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JasSuccess Interview with Princess Silva: Getting your first client (former OFW)

August 2, 2017
by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.
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Featured on #JasSuccess is Princess Joyce Adrias.

Princess is a former Nurse in KSA who was encouraged and financed by her sister to enroll in the VA Bootcamp to get started freelancing.

Discover a "non-techie" person's difficulties in trying new things out and what made her decide to work from home and finally get out of her comfort zone.

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Notable Quotes:

  • Meron akong formula, noong araw na nakuha ko si first client. Na realized ko yung formula ko na ito: perseverance + study x prayer = right client. Dapat meron ka din part, hindi pwedeng puro prayers lang.
  • If you really want, marami namang paraan kung gusto mo talagang gawin, magagawa mo di ba?
  • Kasi manggagaling yun sa sarili mo, kailangan mo yung hanapin sa sarili mo yung motivation para makapunta ka doon sa outside ng comfort zone mo, so kung hindi ka techie hanapin mo sa sarili mo na mag aral ka. Like ako para maka start ako ginawa ko nag aral muna ako. Ayokong pumunta sa battle na wala akong alam, na wala akong bala.
  • Ang routine ko nag a-aply ako dalawa, nag bibigay ako ng 2 connects per day hanggang sa makakuha ako ng client. Tapos meron din naman akong mga invites kasi nakakuha ako ng badge eh, "Rising Talent Badge".
  • Personalized yung cover letter kasi malalaman ng client kapag copy paste lang siya, hindi mo binasa.
  • Super helpful nga yung mga lessons sa modules kasi ang tagal ko ng nag a-aply ng trabaho ngayon ko lang yun nalaman. Kung sana dati pa nalaman ko yun maganda siguro mga trabaho ko dati.
  • I change my profile depende sa a-applyan ko tapos titingnan ko yung skill set, “alam ko to” so idadagdag ko sa skill set ko or e-erase ko yung isa, idadagdag ko itong isa, ganun.
  • That’s a good tip for everybody kasi even sa Bootcamp, we have a lot of lessons pero when you write your profile yung iba they just write one-time tapos submit agad parang they don’t have anybody else to review it. It really helps when somebody else looks at it kasi they see things na you don’t see. Find somebody you trust, like yung dad mo, to review it, and yung cover letter din. And that’s what I want to point out din to everybody who’s watching especially if you’re new to Upwork and new to freelancing, put effort in your overview first of all and also in your cover letters.

Princess Joyce Adrias Journey to Freelancing

  • She's a Nurse in KSA for 6 years, from 2010 to 2016.
  • Due to the unfortunate incident, she resigned and chose to become a full-time Mom to her kid.
  • She saw Jayson Dulay's post in "80k a month", and her sister helps her to enroll in the Complete package of  VA Bootcamp.
  • She's a "non-techie" person but she's eager to finish the VA Bootcamp to help her husband in their Financial Budget.
  • She graduated in VA Bootcamp first week of June 2017.
  • Right now she has 3 clients, 2 in Upwork and 1 in another platform.

Q&A Highlights

Parang around 3 weeks pa lang you had 3 clients, or four? Then you had to turn the other down. Tapos may declines pa. So what’s your secret?

Meron akong formula, noong araw na nakuha ko si first client. Na realized ko yung formula na ito: perseverance + study x prayer = right client.

Yung time na wala ka pang client, what was your routine? That got you to the point na magkaroon ng client? Were you applying to 1 job a day or 1 job per week?

Ang routine ko nag a-aply ako dalawa, nag bibigay ako ng 2 connects per day hanggang sa makakuha ako ng client. Tapos meron din naman akong mga invites kasi nakakuha ako ng badge eh, "Rising Talent Badge".

How long does it take you to write cover letters?

From my overview to my cover letters bago ko sya i-send kung meron kayong grammar police ako meron akong general. Pinapa check ko siya sa father ko every time, from the overview ko ni-review niya yan, tapos edit, then saka ko i-post. Yung mga cover letters ko, yung mga proposals ko, bago ko isend nire-review din niya muna. So bago ako mag send hinihintay ko muna yung reply niya depende sa availability ng papa ko kung makakareply siya kaagad. After 30 minutes meron na akong cover letter, meron na akong proposals.

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by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.

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190 comments on “JasSuccess Interview with Princess Silva: Getting your first client (former OFW)”

  13. I have following sir Jason for almost a month na kaso hindi pa rin nakapag enrol sa bootcamp. haha. pag iiponan kita sir Jason para makaextend ako nang niche 🙂

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  21. Hi Sir Jason I'm Ivy?the one who emailed you earlier regarding kung anong need talaga na laptop kasi im using pa the OLD macbook??i really want to enroll na the VA Bootcamp para i can also start na earning while at home?i hope i can do it and maiintindihan ko sya kasi im not that techy???

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  22. Hi Sir Jason I'm Ivy😊the one who emailed you earlier regarding kung anong need talaga na laptop kasi im using pa the OLD macbook😩😞i really want to enroll na the VA Bootcamp para i can also start na earning while at home🙏i hope i can do it and maiintindihan ko sya kasi im not that techy😩😞😭

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  23. Hi Sir Jason I'm Ivythe one who emailed you earlier regarding kung anong need talaga na laptop kasi im using pa the OLD macbooki really want to enroll na the VA Bootcamp para i can also start na earning while at homei hope i can do it and maiintindihan ko sya kasi im not that techy

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  53. I have a friend who works in Qatar. I didn't catch po kase if saang country nagwowork si Princess. Di po ba kayo nahirapan pagdating sa pagsesetup ng online payment method? Kase yun ung nabanggit neang "roadblock"nea sa qatar.

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    2. Can't remember what my friend specifically mentioned as her "roadblock" basta pagkakaalala ko lang po something to do with the bank nila duon sa Qatar na parang isa lang ata pwedeng ilink sa Qatar or maybe nahihirapan sya sa bank codes.

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    5. Kagagaling ko Rin lang po ng Dubai,umuwi ako ng Pinas para maalagaan ko Ang nagiisa Kong anak Pero kailangan ko Rin nan ng extra money kahit nandito lang ako SA haus

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    6. Sana maging katulad ko Rin kayo,Sana maging maayos SA akin Ang work Na ganyan.bukas mag eenroll Na po ako SA VA bootcamp.siguro ikaw Yung sign Na hinihintay ko.thanks

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