" Freelancers Role in Digi-World "

Watching one of the videos of FVA Business Consultancy hosted by Coach Julmar Grace Locsin with regard to the "Growth of Digital Economy in Asia," in which she points out the key essentials needed by Freelancers is enlightening and informative. The key essentials, as stated below, are all connected to each other. As such, #Freelancers can boost the presence and leverage of their Virtual Services in their chosen niches, which is the common trend in this day and age. The pandemic did not hinder us to do nothing and just sit back. It actually made us more focused into something we are good at and find creative ways to be acknowledged and create an impact in this changing world.

What then are these Key Essentials???

SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. Engaging in different #social #media sites, is the beginning of becoming known. We have to put ourselves out there for people to notice Who we are, Why we are out there and What we can offer. This is not only for our personal gain but actually to help, to assist and to support those who are in need of our services and expertise to come up with solutions in alleviating people’s #businesses, burden and workload.

Secondly, SUBSTANTIAL & RELEVANT CONTENTS. Not because you have several accounts in the social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and others, you can just post anything you like. Oh, No…No…No…This is your opportune time to let your hidden artistic prowess come out so it will be appealing, engaging, catchy and not boring. It should be unique in such a way that when others see your posts, they will know it’s you. And most of all, create #relevant and #substantial #content that best fits what you want to convey so others will be glued in reading your posts and watching your videos. You might be surprised by receiving a text message or email from #business #owners who will be interested in hiring you instantly.

Now, USAGE OF KEYWORDS or hashtags. Remember, #keywords are words and phrases that people type in the search engine to look for anything they want to research on. This is also an important aspect to gain recognition not only in our small circle but on a larger scale as well. This is the same way with SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (#SEO). It is a must for #Virtual #Assistants aka Freelancers to come up with diverse strategies so that when clients, #business #start-ups and #entrepreneurs search on different search engines they will be surprised to see your presence since you used noticeable keywords or #hashtags. And this creates a better view of who you are to them which will be worth their time.

Lastly, but definitely not the least, we have to make a meaningful plan. We need to market ourselves. How??? By sending emails to our leads (#LEAD #GENERATION) and do #EMAIL #MARKETING. In every business or service we offer, it is common knowledge and practice to be visible so consumers and the target market will be intrigued to buy the products or avail of our #Virtual #Services. We cannot just sit back and put our feet up, wiggle our toes and relax. We cannot make this pandemic an excuse or blame others for why this is happening. We have to make a stand and put ourselves out there not only for our benefit but for all.

Are you seeing now how these key essentials correlate with each other?

The world is constantly changing. We have to go with the flow, synchronize ourselves and grow with the #digital age. My 2-year old granddaughter even knows how to search for her favorite YouTube videos. Funny, I am definitely amazed about this and manage to just smile. I belong to the “old school” and in those days, we didn’t have computers or mobile phones to get quick answers by just clicking here and there for our school assignments. We had to dig in from those bulky and heavy book encyclopedias.

OMG, am I that old??? HA! HA! HA!

Digital…digital. No choice but to #grow with it. After all, we are seeking convenience by staying at home, attending to our families and what a comfort, we can still make money, plenty for others, and do our shopping spree…yeheeey . We can go for vacations anytime we like to and we take with us our work. The Internet is anywhere and everywhere. It might be slow for now but exciting as there will be a 3rd telco coming in soon.

That’s How Freelancers Do It!!!

Side Note: Listening to Hans Zimmer Live in Prague helped gather my thoughts. It might be weird but it motivates me. You might like it.