***DISCLAIMER*** While i have only been doing this for a short while, here is what I have discovered.
Its so over-saturated, its almost comical.
A few months back (October maybe?), i decided to accept the challenge of @seanmarshall and start an agency and hit $5k in 3 months, so I could afford to marry my girlfriend. Here is my experience this far after about 3 months.
After a bumpy road of getting the legal papers in, and opening the bank account, my business was open for business, so to speak. I decided to cater to the home services niche simply because I am in contact with anywhere from 2-15 business owners on a daily basis, it only made sense to cater to them. As i talked to these business owners, my motivation and enthusiasm for my new business, slowly trailed off to oblivion. Every. Single. Business OWNER I talked to (for a solid week and a half), not only did they already do marketing, but they OWNED their own digital marketing company. Yes, thats right. All but maybe 5 (out of a solid 16/17) owned and operated a fully functioning digital marketing company for, not only home services, but several other niches.
It was at this point that the reality of "Digital Marketing Company" came into focus. So i hit up every single networking and entrepreneurial meeting in my city. Venture Cafes to Mixxers, job fairs and everything in between. And guess what. Same story. The first man i ever talked to at one of these networking meetings, was an older fellow with a stack of papers in his hand. We greeted each other, and i explained what i was in business as. His eyes widened, and he proclaimed "How interesting! I do the exact same thing!". My heart sank. And as the night went on, i met 3 other people who currently operate Marketing Companies for several niches in my area, and one for the home services industry.
Sometimes its good to take a step back and look at whats really going on. See the whole picture. And again, while my experience is pretty limited, that fact should only make what little experience have, more powerful. If ive only been pursuing this for 3 months, and ive met a solid dozen and a half people just in my city, who are actively engaged in my business, what about everywhere else? I dont live in New York. I live in a small town.
After its all said and done, im not quitting. Not yet. However, I have a deadline. To save $20k by June of this year. Saying that out loud on this forum almost makes me embarrassed. Some guys on here make that while they shower in the morning. But it seems as though digital marketing is dead.
Its so over-saturated, its almost comical.
A few months back (October maybe?), i decided to accept the challenge of @seanmarshall and start an agency and hit $5k in 3 months, so I could afford to marry my girlfriend. Here is my experience this far after about 3 months.
After a bumpy road of getting the legal papers in, and opening the bank account, my business was open for business, so to speak. I decided to cater to the home services niche simply because I am in contact with anywhere from 2-15 business owners on a daily basis, it only made sense to cater to them. As i talked to these business owners, my motivation and enthusiasm for my new business, slowly trailed off to oblivion. Every. Single. Business OWNER I talked to (for a solid week and a half), not only did they already do marketing, but they OWNED their own digital marketing company. Yes, thats right. All but maybe 5 (out of a solid 16/17) owned and operated a fully functioning digital marketing company for, not only home services, but several other niches.
It was at this point that the reality of "Digital Marketing Company" came into focus. So i hit up every single networking and entrepreneurial meeting in my city. Venture Cafes to Mixxers, job fairs and everything in between. And guess what. Same story. The first man i ever talked to at one of these networking meetings, was an older fellow with a stack of papers in his hand. We greeted each other, and i explained what i was in business as. His eyes widened, and he proclaimed "How interesting! I do the exact same thing!". My heart sank. And as the night went on, i met 3 other people who currently operate Marketing Companies for several niches in my area, and one for the home services industry.
Sometimes its good to take a step back and look at whats really going on. See the whole picture. And again, while my experience is pretty limited, that fact should only make what little experience have, more powerful. If ive only been pursuing this for 3 months, and ive met a solid dozen and a half people just in my city, who are actively engaged in my business, what about everywhere else? I dont live in New York. I live in a small town.
After its all said and done, im not quitting. Not yet. However, I have a deadline. To save $20k by June of this year. Saying that out loud on this forum almost makes me embarrassed. Some guys on here make that while they shower in the morning. But it seems as though digital marketing is dead.
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