Filipino Freelancers Share Their Best Advice For Success in 2024 | Rec•Create
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freelance cinematographer and camera
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operator My name is Mia Juan I am an
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executive virtual assistant straight out
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of college kasi freelance ako eh never
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ako Nagkaroon ng like office job I mean
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I would love to be in house I graduated
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magn kong laude from up so yyung mga tao
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parang naloka sila na Bakit ka pupunta
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sa way na walang kasiguraduhan it was in
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the middle of the pandemic my business
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prior to that was a wedding and events
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Planner business namin was Iyung pinaka
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hard hit talaga na industry I had to
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look for work na offering work from home
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and nakita ko Ong Facebook ad looking
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for an executive virtual assistant so
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ang isang pagiging virtual assistant is
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you are helping yung mga clients mo
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madalas yan mga Americans so us clients
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tinutulungan niyo sila sa admin work
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nila and personal stuff nung na-try ko
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siya doun ko na-realize na Shocks ko
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yung ginagawa ko sa office ko ito din
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yyung ginagawa ko dito ta's Ang laki ng
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bayad ko so i think that's really when
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it started and I realized na mas may
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Freedom ako doon Hindi ko kailangan
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i-risk yung sarili ko to commute I don't
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want to go back kasi talagang even as a
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business owner yung kinikita ko ngayon
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Sobrang layo ng kinikita ko ng when I
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was a business owner What's the biggest
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misconception people have about
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freelancing na hindi siya viable source
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of income meron ding ways to like make a
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decent living of of freelancing Lalo na
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ngayon biggest misconception siguro is
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yung madali siya and madaling maka six
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Figures So what usually happens sa mga
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freelancers right now is that when they
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try it and Hindi sila naka six Figures
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agad-agad they already it when you learn
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the ropes when you Actually like get the
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point of how to Actually do it it
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becomes easier with practice and time so
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hindi totoo na pag nag-fan ka
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immediately six Figures ka immediately
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magiging madali siya we make it look
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easy pero grabe din yyung pinagdaanan
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namin especially dito sa Philippines di
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ba sikat ang call center industry so
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Feeling nila kapag naging virtual
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assistant ka parang call center lang din
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totally different it's not just simply
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admin tasks you need to know your client
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as a whole you really have to learn The
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skills um and know who your client is to
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succeed as a va I'm considering to be a
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freelancer But I'm not sure what are the
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pros and cons of this Pro number one
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Malaki ang kita you work from home you
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spend More Time with your family nung
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in-house ako isa lang Iyung content na
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shinsho ko ta's after a while medyo
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nakakasawa siya for me creatively dahil
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freelance ako mas marami akong n
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Figures kahit na ilang Figures lang yan
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ikaw yung magse-set for that and you
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also get to manage your time Kasi you
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get to choose no Ano ba magfo-four
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magkaroon ng employee mindset in this
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industry You should have a business
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mindset if hindi ka parede magkaroon ng
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business mindset Pwede kang mag-apply sa
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mga virtual assistant agencies pero if
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gusto mo talaga na kumita ng malaki
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direct client ka so pag nag-direct
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client ka ang cons naman yyan is
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sometimes may client sometimes wala
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kailangan Medyo matindi rin yung sikmura
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mo kasi kung minsan may mga times na
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konti yung shoots kung minsan may mga
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times na Marami naman yung shoots
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Nakakapagod siya kasi there is always
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this uncertainty there is and there will
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always be months wherein You will feel
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na parang Ang slow ng month na to iun
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ang risk din naman ng mga business
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owners that's why if you want to become
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a va and you are ready to be your own
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boss go and take the risk life is too
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short to be doing something na hindi mo
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gusto I mean money is good tayo magpaka
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plastic masaya Iyung pera ' ba pero h na
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rin ako bata may may asawa ako tsaka may
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aso ako mahalang dog food yun yung
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reality of it yung bills mo hindi siya
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tumitigil unfortunately p-f out mo
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papaano ko mapagsabay to na nababayaran
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ko pa rin yung bills ko you don't have
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to do it 100% all in Huwag kang
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magre-resign muna kung gusto m mag-fan
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don ka muna sa trabaho mo kasi syempre
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hindi naman tayo mayaman wala naman
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tayong napag iipunan unless Nakaipon ka
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na would help you in the next 3 months
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yun yyung parang turn around Time natin
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diyan maghanap ka muna ng parttime
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habang meron kang secured na trabaho and
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then Once na feeling mo Okay ka na alam
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mo na yyung industry and kaya mo ng iwan
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yung full time mo tsaka ka na mag-jump
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to a full-time virtual assistant muna
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siyang i-try and then if okay siya sayo
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then let's go mag freelance ka na the
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thought of financial instability scares
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me is it worth it It's how bad you want
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that dream din talaga eh so iway mo lang
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siya na parang ano ba Iyung willing ako
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to compromise I guess It's also
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important that you also have a financial
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foundations It's basically knowing and
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also planning out na dapat meron kang
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reservation if ever wala kang clients
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for the next 3 to 6 months yun yung
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kailangan mo munang i-insure or i-secure
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before ka mag-resign sobrang Worth It
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siya kasi even if yung kikitain mo
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ngayon would be different next month
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malaki pa rin yung kinikita mo kasi
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dollars ka Kumikita ang labanan lang
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kasi dito Hindi ka pwedeng Maghintay ng
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clients na dadating SAO ikaw ang dapat
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na maghanap ng kliyente and you have to
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sell yourself once you become a virtual
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assistant You are a business owner and
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you are selling yourself as a brand So
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you have to be able to Market yourself
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as long as you know how to get clients
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and you know how to take care of them
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hindi ka masyadong matatakot na din doon
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kasi your clients Will refer you to
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other clients if you're really a good
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freelancer Once na try mo paging isang
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virtual assistant you will definitely
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never go back na sa pagiging corporate
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How do you even stand out as a
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freelancer being a good freelancer lang
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or being a good service provider yun
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lang yyung pinakam magiging Edge mo
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among everyone else and Actually ngayon
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napakadali na lang mag-stand out kasi
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nga Everyone is doing the same thing so
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all you have to these to figure out Okay
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so what is the thing that they are not
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doing I will do that and That's How You
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stand out yun din yung Nakakatakot sa
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freelancing eh dahil may temptation to
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look at yyung people around you and see
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para nagwo-work yung ginagawa niya
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gagayahin ko yan doon nagfa-file i think
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yung mga tao with freelancing kasi nga
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hindi ka nagiging yourself which is yun
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lang yung kaya mo i-offer eh Hindi mo
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naman kaya i-offer yyung strengths ng
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ibang tao eh It looks like saturated
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siya pero a lot of clients are
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Approaching me Kasi kapag nago-open sila
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ng job opening ang daming nag-a-apply
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like hundreds in a span of an Hour pero
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hindi lahat qualified ang daming
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nagta-try pero ang daming hindi naman
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nila alam kung ano ba talaga ang
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pagiging isang virtual assistant
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madaming courses ang daming free content
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online sa YouTube ang dami ng mga
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content creators na va ngayon na pwede
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niyong makuha yung mga um dapat niyong
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matutunan doon dagdagan mo yung
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knowledge mo no Kapag ka naging better
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ka sa ginagawa mo mag-enroll ka sa mga
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course mag-aral ka pa tatandaan niyo din
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that hindi siya easy way out kailangan
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mong pag-aralan yung skill How do you
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make sure you get paid as a freelancer
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How do you even handle your money help
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po hindi mo talaga minsan ma-predict eh
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So hindi ka shopping to the max tatabi
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ka rin ng emergency funds mo tatabi rin
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ako ng investments ko para at least
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merong pera diyan tabi rin kami ng
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savings namin kapagka merong dumadating
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So ano talaga siya eh pag-manage din ng
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pera eh I actually tried all of the
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things already in freelancing So may mga
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times na nabayaran ako meron akong times
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na nalugi ako ng almost half million
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dahil hindi ako binayaran Don't start a
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project without payment but that Comes
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with trust and also experience no so
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babayaran ka nila kapagka ma-prove mo na
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kaya mo talagang gawin yung mga bagay na
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yon ' ba Everytime na may nagtatanong sa
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akin ano ang pinakamadali na payment
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gateway na gagamitin I always say PayPal
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kasi yun talaga yung pinakamadali din
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for clients send lang ako ng invoice
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tapos meron ng link to pay yung client
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so paulit-ulit lang meron na akong
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template sa PayPal and then after non
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ang maganda din kasi yung GCash ko naman
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meron na siya yung cash in t's automatic
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na siya naka-link sa PayPal may
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additional steps lang siya I think I had
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to link it to a bank para papasok sa
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PayPal papasok sa bank ko parang ganon
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lagi lang nila sinasabi na mataas daw
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Iyung service fee ni PayPal what I Hate
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About It is that they Hold the money for
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how many days parang meron lang silang
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threshold So parang kailangan konti lang
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yung ma-receive mo para hindi siya
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ma-hold Sayang kung maho hold siya
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mahihirapan ka ka so we know freelancing
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can be unpredictable but at least
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managing your finances shouldn't Be As
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chaotic ' ba That's where GCash comes in
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they've partnered with PayPal to offer
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instant transfers from your Paypal
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account to your GCash wallet So if
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you're freelancing internationally you
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can get paid instantly no waiting around
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Hindi ko alam na instant Oh my
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god wala ng limit the wallet limits been
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bumped up to 500,000
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which gives you a l more Freedom to
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manage bigger projects and Alam ko
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pinag-iisipan mo na yung transfer fee
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GCash transfer fee is 1% which means you
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can keep more of What You earn ung mal
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ko It will be a game changer kasi I
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cannot live without GCash so magiging ma
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streamline na siya before kasi it was
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PayPal bank GCash ngayon pa din na
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siyang diretso so mga friends ko puro
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PayPal kami lahat lagi namin iniisip yan
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na parang Magkano version ngayon magkano
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yung transaction fee perfect thank you
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Thank you GCash and PayPal So here's How
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you can use PayPal through GCash first
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link your Paypal account open your GCash
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and go to profile in my linked accounts
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select PayPal and log in your Paypal
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account details now How do you cash in
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just click the cash in button select
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PayPal under global banks and partners
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enter any amount that you may need and
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receive your PayPal funds now Now you
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can enjoy instant transfers from PayPal
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to your GCash account Hi Thank you Buti
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naman pala usually iung mga freelance
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gusto lang naman natin gawin yung
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trabaho natin eh Tapos ayaw mo na isipin
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sana yung pag-manage nung finances and
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everything pero dahil hindi naman tayo
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may sariling accountant lang Halimbawa
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kasama yun doon sa trabaho natin is it
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fun being your own boss or is it more
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stressful mas stressful
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siya minsan kasi alam mo yun we
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Filipinos sanay tayo na Kung ito ang
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gagawin ko Sige gagawin ko yan t's tapos
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na ako Ah okay na ako pero as a
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freelancer kasi It's more stressful kasi
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you get to decide on all of the things
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like financial marketing getting clients
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Ano pa lahat na kaya feeling ko marami
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natatakot doun sa freelancing eh kasi
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wala yyung ganong sense of structure
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ikaw yung kailangan magdisiplina sa
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sarili mo accountable ka sa sarili mo
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responsibility mo lang yung mga
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bagay-bagay agag hindi siya nag-work
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hindi siya nag-work dahil mali mo siya
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ka you got you basically masaya siya
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Because ikaw ang magsasabi kung magkano
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yung kikitain mo So kunyari meron kang
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kliyente sinabi niya sayo ito ang
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kailangan ko ipagawa SAO pwede mong
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sabihin ah okay sige yung charge ko sayo
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dito is $1,500 a month so call mo yun if
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feeling mo mas kailangang taasan Ikaw
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din magsasabi okay $2,000 a month na
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lang tayo hindi na 1,500 kasi mas marami
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kang ipapagawa Masaya yun kasi talagang
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you can earn whatever you feel you
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deserve the best thing that I love about
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being a freelancer and everything I
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learned about being a freelancer Alam
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kong kahit saan ako dalhin sa mundo alam
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ko kung paano gumawa ng pera kasi meron
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ako nito I think life is too short not
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to be doing something that you love you
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have to weigh yung iung risk ninyo na
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kaya ko na bang iwan Iyung corporate and
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become my own boss as a virtual
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assistant try to find that network and a
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group of friends that will guide you and
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provide you with strength to try this
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out kasi Worth It talaga siya
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freelancing is not a walk in the park
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it's actually a walk in the jungle
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wangan matibay yung loob mo dapat may
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tiwala ka sa sarili mo legit at dapat
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masipag ka kasi walang nagiging
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successful sa freelancing na hindi nila
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pinaghihirapan You have to try it for
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you to be able to know if it's for you
