8/24/2010
- Things My Filipino Team Does For Me
I shot this video in the middle of Canyonlands National Park. It was an amazing 5 days canoeing down the Green River.
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3/25/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 16 of 16: Getting The Most Out Of Your Filipino VA
This last tip was supposed to be a video just like the rest of them.
2 nights ago someone came into our apartment while we were sleeping and stole everything:3 laptops
2 cameras
my Kindle
ipod Touch
750 GB hard drive (which had all our pictures on it from this trip)
cell phone
cash
wireless router
4 SD cards
wireless recording equipment
my backpack (lots of [...] - Philippines Outsourcing Tip 15 of 16: What Filipinos Are Really Good At
Filipinos can do anything.
But, I’ve found they’re better at some things than other things. Here
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so.write(“boracaytip15″);Tips In This Series:
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial Hiring Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #4: Getting Someone Started
Philippines [...]
3/24/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 14 of 16: How To Communicate With Your Filipino Team
You’ll find lots of different ways to communicate with your team. Try
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so.write(“boracaytip14″);Messenger
Skype
Google Talk
Yahoo Messenger
Project Manager
Basecamp
ActiveCollab
Screenshots and Screen Recording
Jing
Camtasia
Tips In This Series:Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial Hiring Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #4: Getting Someone [...]
3/23/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 13 of 16: Tips From My Filipino Team
This is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever made. It’s tips for
outsourcing…from the Filipino perspective.
I asked my guys to give some tips for things they’ve found helpful, or
things they wish I did better. These are the things they came up with.var so = new SWFObject(“/wp-content/plugins/mediacaster/mediaplayer-viral/player-viral.swf”,”boracaytip13media”,”545″,”336″,”7″);
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily [...]
3/22/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 12 of 16: Philippines Culture For Outsourcing
There are some cultural differences that exist in the Philippines that
don’t exist together anywhere else in the world. This is one of the
biggest reasons why outsourcing to the Philippines works so much
better than anywhere else.var so = new SWFObject(“/wp-content/plugins/mediacaster/mediaplayer-viral/player-viral.swf”,”boracaytip12media”,”545″,”336″,”7″);
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing [...]
3/21/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 11 of 16: This Isn’t India
The Philippines is VERY different than India. You don’t need to
micro-manage people. You don’t need to look at every single thing
they’re doing. Let them do their work and don’t worry about it. Get
their work out of your head and concentrate on the things that are
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3/20/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 10 of 16: Teach, Train, Teach, Train
The educated, experienced workforce that exists in the US doesn’t
exist in the Philippines.
Yes, you can find people who have experience in some things…but for
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial [...]
3/19/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 9 of 16: How To Pay Your People
It’s important that you know multiple ways of paying your people.
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so.write(“boracaytip9″);Ways to pay your people
xoom.com
emoneygram.com
paypal.com
remithome.com
Update
Currently the cheapest way to pay is using paypal.com directly to your people. Use Mass Pay (you have to upgrade your paypal account, which is free) and they only charge you $1.
Another [...]
3/18/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 8 of 16: Filipinos are Human
This is something that people don’t realize that they don’t realize.
Filipinos are human beings. They have families, needs, problems,
wants, desires, … just like you do.
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: [...]
3/17/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 7 of 16: Skills To Look For When Hiring Filipinos
It’s important that you don’t try to hire someone to do everything at
first. Hire them for their English skills, unless you’re hiring a
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial Hiring Communication
Philippines [...]
3/16/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 6 of 16: Where To Hire Filipinos
It took me a couple of years to find BestJobs.ph, which for a long
time was the best place to hire Filipinos for online work.
Today, OnlineJobs.ph is the best place to hire Filipinos. You’ll find
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OnlineJobs.ph and BestJobs.ph
Tips In This [...]
3/15/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 5 of 16: Hire Permanent, Full Time Filipinos
There are some unique cultural reasons why you’ll get much better work
from people if you hire them on a permanent, full-time basis. Hiring
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so.write(“boracaytip5″);You can get the whole story about how to outsource to the Philippines
at ReplaceMyself.com.
Tips In This Series:Philippines Outsourcing [...]
3/14/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 4 of 16: Getting Someone Started
So often I see people say “I want to hire someone to do X, Y, Z, 1, 2, and 3. They have to have all those qualifications!”
I think that’s a mistake because the Philippines doesn’t have a super developed workforce like in the US.
In my opinion, you’ll have a better experience if you hire [...]
3/13/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 3 of 16: Initial Hiring Communication
Today’s tip is about getting started when hiring a Filipino. What are the things you say to them. What are your policies? How do you expect them to work.
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial Hiring Communication
Philippines Outsourcing [...]
3/12/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 2 of 16: Setting Expectations
Tip #2 – Filipinos feel unworthy. It’s really a big cultural problem that holds them back. They feel like they’re not good enough. If you don’t know this and know how to take care of it, you’re in for a frustrating time.
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Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: [...]
3/10/2010
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip 1 of 16: Daily Communication
Since I’m here in the Philippines for a month (I’ve been outsourcing to people here for 4 years and this is just my 2nd time here…the first being 3 months ago!), I figured “what a great time to give some great tips on outsourcing yourself and your work to the Philippines.
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11/16/2009
- My First Trip To The Philippines
I’ve had GUYS in the Philippines for about 4 years now.
This was my FIRST trip!
You don’t have to go there to make it work. That’s one of the great things about the Philippines.
While I was there for 2.5 days I recorded quite a bit of video of my observations and experience.
I [...]
11/2/2009
- How my business and websites work
I recently had a great comment/question on my blog:
http://www.jonasblog.com/2008/07/how-and-why-you-should-replace-yourself-with-someone-overseas.html/comment-page-2#comment-62563
In a nutshell, David asks “how many sites do your GUYS maintain, and how much are the sties making in order for them to pay for themselves?”
I thought the question and answer were informative enough to make a post out of it.
Here’s my response:@David – this is [...]
10/27/2009
- Using StatsJunky To Track Online Business
StatsJunky does what many previous softwares have attempted to do:
track affiliate accounts/data along with PPC accounts/clicks.
It does it REALLY well:Get Flash to see this player.
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