It’s time for another practical outsourcing advice! This is one of the many installments for this series of tips and advice where I share what I know about outsourcing, particularly, outsourcing to the Philippines. Somebody asked me, “How do you judge when to help someone?” This question stemmed from him being asked by his OFS […]
Like any other employee, Online Filipino Specialists have money on their minds. Personally, I want to keep my OFSs so I try to keep them happy. I want to avoid losing my loyal OFSs just because they can make more money elsewhere, so I regularly offer them pay raises. So, how do pay raises work […]
I started outsourcing in 2005. I’ve done it all — hired through Elance, hired contract workers, hire per-project workers, hired people in India — but it just wasn’t working. Not until I followed a good friend’s advice — outsource to the Philippines. It was the most liberating decision I made. My first Filipino worker made […]
It’s time for another practical outsourcing advice! This is one of the many installments for this series of tips and advice where I share what I know about outsourcing, particularly, outsourcing to the Philippines. One of the most asked questions in outsourcing is: “Do I pay my OFS (Online Filipino Specialist) hourly, or should I […]
It’s time for another practical outsourcing advice! This is one of the many installments for this series of tips and advice where I share what I know about outsourcing, particularly, outsourcing to the Philippines. Let’s talk about maternity leave. Do you know that women in the Philippines are entitled to 105 days of paid maternity […]
Brenda Albano is the owner of WholeFamilyProducts.com, WholeFamilyProducts.asia and BeyondFertility.com. She started back in 1998, when Ecommerce was still in its infant stages. Brenda grew her businesses from the ground up while raising and homeschooling five children. Today, Whole Family Products and Beyond Fertility continue to thrive with help from a dedicated team in the […]
Death is hard. This is especially true in the Philippines. Filipinos have very close family ties, and when there’s a death in the family, they have to be there. It doesn’t matter if they live close by, or if they have to travel by land, sea, and air for two days. They have to be […]
With the pandemic, more people are working virtually. And they’ve realized that they can actually outsource the work that they’ve been hiring locally before. Nowadays, business owners aren’t the only ones who are outsourcing. The number of people who need an assistant is growing fast, especially because of COVID-19. When I started outsourcing, I didn’t […]
John Abbas is a native of Nashville, Tennessee and the creator of Mentor Nation Podcast. John Abbas grew up “super poor” in Nashville, TN. He didn’t know anything about business or money, but he knew he didn’t want to be dependent on his parents for any kind of support. One day in his high school […]
People ask me, “Who are hiring VA’s in the Philippines?” My very first hire from the Philippines still works for me. That’s loyalty. And that’s exactly what you get when you outsource to the Philippines. A lot of people think that big companies hire VAs. And that’s true — Google, Canva, Uber, and a lot […]