Hey all. So i've posted here and there on this forum and decided to revisit.
As a recap from my old posts,
--i made a relatively successful youtube channel that's lead to tons of adventures and opportunities,
--i've had small roles in a major show, and a less major movie that recently came out,
--and along the way i've traveled a ton and tried businesses here and there.
--Public spoke in front of a MAJOR if not the biggest prosthetic company in iceland and later in front of a CEO program locally of high school students
--Oh and I became a real estate agent for a year and did one deal and then exited when i started this venture. Ha.
This thread is a progress thread on my main gig now - my agency. So I've started a digital marketing agency. I freelanced copywriting for a bit but was busy with all the other stuff i just listed. While i was a real estate agent, i realized i was really obsessed with digital marketing. My friend and I were talking about working together to provide this service, so i decided f it. I'm gonna do it. I know it very well and i've been doing it forever and I love it.
So, month after that I'm getting new legs made (double amputee) and I mentioned how I am doing social media services with a friend. My prosthetist (guy who makes my legs) mentions they've been wanting to do more with their social media so I should talk to the owner.
Well one day I'm in the shop with them (we're semi close at this point but i havent met the owner) and im taking a picture with my DSLR and tripod for my facebook because i wanted a good picture rather than a shitty iphone 6s pic of getting new legs. I was just stopping by to take the picture, total spur of the moment "im fed up with my shitty iphone 6s pics and want something cool" move LMAO.
That's when the owner walks in and all of a sudden my credibility shoots through the roof.
"Hey -owner- this is Alex! the guy that won the contest for x company and is going to x country, who was in the tv show, who was in atlanta for that movie, who does social media!"
So im literally sitting there with my "professional" looking camera setup and just bombarded with credibility so that's when i mention to the owner that the prosthetist mentioned they wanted social media. Basically he says yeah come up with a proposal and schedule an appointment.
So i whip up a proposal in WPS (free version of MS Office basically) and a week and half later I walk into a conference room with 6 of the admins/owners and present my stuff. It was semi easy since they simply wanted social media and I like 'public' speaking.
First month is a bit extra for start up fees. It felt pretty crazy to have a business write me a $2800 check. But that's when a realized, even though i just basically doubled my bank at that time, i didnt care literally at all about money.
So this will be a progress thread for this.
Currently:
No LLC. No office. No employees/contractors.
Goal:
1: Working on another client, 95% probability but could still fall though. They met with a few other agencies/seo peeps and they said they liked me the best and i made the most sense. They will be hitting me back up on tuesday with their own 'custom' package and ill price it and hopefully we agree. This is above simple social media so i will be hiring a small team to take it on that I found on UpWork.
So if i remember, Jan 2nd I'll have an update on the potential second client. It will likely be for around the same price as the first client even though it's more services. I'd rather go cheaper since it's my first time doing it and using this team.
2: I need to make my biz legal! The thing is, since i do various other things as well as plan on doing real estate in my future, im wondering if i should do like "drunkfish LLC. DBA Digital Agency" and then later on put a drunkfish real estate LLC. UNDER that main LLC? I also model/act on occassion so i could have them make it out to the main drunkfish LLC. for example? OR should i make Digital Agency it's own LLC under my main LLC? No idea. But I want to figure this out asap.
3: Remake the website in wordpress. I use squarespace and its super limited in comparison to WP... its just going to be a pain in the a$$ and also i hardly use the website. Word of mouth has been keeping me busy at this rate but I know having a kickass website will be much better.
4: At some point i definitely need to make our own social media pages hahaha I literally have not had time/dont have the resources to manage all of it at once/not necessary until I can hire someone to take it on.
ULTIMATE GOAL:
Cool company, cool office space near me, 10-30 employees... and just keeping growing. Then fund my real estate investments.
ALT GOAL:
Get a few clients, at least $2500 MRR with a fully outsourced team running smoothly and use my team to create my own infoproducts as well as market them. Then use money for RE investments and keep growing those business's as well.
So as i said, i will try to remember to post updates and answer any questions.
As a recap from my old posts,
--i made a relatively successful youtube channel that's lead to tons of adventures and opportunities,
--i've had small roles in a major show, and a less major movie that recently came out,
--and along the way i've traveled a ton and tried businesses here and there.
--Public spoke in front of a MAJOR if not the biggest prosthetic company in iceland and later in front of a CEO program locally of high school students
--Oh and I became a real estate agent for a year and did one deal and then exited when i started this venture. Ha.
This thread is a progress thread on my main gig now - my agency. So I've started a digital marketing agency. I freelanced copywriting for a bit but was busy with all the other stuff i just listed. While i was a real estate agent, i realized i was really obsessed with digital marketing. My friend and I were talking about working together to provide this service, so i decided f it. I'm gonna do it. I know it very well and i've been doing it forever and I love it.
So, month after that I'm getting new legs made (double amputee) and I mentioned how I am doing social media services with a friend. My prosthetist (guy who makes my legs) mentions they've been wanting to do more with their social media so I should talk to the owner.
Well one day I'm in the shop with them (we're semi close at this point but i havent met the owner) and im taking a picture with my DSLR and tripod for my facebook because i wanted a good picture rather than a shitty iphone 6s pic of getting new legs. I was just stopping by to take the picture, total spur of the moment "im fed up with my shitty iphone 6s pics and want something cool" move LMAO.
That's when the owner walks in and all of a sudden my credibility shoots through the roof.
"Hey -owner- this is Alex! the guy that won the contest for x company and is going to x country, who was in the tv show, who was in atlanta for that movie, who does social media!"
So im literally sitting there with my "professional" looking camera setup and just bombarded with credibility so that's when i mention to the owner that the prosthetist mentioned they wanted social media. Basically he says yeah come up with a proposal and schedule an appointment.
So i whip up a proposal in WPS (free version of MS Office basically) and a week and half later I walk into a conference room with 6 of the admins/owners and present my stuff. It was semi easy since they simply wanted social media and I like 'public' speaking.
First month is a bit extra for start up fees. It felt pretty crazy to have a business write me a $2800 check. But that's when a realized, even though i just basically doubled my bank at that time, i didnt care literally at all about money.
So this will be a progress thread for this.
Currently:
No LLC. No office. No employees/contractors.
Goal:
1: Working on another client, 95% probability but could still fall though. They met with a few other agencies/seo peeps and they said they liked me the best and i made the most sense. They will be hitting me back up on tuesday with their own 'custom' package and ill price it and hopefully we agree. This is above simple social media so i will be hiring a small team to take it on that I found on UpWork.
So if i remember, Jan 2nd I'll have an update on the potential second client. It will likely be for around the same price as the first client even though it's more services. I'd rather go cheaper since it's my first time doing it and using this team.
2: I need to make my biz legal! The thing is, since i do various other things as well as plan on doing real estate in my future, im wondering if i should do like "drunkfish LLC. DBA Digital Agency" and then later on put a drunkfish real estate LLC. UNDER that main LLC? I also model/act on occassion so i could have them make it out to the main drunkfish LLC. for example? OR should i make Digital Agency it's own LLC under my main LLC? No idea. But I want to figure this out asap.
3: Remake the website in wordpress. I use squarespace and its super limited in comparison to WP... its just going to be a pain in the a$$ and also i hardly use the website. Word of mouth has been keeping me busy at this rate but I know having a kickass website will be much better.
4: At some point i definitely need to make our own social media pages hahaha I literally have not had time/dont have the resources to manage all of it at once/not necessary until I can hire someone to take it on.
ULTIMATE GOAL:
Cool company, cool office space near me, 10-30 employees... and just keeping growing. Then fund my real estate investments.
ALT GOAL:
Get a few clients, at least $2500 MRR with a fully outsourced team running smoothly and use my team to create my own infoproducts as well as market them. Then use money for RE investments and keep growing those business's as well.
So as i said, i will try to remember to post updates and answer any questions.
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