This may not look like all that much, but considering that a year or so ago, this blog was lucky to have 3 or for visits a day, I am a pretty happy camper. None of this happened without you, the reader, many coming back through thick and thin …. and I thank you for it, I really do.
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In case you missed any, here, direct from the CEO of this site, you, are your top ten posts for 2009.
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- 6345 Jobs For Americans Overseas in the Philippines
- 6277 Car Prices Philippines
- 2556 Mitsubishi GLS Sport AUV Review
- 2515 More About Foreigner Jobs in the Philippines
- 2454 What Things Cost — Department Store 2
- 2334 Philippine Computer Prices
- 2200 G.M.R.C- Good manners and Right conduct
- 2181 What It Means To Be An American, Or A Filipino
- 1949 What Things Cost — Getting It Right
- 1774 Foreigner Jobs Philippines
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Philly,
Interesting stats.
Let’s hope that by the end of this year that “Investing in the Philippines” will make an appearance in the Top 10. After all, if you want to earn money in the Phils you’re better off starting your own business….and employing a few locals as a result.
Hi Laurence, thanks for visiting (always) and for your comments. I’ve written quite a few times about business in the Philippines, and I’ll certainly write more … but to tell the truth, I 4eally beleive, that compared with the headaches of running a business … with employees and such, a lot of people would be better off believing in themselves and starting out as solo freelancers on-line, filling a need, and then outsourcing work as it develops. I really believe that is the way of the 21st century.
Philly,
I understand that money can be earned on-line, but quite frankly, after a career in IT the last thing I wanna do when I move to the Phils is sit in front of a computer. I’m sure I’m not alone in that regard.
I believe that Tourism offers great opportunities for people who want to remain “employed” in their early retirement and earn a few pesos. It’s certainly what I’m thinking of doing.
Agreed. I think, though, that where I am ailing at explaining things is, I am not talking about ‘making money online’ by sitting in front of the computer, but only by using the ‘net to promote one’s services and to handle the infrastructure.
A good example … which I think I already wrote about … is my friend Jack Reed. (http://www.johntreed.com/. jack is an MBA and a successful real estate investor, who essentially ‘retired online’. He was asuccessful ‘conventional’ book publisher and got tires of the idea of making 245 cents pe rbook sold … which is about the ebst a conventional auhtor can do … instead he now self-publishes from his home in California and makes a very nice mid-six figure net income by doing it himself. he doesn’t blog, doesn’t do the sort of ‘Internet marketing’ shcemes and scams we typically think of … but he quit all conventional advertising and just sues the Web because it’s better, faster cheaper.
There are thousand like Jack who don’t ‘sit in front of a computer’ … of course he does when he’s writing a book’ … who are earning using the online infrastructure to make it possible.
Tourism is a great thought, but especially in the Philippines, price competition is extremely strong, and based on personal experience, foreign travelers are by far the cheapest and hardest to please … but hey, maybe that’s just me.