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It’s almost my 6th Monthsary in oDesk

I signed-up at oDesk on December 10, 2009 but I am working as a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Nurse in a small Hospital that time. I just signed in to check what is oDesk all about, as always, I am often curious with almost about everything that I can’t help myself but to explore. August 16, 2011 came and it was actually the day after the 1st Birthday of my daughter. I was a stay at home mom during those times and was kind of a bit bored and fed up with just doing Facebook games so I decided to check back what oDesk is. I just thought it would be great to earn money online and so I took the oDesk readiness test and updated my profile. I applied to jobs in which I know I am capable of doing. Since I am a blogger for almost 4 years, I applied to numerous job offers that involves article writing. I got declined gazillion times! It was frustrating and I am about to give up when suddenly I received a job offer! Holy cow, I was applying as an article writer and I got declined many times then here it is, the job actually fell in front of me! I was so happy that time that I didn’t mind the hourly rate of $1.5 only for a WordPress Administrator job. It was a data entry type of job and the task was very easy. Since I own a lot of Wordpress blogs, I was able to do my tasks well :) But the hourly rate is not enough to cover for our electric and internet bill and so I decided to look for another job. It must be God’s will that I was offered a job in-lined with WordPress and so, I decided to take that path. Making a cover letter is also crucial for you to be able to land a job at oDesk. It took me two months before I got another contract and my job title is Website Developer/ Designer/ Manager and its for a fixed price. After a week, that project ended and I finally got my first feedback on my profile and I got a five star. Since then, being hired became easier. Up to now, I am learning some more about wordress, website-development, php,web design, html, css, javascript, jquery, photoshop, seo, smm and anything that would develop my skills and be worthy of the title WordPress Diva and a Jack-of-all-Trades Virtual Assistant.

I have earned approximately $2,000 for the past 6 months already. I know it may not be much compared to my oDesk acquaintances, but  for a part-time job and for just a total of 289 hours, it is not that bad huh?

So those of you who would want to earn extra income and also a hard working person, why don’t you try oDesk.

Or if you are looking for a WordPress all around girl, you can hire me on oDesk! click here


Need Fast Cash

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The most awaited day of the month is the 15th and the 30th. Why? because of course its the payday. I always look forward to the payday. In fact, before that day arrives, I have already pictured out what to do with the money. But I make sure I don’t overspend it. I learned my lesson already. Before, I can be compared to Rebecca Bloomwood of the book Shopaholic written by Sophie Kinsella. I was such a compulsive buyer. I keep on purchasing stuff which is more of wants rather than needs. So I ended up broke and empty handed. Not being able to pay for your bills is a very worse feeling. Believe me, it really sucks specially when you can’t even afford to buy decent food and payday is yet to come. So just like any other people nowadays, I seek the aid of the internet to find solution to my problem. At the back of my mind I keep on saying I need fast money, I don’t want to end up being a beggar. After minutes of searching I came across this website that offers payday loans which can be within your reach overnight. How I wish this is available here in our country. But it gave me an idea. I asked a friend if she can grant me a payday loan. She can have my ATM card for reassurance since that is where my salary goes. It became the solution for my leaking wallet. Thank God because of that I was able to eat decent food. After that incident I became frugal.