Why Thinking Like an Employee is the Worst Freelancing Mistake You Could Make
Most Filipino freelancers suffer from what I call “The Employee Mindset”. And this is preventing them from getting clients who treat them with respect, consult them on their opinions, and are eager to...
View ArticleShould Pinoy Freelancers Ask for a 13th Month Pay?
13th Month Pay is one of the most awaited December perks for everyone who works in the Philippines. And for someone who’s just started with freelance work, this may be something you have been used to...
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Jotform Review
JotForm is a web based form builder founded by Aytekin Tank in 2005. It offers a WYSIWYG drag and drop builder interface with lots of features up its sleeves. This JotForm review may not be able to...
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Is Your Office Killing Your Productivity?
There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when we talk about how to be productive at work. Office productivity can be affected by the tools you use, the communication channels you employ....
View ArticleoDesk Contractor Manual
oDesk, one of the pioneer in online job bidding and freelance sites recently released the oDesk contractor manual. It’s a very informative and well thought idea considering that there are millions of...
View ArticleBreaking the Habit: 4 Things to Eliminate in Your Freelance Lifestyle
When you work on your own and have a control of your time and nobody kicks in to correct you like your supervisor does, you can easily build a bad habit that can become a disease to your freelance...
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How to Use Google Alerts and Saved Search Features to Find a Freelance Job
Finding a freelance job is one of the most time consuming process. There are distractions, diversions and sooner or later, you will find yourself no longer doing what you’re suppose to do. But as...
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The Pros and Cons of Increased Elance Connects
Every Elance contractor knows how important it is to have available connects. Simply put, connects will determine if you are eligible to submit a proposal for a project under the category you are...
View ArticleThe Case With Being a Filipino Freelancer
One of the great opportunity of being a freelancer is the chance to meet different people. You won’t probably see them personally but virtually you’ll learn a good lot from them. I’ve had the chance to...
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How to Increase Repeat Business from Previous Clients
One of the realities of freelancing is that projects are not (always) long term. They can be a one off job of say, setting up an autoresponder, installing and configuring WordPress, editing a podcast...
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How to Get Started with Unionbank Mobile Banking on Your Android Smartphone
If you are currently banking with Unionbank’s EON, I’m sure you have been frustrated with how the online access have been terrible. And it doesn’t end there. Just this past week, the site have been...
View ArticleHealth Insurance for Freelancers – Why Philhealth is Not Enough
When I was working in the call center, my family enjoyed the benefits of a Maxicare insurance. It covered both outpatient services as well as admissions. The maximum benefit is an eye popping half a...
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How to Avoid Death by Overwork
Being overworked can be fatal. And that’s the sad truth on what happened with Indonesian copywriter, Mita Diran. In the last tweet that Mita Diran posted last December 14 on her Twitter handle...
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What Happens When Elance and oDesk Merge?
One of the questions I’ve raised before is “Which is the better freelance site, oDesk or Elance?” That is of course not a very easy one to answer. For one, they both have their unique qualities that...
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How to Apply for NBI Clearance Online
The news about the availability of NBI Clearance online application is a good welcome to 2014. It does not (yet) totally make the whole process internet based but it will greatly reduce the time you...
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Certified Freelance Podcast
In the next few days, I’ll be releasing the first episode of The Certified Freelance Podcast. It’s my long awaited personal project that I’ve finally manage to put together. Late last year when I’ve...
View ArticleWhy The First Step to Freelancing is Difficult and What You Can Do About It
It’s always the first step that starts anything big. Remember when you were just starting at this puppy love thing? When you were just staring at your long time high school crush. Yes, that’s exactly...
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How I Became an Accidental Transcriptionist
Back in 1998, my sister Rebecca studied computer secretarial in one of the colleges in Olongapo City. One of her subjects is stenography and typing. She bought an old typewriter and a bunch of lessons...
View ArticleFreelancer Messenger App Review
Freelancer.com has freshly released it’s Messenger App and if you haven’t seen it, here’s a brief rundown on what to expect. Unfortunately, the app is only available to Android users at this time. So...
View Article20 Highest Paid Freelance Skills by the Hour on Elance-oDesk
Here’s a very interesting stats that was recently released by Business Insider extracted from Elance.com and Odesk.com between January 1 – May 31, 2014. So what can you do about this data? Well, there...
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