Philippines Outsourcing Case Study: Building A Business Based Around Filipino Employees

This was such a fun case study.
The last picture is of Marvin and his team wearing sunglasses because, as they said:

“The future is so bright we have to wear shades“

This is a screen capture of what Marvin Skyped me.

Listen to this interview I did with Marvin

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