Filipinos are talented, educated, and smart professionals. Our talents, communication skills, and work ethics ultimately make us excellent freelancers.

The problem though is that Filipinos don’t realize that freelancing means running your own business, not a work-at-home scheme. They forget that a freelancer’s primary role is to bring quality services to clients who need talent and skill to breathe life into their projects, not to report for work according to schedule and receive a monthly salary like a regular employee.

Well, that’s where The Freelance Pinoy comes in!

What is The Freelance Pinoy?

The Freelance Pinoy or “TFP” is a blog where Filipinos who want to freelance and become successful at it can gain knowledge, take advice, and adopt new freelancing strategies from.

It aims to guide you, the Filipino solo professional, on how to get started, improve, and succeed in freelancing while keeping the content within the Filipino perspective.

What You’ll Find In This Blog

My mission is to make TFP the place for expert advice, steps, and informative tips on how you, the freelance Pinoy, can become the solo professional you’ve always dreamed of becoming.

Whether you are a graphic designer, a web developer, or a corporate writer, the articles you will find in this site will guide you to making the right choices, answer your questions, and help you build a great reputation as a freelancer from the Philippines.

And that’s not all. It’s a known fact that Pinoy freelancers go to freelancing marketplaces like oDesk, Freelancer, or Elance for work. You might be looking for articles that are focused specifically on a particular site, so the moment you drop by TFP, you can jump to the oDesk and Elance (relatively new) sections right away.

Who’s Behind TFP?

The name’s Stef Gonzaga, and I’m a freelance copywriter, blogger, and a Literature major at De La Salle University – Manila.

A freelancer for 2.5 years already, my goal with The Freelance Pinoy is to give fellow freelancers a helping hand by providing helpful tips and advice to make every single freelancing experience an awesome one.

You can follow my personal musings via my journal or take a look at my oDesk profile if you’d like to hire me for a copywriting/blogging project.

What’s The Next Step to Take?

To begin with, you can subscribe to The Freelance Pinoy RSS feed, like the Facebook fan page, and follow TFP on Twitter.  These social channels will give you all the updates you need to keep in touch with what’s going on in the blog.

We’re also constantly updating the site, so following us will keep you updated at all times.

Lastly, I’m always ready to hear what Pinoy and non-Pinoy readers have to say, so go ahead and maximize your freedom of expression so long as you have something valuable, professional, and sensible to say. Spam/troll comments and emails will be deleted instantly.

Disclaimer

TFP aims to guide freelancers, not pose as a freelancing guru or an overnight success. I don’t promise instant success or that my tips and advice will always work for everybody.

You are the sole proprietor of your freelancing business, the captain in control of his ship. You are therefore solely responsible for what you do with the advice provided by the blog, how you run your business, how you deal with clients, and how you pave your way to freelancing success.

I and TFP are just here to help, to bring new perspectives on freelancing to the table and to share with you what many experts have tried, tested, and proven to work for them.