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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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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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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9/30/2009
- Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines
In case you don’t know, there was a typhoon in the Philippines
4 days ago.
It’s bad.
I’m writing this blog post for 2 reasons:
1. A call for donations
2. Answering questions I’ve gotten
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1. A call for donations
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I’ve never asked people to donate to anything before,
but this disaster really hit home.
One of the girls I employ in the Philippines [...]
7/14/2009
- The Current State of BestJobs.ph
Notice: I will update this post if the status changes.
Most of my readers know that BestJobs.ph is currently the best place to find Filipino employees (I say “currently” because that will soon change when we release our own site to recruit specifically online workers…coming very soon).
About 3 months ago the owners of BestJobs.ph decided that [...]
7/7/2009
- Website Promotion Plan For Your Outsourcers
Following is an email I got from one of my GUYS detailing the promotion methods we use for different types of websites. You can use this for your GUYS.
This is also very instructive for you in terms of what you should be doing for your websites. What my guys do is awesome.
I added the [...]
5/6/2009
- Outsourcing Case Study – Lisa Schwartz
So often I have people ask me questions that I don’t have answers to:
“What kind of person do I hire first?”
“How long does it take them to get up to speed?”
“What do I have them do for me?”The other day I got an email from Lisa Schwartz that hinted towards her having a great experience [...]
4/29/2009
- How I Do Niche Research
During the years of running my online business I’ve come across a lot of different ways of doing online research.
Lots of the info out there is pretty dumb.
Dumb…meaning…it’s just not info that will help you know what’s good and what’s bad.
Dumb…meaning…what they’re telling you XYZ means, just isn’t true.
Dumb…meaning…”this does not help me pick a [...]
4/23/2009
- What Training (and time) Will Do For Your Employees
Yesterday I got a PDF document back from my GUYS:
The Top 7 ROI Activities Your VA Can Do
I asked them to write it. I’m going to add it as a bonus in ReplaceMyself.com. They would know the best ROI activities better than I would…they’re the ones who do the work and who check it’s effectiveness.
Here’s [...]
4/22/2009
- What I do VS. What actually gets done
Here’s what I’ve done for the past 24 hours:
Checked my email
Talked with my partner Dan
Wrote a blog post
Wrote 2 emails to be sent to my mailing lists
Used jing to make an explanation video
Played golf
Chatted with a few of my GUYS in the Philippines
Ate dinner, played with my kids, practiced more golf in my backyard, …
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4/8/2009
- How Outsourcing Should Work For You
I have people ask me ALL THE TIME what my Guys do for me, and how effective it is to have them.
I recently had a great example, that I hope will illustrate why YOU need to have GUYS in the Philippines.
Keep in mind as you read this that my GUYS have been through my “mini [...]
3/27/2009
- Outsourcing Online Research
At the end of this post you can download a little windows app that will significantly improve your ability to do online niche research.
However, before I give you that, I need to tell you how I got the app. This post is really about the experience you should have when outsourcing to the Philippines.
I [...]
2/25/2009
- Simple Things To Outsource
I’m always looking for things that are easy to outsource.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one as simple as this.
Inside ReplaceMyself.com I give people a “Business-in-a-box” that lets the guy they hire get started doing simple affiliate marketing without any intervention on the customer’s part.
All you have to do is say “Go do this” (like [...]
2/20/2009
- Designing Your Business Around Your Lifestyle
One of the most important things I see in starting an internet business is designing your business around your lifestyle.
Maybe not around the lifestyle you currently have, but around the lifestyle you want to have.
If you design your business around your lifestyle, it makes making decisions in your business much easier (“should I do this? [...]
