I had the privilege of writing a guest post for Kathy Dobson’s blog – Dedicated to Freedom.  Kathy is an advocate of outsourcing to the Philippines.  She was interested to hear from a Filipino outsourced worker’s point of view on the topic of outsourcing to our country, so I offered to write an article for her.

I was fortunate that readers and followers to Kathy’s blog were also interested to hear our opinion on the issues that surround the topic of outsourcing to the Philippines.  You can read my article on A Filipino freelancer’s thoughts on outsourcing by clicking on the link.

If you also have a topic you would want me to write about on Kathy’s blog, please give your suggestions on the comments section.

Do you own a small online business or perhaps have just started a website and want to propel it to the top ranks at search engines? This is of course the aim of every website owner – to have their site appear on the top of the search results for the keyword(s) they chose for their niche. The process of pushing your website to the top is called SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

However, not everyone who owns a website knows how to rank high at search engines.  To do that requires the knowledge and skills in SEO and more importantly, time.  You are lucky if you have both. But if you’re not a professional SEO and don’t have the time to learn the skills to become one, there’s a service called DIYSEO that might be useful to you.

DIYSEO is a service that seeks to help everyone who needs SEO but doesn’t have the budget to hire a professional agency, which can easily cost upwards of $1,000 per month. [...] Continue reading

Below is a list of social networking sites and the like that use BuddyPress as their platform.  These are pretty impressive sites and it would do you good to visit them and check them out for yourselves.

EasyOutsource – EasyOutsource is a place where Filipino online job seekers and international employers can connect. It’s 100% free.

Irrational Games – Irrational Games is an award-winning video game developer.  They use both wordpress and buddypress for their site.  They also have a community with a blog and a forum.

Bettercodes.org – This is a community of software developers.  Here, they can connect with other software developers from all over the world and share thoughts, ideas, and information.

Hello Eco Living – Hello Eco Living is a social networking site for people who is conscious about our environment.  They call themselves “the best  green network on the planet”.

Tasty Kitchen – This is Pioneer Woman – Ree’s community of kitchen enthusiasts.  Here, you can [...] Continue reading

EasyOutsource now has a page on Facebook and on Twitter.

Become fans of our facebook page or follow us on twitter to get updates on the latest job posts, featured worker, new site features, new blog posts, etc.

Don’t be left behind, know what’s new on EasyOutsource by connecting with us on facebook and twitter.

I’ve decided to write this article to help all the workers at EasyOutsource. I see so many good people with lots of potential, but very few who present themselves in the best possible way in order to get shortlisted. In my experiences of hiring, I’ve always had to probe and ask about key information that wasn’t present when I read the initial profile.

So pay very close attention and read every word in this training article, and you’ll give yourself the best chance of getting a job and that steady monthly income you deserve.

Tip #1: Have a professional Photo. You’re here on a professional site so don’t be putting pics of you on the beach half naked. If it was a dating site great but you want to be professional from the start. Find a picture of you in business attire or at the very least, crop a headshot so we can actually see your face. Don’t wear glasses, hats or anything that would cover your facial features. One more thing – SMILE! If it looks like an inmate mugshot where you aren’t giving a good energy, don’t expect to get that interview.

As discussed in previous articles, EasyOutsource is built on a fantastic social networking platform for WordPress called BuddyPress. BuddyPress is updated by an active community of developers on a regular release cycle, and our site will be updated with new features as new versions of BuddyPress are rolled out.

Our site’s version number corresponds with the BuddyPress version number we are using. We are currently at EasyOutsource 1.1, built on BuddyPress 1.1.3. A major update to EasyOutsource (1.2) is right around the corner and will be using BuddyPress 1.2.5.

BuddyPress Roadmap: http://buddypress.org/about/roadmap

BuddyPress Development Updates: http://bpdevel.wordpress.com

Updates for EasyOutsource 1.2

Favorites List:

We are doing away with the Friends system entirely as it doesn’t make much sense on a job hiring site. We will be replacing it with the ability to add users to your Favorites list. It will work similarly to the existing Friends list, with the main difference being that Favorites are one-way (do not require a confirmation) and are private.

Sorting of search results:

You will be [...] Continue reading