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Angeline Corral

General Virtual Assistant

About Me

I am a former OFW for 13 years as Production Technician and a team leader in a semiconductor company in Taiwan.

I'm a self-taught, independent, and driven freelancer with the ability to work independently and generate excellent results.

My Freelancing goals are - to work independently on a variety of exciting projects and help others reach new levels of success.

Clients can range from large corporations to individuals, and no project is too big or too small.

I love building relationships with people. I believe that this is the most important aspect of being a virtual assistant.

Let's talk about how I could help.

Reach out today so we can start collaborating on your next venture.

Work Experience

FREELANCE SERVICECONNECT-General Virtual Assistant (March 2023- Present)

Responsible for on-time stock replenishment of warehouse and store.

Timely creation of purchase order.

Supply chain and logistic data management.

Processing ad-hoc admin tasks.

POWER TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED-PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN (2009-2023)

Responsible for wire bond process/assembling IC chips.

Operate machine equipment safely and effectively for production processing.

Mitsuba Corporation-Line Leader (2001-2009)

Man-to-man training of associates.

Gathering of work starts a trial of data.

Filling -up of work order routing sheets.

Responsible for the work order routing sheet from the production clerk.

Responsible for filling -up material requisitions per day as well as receiving the materials issued by the warehouseman for product assembly use.

Services Offered

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Why Branding is Important for Every Business

There is a misconception in terms of the importance of branding. While many believe that branding is only for well-established companies, many are unsure if it really helps their business. Are you a small business owner who stands that you don’t need branding to grow your business? If you believe in this, then you’re wrong.

What is Branding

Your business brand is your competitive edge over your competitors. Although you need a logo and fonts and colors for your branding, it should not stop from there. This is because a business brand is a total impact and value you provide to your customers. From customer experience, tone of voice you use designs up to customer service, these create your holistic branding strategies.

Why Branding is Important for Every Business

Accenture report shows that 66% of consumers buy from companies with brand culture and transparency. This is why branding plays a vital role in your marketing strategies. In addition, your branding guides your whole marketing efforts. For example, when Nike consumers hear its tagline, “Just do it!” They are not only reminded of the nice shoes. However, the brand reminds consumers of the overall experience they have from pre-to-post-purchase.

Seven Reasons Your Small Business Needs a Brand

Consider these seven reasons to invest in your brand. Let’s look at benefits and understand why your business needs to pay attention to them.

1. Branding enhances recognition

The number one purpose of branding is you create it to get recognition from your target customers. You want to be recognized that your business exists and you provide value to your customers/clients. A logo helps your brand be recognized. So, create a logo that is nice, catchy, and relevant to your business. Also, consumers often purchase from recognized companies so, establish your brand well to gain more customers.

2. Your brand helps you stand out from the competition

As I’ve said, your branding is your competitive edge over your competitors. In addition, it puts your business apart from the competition. And the moment consumers hear about your branding; they remember your business through the unique value proposition you provide.

3. Your brand tells people about your company’s DNA

From the stiff competition, how your business differs from others? Your branding will educate the market about the holistic DNA of your business. From visuals like logo and branding colors, customer experience and services, and tone of voice used in marketing. These are just a few things that enable the market to understand your business and its relevance to them.

4. A strong brand generates referrals

It is imperative to meet the promise you have said to your customers. Because doing so allows you to generate referrals. How? By meeting the promised excellent customer experience to your customers, you are gaining their trust. And when customers trust your business, they are at ease in referring your company to other people. This is because they’re confident that you can help or provide excellent products or services to their friends or family.

According to Forbes, 75% of shoppers buy products and services from brands they know. As a result, establishing a strong branding enables you to generate more customers.

5. Your brand helps you create clarity and stay focused

Suppose your branding is consistent and easy to recognize. In that case, it can help people feel more at ease purchasing your products or services. This is because consistent branding enables customers to identify your business from the crowd.

Similarly, creating a clear brand strategy makes you focused on your mission and vision as an organization. On top of that, your branding will guide your marketing efforts effectively.

6. Your brand helps you connect with your customers emotionally

Emotional branding is forming a relationship between a consumer and a brand or product through emotions. And for you to do this, you create content that appeals to your consumers’ emotions, egos, needs, and aspirations. As a result, you establish how customers make purchase decisions and become long-time fans of your brand.

7. Your brand provides motivation and direction for your staff

Your company can also benefit from branding. By establishing a strong brand, your employees will feel connected and love working with your business. In addition, employees who feel that they’re part of a team are motivated to commit to achieving your business goals. Thus, you’ll be expecting positive outputs from your team members.

Do you feel ready to invest in your brand now that you have learned the benefits of branding for small businesses? Need help with branding strategies? Surge Digital Agency is here to help you. Hire our VAs or Brand Strategists and Specialists and leverage them to your business.

And if you’re new to outsourcing, send us an email at grace@surgedigitalagency.com and allow us to assist and help you achieve your business goals.

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Source: Julmar Grace Locsin ( Surge Marketplace)

Freelancing Thought Leader

How do I Charge my Freelancing Services

Julmar Grace Locsin (Surge Marketplace)

Freelancing Thought Leader

How do I charge my freelancing services? New freelancers often have this question on their minds. This is because they are having difficulties in identifying how to charge their clients.

Knowing how to charge your clients is essential. Thus, it would help if you learned the right ways to do it. Otherwise, clients will not hire you because they see you as not confident and not an expert in your field.

On top of that, your freelancing rate depends on your freelancing categories or niche. This is why knowing how to charge your clients is imperative to have a thriving freelancing business.

Hourly Rate of Fixed Rate, Which is Better?

Should you charge per hourly rate or per fixed rate? The debate between the two topics is unending. And a lot of freelancers are confused about the two, on which is effective to their freelancing careers. So, let us debunk the difference between hourly and fixed-rate and learn when to use them in charging your clients.

Charging your clients on an hourly basis is good if you’re a total newbie. Due to its simplicity, hourly pricing is most common among new freelancers. By this method, you establish an hourly rate for your work and then multiply it by the number of hours spent.

On the other hand, fixed-rate or pricing per project is where you charge a fixed amount for the entire project. Your payment is based on the results you deliver, not the number of hours you work. In addition, you can use this option for projects that have clear goals.

Other Charging Tips

1. Create your pricing plan

Creating your pricing plan is vital because it ensures that you are not underpricing your freelancing services. Consider the following points when making your pricing plan. First, you must identify how much is your money goal in a year. Also, you need to know how much to support your lifestyle. And you need to know how much a full-time freelancer earns, your expenses on your freelancing business, the demand of your skills, and the value you provide to your clients. As a result, you can now set your annual income goal.

2. Calculate the number of billable hours needed

This is vital, especially if you are charging on an hourly basis. You and your client should be clear on the number of hours you will be working in a week and or in a month. By doing so, you can easily calculate your weekly and monthly income from your client.

3. Including freelancer expenses in your price

As a freelancer, your freelancing career is a business. So, you have incurred expenses like equipment, maintenance, internet, electricity, and software or tool premium fees. These are expenses on your business. Thus, in calculating your pricing to your client, you should include them.

4. Ask Experts in your Freelancing Community

Each freelancing category and niche differs when it comes to rates. Therefore as a newbie, it will be helpful to reach out to your freelancing community like a Facebook Group to ask for ideas about how they charge their clients. This way, you’ll be able to have a picture of the rate of your niche.

I hope this article helps you in identifying how to charge your freelancing services. I have found this as one of the difficulties encountered by many freelancers out there. Looking for a way to start your freelance career as a newbie? Enroll with Surge Freelancing Course and get ready to earn six- digits a month!

And be part of the Surge Marketplace Family, where you will embrace two freelancing networks. These networks enable you to learn from your co-family experiences and get hired directly by clients.

#Freelancing community #Freelancers #Freelancing services #Charge per hourly rate or fixed rate

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