The best way to start an online services business is to become your own first and best customer.
Back in 2008ish we (my wife and I) were building out tons of small, half-dozen page websites that were promoting various affiliate products on Clickbank. We would find a product, do the keyword research, find the gap, create the few pages of content, build the site and then run massive SEO backlink automation across it. We were churning out one of these sites at least every single day.
We built a small army of outsourcing staff and refined the process over a couple years. We finally sold our 600+ sites in two bulk deals in late 2010 for a solid, mid six figure payout.
But that's not the point - we learned how to run a content creation business and an SEO agency during that process, so when we sold the sites, we created those two new businesses.
We were our best client, we learned how to run agencies and then we parlayed that into a more stable, long-term set of businesses.
If I were in your shoes, I'd create a side business doing something reasonably low touch and apply your social media skills across that. You'll learn, make an additional stream of profit, create a secondary asset and develop proof points to help you sell your agency business.
Back in 2008ish we (my wife and I) were building out tons of small, half-dozen page websites that were promoting various affiliate products on Clickbank. We would find a product, do the keyword research, find the gap, create the few pages of content, build the site and then run massive SEO backlink automation across it. We were churning out one of these sites at least every single day.
We built a small army of outsourcing staff and refined the process over a couple years. We finally sold our 600+ sites in two bulk deals in late 2010 for a solid, mid six figure payout.
But that's not the point - we learned how to run a content creation business and an SEO agency during that process, so when we sold the sites, we created those two new businesses.
We were our best client, we learned how to run agencies and then we parlayed that into a more stable, long-term set of businesses.
If I were in your shoes, I'd create a side business doing something reasonably low touch and apply your social media skills across that. You'll learn, make an additional stream of profit, create a secondary asset and develop proof points to help you sell your agency business.