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PodVAs Tips: Starting out a podcast production agency in the Philippines
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Here in the Philippines, many freelancers step up on their games in the freelancing arena by knowingly (and unknowingly) creating an agency so they can service more clients, earn from it, and give jobs to others at the same time. One of these freelancers is Sarah Jane.
In this podcast tips segment, Sarah Jane shares with us how she and her husband co-founded AVCreativity Studio.
Listen in and learn -- who knows, you might be the next agency owner!
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Sarah Jane Ponce Asok who is a full-time mum of 3, full-time freelancing and full-time entrepreneur, Sarah Jane Ponce-Asok together with her husband Edward Asok, co-founded AVCreativity Studio.
She is also the producer behind the biggest community for women entrepreneurs, BossBabe. She's also the podcast manager of the youtube sensation, Steve Stine Guitar.
Sarah Jane hosted the Young Mumsy Podcast, and together with her husband, they have launched 50+ podcast from scratch with 100+ podcast shows collaboration.
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Introduction to Podcast V.A.S. Philippines
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Podcast VA's Tips Segment Introduction
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you are listening to the segment called Podcast VA's Tips.
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In these segments, we bring you short excerpts from our live recordings, mostly from the different guests we invited on the show.
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These short excerpts will give you a straight answer from our podcast expert on a specific question or topic related to podcasting or podcast management.
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So sit back and expect to learn in 10 minutes or less.
AVC Studio's Journey and Evolution
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Can you tell us about your tag team or your agency?
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Is that AC Studio or AVC Studio?
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AVC.
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How did that start?
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How did that start?
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Actually, we cannot remember the exact year it started because it was like,
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One day, we still have ABC.
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We still have business.
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We just didn't have the Lions.
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We started really delegating a lot in 2013-2014.
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But it's not official business.
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You know, it's just the same thing.
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It's just the same thing.
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But then we really kind of like make it full time.
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It was last year, 2020, when the COVID hit.
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As you know, when COVID hit, marami yung nawalan ng trabaho.
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And one of the things that we wanted to work out was that to help other people naman who were being laid off on their jobs, especially yung mga teachers.
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And then may isa kaming kasama na she got COVID.
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So those are the things that kind of like,
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push us to make it real now.
AVC Studio's Services and Client Expansion
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So, AVC was found, like, the real thing that it was really being built was actually last year, 2020.
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But we have been existing for like eight years already, but we just don't know that we existed.
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You're just surprised.
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It was COVID who kind of like pushed us.
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ABC is more like a digital marketing company.
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We don't just provide podcasting news like the launching of the podcast.
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Everything you can think about podcasting from promotion to production to social media to graphics to video to audio.
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ABC was the only one because we were accepting local clients.
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We were a little bit of a day and then we are...
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We are working together that is kind of local because right now we are more on to international clients.
Team Growth and Personal Challenges
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If you don't mind me asking, how many are you in the team now?
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I think we are around eight.
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Yeah, I think we're around 8, but we are looking forward to grow more.
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Yeah, nice.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you.
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And what's good in the agency's work is you're able to help others.
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So actually, that's one of my prayers too, to be able to start one.
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But it's not easy to do that when you are working full-time.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yes.
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Actually, my husband, three years ago, when I was pregnant with my third child, he actually gave up his full-time job to kind of like push this through.
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That is why we were able to push through the ABC agency too.
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It's because it was my husband who actually gave up his job, his full-time job.
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Because before...
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I was just that, like full-time.
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Like a full-time mother, full-time work, full-time everything.
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But the husband, he was also full-time in a corporate job.
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And he spends his late evenings with editing.
Personal Sacrifices in Building the Agency
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Actually, there was a point that we almost didn't see or see, but it was like a little bit.
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Because when you're a corporate, 6pm, you're in a home and you just eat it.
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And then, you're in a sleep and you're in a job.
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Because when you're a mother, you work at night.
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It's because of the time zone also.
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Because if you work in the morning, you don't have clients.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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So, you're working on the morning so I'll get to the morning.
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So, when I sleep around 4am in the morning, she's still... She's still a little bit.
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Yes, she's still a little bit.
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Because she's still a little bit.
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The cycle kind of like continue like that.
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There are times when it's super stressful.
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Like, you know, both of you are having responsibilities at work.
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And, you know, we can't admit that when we are working, even online, there's just so much...
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stress and sometimes when we kind of like, we leave it in the house, it's a lot of games.
Engagement and Community Growth
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That's true.
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I hope that episode helped.
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I hope you have a great day.
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Keep hustling, and we'll see you on the next one.