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Hi guys
thanks right away for the incredibly valuable input so far for me through this forum. I had another one of those nights today where I couldn't turn my brain off and the topic has been haunting me for a while now without me making a clear decision. Vlt. you can help me or it was already someone in my situation.
What is it about?
I have been working as a SEM freelancer (now focusing almost exclusively on SEO) for several years. Up to the point where I read TFM, this was a relatively successful and meaningful endeavor for me. But now, of course, I strongly question the time vs. money construct and am about to go in the direction of FASTLANE. Currently, I finance my entire livelihood with my freelance work and have built up a small but fine customer base over the years. This takes a lot of time, but there is still enough time left for another project, or not? This is exactly where my pondering starts. In the TFM book MJ described that it would make more sense to concentrate on one thing instead of several. I'm convinced of that, too, but my starting situation for "focus on one thing only" is not exactly favorable. I personally would like to get away from SEO freelancing, of course, but I am currently dependent on the income generated by it. It currently takes away about 3 days a week from me. I could theoretically cut it down to one day of work to focus on my FASTLANE business the rest of the week. Of course, this would drastically reduce my income and I would also have to cancel some clients, but it would be worth it to me.
How would you act in my situation? Reduce the hours to a minimum to concentrate the rest of the week on my FASTLANE business? Introduce a weekly split? (e.g. 3 days SEO, 3-4 days Fastlane project) I have already noticed in the past that I never found it useful and efficient to do several things at the same time. Also, I'm a bit worried that the opportunity cost will be too high if I invest too much time in SEO (whose Fastlane capabilities are also available somewhere, but very limited imho) and not in my Fastlane business (which more or less complies with almost all CENTS criteria).
Maybe I'm just thinking too much about it. Currently I'm just working non-stop, but I'm aware that this won't change in 1, 2, 5 and 10 years if I don't go towards Fastlane. And one more thing: I'm ruling out the Agency option for now, should anyone suggest it.
Thanks for your input
thanks right away for the incredibly valuable input so far for me through this forum. I had another one of those nights today where I couldn't turn my brain off and the topic has been haunting me for a while now without me making a clear decision. Vlt. you can help me or it was already someone in my situation.
What is it about?
I have been working as a SEM freelancer (now focusing almost exclusively on SEO) for several years. Up to the point where I read TFM, this was a relatively successful and meaningful endeavor for me. But now, of course, I strongly question the time vs. money construct and am about to go in the direction of FASTLANE. Currently, I finance my entire livelihood with my freelance work and have built up a small but fine customer base over the years. This takes a lot of time, but there is still enough time left for another project, or not? This is exactly where my pondering starts. In the TFM book MJ described that it would make more sense to concentrate on one thing instead of several. I'm convinced of that, too, but my starting situation for "focus on one thing only" is not exactly favorable. I personally would like to get away from SEO freelancing, of course, but I am currently dependent on the income generated by it. It currently takes away about 3 days a week from me. I could theoretically cut it down to one day of work to focus on my FASTLANE business the rest of the week. Of course, this would drastically reduce my income and I would also have to cancel some clients, but it would be worth it to me.
How would you act in my situation? Reduce the hours to a minimum to concentrate the rest of the week on my FASTLANE business? Introduce a weekly split? (e.g. 3 days SEO, 3-4 days Fastlane project) I have already noticed in the past that I never found it useful and efficient to do several things at the same time. Also, I'm a bit worried that the opportunity cost will be too high if I invest too much time in SEO (whose Fastlane capabilities are also available somewhere, but very limited imho) and not in my Fastlane business (which more or less complies with almost all CENTS criteria).
Maybe I'm just thinking too much about it. Currently I'm just working non-stop, but I'm aware that this won't change in 1, 2, 5 and 10 years if I don't go towards Fastlane. And one more thing: I'm ruling out the Agency option for now, should anyone suggest it.
Thanks for your input
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