Virtual Assistant Bootcamp - Work from Home Podcast

If there’s a will - Monday Motivation - 9/20/21

Would you give up a stable job to ensure your family’s safety?

Reese did.

She used to work as a Senior Executive Assistant - Quality Assurance Specialist in a serviced
apartment hotel in Rockwell.

She works in Rockwell and her family lives in Pampanga.

She lives in a condo in Makati but when the lockdown happened, *"I chose to be with my family."*

And it isn’t ideal.

Because her pay was almost half of what she used to earn. She wasn’t able to save since her pay would go straight to rent and transpo expenses.

What’s worst is that her family, most especially her mom, wasn’t at peace and was always worried when she was working on-site.

Imagine, she needs to be quarantined for 2 weeks every time she’d go home.

After ng quarantine, she needs to go on-site again.

This made her decide to go back permanently to Pampanga and pursue freelancing.

Despite a lot of challenges, she persisted.

She got a starting rate of more than P50k.

Not bad huh.

On September 15, 2021, at 7 pm, she’ll share & inspire us with her journey.

What are her challenges?

How did she overcome them?

Does leaving a stable job and pursue freelancing worth it?

See you there!

Whenever you want to apply for a job, most platforms will ask you to write a cover letter.

But what exactly is a cover letter?

Why should you write it?

And most importantly, what should you say to capture the attention of your client?

Of course, you don’t want to write just any templated cover letter.

You’d want to write an effective one — the one that gets you hired.

To help you out, we’ll talk about "Crafting Cover Letters That Attract The Best Clients."

On September 13, 2021, at 6 pm, in our FLIP Chat & Chill.

Don’t miss this.

Just Start - Monday Motivation - 9/13/21

"Sana may work from home na hindi lang online teaching."

This is what Debbie thought to herself as she explored the working from home option to be with her son.

Her husband is an OFW and he wanted her to personally take care of their only child at that
time.

She tried applying in Rarejob at 51talk but...

"pero lagi ang reason na hindi ako matanggap yong speed daw internet connection ko."

She was forced to resign from her job when her eldest got sick.

And before the effectivity of her resignation, she decided to join the VA Bootcamp.

In the 4th week of going through the lessons, she got hired hourly for a research job
and it lasted for 6months.

"Masaya na ako non because I was hired with no interview. Kaya sabi ko mag-reresign na talaga kasi, totoo pala ito."

In a span of 4-5months, she got 12 projects mostly with Upwork.

And right now, she’s making P115k a month fixed (gross monthly income) for foreign-based clients and 20k fixed for a local-based client.

Wow!

On September 8, 2021, at 6 PM, she’ll share & inspire us with her journey.

What made her pursue freelancing?

How did she find her niche?

Where did she get her clients?

See you there!

When Bad Things Happen - Monday Motivation - 9/6/21

You’ve probably seen some of our "lods" in freelancing.

Maybe you’re able to catch them in one of our JasSuccess interviews.

Aside from making 6 to 7 figures a month and being able to take control of their time.

One thing that’s common among them is this.

They all experienced rejection at one point.

Whether you believe it or not, marami na silang na-receive na "no."

But how they handled it makes a huge difference in their freelancing business.

And they’ll gladly share how they overcome all the rejections in our FLIP Chat & Chill.

It’s happening on September 6, 2021 at 6pm.

"I don’t know where to start."

"I don’t know how to set up a profile properly."

"I have no idea about a portfolio."

These are just some of the challenges of beginners in freelancing.

And these are the exact same struggles faced by Mari when she was starting out.

Mari worked as a payroll officer for 17 long years.

However.

"during pandemic last year nawalan ako ng work"

Ouch!

This and because she wanted to take care of her one and only daughter, she chose the path of freelancing.

Which wasn’t easy at all.

But she persisted.

*Now I am working with 1 VA and became a FLIP mentor and I am helping other bookkeepers to find clients as well."

And on September 1, 2021, at 7 pm, she’ll share & inspire us with her journey.

She’ll also be giving a free guide that’ll be helpful for those who want to offer bookkeeping to clients.

It’s not easy to wait.

Especially if you want a job and you want it NOW.

I get it.

However, sometimes it doesn’t come at the time we want it.

In moments like this, patience and persistence need to be your friends.

Because the truth is.

Regardless of how long it may take, the timing itself is out of our control.

But here’s the thing.

You have to keep your eye on the prize.

Got it?

It’s happening in our FLIP Chat & Chill on August 30, at 6 pm.