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HOW I EARNED ₱95,000+ AS A STUDENT with no investments | freelancing + how i get clients for FREE! - YouTube
Channel: Dencel Ulson
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What's up, Dencies?
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This is Dencel.
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So for this video, I'll be sharing with you
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how I earned ₱95,000 as a student.
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Just a disclaimer.
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All I will say are based on my experience, and this is not to brag
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but for you to be aware that there are these opportunities online.
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Without other further ado, let's begin.
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Tora woke up.
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Hi guys!
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Say hi, Tora.
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Hi guys.
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Tora smells good.
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Grab your coffee, milk tea, milkshake, or any snacks
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because I teach like this.
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I made this video for heads-up because I keep moving my hair in this video.
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As in, I constantly do this because I have a new haircut
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after one year of having no haircut.
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I'm not used to it yet, so I keep moving.
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Bye! Enjoy!
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This one is a big help for me.
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I didn't spend money here.
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I didn't invest.
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I didn't enroll.
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So I want to share it with you
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because these are my ways of how I earned this amount of money.
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It is stated in our title, ₱95,000+ as a student
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and I didn't spend there.
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I want this to be a chill night because it's evening.
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It's already 10:32 pm.
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It's evening.
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This is just a chill night to talk about how we can earn online.
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By the way, this work is what we call freelancing.
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I think some of you are familiar with this.
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I started freelancing not just this year.
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I started before but those are just local clients.
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Those are just like commissions.
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That's last year.
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I got my first client last year
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and what I do there is I am a video editor.
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I'm the one editing her videos.
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I have various clients at that time so it's like commissions
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but I have one client that lasted for, I think 1-2 months.
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Not sure, but she is local so she is in the Philippines, but she is Chinese.
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My rate per minute is ₱300
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so once I finished a video
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sometimes, her videos are 9-10 minutes
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I have ₱3000 or ₱2000 in one night if I finished it right away.
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So it's a big thing already.
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This time, my work is I am a social media manager.
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My client is US-based so my salary is dollars.
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Later, in this video, I'll be sharing with you
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my tips or the personal things I do for me to have a client.
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To be honest, usually, you have to invest in freelancing
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like you will enroll in a course where they teach how to have a client.
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Actually, I go to those kinds of seminars.
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They said you will earn six digits for free.
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They said you will learn that for free if you will attend their seminar.
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But nothing is free.
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After their seminar, they are always inviting you to enroll in a course.
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For me, there is nothing wrong with that if you have money.
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You will invest to earn more money.
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Because if you know how to use what you learned
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you can double or triple the money you invest in that learning or knowledge.
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But in my case as a student, I can't afford their course because it's almost ₱100,000.
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Then sometimes, they say that it is discounted.
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Sometimes, it's around ₱40,000
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Something like that.
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But in my case, I didn't invest.
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I didn't spend money to work on the job I have right now.
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That's my background in freelancing.
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I had a local client before
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and I remember that it happened in the first month of the pandemic.
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All classes are suspended.
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They are studying how to do online classes so we really do nothing.
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I make sure that my time is still productive
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so I find ways on how I will earn money.
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I did editing videos, and I'm using those skills on YouTube.
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Now, I will share with you what I'm doing at work.
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How much?
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Even the proof of payment of my client
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I will show it to you so that you will be encouraged more.
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I'm really eager to do this video, not to brag
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but for you to be aware that this is possible to be earned as a student.
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As far as I know, many students earn in freelancing compared to me
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compared to the amount I presented earlier.
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You can maximize the internet to earn money.
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We will now focus on my work.
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I'll just drink water.
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Again, as I mentioned, I am a social media manager.
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I have a client.
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She is a doctor in the US.
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I don't want to disclose her name or the accounts that I handle
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because that's her privacy.
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I got this client because my classmate referred me to her.
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That you very much, Ashley, if you're watching this.
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For later, I said earlier that I will share my tips
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and some of those tips are from Ashley.
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Let's thank Ashley.
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My client and I are talking on WhatsApp.
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I'm searching on Google for the conversion.
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Because my salary is dollars, my salary depends on the conversion of PayPal.
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If the conversion is high, my salary is high.
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If the conversion is low, my salary is also low.
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My rate is per hour.
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$5 per hour.
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I have ₱253.23 as of now in the conversion if I work for one hour.
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Before, I started 2 hours a day.
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I have $10 in one day.
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It's around ₱506.46
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I work 2 hours a day, 5 days a week.
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I have a 2 days rest day.
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So I have $100 dollars...
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I am working for 5 days.
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That is $50 for one week.
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It's around ₱2532.28 as of now.
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The payment is every 2 weeks.
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I have $100.
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I started there.
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That's the rate or the amount I am receiving when I started.
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By the way, I started this June 2021, and this is my rate
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$100 for 2 weeks.
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When I started in June, that was just like a trial of my client
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if she will like how I work
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if she sees the result of my work
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and after she said that she has a good feeling about this
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she increased my hours.
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From 2 hours, it becomes 4 hours a day.
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Still, 5 dollars per hour.
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I started to earn this much in July.
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We will compute it now.
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My hours adjusted.
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From 2 hours to 4 hours a day.
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It becomes 4 hours a day and 5 days a week.
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I have $20 in one day.
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It's around ₱1012.91 for working for 4 hours.
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I am working 5 days a week.
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She's telling me to send an invoice every 14 days.
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It is $280 per cut-off.
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It was around ₱14180.74.
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You will receive two payments.
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It is the same for those who work full time.
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It is two gives.
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That's the same with us.
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Our mode of payment is through PayPal because my client is international.
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That's what I earn.
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Now, I will share what I am doing as her social media manager.
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I'm the one handling her Instagram and YouTube.
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I said earlier that I didn't invest money.
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I didn't enroll in a course.
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I didn't pay.
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But I think what I invested there are my skills.
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Years of studying.
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I mean, it's not totally studying because social media is part of my lifestyle.
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But maybe, researching how social media works
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how to gain engagement and editing also
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because I'm the one editing what she posts before.
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Even the captions.
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Those are the things I do to her.
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I make sure that her followers are increasing genuinely.
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The number of her subscribers and views.
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That's my goal, while my classmate is working on another forte.
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That is more on website.
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Freelancing has many branches.
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You can work on social media, customer service, or else.
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I also know many that do freelancing.
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Others work on graphics.
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If you love editing...
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But what's difficult is to find a client.
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You could also do video editing.
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Later, I will tell my personal ways how I got a client for this freelancing job.
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Because I already told my work and my role
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now, I will show my proof of payment.
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I will put it all here.
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Ta-da!
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Just multiply 14 to 2.
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That's my salary for one month.
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14 x 2 is around 28.
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Sometimes, it is low because of the conversion of dollar to peso.
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Paypal also has tax
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but I am lucky on my client because...
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she is so kind, and she asks if we feel overwhelmed
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just say it to her.
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We can ask her if we didn't understand some of her instructions.
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She is very humble and kind, so we are very lucky.
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This is the good thing about freelancing.
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You can maximize your time.
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There is no specific time when will we work in our case.
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Sometimes, me, because I work 4 hours a day
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I can work 1 hour in the morning
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1 hour in lunch, 1 hour in the afternoon, and 1 hour in the evening.
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It's like that.
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I make sure that I'm not fooling my client and she is benefited from my work.
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It feels good to work if it is genuine, and your boss takes care of you.
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We are building a relationship.
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It feels good to have your own money.
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You can buy your craving and the things you want
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where you are not asking for money from your parents.
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That's only the reason why I'm sharing this with you.
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I don't want this information to be just mine
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because my classmate also shared to me that there is this kind of opportunity
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so I am also sharing this with you.
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Sorry if my voice is low because it is evening.
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To be honest, this opportunity is a big help.
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You can use this for your tuition fee.
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This is not just for your cravings.
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You can invest like you can start your own business because you have your money.
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You already have capital.
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So I really suggest...
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just a suggestion because if you are capable
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and your parents give you allowance
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but if you're on the side that wants to earn your own money
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and you are a student
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then I really suggest freelancing.
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In this part of the video, I will share how I am getting a client
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because that is really our goal in freelancing.
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Our goal is to have our client or our boss where we will work with.
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It depends on your luck who will be your boss.
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Other bosses send their payment late.
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Mine is not like that.
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There are just times that it is delayed because she is busy, and I understand that.
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I'm not pressuring her to send my salary right away.
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I'm not like that because I understand her.
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Now, I will share how to get a client for free.
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First is you need to be open-minded.
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Maybe it's a cliche, or others take it as a joke, but you really need to be open-minded.
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You will not be shy to ask for work.
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You will not be shy to find a job.
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When I say you need to be open-minded when it comes to freelancing
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you need to inform people that you are interested.
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This is how I do it.
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Tip number two.
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This is how I do it.
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I post a story that if you are looking for a video editor, I'm here.
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Maybe, that's the reason why my classmate reached out to me
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because I am open to those kinds of jobs.
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I am willing to work.
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I think that's the reason because we are not really talking much
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like, "Hey, I am looking for work. I need work."
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Out of nowhere, she messaged me, and the work she referred to me is a video editor.
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Here comes me being open-minded.
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I asked her, "Maybe there's more to work there, Ash?"
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I told her that.
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And she said she will try if her client is finding more.
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That's the reason why I have this client.
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I asked if there was more.
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I inquired because I am not shy to ask if there's more
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if it is possible for me to still apply.
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My client didn't ask for my resume.
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I work right away.
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We didn't video call each other.
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We have our interview through chat, through WhatsApp because she is busy.
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She trusted my classmate that I am the one she referred.
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She checked for social media background so I think that helped.
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Maybe that's the reason why Ash messaged me
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because she knows that I will accept jobs.
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Tip number three is you can join a Facebook group of freelancers.
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Actually, that's where I found my first client as a video editor.
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She found me there.
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My first-rate in video editing is almost ₱500
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and it is a whole video that is almost 5 minutes.
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My rate is low because I don't know the standard rate on those kinds of things.
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But because of that, I learned.
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My classmate got mad at me like, "Why did you only charge ₱500?"
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This is also the good thing about me that I want to share with you.
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Once there is an opportunity, I'm grabbing it.
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I grabbed ₱500 because that is my first time.
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My thinking is it's better to have money than none.
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That's my stepping stone on what I have now.
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After that, I said my real rate.
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I said that my rate is ₱300 per minute, and she accepted it.
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My client accepted it that time.
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Maybe you will see me at Facebook groups.
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And I am not shy to post like
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If you are looking for a virtual assistant, social media manager, video editor
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they can send me a private message.
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It's up to you how will you sell your skills.
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It's up to you how well you market yourself.
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You can say that this is your rate because you are using this.
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Things like that.
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Actually, I just came from the salon.
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I treated myself.
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Those are the perks if you have your own money.
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You will not feel guilty at some point because you know that you work hard.
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It feels good because it's rewarding, and you're capable to treat your family.
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That feels good.
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Next tip is from Ashley.
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I asked her how she got her clients and how did she study.
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She just gave one answer.
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She studied it through YouTube.
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She really searched.
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Ash, thank you so much.
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She searched in Youtube, as in YouTube only.
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Then sometimes, she takes notes.
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Do you know that? If you really want something, you will really study it.
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You will work hard for it.
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Next step and last.
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This is the website where you can apply as a freelancer.
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But on this website, the competition is big.
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You have many competitors.
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That is Fiverr.
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I just learned this online.
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I will just recommend Facebook and Fiverr.
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I posted my gig on Fiverr.
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I'm not active there because I am contented with my client today.
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Eventually, there will be more.
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Those are my tips for you if ever you're planning to start your freelancing career.
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Now, I will tell you the advantages and disadvantages
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of being a freelancer while you were studying like me.
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One advantage is your time is flexible.
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It depends on me how will I divide my work.
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Before I started freelancing and have a client, I am an ESL teacher.
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It reached the point that they overlap
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like I have class, and I am a teacher at kids in the night
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then after that, I will do my work in freelancing
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and that is very toxic.
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I mean, me as an ESL teacher.
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For me, it becomes toxic because even I don't have a student, but I plot my schedule
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Actually, I have video about that.
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If you are interested.
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I don't have updates about Acadsoc because I'm no longer there.
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Even if I don't have students, once I plotted my schedule, I will wait for that
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and if there's no student
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no payment
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no salary
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it's a waste of time.
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I enjoyed teaching kids
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but my voice after one hour of teaching is...
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worn-out.
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I am not pressured with my part-time job because I know what I am doing.
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I mean, we are usually using social media.
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But the rate that you earn is like your working full-time, but it is part-time.
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If you watched some part of this video
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Maybe I'll just put this on the last part.
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But the ₱95,000+ in our title
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I didn't earn that in just one month.
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I worked for that for 3-4 months.
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Just divide it.
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Per month is around ₱20,000 because I'm feeding someone.
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I'm taking care of someone.
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He will celebrate his birthday soon.
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You are kind today.
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You are not reacting.
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Bye! Back to the video.
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That's the advantage.
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This is a big help to pay your tuition fee
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to survive every day
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and it's not tiring at all.
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The only disadvantage of being a freelancer while you were studying is that
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your focus is really divided.
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For example, you have an exam.
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It's embarrassing to tell your boss that you need to study.
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I'm not doing that.
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Because you are working, you still need a commitment even if it's just freelancing.
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Others have contracts, but there is none for us.
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Our client is really great, and we are great to work with.
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On the disadvantage, while you're studying, your focus is really divided.
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If you have an exam, there's no excuse.
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You need to prioritize two things.
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While you are studying, you have many things to prioritize.
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Work and school.
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If you really want to work and you need it, this is less hassle of work
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for the students like me.
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I experienced being an ESL teacher, starting an online business.
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I also experienced coding.
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If you want to be a YouTuber or an endorser
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freelancing is more stable.
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It is not per commission.
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You have payment on day to day basis.
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Your time is paid.
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I hope you learned from this video.
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I hope I enlightened you about freelancing.
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That's it for our today's video.
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I hope you liked it.
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I hope this is helpful for you.
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That's just my goal for this video.
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I'm happy to read your comments that you are also inspired at some point.
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That's really my goal here.
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I want to share this information with you.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Please don't forget to subscribe, like this video, and comment down below.
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If you have video recommendations and suggestion
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feel free to comment them in the comment section.
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If you reached until the end of the video, then comment polaroid.
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Thank you so much.
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I hope to see you again next Saturday, 7pm.
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Positive heart always seize everything!
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P-H-A-S-E!
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Notify me on the comment section if you have freelancing jobs soon.
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Bye!
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