This last tip was supposed to be a video just like the rest of them.
2 nights ago someone came into our apartment while we were sleeping and stole everything:
- 3 laptops
- 2 cameras
- my Kindle
- ipod Touch
- 750 GB hard drive (which had all our pictures on it from this trip)
- cell phone
- cash
- wireless router
- 4 SD cards
- wireless recording equipment
- my backpack (lots of personal stuff)
They also stole my passport…but were nice enough to dump it in a plant right outside our apartment to give it back to me.
We’re ok. It was all just stuff.
Maybe the guys who stole the stuff will find OnlineJobs.ph and get a job so they can stop stealing stuff.
So, since I don’t have a camera to record this tip, it’s just text…not as fun.
Getting The Most Out Of Your Filipino VA
The reason I started ReplaceMyself.com was to make outsourcing to the Philippines easier for people who are just getting started.
Not only do I teach everything I know about it inside ReplaceMyself.com, but it’s also designed to take away the initial time investment curve most people will have when starting hiring.
How?
ReplaceMyself.com is designed to train your Filipino staff for you. As a member you’ll get access to all my training that I’ve given to my GUYS on how to do the tasks they do to run my businesses.
You’ll get training that will allow you to hire someone, and make them productive for you from day 1.
ReplaceMyself.com is not another “training”/”technique”/”coaching” program. It’s not really even for YOU. It’s really designed to make your life easier by training the GUYS you hire so that you don’t have to spend the time creating that training.
As a member of ReplaceMyself.com you’ll also get FREE access to OnlineJobs.ph (which costs $50/month to join).
My suggestions for getting started
- hire 1 person
- give them 1 specific task to do which will help your business (either give them article marketing, video marketing, building a mini-net, directory submissions, social bookmarking, or something else you know of which will help your business grow. All these trainings are available for you inside ReplaceMyself.com)
- help them accomplish that 1 task
- add another task (give them training) and have them split time between the 2 tasks
- grow from here
I’ve had fun doing these tips. I hope you’ve had fun watching them!
Tips In This Series:
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #1: Daily Communication
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #2: Setting Expectations
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #3: Initial Hiring Communication
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #4: Getting Someone Started
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #5: Hire Permanent, Full Time Filipinos
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #6: Where To Hire Filipinos
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #7: Skills To Look For When Hiring Filipinos
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #8: Filipinos are Human
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #9: How To Pay Your People
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #10: Teach, Train, Teach, Train
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #11: This Isn’t India
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #12: Philippines Culture For Outsourcing
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #13: Tips From My Filipino Team
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #14: How To Communicate With Your Filipino Team
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #15: What Filipinos Are Really Good At
- Philippines Outsourcing Tip #16: Getting The Most Out Of Your Filipino VA
Sorry to hear about all your stuff getting stolen John.
Ho John,
Sorry to hear you got robbed. Unbelievable to think you heard nothing while they cleaned you out. Thank god you are safe, in the end it's all that matters anyway. Like you said, it's just stuff. Although the pictures must surely hurt.
Be safe
John sorry to hear you were robbed that's sad.
as you said it's just stuff but it's sad people will steal. Anyway thanks for the tips, I have 3 workers now thanks to your help (on your website replacemyself.com) and it seems that's been my mistake, i try to teach them TOO many things at once and end up confusing them.
I will try your approach monday morning.
All of these things are true.
Here are my thoughts and what I’ve learned:
1. the only thing I would do differently is make sure our place is completely locked every night. I might even lock it during the day while we’re gone for hours and hours…but the place we’re staying is really safe (guards, security cameras, …).
2. We lost a lot of “stuff.” I’ll get new stuff. The hotel will pay for some of it. It really stinks losing my kindle because I don’t have a book to read. The ipod touch really stinks too because we have 25 hours of travel to get home and I have 3 small kids with me.
3. Yeah, we needed the 3 laptops. 1 was for one of my guys. I was going to deliver it THAT day. We could have done without one and my and my wife could have shared one. Not fun…but definitely doable.
4. Next time I know to have digital copies of all passports. I think I already do, but I’m not completely sure. I’ll email them to myself.
5. Separate credit cards at all times and put them in different places. We got REALLY lucky that they didn’t take my wallet (they took my wife’s). We could have really had a hard time with money.
6. I’m pretty sure this was an inside job. The guys who stole stuff knew way too much about this place, and where the cameras were, and the secret entrance from the ocean, and which apartments to hit. I don’t think employees did it, but either past employees or friends of current employees.
7. Since this happened the hotel added another security guard. That’s nice.
8. The only digital stuff we lost were pictures from this trip (at least…as far as we know right now…maybe we’ll find more as we get home). Everything I do on a computer I do online. Google Docs, gmail, rememberthemilk. If you do stuff and save stuff locally, It’s only a matter of time before you lose all of it. Period. Every time. At some point, you WILL lose it, whether it’s from theft or a hard drive failure.
We kept some of the pictures, because my wife put them online (we would have put them all online if the internet connection here wasn’t so bad!)
Hi John,
I'm a Filipino and am sad, very sad about what happened to you in my country. Hope your readers won't be discouraged hiring Filipinos or even coming to visit this beautiful country of ours because of what happened to you. It's an isolated case and can happen anywhere.
God bless.
Jose
nakakahiya kayong mga pinoy kayo! Di na kayo nahiya! Ang bait bait ni John, nagbibigay ng trabaho tapos ganyan gagawin nyo?! Walang kwentang filipino kayo! shet!
Hi, John.. that message aint for you.. I figured those guys who did that don’t even know how to read English.. so the message is for for them… and it aint spam. 🙂
OO, nga ano na lang sasabihin ng mga taga-ibang bansa, John is suggesting his-co foreigners to invest by giving a job to Filipinos by doing outsourcing job outhere and then what happened, yan pa napala nya sa pagbibigay ng trabaho sa inyo dyan sa Pilipinas ang nakawan pa sya….Nakakahiya kayo dyan, kaya di umaasenso ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga taong magnanakaw!!!
Hi Joh, so sorry to hear about the robbed, but dont worry NOT all Filipinos are bad guys. Thanks for your interesting seminar video blog, we really enjoy it. God BLESS YOU AND YOU FAMILY♥
excellent idea! i will try that.. any suggestion on thegps software for the laptop?
Hi John – glad you and your family are safe & sound and that you were able to overcome the emotional shock so quickly.
It does put a different spin on things … one of my team was himself robbed (attempted I should say) – they came into his apartment brandishing a knife and tried to steal his laptop. He managed to scare them off but was so scared himself he ended up moving to a more secure apartment. Cruel.
Loved the "tips series", thanks!
Yeah, I know it makes sense to promote for the commission, but what, SPECIFICALLY, is covered in his course that's not already covered in yours?
Hey John, Sorry to hear about this. Now do you hesitate to share your credit card, PPC accounts with people after this incident ? anyway hope you will recover these things soon. They should be covered by travel insurance, shouldn't they ?
That's really LOTS of stuff. Sorry to hear that. Felt awful myself. Thank God you're safe. ANd thanks for all the tips! Keep blogging! 🙂
That's terrible thing that happened, thank goodness your family are safe.
I have not visited replacemyself.com yet but it looks like a fabulous resource that I will check out asap, Sally 🙂
Hey John,
thanks for this awesome video series – sorry to hear you got robbed out.
Now heading over to replacemyself – checking out your video!
Thanks for all the effort!
(Really delivering results in advance! 😉 )
Greetings,
André