Hi, guys. Welcome again to my YouTube channel.
In this video, you are going to learn what are the things that you are going
to need when you start working from. If you want to know what are those things,
you definitely want to keep on watching.
The first thing you are going to need, the very important one is a laptop or desktop.
Some of my friends are asking if they can only use their cellphone. But unfortunately,
if you really want to have a decent money wage on online freelancing, you really have
to have at least one of those, laptop or desktop.
Your computer, if you haven't bought one yet and you are thinking to buy because you want to
start working from home, it depends on the service you'll offer to clients.
If your service will be more on graphic designing,
more on video editing, and such, you'll be needing higher specs for that.
But for simple data entry, researching job, putting captions on social media, and such simple tasks,
it doesn't really necessary that you buy high specs computer.
If you really need specs, I would say that you would need at least, for Windows,
at least i3 would be good. For the operating system, if possible, you can go with Windows 8 (64BIT)
with 500GB hard drive and 4GB RAM.
But if you can afford a laptop with higher specs, it would be better because
you'll be using that one and you might suffer if you'll use very low specs computer because
you might lose patience if you weren't able to finish the task immediately. You know that it's a very simple task but
because of the equipment that you are using, it's taking longer to finish the task since the processor is very low.
For Mac, MacBook Air would be fine given that you won't be installing heavy software.
If you are a graphic designer, I would highly recommend that you are going by MacBook Pro instead.
For the headset, it's not necessary that you have one as long as you have non-voice work.
But sometimes, there are clients who do voice calls and video calls. So might as well, have that one too.
And actually, for online tutorials website, they really recommend a noise-canceling headset.
The requirements differ, it depends on your work. But for normal work-from-home jobs,
it's not necessary to have a headset.
The second thing that you are going to need if you want to start
working online is that you have to have a stable internet connection. In that
case, it would be easier for you and your client to talk.
Probably at least 3Mbps. Make sure that it's a wired connection. Even you're not a video
editor but the files you download and upload are
big, it would be hard for you to deliver the output or download the
materials that you need to do the job if your internet connection is low.
The third thing that you need is that you have to have an online payment system.
Examples of this are PayPal accounts, Payoneer, TransferWise, and more.
And the next one is skills. You have to have at least the basic computer skills.
First of it is the technical skills, even the basic ones like installing
software, how to use the basic software, you should know that one.
That's one of the things that you should know. And also, at least you should know the word processing, you know
how to input data, you know how to use Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Spreadsheet, Excel, or those online like G-drive, Google Sheets, Google Word, Google Slides.
You should know, at least, the basics. Like how to manage emails and also the
researching and data entry tasks, like if there are information that your client needs.
Like for example, your client will say, "I'll go to London, can you please book me a hotel there?"
You know how to look for hotels in London where he can stay
that is nearby the event he'll attend. And of course, you should at least have communication skills.
Again, it isn't necessary that you have perfect grammar, as long as you can understand each other.
I have a very funny story about that, but I think I will make
another video about the most my embarrassing and funniest experience
through working online. Because there's a lot.
Over the six years, I have a lot of funny and embarrassing moments where I just wanted to be swallowed by the earth.
All of that are the basic things you need to start working from home. But if you are a blogger or an entrepreneur
who wants to level up your blogging game, and start to earn and make
an impact, you definitely want to check out my friend's website, Myrra Kate.
She has a Profitable Niche Course open until August 31, 2019. I'll just put a
link down below if you want to check it. She'll be teaching you the step-by-step
process in identifying your blogging purpose, niche and ideal audience.
If you are thinking that I'm paid to do this, no, I'm not. I just love supporting women who
do business on their own and who also loves to help other people.
While waiting for my next video, you might also want to check out the two videos here at the
side because it's also about work-from-home stuffs. I hope this video gives you
clarity on what are the things that you need to start working online.
So, for now, guys, hope you have a great day and a great life.