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I work as freelance account manager and strategist. I always wondered why on Upwork there were so many people looking for media buyers with the exact same descriptions and $500 a client offer. After a while I started to see the videos and put two and two together. No wonder so many of my clients had these horribly managed accounts and clueless agencies. It's truly a pandemic of fake businesses. Appreciate you addressing this.
I’ve just began to show interest in digital marketing. My main worry is delivering the service that the client will have spent money on, I decided I’m going to work in my friends agency for a few months in different positions just to learn the in’s and out’s. The get rich quick mindset is a good motivator but can be the very reason an aspiring entrepreneur might never have longevity for their service and business overall. Thanks for your honesty, hard legitimate work pays off!
Aaron, I couldn't agree more with you! I've been in the industry for 12 years, owning an agency for 6 years (before it got "cool"), and unfortunately, we're the ones that have to deal with these "agencies" because we pick up the pieces from these people taking money from businesses who have no idea what they're doing. Great video! I appreciate your content
I am in this industry as well, for 7 years. Don't worry about these "agencies" the time would test them, and most of them are failing the first year. I have serious clients that I am working with for years, they won't run away from me for sure. I am also sure that you have that kind of client as well, which makes the business secure.
Wouldn't it be funny to deliver not working ads? I mean those "businesses" are not able to tell what's good. That would be and easy way to get rid of them quickly 😆
Believe in yourself, keep doing your research I’ve been doing it since 2017. I would say the key thing is stay humble in the beginning don’t be a shark cause you’ll only end being made a fool
Believe that if you want to achieve any success it takes time and work. On average it takes 3 years to get your business pass the early stage and start generating solid revenue. Getting clients and closing the deals is the most challenging part and sometimes it can’t go on for months. Coming from a person who helps companies grow and build their solid salesforce for over 10 years now.
I 100% agree with you. I spent 6 years in my service company, 3 years practicing PPC, work with hundreds of shops and distribute film to my industry AND tint about 350-500 cars a year. I still felt very under skilled to offer PPC work to other shops. When they say it’s easy to make 10,000 a month I wish they would talk about the length of that client. It is not easy to scale and you need to know many skills to offer a digital marketing agency.
100% the 1-hour videos to setup an SMMA can be summarised as: know how to sell + be an expert at that specific niche that is all, the rest is business management and operations
Such a breath of fresh air Aaron, It's literally a conveyor belt strategy with this "arbitrage" method. Your work will look very generic and inconsistent I'd imagine, since you won't have a stable team. I couldn't in good conscience charge clients a premium price while paying someone from a poorer country very little to then pocket the profits for myself. I know that's literally what most businesses do with cheap labour. I'm hopefully going to start my own digital agency within the next few years, I am currently doing my MSc international marketing but did my undergrad in commercial photography. So product Photography is what I specialise in but I also do graphic and web design. At the moment while I'm studying I'm building up my website with client work, which I'm actually doing for one of my Modules at university. I have a few friends that are freelancers so if I were to do the whole hiring freelancers it would be them I'd go to, and I would also get involved myself and learn about their craft so I actually have a clue of what they do so I can create project briefs for them. Yeah I won't become a millionaire but I'd be doing something I love and to a higher standard. To make a business like this takes time and it needs a solid foundation not a weak one that will burn out quickly
Thank you so much for clearing this up, literally no one else talks about this. Offering a service that you know nothing about seemed pretty weird to me. It's like saying "I know absolutely nothing about construction, but I'm going to become a general contractor and hire 10 people to work on people's homes while also subcontracting to roofers plumbers and electricians." I guess they omit the part that you have to get experience because that costs money - which goes against their claim that you can start this with no money at all.
Yep 100% agree. I will give it to them that the one thing they are good at is sales. But eventually if there is nothing backing up their claims it all falls down pretty quickly
These skills don’t gotta cost money, you can learn a lot of these skills by practicing and doing research. Even maybe find a couple clients and offer ur services for free to get some testimonials and start ur agency.
And also know the difference between marketing, advertising, and public relations and like he said in the video all the services that each of those can provide.
I 100% agree. Let sanity prevail. I never understood how people 'build' businesses without real hard work, dedication and building lasting relationships with clients.
I don’t know why Iman is in the thumbnail. He’s talked about how you have to put in hard work a bunch of times. He has his whole journey on his channel from when he was 15 and it took him years to get where he is
He explains the basics that you need first to start and learn the "how" in detail. Quite different from all the videos promising results without being clear on what you need to learn first to be successful.
I've been trying to learn as much as possible about digital marketing for a good while. And yes, people or TH-camrs are really making marketing look very "Sprezzatura". Thank you, Aaron for making this clear, for me and many others who are new in this industry.
You just saved my life, I honestly just finished watching a video training from those so called (gurus) Telling me I don’t need to have any knowledge of Digital marketing I found it weird because I have over 2 years worth of experience with (Facebook Ads) and I know how tricky it can be especially when you have to troubleshoot Thank you for speaking the truth ❤ You’ve earned a new subscriber and I will tell all my friends about you ❤
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! It is so frustrating seeing all guys who are effectively just sh*tty freelancers calling themselves agencies. To really build a true agency with employees and different departments. It takes an INCREDIBLE amount of work. Something that I do not agree with is that you need to be and EXPERT in one of the services you offer. I am a firm believer in hiring people much smarter then yourself. Now it becomes harder if you are just hiring freelancers. But thats why most of my employees work in the physical office and are full time employees that only work for me. Then I can focus on building my sales team. I am not sure where you are at with your agency but keep up the great work man! And yes SALES is a huge skill you will need.
My pleasure Jack yeah it really frustrates me as well! For the whole expert thing that is a preference for me so that I can troubleshoot any issues and also make sure that my guys are doing everything correctly. All the best with your agency as well 👍🏻
@@AaronYoungGoogleAds I personally go the route of hiring those experts as my part of my QA (quality assurance) team. Going the route of a corporate advertising agency. Project manages and the full corporate infrastructure.
@@OfficialJackChristensen Sir I just want to start some type of work (online) that I can earn. Can you help me in deciding what I can do? Btw I am a college student of CSE
I do agree, I spent a couple months learning through courses, then worked for free for my first 2 clients. My first paying client was $500/mo and so far I've made them a 190X ROAS. (Local lead generation).
@@dannywestwood2971 Could you drop the courses that you used? I'm interested in the field but it seems pretty complicated to get into. I don't want to start and mess stuff up.
Hey Danny! Congrats on getting paying clients! Im starting a marketing agency and im planning to use the same strat as you! Was it easy to get free clients?
I agree with you on the skills you need to be able to have. However I think the #2 you need skills for ads, seo and website. If the website is not right your ads will not perform as best and the website to be on point needs to be an on-page seo website
I love this Aaron! I've literally been writing up some points to talk about this in a new video of mine. Even becoming a freelancer or consultant for those who don't want to run an agency - can be still be tough, it's again - undersold. Great post and keep em coming! 👌
Okay I’m so glad to see someone opposing the other videos. Telling people that they need “zero experience in marketing” to start a digital marketing firm… HUGE red flag. It’s discrediting the people who are working their butts off to learn it and who are actually providing people with quality service. Great video, thank you for your honesty!
This is brilliant, I’ve recently been working toward starting a agency that specialises in seo and organic marketing, and have found that before starting this buisness, you NEED to know exactly how everything works
Thanks for the advice Aaron but there is 1 major struggle that I could not get the answer for. How do we sell to the VERY FIRST client in order to successfully complete the job and have a case study? Any advice for that very first contract? on how to make him sign?
@@antidelusionalpeepsyou didn't get it as per entrepreneur pov you have to work for free for the first time ... Mm i guess you've heard of free trial .. he didn't mean offer complete free service.. he basically meant like ... Do a free portion of it or said that you will pay only when you see one half of the results ... Selling completely free is absolutely worst
This video is bs because nobody said that you wont be delivering and it wont be difficult. The only thing that makes this worthwhile and attractive is that its a low barrier to entry business for people. There is no shortcut to anything. We know this.
I would say the other way around: become a skilled master, and then learn how to sell that skill through providing a value to the people. Money is just a consequence ✌️
If you know how to sell and how to organize a team, that should be enough to grow for business. You don't need to be an expert. Of course, you should have the right knowledge of digital marketing or website development to be able to supervise and guide your team.
-focus on one specific niche, for example, Google ads, and become an expert in that area -your success stories can help you get more sales and more income -your businnes grow won't be linear but exponential -most people will overstimate what they can do in 1 years and understimate what they can achiev in 10 years.
Thank you for this. I’m an in-house, and the company hired a third-party. It was a disaster, until I came in. It was so bad, I considered if I ever gave products which they produced, I would have failed a marketing project in school (not saying school is a requirement but it definitely set a standard for me.) It definitely makes a difference to truly know the industry, vs. becoming a marketing mill and targeting businesses that are expecting professional work. I can’t considering it marketing. Loved this video!
Hi Aaron, or anyone else reading that is in the industry. I am less concerned about "Getting rich quick" and more concerned about being able to live the lifestyle I desire, if I was to pursue this as a career. The lifestyle I speak of is, working for myself and in any location I want, I feel (and hope) its not a pipedream, but a reality if you are able to make it in this field. Can anyone confirm or add some tips/advice? :)
This is great, I’ll definitely be checking out more of your videos. I have a local family friend real estate agent who’s helped us out and been close these for 10 years. I was thinking about reaching out to her and offering to build a website, set up auto text back and run ads for free in exchange for referrals as she knows many real estate agents and loan officers. Of course I’ll implement all of your suggestions also. Whats your opinion on this strategy?
Yes a lot of those videos seem so flimsy. I'm watching them thinking there are so many holes in their explanations and strategies, which they always seem to conveniently ignore.
Your video structure is like most here on youtube: Differentiation from competitors Credability Problem Solution Offer Link Which is common and follows the common principles, but the value knowledge you provided (1. Do Sales, 2. Expertise) is not too different from your competitors. Still liked the video. good work.
I don't understand why would you say what you are saying, and have a thumbnail like the one you have. You say 2 most important things are 1) Knowing how to sell and 2) Being an expert And how do you think anyone starting is going to have those 2 things already? Of course, no one knows to sell because they are just starting, but they will understand that once they start working on their business, everyone starts not knowing anything... I find your video very ignorant and annoying.
Don’t believe anyone who’s is trying to sell you something, at the very best they are speaking half truths… the best way to start anything is to read and research about it then after you get a hold of the concept do it till your comfortable with it… but sometimes u get lucky and you start making the money, depending on what you begin with and when you begin it… if your a hustler then do it and if u fail then u learn from ur mistakes…
Great video! Thank you for sharing this info! I have a question for you if you don't mind - Is closing via zoom / video calls crucial, or can someone close well over the phone if they have mastered their expertise in the service they are selling and understand the mechanics of their target niche?
No worries at all I totally understand that it is not for everyone. We already have a strong community who are finding great value in the 2 live sessions a month and supportive community feed. I hope you continue to find value in my free teaching on YT.
My Business Partner and I have buildt the website for our Agency, and hoped that clients will reach out. We just had to sell, which is what we.ve been avoiding>
hey aaron your video is pure facts! i'm learning the hard way that running an smma agency isn't as easy as a lot of these guru's make it seem. Now i understand that i need to become an expert to my field (facebook ads) but being new to the industry and having no experience on sales etc i'm having a lot of trouble in finding clients that i can work for and gain experience. I have no money (still in school) and no experience running facebook ads. How can i attract new clients, and convince them that i can help them? with no testimonials and no prior experience? and while not having any money to run advertisements for myself to gain experience through my agency first, before feeling ready to serve people?
I strongly recommend you start a simple business first, and hone in your marketing skills there. It is incredibly difficult to start a marketing agency without any money or experience, I genuinely have no idea how this trend became a thing. Start a simple clothing brand, blog, service company, etc. and learn to market it well. Then you can pivot to helping other companies like yours with their marketing. The company you start doesn't necessarily need to become highly profitable or scalable, you just need a sandbox to practice real marketing and sales. I recommend a service industry company if you're serious about moving to social media marketing, because more skills you learn will translate since a SMMA is a service company.
@@arua152 thank you for the info ryan i will start researching about service industry and see what can i do from there. Can i ask, what is your professional field what are you doing?
@@dimitrisatha573 I suggest reaching out to friends and family and seeing if they know anyone that you could do work for free. You could also reach out to small businesses and do the same, offer services for free. Of course in both scenarios they would pay for the ads, but you won't be charging them for your time and expertise. This will hone your skills in the industry you want to be in. After that you can then market yourself to businesses confidently.
What if I dont want to become a millionaire, I work as a QA analyst in argentina making 3.5k a month, which is a lot of money here because of the currency exchange. If Im able to generate 3-5k a month I´ll be set for starters, I just want to run adds for existing companies and get money off the clicks or sales without having to get my own clients, how can I do that?
Thanks for saying this. I am so sick of seeing these creators. They really just preying on the vulnerable. I’m grateful I have a long history of sales experience too. I’m not sure what google ads speciality is about and what that’s about. Companies hire you specifically for just their google ad words? I’m starting to make money off a Facebook page and slowly becoming a Meta specialist
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True. Money in the bank is a business first and foremost.
My pleasure
Thank God i thought that digital Marketing itself doesnt Work but its Just Harder than they subscribe
Which recording software do you use when showing the google ads interface parts?
How can I be one... Sir
Thank You for sharing this. 2 key take aways
1. Learn how to sell
2. Become an Expert in your craft
I work as freelance account manager and strategist. I always wondered why on Upwork there were so many people looking for media buyers with the exact same descriptions and $500 a client offer. After a while I started to see the videos and put two and two together. No wonder so many of my clients had these horribly managed accounts and clueless agencies. It's truly a pandemic of fake businesses. Appreciate you addressing this.
Good point
I’ve just began to show interest in digital marketing. My main worry is delivering the service that the client will have spent money on, I decided I’m going to work in my friends agency for a few months in different positions just to learn the in’s and out’s. The get rich quick mindset is a good motivator but can be the very reason an aspiring entrepreneur might never have longevity for their service and business overall. Thanks for your honesty, hard legitimate work pays off!
My pleasure! Focus on the long game and becoming an expert because once you have achieved that status you can THEN very quickly scale your income
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Aaron, I couldn't agree more with you! I've been in the industry for 12 years, owning an agency for 6 years (before it got "cool"), and unfortunately, we're the ones that have to deal with these "agencies" because we pick up the pieces from these people taking money from businesses who have no idea what they're doing. Great video! I appreciate your content
100% agree. Plus congratulations on being in the industry for 10+ years while still keeping your hair 😂😂😂
I am in this industry as well, for 7 years. Don't worry about these "agencies" the time would test them, and most of them are failing the first year. I have serious clients that I am working with for years, they won't run away from me for sure. I am also sure that you have that kind of client as well, which makes the business secure.
@@SPD8585 oh yeah, I’m not worried. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Good luck!
@@AaronYoungGoogleAds haha thank you, although, there’s a lot of gray!
Wouldn't it be funny to deliver not working ads? I mean those "businesses" are not able to tell what's good. That would be and easy way to get rid of them quickly 😆
You're so right that without hard work and persistence, no one can be successful instantaneously. Thank you for adding truth to all the lies
My pleasure 👍🏻
get this on
technologia4life.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-to-create-new-marketing.html#4
Well thank you now I don’t know who to believe 😑
Main thing Geaux is to start, focus on increasing your skills in Google Ads & selling
Believe in yourself, keep doing your research I’ve been doing it since 2017. I would say the key thing is stay humble in the beginning don’t be a shark cause you’ll only end being made a fool
Perfect one skill at a time. I think that’s the best way to do it imo.
😂
Believe that if you want to achieve any success it takes time and work. On average it takes 3 years to get your business pass the early stage and start generating solid revenue. Getting clients and closing the deals is the most challenging part and sometimes it can’t go on for months. Coming from a person who helps companies grow and build their solid salesforce for over 10 years now.
I 100% agree with you. I spent 6 years in my service company, 3 years practicing PPC, work with hundreds of shops and distribute film to my industry AND tint about 350-500 cars a year. I still felt very under skilled to offer PPC work to other shops. When they say it’s easy to make 10,000 a month I wish they would talk about the length of that client. It is not easy to scale and you need to know many skills to offer a digital marketing agency.
get this on
technologia4life.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-to-create-new-marketing.html#4
100% the 1-hour videos to setup an SMMA can be summarised as: know how to sell + be an expert at that specific niche
that is all, the rest is business management and operations
Agreed 👍🏻
Such a breath of fresh air Aaron, It's literally a conveyor belt strategy with this "arbitrage" method. Your work will look very generic and inconsistent I'd imagine, since you won't have a stable team. I couldn't in good conscience charge clients a premium price while paying someone from a poorer country very little to then pocket the profits for myself. I know that's literally what most businesses do with cheap labour.
I'm hopefully going to start my own digital agency within the next few years, I am currently doing my MSc international marketing but did my undergrad in commercial photography. So product Photography is what I specialise in but I also do graphic and web design. At the moment while I'm studying I'm building up my website with client work, which I'm actually doing for one of my Modules at university. I have a few friends that are freelancers so if I were to do the whole hiring freelancers it would be them I'd go to, and I would also get involved myself and learn about their craft so I actually have a clue of what they do so I can create project briefs for them.
Yeah I won't become a millionaire but I'd be doing something I love and to a higher standard. To make a business like this takes time and it needs a solid foundation not a weak one that will burn out quickly
Finally!!! Found someone with no BS!
Thank you & welcome 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for clearing this up, literally no one else talks about this. Offering a service that you know nothing about seemed pretty weird to me.
It's like saying "I know absolutely nothing about construction, but I'm going to become a general contractor and hire 10 people to work on people's homes while also subcontracting to roofers plumbers and electricians."
I guess they omit the part that you have to get experience because that costs money - which goes against their claim that you can start this with no money at all.
Yep 100% agree.
I will give it to them that the one thing they are good at is sales. But eventually if there is nothing backing up their claims it all falls down pretty quickly
These skills don’t gotta cost money, you can learn a lot of these skills by practicing and doing research. Even maybe find a couple clients and offer ur services for free to get some testimonials and start ur agency.
get this on
technologia4life.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-to-create-new-marketing.html#4
Will said!
Nobody talks about the skills needed!
Everybody is talking about the results while nobody is talking about the process.
I think the most important of all is to actually know what is MARKETING.
And also know the difference between marketing, advertising, and public relations and like he said in the video all the services that each of those can provide.
@@rosalinasantos3078 100%. So many agencies don’t know anything about it
the most honest type of video on this i have seen to date. love it
I 100% agree. Let sanity prevail. I never understood how people 'build' businesses without real hard work, dedication and building lasting relationships with clients.
Wheres the course and the free webinar
I don’t know why Iman is in the thumbnail. He’s talked about how you have to put in hard work a bunch of times. He has his whole journey on his channel from when he was 15 and it took him years to get where he is
please don't believe Iman. His makes money by creating youtube videos not by his"agency"
@@geovani_marketing So we should believe you lmao? Pathetic
I clicked on your video for “ how to start” but you never explain “how”. This video is the same as all TH-cam video
He explains the basics that you need first to start and learn the "how" in detail. Quite different from all the videos promising results without being clear on what you need to learn first to be successful.
To summarize his video. You have to learn a skill first before starting to do something u have no idea about.
@@tantona525 how , what kind of skill and what do companies do ? i need answers but nobody is actually teaching us anything
@@gyaaAAaaaaaaaat look up “senator we run ads” on TH-cam been insanely helpful
I've been trying to learn as much as possible about digital marketing for a good while. And yes, people or TH-camrs are really making marketing look very "Sprezzatura".
Thank you, Aaron for making this clear, for me and many others who are new in this industry.
All these ppl are the same bro. He said don’t trust them only to sell you a course at the end 🤣🤣
Exactly
You just saved my life,
I honestly just finished watching a video training from those so called (gurus)
Telling me I don’t need to have any knowledge of Digital marketing
I found it weird because I have over 2 years worth of experience with (Facebook Ads) and I know how tricky it can be especially when you have to troubleshoot
Thank you for speaking the truth ❤
You’ve earned a new subscriber and I will tell all my friends about you ❤
My pleasure Kelvin all the best for your business in 2023 👍🏻
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! It is so frustrating seeing all guys who are effectively just sh*tty freelancers calling themselves agencies. To really build a true agency with employees and different departments. It takes an INCREDIBLE amount of work. Something that I do not agree with is that you need to be and EXPERT in one of the services you offer. I am a firm believer in hiring people much smarter then yourself. Now it becomes harder if you are just hiring freelancers. But thats why most of my employees work in the physical office and are full time employees that only work for me. Then I can focus on building my sales team. I am not sure where you are at with your agency but keep up the great work man! And yes SALES is a huge skill you will need.
My pleasure Jack yeah it really frustrates me as well!
For the whole expert thing that is a preference for me so that I can troubleshoot any issues and also make sure that my guys are doing everything correctly.
All the best with your agency as well 👍🏻
@@AaronYoungGoogleAds I personally go the route of hiring those experts as my part of my QA (quality assurance) team. Going the route of a corporate advertising agency. Project manages and the full corporate infrastructure.
@@OfficialJackChristensen Sir I just want to start some type of work (online) that I can earn. Can you help me in deciding what I can do?
Btw I am a college student of CSE
I do agree, I spent a couple months learning through courses, then worked for free for my first 2 clients. My first paying client was $500/mo and so far I've made them a 190X ROAS. (Local lead generation).
That’s amazing well done Danny
@@AaronYoungGoogleAds Thanks Aaron, although it's easier to get great results when you work with a great business!
@@dannywestwood2971 Could you drop the courses that you used? I'm interested in the field but it seems pretty complicated to get into. I don't want to start and mess stuff up.
@@dannywestwood2971 hey man, I have a similar strategy to you. Can I connect with you on IG?
Hey Danny! Congrats on getting paying clients! Im starting a marketing agency and im planning to use the same strat as you! Was it easy to get free clients?
I agree with you on the skills you need to be able to have. However I think the #2 you need skills for ads, seo and website. If the website is not right your ads will not perform as best and the website to be on point needs to be an on-page seo website
Ready to dive in and learn! This is a serious game-changer if you put in the work.
I love this Aaron!
I've literally been writing up some points to talk about this in a new video of mine. Even becoming a freelancer or consultant for those who don't want to run an agency - can be still be tough, it's again - undersold. Great post and keep em coming! 👌
U motivated the shi*t out of me bro
Okay I’m so glad to see someone opposing the other videos. Telling people that they need “zero experience in marketing” to start a digital marketing firm… HUGE red flag. It’s discrediting the people who are working their butts off to learn it and who are actually providing people with quality service. Great video, thank you for your honesty!
This is brilliant, I’ve recently been working toward starting a agency that specialises in seo and organic marketing, and have found that before starting this buisness, you NEED to know exactly how everything works
Thanks Jay & all the best with your business in 2023
Good topic. Its taken me 10 years to grow our agency & learn Google Ads. Thank for the great content
Mind blowing. Thank you that you live in our era!
Thank you brother, I was waiting for info like this! They all talk about building an agency but not the actual SKILLS, how to develop them.
My pleasure
Thanks for the advice Aaron but there is 1 major struggle that I could not get the answer for. How do we sell to the VERY FIRST client in order to successfully complete the job and have a case study? Any advice for that very first contract? on how to make him sign?
You just work for free, or sell them on results, when you have track record people will come to you
@@Chris-kq8xk Work for free?🤣 What level of slavery is this for real
@@antidelusionalpeepsyou didn't get it as per entrepreneur pov you have to work for free for the first time ... Mm i guess you've heard of free trial .. he didn't mean offer complete free service.. he basically meant like ... Do a free portion of it or said that you will pay only when you see one half of the results ... Selling completely free is absolutely worst
This video is bs because nobody said that you wont be delivering and it wont be difficult. The only thing that makes this worthwhile and attractive is that its a low barrier to entry business for people. There is no shortcut to anything. We know this.
Hmm I like this guy! Definitely doesn’t sugar coat like almost everyone else on TH-cam
I would say the other way around: become a skilled master, and then learn how to sell that skill through providing a value to the people. Money is just a consequence ✌️
No 1 skill: ability to sell. Yesssssssssss!
idk. i’d feel more inclined to trust you if this wasn’t just to sell a course that costs $100 /month
If you know how to sell and how to organize a team, that should be enough to grow for business. You don't need to be an expert. Of course, you should have the right knowledge of digital marketing or website development to be able to supervise and guide your team.
Finally someone put words to the thoughts running through my head while doing one of these course. Thank you Aaron!
what would you say is the highest paid digital marketing skill?
-focus on one specific niche, for example, Google ads, and become an expert in that area
-your success stories can help you get more sales and more income
-your businnes grow won't be linear but exponential
-most people will overstimate what they can do in 1 years and understimate what they can achiev in 10 years.
that's a very honest video, from someone whos is just jumping into the industry, you just gained a subscriber, keep up the good work.
quickest way to do this is by using a step by step guide and ready made for you website
Your 10 mn video is a gold mine. Thanks a lot !
Where do you get success stories to use in your pitch to get more clients yet you're only starting to build the agency?!
Thank you for this. I’m an in-house, and the company hired a third-party. It was a disaster, until I came in. It was so bad, I considered if I ever gave products which they produced, I would have failed a marketing project in school (not saying school is a requirement but it definitely set a standard for me.) It definitely makes a difference to truly know the industry, vs. becoming a marketing mill and targeting businesses that are expecting professional work. I can’t considering it marketing. Loved this video!
You really have to love the thumbnail. It’s such a good slap in the face to those garbo channels
Haha thanks Max
Thanks. Good to find someone finally talking sense.
Hi Aaron, or anyone else reading that is in the industry. I am less concerned about "Getting rich quick" and more concerned about being able to live the lifestyle I desire, if I was to pursue this as a career. The lifestyle I speak of is, working for myself and in any location I want, I feel (and hope) its not a pipedream, but a reality if you are able to make it in this field.
Can anyone confirm or add some tips/advice? :)
You said to get experience first, before going into business, but how do you get experience posting ads for clients without first being in business?
This is great, I’ll definitely be checking out more of your videos.
I have a local family friend real estate agent who’s helped us out and been close these for 10 years. I was thinking about reaching out to her and offering to build a website, set up auto text back and run ads for free in exchange for referrals as she knows many real estate agents and loan officers. Of course I’ll implement all of your suggestions also.
Whats your opinion on this strategy?
Yes a lot of those videos seem so flimsy. I'm watching them thinking there are so many holes in their explanations and strategies, which they always seem to conveniently ignore.
Exactly! thanks mate
I’m 13 and I’m tryna become rich I’m starting now and I’m learning this is the career I’ve chosen
Your video structure is like most here on youtube:
Differentiation from competitors
Credability
Problem
Solution
Offer
Link
Which is common and follows the common principles,
but the value knowledge you provided (1. Do Sales, 2. Expertise) is not too different from your competitors.
Still liked the video. good work.
Thank you for being realistic
My please Anthony
I don't understand why would you say what you are saying, and have a thumbnail like the one you have. You say 2 most important things are 1) Knowing how to sell and 2) Being an expert
And how do you think anyone starting is going to have those 2 things already? Of course, no one knows to sell because they are just starting, but they will understand that once they start working on their business, everyone starts not knowing anything... I find your video very ignorant and annoying.
Very informative, thank you for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻
My pleasure
Great and helpful content! Thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Thank you! Yes 🙌🙌🙌 I was so confused when some of this TH-cam blogger said go on canva and design from there my reaction ➡️ 🤨🤔🧐
this is true, I learned from my experince beside skills you need money to do some ads
This is great information and a good video, but if you get a pop filter for your mic it would have much better sound quality
Thanks.
What's funny is the guy in the bottom right corner of the preview picture is right above this vid when you type how to digital market 😂
I was looking for a good educator. Loved the video, Aaron!🔥
Great content as always
Thanks Pawel 👍🏻
Sell is king! 🎉🎉🎉
Don’t believe anyone who’s is trying to sell you something, at the very best they are speaking half truths… the best way to start anything is to read and research about it then after you get a hold of the concept do it till your comfortable with it… but sometimes u get lucky and you start making the money, depending on what you begin with and when you begin it… if your a hustler then do it and if u fail then u learn from ur mistakes…
completely agree bro, thanks for teh great content
No problem 👍
Thank you
Hey guys, just wondering how do I get success stories if I haven't already got success stories so that I can get clients?
Great material G, thanks
Hey I like this guy 👍🏾very informative easy to understand thank you sir 🙂
Thanks for realistic advice ❤
Great video! Thank you for sharing this info! I have a question for you if you don't mind - Is closing via zoom / video calls crucial, or can someone close well over the phone if they have mastered their expertise in the service they are selling and understand the mechanics of their target niche?
Absolutely. Agree thanks
The best business model is to sell the shovels and you are doing that as well. Good video anyways. I took some notes.
$99 a month to subscribe to a forum is never gonna happen for me, mate.
No worries at all I totally understand that it is not for everyone. We already have a strong community who are finding great value in the 2 live sessions a month and supportive community feed.
I hope you continue to find value in my free teaching on YT.
Stay broke g - $100 is literally nothing
This is some good advice 🎉
Thanks Caden
My Business Partner and I have buildt the website for our Agency, and hoped that clients will reach out. We just had to sell, which is what we.ve been avoiding>
Hey there,can you make dedicated videos for clickbank and google ads
thank you for the video sir
hey aaron your video is pure facts! i'm learning the hard way that running an smma agency isn't as easy as a lot of these guru's make it seem. Now i understand that i need to become an expert to my field (facebook ads) but being new to the industry and having no experience on sales etc i'm having a lot of trouble in finding clients that i can work for and gain experience. I have no money (still in school) and no experience running facebook ads. How can i attract new clients, and convince them that i can help them? with no testimonials and no prior experience? and while not having any money to run advertisements for myself to gain experience through my agency first, before feeling ready to serve people?
I strongly recommend you start a simple business first, and hone in your marketing skills there. It is incredibly difficult to start a marketing agency without any money or experience, I genuinely have no idea how this trend became a thing.
Start a simple clothing brand, blog, service company, etc. and learn to market it well. Then you can pivot to helping other companies like yours with their marketing. The company you start doesn't necessarily need to become highly profitable or scalable, you just need a sandbox to practice real marketing and sales. I recommend a service industry company if you're serious about moving to social media marketing, because more skills you learn will translate since a SMMA is a service company.
@@arua152 thank you for the info ryan i will start researching about service industry and see what can i do from there. Can i ask, what is your professional field what are you doing?
@@dimitrisatha573 I suggest reaching out to friends and family and seeing if they know anyone that you could do work for free. You could also reach out to small businesses and do the same, offer services for free. Of course in both scenarios they would pay for the ads, but you won't be charging them for your time and expertise. This will hone your skills in the industry you want to be in. After that you can then market yourself to businesses confidently.
Start doing it for free.
What if I dont want to become a millionaire, I work as a QA analyst in argentina making 3.5k a month, which is a lot of money here because of the currency exchange. If Im able to generate 3-5k a month I´ll be set for starters, I just want to run adds for existing companies and get money off the clicks or sales without having to get my own clients, how can I do that?
Thank to your trasparent review sir...👍👈
My pleasure
Kinda hard... When almost all the popular niches... Are oversaturated, and not everyone has a geniun interest in that stuff.
They all copy paste each other and say not to watch the others 😂😂
Thanks for saying this. I am so sick of seeing these creators. They really just preying on the vulnerable. I’m grateful I have a long history of sales experience too.
I’m not sure what google ads speciality is about and what that’s about.
Companies hire you specifically for just their google ad words?
I’m starting to make money off a Facebook page and slowly becoming a Meta specialist
True words
Thanks 👍
I hope I've got enough expertise as a master graduate in online and social media marketing with practical experience :D
Go for it 👍🏻
Seasoned salesperson i this field. Coming back after a sea change. Who/can/ do you recommend any white label products for SEO and PPC ?
Good One
I think iman gadzhi is pretty good
Power
Thanks 🙏🏻
I want to become an expert in Google ads ...currently I am at 0 level please suggest me the most effective path to learn and do it
thank you
Does your community have a starting point for those who want to start in digital marketing? Besides learning google ads how to start teh business?
Sell yourself or brand? Or does it even matter?
The title says how to start a digital Marketing Agency from scratch and then say that you need to include your previous successes