Good English Grammar Can Help You GET The JOB

To some people, having a good English grammar may not be as important as getting yourself understood.

Wrong.

It pays to constantly upgrade yourself. One time I got the job because according to the client, the reason he wanted me to work with him was because his exact words “Your English is impeccable”.

Sure we may be based in the third world country, and of course we are not native English speakers, but it pays to always do self-learning and self-studying. Learning and studying doesn’t stop after college. Reading is a big help to make yourself more eloquent.

So try to read more English grammar books when you have the chance, and try to read newspapers or reading materials aloud too, to make your tongue more adept when talking with foreign clients.

Remember, being good in English verbally or written can be the key to help you land the job.

So start your tongue rolling

A Special Thank You

I would like to make a special Thank You to the readers who have dropped by my blog site and have left posts of appreciation for the knowledge and experiences I have shared.

I am glad to be of help to anyone needing help.

I hope you would also share your experience through the comments portion so other readers will be able to learn from you experience too.

I may not have the time to update the blog on a regular basis because I am so busy with work and family, but boy! do I have very interesting experience and tips to share, so please do visit my updates if you have the chance.

Again, thank you all.

A Famous Singer Owes Me Money

I am so mad I have to get this off my chest!

A famous singer I worked for way back in April and May hasn’t paid me for my work. He paid one hundred dollars in June and that was it! He told me in email that he doesn’t know ‘what was wrong with his Paypal, why only one hundred dollars went in and that the rest will follow by July”

It’s almost the end of August and still he hasn’t paid me.

What to do? I contacted his brother for help. Of course, I would ask help from his brother as he was the one who recommended me to work for his sleazeball brother.

And then I get this chat response from his assistant:

” the boss is very upset that I have aggressively let everyone knows that he hasn’t paid me. He knows and he will pay “

HELLOOOO!…HE is the one upset? how does he think I feel???? Does he think I am loaded and that he can be on credit until when he feels like paying? Try doing that to an American worker and see what happens!

Besides I only told his brother about it and he thinks everyone knows? how can he be in showbiz with an attitude like that?

It’s funny the way he thinks, he owes me for services rendered and he doesn’t want me to tell people that he still owe me. He is upset that I told his brother but he doesn’t feel how upset I am because he hasn’t paid me!

Talk about reversal of perception!

What an IDIOT! The ‘boss” is an idiot already plus the “idiot” assistant is more of an “idiot” because she delivered the message is such a self-righteous way! Like I have committed a big sin in informing “everyone” that the”boss” still owes me!

I am giving him one last chance and if he doesn’t pay me by first week of September I am really going to report him to BBC and post his scamming name at Craigslist so “everyone” will know!

Funny Application at Craigslist

I was looking at the resume section of Craigslist when I noticed that there are several funny application or ads.

Check this out:

I am looking for a home job as a data entry. I’ve been a data entry for almost 1 year.

Hope my work experiences is suitable for what you looking for.

Thanks,

Where did she/he list her work experiences? Also, I didn’t know data entry is now a profession? If I were the client I would have a lot of doubts to outsource the project to her if she types like this.

This is a funny compensation plan:

Compensation Requirements:

USD Full- time: $350- 450 per month (bi weekly) or $6/ hour (bi weekly)

PESO Fulltime: P16, 000 per month (bi weekly) or P200/hr

Nobody is going to pay $6.00/hr for outsourcing to home based workers. At $3.00/hr I am getting hard bargain already.

$6.00/hr is equivalent to P285.00/hr, provided the exchange rate is P47.50.

See the inconsistencies here?

I am impressed with this ad:

Content is King

In this multi-billion-dollar industry, content is king. Design is useless if content is lousy. Information is the most sought-after commodity on the planet today. Let me help you share what you know to the world. For quality, user-friendly optimized content, hire a quality freelance writer today!

WARNING: I don’t wish to work for exploiters or scammers. Be fair. Respond to this advert only when you have a project that needs to be done and you are clear about your offer. Let’s not waste time picking my brains for information.

Now I am confused with this ad, is it me or do you see it too?

I am the kind of guy who works independently and with less inputs.

After taking my needed info, I can work my way through and before you know it, it’s done.

This is such an exaggeration, truly it is. How can one be a veteran writer if you have only over one and a half year of writing experience? And you were able to write for hundreds of accounts? Maybe hundreds of articles or posting, but hundreds of accounts?

Veteran freelance writer from the Philippines offering professional writing services to webmasters, blog owners, SEO companies, etc. With over 1 1/2 years of experience, hundreds of accounts from individual clients handled.

The worst thing I have discovered in the resume section is that, there are some foreign companies posting their job vacancies in the resume section!

Does this mean that the English language is not only deteriorating in the Philippines but also in the US as well?

What I mean by Soft SEO

When clients ask me “have you done SEO?”

Of course my answer is “Yes”, because I have really done a lot of SEO tasks.

But note, for me there are two kinds of SEo, the “Soft SEO” and the “Hard SEO”.

Probably an expert SEO would be wondering where I came up with that term. Well, I created it, so I think.

The reason why I differentiate it that way is so my clients can understand further what kind of SEO experience I have.

So here it goes:

Soft SEO refers to:

- social networking

-article/blog submissions

-blog postings

-forum postings

-blog maintenance

-exchanging links

-social bookmarking

-twitter

-backlinks

“Hard SEO” refers to all technical stuff like Google analytics, Google trends, Modules and the stuff that needs a technical expert to go with it.