OFW Speak

When online job was first introduced to me by a friend more than 3 years ago, I have basically no idea what to do and what to learn. She simply told me to go to this site and post a resume.

That was not as easy as it sounds after few employers shortlisted my resume and asks me of my expertise, experience and skills. I have no idea what to tell them about my expertise, skills and experience. I was totally zero that time, so I went out and ask some of my friends of what they are basically doing online.

So to get you started, I listed below the tools that me and my friends used as a tool on our online job:

1. Wordpress 

It is the most common tool you must be familiar of. It is actually not a tool pre se, but it is a platform as well as a CMS or content management system platform where people could build a basic minimalist website to a complex e-commerce store.

But for the start, try making your self familiarizing how it works. You can open an account and start blogging for free at their blogging site Wordpress.com. It is almost the same as Blogger.com, only you can't monetize it when you are on a free-hosted blog.

2. Google Adwords Keyword tool 

Basically this tool is free courtesy from Google itself which lets you check on keywords that people search on a daily or monthly basis.

People use this to determine which keyword to target on their campaign for PPC or Pay per click since it gives them an approximation or number of the competition for a certain keyword. Clients or employers used that a lot, so should you, I mean like familiarize your self how it works.

3. Jing 

Jing is very cool collaborative tool, and it's free. It lets you take a snapshot of your screen and upload it to their server by just a click. Jing will then give you a link of that uplaoded snapshot and you can share it to other people.

I use this tool a lot especially when I cant express the trouble on my end on words. So I make a snapshot and let other people know what's the problem. Really easy to use and free.

4. Dropbox 

I made a Dropbox review just to let you people know how much I loved it. I basically use it to store my files that are really needs collaboration with the team. You can share files with other people without waiting for an upload screen to pop. Just simply drag a file and drop, and that's it.

It has a lot of features, like PUBLIC folder that I use to make an html site live! You can even view your files from another computer, it is live a virtual flash drive.

5. The Last Pass 

It is a password saving tool that saves your passwords in one place. You only need to remember one password which is the main password. It can auto log you or opt to auto fill.

I basically use this since I am lazy enough to retype all the login details and remember the password for each site I log in. With this, I don't have to remember my passwords, and it's more secure than saving your passwords via your browser.

So that's to start folks. There are tons of free tools out there, but for me, they are the tools I basically use on a daily basis. Keep tuned and we will add more to the list!