Grow A Small Business Podcast An Outsourcing Pioneer, Virtual Work Guru, and Founder of OnlineJobs in 2009. Now seeing 50% annual growth, with 2 million profiles, and 40 FTEs; helping small-medium business owners around the world find VAs in the Philippines. (John Jonas)
In this episode, Troy interviews John Jonas, founder of OnlineJobs.PH and a pioneer in outsourcing tasks to virtual workers. He's based near Salt Lake City, United States. After quitting his day job to work online and becoming overloaded with tasks, he decided to outsource tasks to free up time. Now liberated with the idea that he could delegate tasks to keep from burning out, he and his newly hired programmer started OnlineJobs with the goal of helping small business owners all over the world find hardworking virtual assistants in the Philippines.
OnlineJobs was launched in 2009 and has seen 50% growth since its inception. It now has a total of 40 FTEs in the Philippines, recently hitting eight figures last year, maintaining a truly remarkable run. Combined with the concept of arbitrage and teaching how to utilize outsourcing differently, John has helped a lot of small business owners manage costs and get more done by introducing them to hard-working VAs in the Philippines and providing Filipinos with a way to support their families.
To top it all off, John has placed an emphasis on the subject of thinking. Thinking is the number one habit that small-medium-sized business owners should develop and maintain to grow, as John said. Implying, that being able to think through the hard stuff is the catalyst for a small business owner to make things happen because consequently, it's where ingenuity and success happen.
This Cast Covers:
- The inner workings of John Jonas' company, OnlineJobs.
- Discovering the amazing work culture of Filipinos.
- Events that lead to John launching OnlineJobs.
- OnlineJobs' consistent growth since its inception.
- Gaining trust between your employees.
- Success is determined by the amount of progress made.
- Recognizing that success is not limited to business success.
- Delegating tasks that you are unfamiliar with to experts.
- Solving problems through critical thinking.
- The significance of providing value to your business.
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Additional Resources:
- The Outsourcing Lever: Secrets of How Successful Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses with Virtual Assistants by John Jonas
- My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins
- Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
Quotes:
"You have to gain their trust, you have to do things so that they trust you." — John Jonas.
"Success is progress." — John Jonas.
"Success isn't just business success, for me, it's family life, it's a personal life, its relationships and all of that." — John Jonas.
"It's not just about money, it's about fulfillment." — John Jonas.
"Take responsibility ... when something goes wrong, you have to take the responsibility yourself." — John Jonas.