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My timeline:
1. Obtained general business admin degree from college: 2014 - Aug 2018
2. 3 month digital marketing internship with big agency: Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
3. SEO freelancer: Dec 2018 - Current
I found my passion for SEO during my internship. Before I had no real knowledge of it. Luckily, during my internship I happened to be seated next to a SEO specialist. As I slowly started learning more about SEO, I began asking him questions. I would bug him all the time and he was a really nice guy who always took time to answer. Everyday I would go home, read/learn more about SEO and come back to work with 3-4 questions.
Eventually, he started to let me assist him with certain SEO projects. These were still intern tasks but he was also showing me the ropes while working with clients.
After 3 months, the internship ended and I wasn't offered a job. The very next day, I decided that I am going to work for myself and basically start freelancing. It was 10x harder for me to find clients since I had no portfolio but I had drive. I worked harder to obtain clients.
Once I landed the meeting somehow with the potential client, I would prepare 5-6 hours for the meeting. I would be doing SEO research for free for them to show them the value I can bring. After a handful of these I finally landed my first client.
The battle wasn't over. Now that I had clients I had to actually do the work. To be honest, I didn't have experience working with clients on a complete SEO campaign but I knew I could make it work. I knew because I was willing to put in that extra time to not only complete the work, but figure things out as I go along. That's how I've always been. Jump first, figure out how to swim later.
My revenue has been growing every month as I've been adding clients. My initial clients have seen over 350% organic growth and are still with me today. I have a progress thread on this forum (May update coming soon) if you want to read through that.
1. Obtained general business admin degree from college: 2014 - Aug 2018
2. 3 month digital marketing internship with big agency: Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
3. SEO freelancer: Dec 2018 - Current
I found my passion for SEO during my internship. Before I had no real knowledge of it. Luckily, during my internship I happened to be seated next to a SEO specialist. As I slowly started learning more about SEO, I began asking him questions. I would bug him all the time and he was a really nice guy who always took time to answer. Everyday I would go home, read/learn more about SEO and come back to work with 3-4 questions.
Eventually, he started to let me assist him with certain SEO projects. These were still intern tasks but he was also showing me the ropes while working with clients.
After 3 months, the internship ended and I wasn't offered a job. The very next day, I decided that I am going to work for myself and basically start freelancing. It was 10x harder for me to find clients since I had no portfolio but I had drive. I worked harder to obtain clients.
Once I landed the meeting somehow with the potential client, I would prepare 5-6 hours for the meeting. I would be doing SEO research for free for them to show them the value I can bring. After a handful of these I finally landed my first client.
The battle wasn't over. Now that I had clients I had to actually do the work. To be honest, I didn't have experience working with clients on a complete SEO campaign but I knew I could make it work. I knew because I was willing to put in that extra time to not only complete the work, but figure things out as I go along. That's how I've always been. Jump first, figure out how to swim later.
My revenue has been growing every month as I've been adding clients. My initial clients have seen over 350% organic growth and are still with me today. I have a progress thread on this forum (May update coming soon) if you want to read through that.