1. It’s LEGALLY REQUIRED! – I thought this was the case…but wasn’t completely sure.
2. It’s supposed to be paid BEFORE Dec. 24
3. Paying it earlier in the month is better.
4. Paying it close to the 24th (or even after) is disrespectful and likely to anger employees (I’ve done this before!)
5. It has specific formulas for calculating what is required!
6. It’s NOT a Christmas bonus. A bonus is given ON TOP of the 13th month.

This page gives more detail

To my GUYS:
WHY DIDN’T YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING TO ME???

This is one of the biggest problems employers have when hiring Filipino workers.

This video explains what happens.

Give more/better/proper training and 95% of the time you’ll avoid this problem.

• How to tell if a programmer is good
• How to avoid bad workers
• How to train your workers
• What skills to look for when hiring
• How to free yourself from work (David’s income has tripled while working less!)

Summary of Success Story with David Solomon

• 1:00 – David’s Business: Internet Marketing for clients
• 1:40 – David’s hiring process
  1. 2:00 – Used ReplaceMyself.com to learn what they’ll learn
  2. 2:11 – Used OnlineJobs.ph to find and contact people
  3. 2:30 – Emailed people. Was too specific. Scared people off.
  4. 3:03 – Hired someone who quit to help her Aunt <--- Chances are pretty good she gave this as an excuse because she didn't think she could do the job.
  5. 4:20 – Chose the person who followed instructions
• 6:10 – Filipinos are often very sensitive to the embarassment problem
• 7:15 – Give detailed instructions!
• 9:00 – Be careful of who you’re hiring.
• 11:00 – They set up everything for wordpress (cpanel, uploading, template, plugins, content, settings, …)
• 11:20 – Making money on vacation through outsourcing
• 12:15 – Skills he looks for
  1. english
  2. wordpress
  3. PHP
• 13:00 – How to tell if a programmer is good
• 14:00 – How to keep someone productive
• 14:58 – Some people need more training from you than others
• 14:50 – Find what works for you! Try ReplaceMyself first. If it doesn’t work for you, try something else!
• 17:20 – Thinking through a project from beginning to end before starting
• 18:30 – Realizing that you can free yourself to do more important things
• 20:00 – Getting better work done than what you asked for
• 21:05 – DON’T SCARE AWAY POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES!
• 22:15 – Be prepared to have a lot of free time!
• 23:25 – Being the CEO of the business
• 24:15 – How I deal with giving raises
• 25:30 – Watch the exchange rate

It’s not the same way I do it, but it works for him.

Everyone is different. Figure out what works for you and stick with it.

Summary of Success Story with Tim Fahndrich

• 0:52 – his business is web design, social media marketing, local search optimization, and reputation management
• 1:20 – 3 Filipinos working in their business
• 1:58 – Tim’s interview process
  1. 2:28 – contact via skype
  2. 3:14 – tests their english
  3. 3:38 – good internet connection
  4. 4:05 – expects proper and consistent reporting
  5. 4:25 – willingness to be on skype during working hours <-- This is important. Everyone is different. Find what works for you!
  6. 6:15 – willingness to learn and share ideas
• 7:15 – Part-time vs Full-time <-- LISTEN TO THIS!
• 8:54 – how Tim trains his Filipino VA’s
• 9:30 – using GoToMeeting, Jing, and recorded videos with Camtasia
• 10:40 – skills Tim looks for (english, wordpress, linkbuilding, video editing, directory submission, graphic design)
• 12:55 – Tim likes to have some things done in the USA, not in the Philippines
• 14:00 – Different personalities do things differently. Figure out what works for you.
• 15:15 – Figure out what you really want to get done before you hire.
• 15:45 – Daily communication! So important
• 18:10 – Have realistic expectations

There’s a lot to be learned from this (even the parts where he’s not doing it right…and he KNOWS he’s not doing it right!).

Summary of Success Story with Scott Smith: Managing Filipinos The Right Way

• 0:45 – Scotts team
• 1:15 – Scott does local business marketing for churches
• 2:05 – what scotts team does for him (wordpress, plugins, graphics, video design, research, looking for JV partners, …)
• 3:30 – finding people for specific skills, not necessarily for wordpress
• 5:05 – tools become an excuse to procrastinate
• 5:35 – understand wordpress yourself – get someone else to implement it for you
• 6:33 – help someone get good at things, on your team, so the future gets better
• 8:20 – learn it yourself, then hire someone else to implement it for you
• 10:06 – hiring a full-time graphic designer
• 12:10 – Scott created a full side business just based on the skills of his team!
• 14:30 – don’t hire someone to do everything! Hire someone to do 1 thing.
• 17:45 – Scott has a programmer in the UK. He could find the same skill set from someone in the Philippines!
• 20:35 – Hiring “by-the-hour”. A conversation for and against.
• 24:45 – Potential consequences of hiring on a per-project basis.
• 26:05 – Doing affiliate marketing in your teams downtime
• 29:30 – Getting local clients
• 30:40 – Advice from Scott: be detailed in your instructions <-- this is a big deal. It's the biggest feedback I've gotten from my team is that they like detailed instructions.
• 32:10 – “A lot of time it’s the boss’ problem”
• 33:05 – Put the onus on yourself – assume it was your fault first, that you weren’t clear enough <-- THIS IS HUGE!!!
• 33:40 – show your gratitude (verbally), then give bonuses
• 35:30 – foster their feeling of community
• 36:35 – Scotts testimonial for me about his success with the Philippines

How To Replace Yourself In Your Business
By Hiring Virtual Assistants In The Philippines

Register To Watch The Full Training Webinar

Years ago I realized that the only way to live the “internet business”
lifestyle was by getting other people to do your work for you.

In this video I explain how to do it.

• 1:35 – take action and hire someone in 2 days!
• 2:30 – start by hiring 1 person. Don’t hire 6 at once!
• 4:27 – establish relationships with people
• 5:07 – their first fear is if they’re going to get paid
• 6:37 – taking your internet marketing education and adapting it to a different business
• 8:37 – wrote down every single detail of a plan for building his sites
• 9:42 – his profit sharing program
• 9:52 – how much he’s paying people
• 10:32 – how and why he did time trials for tasks
• 12:37 – more explation of his profit sharing system
• 15:27 – some of the things he does to get 200 visitors/day
• 16:02 – 3 strike rule
• 17:07 – sensitivity, loyalty, productivity of Filipino employees
• 17:42 – No Philippines taxes, 100% US tax deductible
• 18:37 – explanation of his business model
• 21:24 – Filipinos are excellent at doing repetitive tasks
• 21:52 – they appreciate their jobs
• 24:22 – tips for hiring Filipino workers

Marvin, his Wife, his business partner, and their Filipino team!
The future is so bright that we have to wear shades.

His company is Black Tiger Imports

His success is better now than ever…but he went through quite a learning process to get there.

This is a fantastic case study and success story of using outsourcing to grow a business.
Chris is super smart and teaches a LOT.

Summary of the outsourcing success story

• 0:30 – Chris’ evolution in outsourcing: 4 Hour Work Week, then India, then my presentation
• 2:20 – Giving my training (the training available inside ReplaceMyself.com) to his people
• 3:30 – What his guys do for him
  • register accounts
  • filling out profiles
  • market research
  • keyword research
  • backlinking
  • article marketing
  • traffic geyser
  • project management
• 4:45 – Chris usesmixture of full-time and part-time people
• 5:00 – high-end pay: $8/hour
• 5:15 – low-end pay: $4/hour
• 6:40 – How Chris is involved: daily maintenance with google docs and odesk platform
• 7:20 – time tracking software: TrackLabor.com
• 9:24 – being very clear with what you want and limiting tasks to specialties
• 11:30 – teaching them to the point where they see the problems and solutions in your business
• 12:30 – different methods of finding people
• 13:05 – recruiting in your GUYS network
• 15:00 – finding project managers from within your employees
• 16:15 – investing in the education in your employees
• 19:00 – he doesn’t have an office in the Philippines, they all work from home
• 20:00 – TREAT THEM WELL!!! <-- this is the most common piece of advice I see from people who are succeeding with this!

He has built a really great business thanks to being able to outsource all his fulfillment work.

After the video is a summary of the case study.

Summary of the outsourcing success study with David

• 0:25 – Davids business model – owning the top 10 on google
• 1:00 – What David’s 7 people in the Philippines do for him
  • free consultation
  • keyword research
  • use software
  • build backlinks
  • on-site SEO
  • creating videos and doing video marketing
  • high PR linkbuilding
  • article marketing
• 4:05 – One of his Filipino workers does lead generation for him <-- THIS IS GENIUS
• 5:30 – David’s hiring process
• 6:00 – often Filipino resumes are exaggerated – expect it.
• 6:30 – make sure they know they can ask questions
• 7:00 – having them use tools you don’t know how to use
• 9:00 – a couple ways he has trained his people
• 10:10 – his tips
  • hire full-time people (not part-time)
  • have them check-in every day
  • have specific tasks for specific people
  • don’t give people money in advance!!

Recently David put together a training package for how he’s done what he’s done at Be and SEO consultant in 90 days.

The difference between hiring Full-time vs Part-time is shocking.

It’s different for your workers.
It’s different for productivity.
It’s different for your ability to succeed.
It’s different in quantity.
It’s different in quality.
It’s different for your brain.
It’s NOT different in PRICE! when going from part-time to full-time

Summary:

1. Part-time work in the Philippines is ALWAYS temporary! It’s hard on you. It’s hard on them.
2. Cost:
   • $3/hour X 20 hours/week = $240/month (part-time)
   • I pay $250/month for the same worker full-time
3. It’s REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY important for Filipinos to have full-time, permanent work.
4. You’ll get better work done if you hire full-time.
5. You’ll be more productive if you hire full-time people (not just THEM, YOU! will be too).

Please don’t just read this summary. This 1 concept can (likely will) make or break the effectiveness of the outsourcing you’re doing.