Looking back upon this blog, I realized that I have already reached too far than what I could imagine. I remember that I had wanted to work as a virtual assistant before. However, what pushes me to discontinue my goals is that I don't have any government ID. I tried my luck when I got my ID, but it didn't work. I only realized that everything happens for a reason, and I am happy I got the perfect timing. Without further ado, let's get started.
Here is my first earning opportunity, which allowed me to earn a stable additional allowance. I didn't get any chance to qualify for scholarships, but I realized that my income here is already sufficient to pay my school fees. My only job here is to generate 3-8 articles daily for my friend, whom I already knew four years ago. There have been instances where I only work every other day.
My pay here is only $1 per article. However, there have been points in my life when it increased from $0.25 when I worked with her other outsources. She had this policy before that whoever generates the most articles will be subject to a 25% increase. My freelancer had five co-writers before. But since she experienced a lot of revision to other co-writers, she decided to remove them all and put the burden on me. It's okay for me since I fully optimized her salary. That's how well I performed from her, lasting around 5 months.
We are still working together. However, she decided to lie low from working with her full-time client because of possible health risks. She frequently told us in our group chat how much sleep she needed to sacrifice to serve her clients. Therefore, she decided to work on her house, affecting my salary. I will still work with this gig, but it is not as extensive as we did before.
While I was collaborating with her, I didn't have any personal problems with my salary. It is only small if I am in a stance where I need to feed a family. It is a good opportunity for a student struggling with finances like me. So far, I don't have issues with work because it is highly flexible. The only thing I dislike here is being repetitive, which doesn't enhance my writing skills.
After over a year, I finally got to work with my copywriting and marketing skills. I have been thinking twice before sending this offer to my friend, with whom I also worked. Luckily, she's the one who initiated it since she knows that I have practiced this skill before despite being shy. Within this job, I will be doing two types of marketing to get more leads. The first is inbound marketing, while the second is outbound marketing.
This is the type of marketing where I write content on LinkedIn and use it to attract potential clients. Luckily, my first published Carousel under her account allowed her to secure her second client on LinkedIn. I have suggested that we should post at least 3x times a day for better visibility. My rate per post here is low, but the commission here is very lucrative.
This is the type of marketing where we are the ones who will initiate the service. My friend has a writing business, and she gave me leads who don't have any Wikipedia yet. My role here is to communicate with them using cold outreach campaigns. My other virtual friends will guide them throughout the process, where my work is only to catch the lead's attention. Writing a message is easy, but it's time-consuming to research since you need to showcase that you know their business well.
This opportunity is from my friend's referral again. Our original plan is to write articles in half, where I will create four articles daily. It is similar to my previous work with her, but the catch here is I need to write in Tagalog. I have experience in writing in a journalistic style since I handled that for our organization. However, my friend said they were looking for more writers on the platform and decided to recruit me.
My work here is only 4 hours a day. It should be 6 hours a day, but I decided to delegate searching for topics to my friend. After four years of waiting, this is the moment in my life where I can finally say I am already a freelancer. I finally have a job experience where I can state that I worked with this. This is why my friend wanted to divert her focus to the full-time job we collaborated on.
So far, I don't have any plans to add more clients this 2025. I will only prioritize it once I finish my 600 hours of OJT. It is already enough that I can earn that money as I finally achieved my goal of getting 5 digits monthly. But I'd like to take the time to help my friend get more clients. We are currently discussing if I will handle her social media accounts if my current client doesn't. It was not yet on my card to contact or entertain different writing agencies. But if I'll be given a chance, why not?
I don't have plans to write for today, but I just found time since I learned that our exam has been postponed.
