best yong pinaka aabutin man nong ano is google docs yon na yong parang pinaka solid na.

* People are more concerned about how they look to other people rather than really you know masabi lang na mukhang okay siya mukhang mayaman siya mukhang ano siya mukang okay naman yong business niya with in fact your business is suffering because you’d been investing to this other things hindi naman karapat dapat diba.

* So what my day is my day starts with I wake up the best thing you can do for yourself is throw away your phone the moment you wake up, throw your phone away tapos have breakfast exercise take a bath build a routine.

* So first one to two hours of your day build your own business. Focused on getting those clients. And then next that’s the time that you build their business kasi yong pinaka focus na time mo should be reserved for your business not other people’s business. Yon yong meaning about productivity and how I plan my day and someone asked us how much do I work in the day sometimes three-four hours mga ganon so pwede na.

* When you’re ready you’ll feel it when you’re ready like you’re ready to accept that you can’t do it alone that’s when you get a mentor.

* But true the matter is if you don’t look for clients they’re not gonna to show up. So find clients, talk to them find out what their problems are, help them and then you offer your services and that’s the kind of like simple formula for getting in the industry.

 

John Pagulayan’s Journey to Freelancing

* An engineering undergraduate from Manila.

* Came from a middle-class family whose father is an entrepreneur.

* A man who use to hang out with friends.

* He was working into different kind of jobs that he could think he can earn for his own. He worked as a bagger, barker, repair balls in billiards and even a clown.

* He worked as a call center agent because it’s only industry who accepts undergrad...

In this #JasSuccess Interview you will discover that freelancing is not just for the college graduates and even a former Jollibee crew can be a successful freelancer.

Watch this interview and be inspired as Shirley Pepito, an undergraduate and a former Jollibee crew unfolds her success journey in freelancing.

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Notable Quotes:

* Huwag agad mag give up.

* Never stop learning. Araw araw dapat magbasa basa sa mga blog post. Mga post sa lalo sa WFHR.

* Tsaka mag pray. H’wag kalimutan na mag pray lagi.

* There’s no easy way to success.

* Tsaka mag set ka lagi ng goals na ito talaga yung gusto mong abutin like for six months gusto mong abutin tong ganito, for one year, kasi ganyan ginagawa ko e, one year ganito na dapat so ganun  set a goals lagi.

* And keep on dreaming.

Shirley Pepito’s Journey to Freelancing:

* She’s 28 years old, happily married with three kids.

* An Undergrad, a Jollibee service crew last 2008.  After that, she became unemployed for almost 8 years.

* She only knew Odesk when her friend told her about it, who was also a freelancer at that time. With her assistance, she signed up and became a member of Upwork since 2015.

* Since then, her Upwork membership wasn’t used, she’s not really interested and didn’t take it seriously until the time comes that she has now her own family and realized that it’s really important for her to have a job.

* She knows nothing about freelancing, until she saw Jason Dulay’s post and enrolled in his free courses.

* She first studied English through WHFR free courses and through some other sites in just two days.

* After two months of studying, she finally got her first job in Upwork doing data entry work and so much more.

Q&A Highlights

How long would you say, na you studied English before ka naging komportable ka ng mag apply?

Ano lang yun e…mga… talagang full attention ko dun sa pag English mga ano lang yun 2 days.

How many months you’ve been freelancing?

Nag start ako since January. Yung January na yun. Yung buong month na yun.Nag aral ako nung time na yun so wala pa akong client that time. Dun nag sa submit na ako ng proposal, talagang wala walang nag re reply, wala akong makuhang client.

What was the really useful resources na which really parang opened your eyes as to what you needed to do?

Kasi pina follow ko lang yung mga ano mo video tutorial mo. Talagang sinusunod ko lahat yun kung ano ang gagawin next, kung ano yun oo yung, lahat step by step talagang sinunod ko yun.

What would you say to that? Sa mga stay at home moms who haven’t worked for five, ten years tapos they’re thinking about freelancing?

Ano lang have an inspiration. Tapos maniwala ka sa sarili mo na kaya mo. Ako nga talagang nung una sabi ko kasi nga hindi ako nakatapos ng college di ba hanggang first year college lang ako. Nung inaaral ko na talaga yung freelancing sabi ko ang hirap pala talaga ng walang pinag aralan. Parang nung time nayun parang nanghina ako pero nagbabasa basa kasi ako ng mga quotes so, nababasa ko na it’s never too late to what you become yung mga ganun. So, na I inspire ako sa mga quotes na ganun. So, ah kaya ko to. Kaya ko to. Yun lang talaga sinasabi ko sa sarili mo na maniwala ka sa sarili mo na kaya mo. Tsaka ano,kasi from January to February talagang 24/7 wala akong tulog inaral ko talaga kasi eager na eager na akong magka trabaho kasi nga gipit na gipit na sobra. So talagang hindi na ako natutulog, lahat talaga,kahit saan saan site na ako napunta para lang talagang matuto. Kasi ni wala akong mapagtanungan that time kasi nga hindi pa ako member ng ano...

Building rapport with your local clients made easy. Learn some killer tips from Rey Baguio as he shares his knowledge in building relationships with clients effectively.

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Notable Quotes:

* There’s a lot of work out there, although a lot of people are asking how? it’s really hard to get first client, second client or more clients. Yes, it would be but I believe you would just need to have the right mentality, the right approach and don’t just follow what others are saying. I’m not saying that don’t listen to them, actually go ahead and listen to them. Watch webinars, attend webinars, seminars but make your own strategy. Because once you follow others’ strategies or way of doing things without even thinking if this is something that will work for you. It will make your life or looking for clients more difficult because you don’t know how to approach them.

* So I just get that clients trust it in terms of me handling their brand, their business, but they actually referred me to their friends. But anyways, then you just need to do good with the next client. Do good with the next client, make sure that you end the contract or your agreement with them in a nice way, in a civil way, don’t burn bridges and you can never really tell, they’ll bring more clients for you eventually.

* Before you actually go into learning a lot sa digital marketing and scouring the internet or the events, going to events, you need to actually determine first para hindi masayang ‘yung oras mo. If there’s something that you would want to do na related sa Digital Marketing. What I always suggest to these people is go to Google. Google mo lang, areas or disciplines or areas in Digital Marketing.

*  And then if you want to learn more, that’s the only time I would suggest, ito depende naman sa’yo if you have the funds naman, you have the time, you have the money, then go ahead. Enroll ka sa mga webinars, bootcamps, and attend seminars right away. Pero kung wala pa, learn more about it first.

*  Be intentional with what you do. Nakakaoverwhelm ang social media and internet ngayon, online ngayon, opportunities, nakakaoverwhelm. There’s a lot. Maraming nagrereklamong wala silang mahanap na trabaho, wala silang mahanap na kliyente pag freelance, bumabalik sila sa BPO or saan kasi overwhelming siya pero nandiyan yung mga opportunities talaga. Just be intentional in your activities, kung anong gagawin niyo, para hindi ka, maibsan naman ‘yung pagiging overwhelming ng fact na marami kayong nagfri-freelance.

*  May nabasa kong Blue Ocean Strategy. Instead of competing, you actually make the competition irrelevant. Not because you’re the best, but because yung competitors mo will not consider you, actually you will not have any competitors at all.

Rey Baguio’s Journey to Freelancing

* He was a Professor in Cebu, teaching Philosophy, Logic and Rizal.

* Worked in HR for almost four years with Rustan’s Supermarket.

* Spent almost six years working in different BPO companies when he moved in Manila.

* He resigned because he could no longer see him working in the industry for 10 or 20 years.

* He wanted to have his own business, to be his own boss.

* In 2011, his first freelance job was writing articles.

* He would write 500-word article worth 50 cents.

* To be able to reach his 40,000 mark, he did part time tasks in Fiverr. Like, posting in Social media for a period and got paid for that task. He also made image quote for his clients

* He was hired to do part time work for another client, K Eagle marketing, a SEO company. His job was web syndication.

Attracting direct clients can be a bit tricky. Good thing, Marv de Leon shared his expertise in freelancing and some tips on how to attract direct clients. Discover Marv de Leon’s secrets in this FB Live interview and learn how to attract direct clients too, without using any freelancing platforms.

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Notable Quotes:

* From a monetary standpoint, you have to have a treasure chest before you jump into freelancing. Kasi when you go to freelancing there may be a time that you won’t get that first client immediately. Wala ka dapat utang.  You have to have the emergency fund na sabi nila six months, pero siguro gawin mo nang one year, two years.

* You have to prepare yourself na you’re leaving the comfort of a monthly salary. There will be frustrations, you will be doubting yourself. Para hindi ka ma-down, dapat prepared ka. You just take it in stride and just continue searching and applying for gigs. Dapat you’re prepared financially, mentally, emotionally, and physically for that.

* I think yung dream ko was to retire early. I wanted to retire at 40. To do that, I didn’t know. But to dream, at least dream big, tapos you think about the steps along the way. And I was surprised, after ko na lang na-realized na when I resigned, when I retired, I turned 40.

* The AHA moment is that people will really pay high, if you’re helping them solve a big problem. That’s the abundance mindset.  There are clients who have the funds – who are willing to pay high.

* Pero my best client was myself and it took me nga three years of building my brand, Marv de Leon, Freelance Blend, producing free content, producing workshops, producing meet-ups, to get to that point. Kasi nga if yung client, wala siyang nakitang website, wala siyang nakitang podcast, maybe I wouldn’t have been able to charge that, or maybe hindi nya ko nakita totally.

* I charge it based on what I want. So wala talagang math into it. It’s the rate that I think I can charge na premium clients will be able to pay. That’s my strategy when it comes to rates.

* Understand the problem and make them realize that you are the solution to that problem. Let them like you muna, let them understand the value that you will you will give to him or her.

* Outside of the online world, it’s really connections – building your network and not burning your bridges.

* Anyone has skills but not everyone can bring value. Your skills can solve their problem, but maraming tao would have the same skill set but what sets you apart is the value.

* Be more active in finding, being more on the offensive end, kumbaga, connecting with them through LinkedIn, Facebook but not pushing, just building a relationship first.

* It takes experimentation, and if you found one client acquisition process that works, then double down on that, and stop doing yung mga hindi nag wo-work. It’s a simple as that.

* When I found that right client I’m happy to work with her, to meet with her every time and I really want her business to succeed because her success is also my success. Pero if your client is becoming successful and you are not, and you’re not happy then maybe nga it’s not the right client, it’s not the right job.

* You’re not an employee anymore you’re an entrepreneur as a freelancer, so dapat win-win. Trust ka nila, and you also trust them. If you don’t trust them you don’t have the right client.

Marv De Leon’s Journey to Freelancing

* Worked in the corporate world for 18 years, in the financial services industry. Got bored doing the same things every day.

* Turned to books and read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” in his late 20s.

Another Success story worth watching. Charm Dizon is a former banker who resigned from her 9-year career and ventured into freelancing to be a stay at home wife and eventually a mom. In just 6 months, Charm now has 5 direct clients and charges a 2-digit per hour rate. Want to know how she got direct clients outside Upwork and other freelancing websites? Watch the interview here. Now with a transcript.

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Notable Quotes

* Before pala ako nag apply I made my portfolio na online. Gumawa ako ng website ko na nandoon yung mga skills na i-ooffer ko. And yung iba pa na details about me para kasi yung sa cover letter hindi ko na masyadong hinahabaan and I direct them to check my website for details. Yun yung start ng ginawa ko non, ganon palang siya. And he responded  naman, so nagkaroon kami ng interview and then actually part-time lang yon, yung nakuha ko with Facebook. Pero it’s okay na kasi ang goal ko lang non is to experience kung paano mag work as a freelancer.

* Advice ko lang, siguro kasi know your client muna ang risky kasi with direct clients, hindi ka protected with payment like with Upwork. Pero ako kasi parang I’ve been blessed with very legit clients talaga and very generous yung mga clients ko and siguro parang kasi na probed ko din naman sila before ko tinake yung offer nila is inalam ko muna, actually sinearch ko sila sa search engine para to check lang kung ano business nila tapos yung mga LinkedIn profiles binabasa ko yun. Hindi ako yung agad agad na go agad kasi ang hirap kasi yung mga nababasa mo na scams. Tapos di ka pala babayaran after and kung magwowork kayo with direct kasi ako dun sa first client ko hindi ko sya nagawa kasi hindi ako, hindi pa ako confident mag to ask for a retainer fee. Pero with my second hanggang sa fourth client. Meron akong retainer fee with them equivalent to two weeks na pay.

* Kasi syempre goal natin is to help our clients. Di ka naman pwedeng bara bara lang na work. Kasi nagrereflect din yun sayo kung ano yung work ethics mo. So dapat always give them yung best mo na. So nagpapay-off naman di ba, nag-iincrease nga ako ng rate eh.

* Kasi ang kailangan mo lang talaga time management eh. Kailangan mong mag set ng kahit siguro one hour a day to plan your day para alam mo kung ano yung mga priorities mo for the day. Do it in the morning.  Kailangan lang kasi maging organized so kasi kung magulo din yung isip mo, hindi mo na-plano ng maayos yung buong araw mo, hindi mo maachieve, di ka magiging productive, kasi baka mamaya gagawin mo to tapos naisip mo, ay kailangan ko palang gawin si ganito ganyan so. Early in the day palang, i-manage mo na yung schedule mo. Kasi kung, si client nga kaya kailangan mo rin siya i-manage di ba, so dapat sarili mo na-mamanage mo din.

* So kung kayo yung type of person na mahilig magsulat kahit notebook lang. Isulat niyo dun yung mga tasks na gagawin niyo tapos, mag check mark kayo kung ano yung mga nagawa na ninyo. Kasi dun ko na-oorganize yung schedule ko eh, kasi kung hindi ko siya isusulat, hindi ako magiging magulo siya sa isip ko. Hindi ko magagawa kung alin yung priority tapos baka yun, worst is mamaya may deadline pala, hindi ko naasikaso. So ako yung mahihirapan, maghahabol ako.

* For starter syempre know your goals. Kasi ganon ako nag start. Inalam ko kung ano yung gusto ko  iachieve na like kunwari sa rate meron na akong plano so kailangan gumawa ka muna ng defined plan. Kung ano gusto mong mangyari sa freelancing career mo. Kasi di pwedeng go ka lang ng go, kasi mahihirapan ka kung wala kang planned method, kung paano mo siya gagawin.

* Umiwas ka sa info overload, like yung nangyari sa akin, kasi hindi ka magiging productive,

This is an Interview with Emmanuel Domingo, who just started his Online Career 4 months ago. Now he able to manage a 3-Person Team in his Online Business. Find out how…

In this video, you will learn…

* What the right attitude of a freelancer that could make your freelancing business a success.

* Find out How the SEO Freelancing Industry changed his life.

* Find out how he started his 3-Person Freelancing Team in Just 4 Months.

* Discover how he sustains and expands his team and his online business.

Emmanuel Domingo is a newbie to freelancing – he just started freelancing 4 months ago. But in that short amount of time, he was able to hire 3 people AND earn over P100,000 as a team! If he was able to do that in 4 months, so can you! Emman is not a super-genius or an English expert. How was he able to do it? Watch his interview here. Now with a transcript.

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How a newbie now manages a 3-person team in just 4 months

Notable Quotes

● Ano ba talaga ang goal mo in life then? Ano ba talaga goal mo na ma-achieve, kung magkano na rate gusto mo? Kasi without goal para sakin, without goal wala kang mararating kasi talaga, pag without goal kasi ganito lang yan, tatanggap ka ng trabaho, aalis ka, tatanggap ka ulit ng trabaho aalis ka, kasi ganon yung nangyayari sa freelancing eh napansin ko, base din sa nababasa ko na like, for example kuha ka ng,

ng trabaho, tapos di mo nagustuhan, lilipat ka ng iba, kuha ka ulit ng trabaho, lilipat ka ulit ng iba.

● ‘Wag nating hayaan na sobrang baba yung offer kasi pag nakita pala ni client na tatanggap ka ng 2 or 3 dollar dun ka niya makikita kasi, share ko lang, meron akong before parang nagbibid kami, meron akong ka bid, 3 dollar daw yung offer, sabi ni client, “there are VAs that are saying that they are good and only 3 dollar”, sabi ko, “sige client ganito nalang, try mo si 3 dollar, try mo rin kami. Tignan natin for example 10 hours then after 10 hours tignan natin yung difference yung 3 dollar sa 7 dollars.”

● ‘Wag tayong mahiyang makipag kwentuhan sa mga client ninyo kasi alam niyo yung isang reason kung bakit sila nag-outsource ay para maka tipid at mag-a- outsource pa rin sila. Kaya kung meron kang mai-te- train na kagaya mo, kung meron kang mai-te- train na

kapamilya mo, pwede nyo silang i-refer. Yan yung isa sa pinaka maganda, ako rin di ko rin alam kung bakit napadali yung process kasi meron akong ugali na yung ginagawa ko, nire-record ko. Gumagawa ako lagi ng checklist. Yung step by step, paano ko ginawa ‘to, ganon, screenshot. Ngayon nung nag start yung kapatid ko, binigay ko nalang yung checklist tapos konting tanong na lang siya. Para alam niya, pati yung naka-indicate na anong tools na ginamit ko. Ano yung mga log-ins na ginagamit ko. So step by step tapos sa bandang huli meron checklist, tama ba yung ginawa nya. Yung ganon kaya mas napadali yung ginagawa namin.

● Nagkaroon ako ng habit na I’ll make sure na everyday, meron akong 4 na proposal. Take note, yung proposal po na to, ay hindi kinopy. Yung kapag binasa ko yung cover letter ni client, parang ina-analyze ko mabuti, ina-apply ko yung kung ano ba yung magiging punch line ko from the start like for example, are you looking for a well-rounded VA. Powerful yung nasa bootcamp napansin ko. Hindi siya sobrang haba.

Hindi siya mala-telenobela. Mas masabi ko di naman sobrang profesional yung cover letter natin, pero maikli at naiintindihan ng client yung pinupunto at yung ka...

Althea  Maefe  Sagayno  has been a successful freelancer for 3 years. She has her own blog, The Quirky VA. Find out how she discovered freelancing agency, how it works and how she found her niche.

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 Notable Quotes

* Iba na ang playing field ngayon because one major reason that I see is if you’re going to start an agency on Upwork you have to consider stuff like the fees, there will be a 20% fee sa Upwork for new clients.  Secondly, yung work na available for people is not that bountiful compared to before.  Especially, the people that I work with, they’re not really yung parang expert level or managerial level work, more on ad-hoc, mga menial tasks and there’s a lot of people that would be there parang tipong nakaantay doon parang mga vultures na nakaantay sa mga bawat job ad alam mo yon.  So para sa akin if hindi pa sila ganun, they still don’t have a clear grasp of freelancing in general, wag muna.  Try muna nila magexperience muna sa sarili nila.

* Agencies, okay in general. if you’re a freelancer, experienced freelancer ka na, you can get jobs by yourself, that’s fine. Siguro magstick ka nalang don. If you wanna go with an agency kasi, there are a lot of things you have to think about. One thing is doing your own research, check mo muna kung maganda yung feedback dun sa agency, okay ba yung history ng agency in terms sa ibang freelancer. Tanong-tanong ka kung okay sila. Kasi with agencies, the way they work is the payment goes to the agency first before the freelancer and talagang there’s a really big loophole there na parang what’s stopping them from running away with your money.

* For newbies naman , I think okay na ang agency especially if the agency is established na, especially on marketplace.  Magandang pangexperience na at least nagkaroon sila ng feedback. Kasi major role of agencies in marketpleaces such as Upwork, they look for the jobs for you so kung medyo nahihirapan ka sa client acquisition ganyan, fresh from call center, so ang alam  nating gawin magcalls pero nahihirapan tayo on other facets of looking for a project going with an agency with an established agency would be a good thing. In any case make your own research and protect yourself from other people like for Upwork, ask muna if you’re going to join the agency na magiging exclusive member ka ba, for those who don’t know, being an exclusive member of an agency means na ang every job na pumasok sa profile mo on Upwork, papasok sa agency, whether or not, nag-apply sila for you, or ikaw  nag-apply non sa agency papasok yung contract and yung money. So think about that.

* If you find that thing that you’ve stuck with that you didn’t get bored with that you’re having fun with and you’re passionate about, try to focus on that more as your niche because you can keep growing that rather than transferring from one thing to another.

* The market changes all the time.  Don’t let the market or the trend make a decision for you and yun lang kasi parang we always get that eh,” ano po ba yung pwede kong gawin na work na madali akong matanggap?” and the answer that I can, that I always come up with this don’t ask the market, ask yourself, start with what you already can do, rather than-

* Communication is one of the things that I get really hired for. I always get that comment from clients na, “I really like how you sent that application, you sound like someone that I can talk to, you sound like a nice person,” that’s always the comments that I get, because daw parang I don’t know kasi inviting  daw ako, the way I do my cover letter, the way I send emails out, its professional.  Wala naman akong jokes doon.