Profitable alternatives to pimping myself out in the digital marketing arena?

Well, you're trying to sell them the benefits of marketing, yet you seem to be having trouble marketing your own skills.

Of course clients will view your service as a commodity if that's how you pitch it. That's why you differentiate yourself. If you feel you "deserve" more, come up with a more compelling offer. Market yourself. If you can't do that, why should you expect anyone to hire you?

Otherwise, if you don't want the hassle of dealing with clients, find something profitable to sell or market and start a business.

I get pitched a lot for marketing services. They tend to blend together.

SEO people tell me they can get me tons of traffic. Or to be #1.

FaceBook people tell me they can get me tons of traffic.

Everybody can get me tons of traffic. Or put me in front of the right people.

Every now and again, I get someone who stands out.

I do not want tons of visitors. I do not want to be in front of the right people. I want to make a sale for $500 or less. Because, on average, a sale brings in $7000 and that, once all my costs are factored in, makes me happy.

I do not care on what media platforms you post my name, or where you buy ads, or who writes the ads, or anything like that.

I care that for every $500 I spend on you, I make 1 sale. I know you cannot guarantee that each sale is going to be $7,000. I also know that, given enough sales, I'll end up with $7,000, give or take a few dollars.

I also care that you do not misrepresent me, that you do not promise what I cannot or don't want to deliver.

Ever hired a plumber? Did you care what type of wrench they used to tighten your pipes? Did you care that they said they were the best? Did you care that they studies at the Most Amazing School for Plumbers? That they got the Best Residential Plumber Award Knox Indiana bestows on residential plumbers?

You cared that:
they fixed your problem at a price you agreed (and liked enough) within the time-frame you wanted without making a mess of your house.

It's the same with marketing.

By the way, why do you even try to convince people? Why not set your funnels so that those who need convincing eliminate themselves while those who are convinced they need the services of someone like you remain. Of those who're convinced they need someone like you, your funnels should separate them into those who're convinced that you're it and those who are not sure.

Those who are not sure get dripped messages till they get sure or till they buy from someone else.

You set your funnels only once. You do not need to keep convincing.

If you are marketing for others and have had success why don't you start your own brand/business? A major part of ecommerce is marketing anyway.

The simplest method for you is to set up your own "sales agency". You pick a specific niche you know you can do well in producing motivated local leads in. You set up the sales/lead funnel. You talk with potential service businesses and offer them a simple 1 month trial (free). You refer any leads in your funnel to them..that's it.

If you can produce results, I don't see how any business would not retain that producing funnel.

Then, rinse and repeat in your secondary niche(s), etc.

If you can't do this, then you're in the wrong business.

What was your "Plan B"?

The apparent not so obvious answer is to do what you do best, but for yourself? Basically put skin in the game and buy a product and sell it using what it is you are good at.

Think of it this way...any time a company can hire YOU for paid advertising of say a product... there is enough margin there AKA profit - to pay YOU to do the ads right? And the end of the day who is making more money, the company selling the goods, or the guy running the ads?

YOU have a skill that many do not.. you KNOW how to put eyeballs on offers with paid advertising. You can get paid peanuts to do this for others... or you can step up and start doing it for yourself.

As others already said its time for you my friend to find a product/service you want to sell.


Lots of people struggle because they can't make paid advertising work, so you have a big advantage, simply find a product with a good sales funnel paying you big commissions and you are good to go.

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