Do you want to make money online? You can be a Filipino virtual assistant such as Micah Abigail Lacsamana who, according to oDesk, is making $15.56 per hour. Now let’s do a bit of analysis…
When you visit Micah’s oDesk Top SEO Specialist / SEM / SMM Expert page, you’ll find the following listed as part of her work experience for the months between June 2010 and December 2010:
Niche Finding in Social Media Market and Personal Development
Sep. 2010 – Present
$226.61 (17 hrs @ $13.33/hr)
Job in progressSEO/SMM – Need a expert !!!
Jun. 2010 – Present
$2,594.80 (312 hrs @ $8.33/hr)
Job in progressSEO Expert
Sep. 2010 – Present
$311.20 (20 hrs @ $15.56/hr)
Job in progressLinkbuilding
Nov. 2010 – Present
$794.17 (89 hrs @ $8.89/hr)
Job in progress
Now let’s total the number of hours and we get: 438 hours.
Let’s divide that by 6 months, and we get: 73 hours per month.
Assuming a 20-day month, that’s 3.65 hours per day.
Total earnings: $3926.78 (or an average of $1308.93 per month, or P56,283.85 monthly assuming a forex rate of P43: US$1)
Not bad, right?
So, do you want to learn how to become a Pinoy virtual assistant who is sought after by so many internet marketing business people from all over the world?
Then stay tuned for the upcoming series of tutorials for Filipino VAs…
Happy New Year! 😀