Archive for April, 2008

Are you still waiting for your Payoneer Mastercard? Do you even have a Paypal account that seems to be taking forever to get verified? Enter Moneybookers: it is an another payment method available to oDesk providers to withdraw their hard-earned funds right into their favorite Philippine bank account. For oDesk newbies, Moneybookers is the most [...]

photo credit: woodsy (SXC) As a Filipino living life here in the Philippines, I noticed that the majority still uses cash for payment. These majority think that cash is the safest, most secure means of payment. In my family alone, my parents prefer using cash as their payment means, rather than using their ATM or [...]

Mastercard has a list of ATMs – amazingly they have a list for the Philippines. I tried to locate on in my location (Baguio, Philippines) and I really found a lot of ATM machine locations listed – enough to for me to save on gas in finding an ATM around town. Mastercard ATM Location List [...]

Beginning Freelancing

Chances are, freelancers have experienced working in an office setting. The transition from office to freelancing can be quite difficult, as freelancing involves a different set of skills. The successful freelancer has inherent skills that guarantee his or her success in this kind of workplace, which could be a lot different from that is experienced [...]

How to Communicate with an Offshore Client

In the job assignments that I had, most of the communication is done by email or chat. I use Yahoo messenger and Google Talk as my main means of instant messaging. photo credit: krimeboy (SXC) Some clients prefer Skype as a medium, but with a slow connection that I still have right now, this is [...]

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