This YouTube interview/profile features Deej, an online Filipino specialist and marketing director for a digital marketing agency in Fort Myers, Florida. Deej describes personal details (following a keto diet, losing five pounds in three weeks), a night-shift daily routine (wake ~2pm, work 10pm–7am), childcare (son Riley in online kindergarten, moving to face-to-face school next year), and two profitable local businesses they started or acquired — a vape shop opened in 2022 and a Wing Bites chicken wings franchise bought in 2023. Despite the businesses being profitable, Deej continues working remotely for the Florida agency out of passion and loyalty to the employer.
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Foreign. Hi, my name is Deej. I am an online Filipino specialist. I work as a marketing director for a digital marketing agency based in Fort Myers, Florida. Currently I am doing keto so no rice. The staple food of us Filipinos is rice. So for me to quit rice is really a huge commitment. I eat more vegetables and meat instead. So far I've lost five pounds in three weeks for my daily routine. On a typical weekday, we wake up at 2pm, eat our breakfast and have a cup of coffee. After drinking my coffee, I will prepare Riley for school at 3pm for his online classes. Riley is currently in an online kindergarten. Next year he will be in first grade at the Face to Face school. After that we will go to the vape shop. I started working online in 2019 and through the years I was able to save up to open two businesses. First is a vape shop in 2022 so we're on the way to the vape shop to check some stacks and do some inventories. My partner and I used to be heavy smokers for a long time and vaping helped us quit smoking. So we also want to help others quit the habit. We do not sell to minors. We only cater to those who want to quit cigarette smoking are those who are vaping already. We first started by selling a few stocks to people we know, but through word of mouth other people started coming by our house in droves so we needed to have a physical store and because of my income through working online, we did not need to take out a business loan. Since we are here in Muntinlupa, we just got the name of our city and then puff for the smoke. You know when you puff it. The second business that we have is an only wings franchise that we bought in 2023. So right now we are going to Wing Bites, the unlimited chicken wings. It was originally my sister's business but she got pregnant and she had to sell it and so because of my income from working online, we had the money to buy it from her. So this is Parmigiano Garlic, Parmesan Classic Buffalo Spicy Garlic and then Sweet Srirach. So what's your personal favorite? Army Chan I have a hug. After eating we will try to put our son into bed and then we will start working at 10pm until 7am I was always a night person even when I was still a child and all of my previous work was also a night shift. So I am very comfortable working at night and I can check on my businesses before my work begins. So currently it's 10pm and I'm going to check some of the works that was sent to me so I can check it for approval. My employer is a digital marketing company. We do website development, website design, we handle social media platforms, digital marketing and SEO and we do graphic design for small businesses across the United States. I think I need to send it back for minor revisions for my daily task. I manage our creative team and check their online outputs and aside from that I'm also doing some video editing work. At this point I can quit my online job as our two businesses are profitable. But through the years I have formed a strong bond with my employer and since I also feel very passionate about doing creative work, I still want to continue working with Florida Ad Agency for the years to come. I don't see myself resigning ever. Thanks to OnlineJobs ph, I am able to be in this comfortable and stable stage in my life with plenty of time with my family and with no problems providing for the future of my son.
