noellarkin
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- Mar 14, 2021
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I usually try to avoid posting anything that sounds too self-indulgent, but I feel like I'm at a point where I need some advice from more experienced peers.
A little background: I'm relatively new in the internet marketing space, I actually pivoted into IM in 2018/19 after trying (and failing) to be a full time musician.
I never really intended for this to be a career when I got into it, it started out as a way for me to augment my income. I had gone to design school and I had friends in the architectural industry. I also had some basic know-how regarding brand promotion online, having done some social media management for my musical projects. I put the two together, and started offering brick and mortar architectural/construction businesses "Online PR packages". I was also pretty lucky to get some amazing mentors early on, who taught me the fundamentals of SEO. I did that for a few years, whilst still balancing out this work with music projects. Finally, when COVID-19 wiped out the live music scene, I decided to learn more about marketing, and jumped headfirst into everything about it that seemed interesting.
These days, the majority of my work involves botting, coding, funnel design and writing copy.
I love the challenge of marketing, and how dynamic it is, but I also feel like somewhere along the way I lost the plot. I barely get enough time to practice my instrument these days, and when I do get free time, I find myself spending it learning coding, or digging deeper into some business/marketing information. It's not even about the money anymore, I'm making more than enough money to live comfortably. I also feel very, very removed from the person I used to be before I got into marketing - - I don't hang out with friends as much as I used to, I don't care about my dating life as much as I used to. In some ways, I like how focused I am these days, but I also wonder if I'm painting myself into a corner in some way.
I'm a little concerned I'm getting caught up in a loop of 'enjoying work for work's sake' a little too much. Has anyone else experienced this?
A little background: I'm relatively new in the internet marketing space, I actually pivoted into IM in 2018/19 after trying (and failing) to be a full time musician.
I never really intended for this to be a career when I got into it, it started out as a way for me to augment my income. I had gone to design school and I had friends in the architectural industry. I also had some basic know-how regarding brand promotion online, having done some social media management for my musical projects. I put the two together, and started offering brick and mortar architectural/construction businesses "Online PR packages". I was also pretty lucky to get some amazing mentors early on, who taught me the fundamentals of SEO. I did that for a few years, whilst still balancing out this work with music projects. Finally, when COVID-19 wiped out the live music scene, I decided to learn more about marketing, and jumped headfirst into everything about it that seemed interesting.
These days, the majority of my work involves botting, coding, funnel design and writing copy.
I love the challenge of marketing, and how dynamic it is, but I also feel like somewhere along the way I lost the plot. I barely get enough time to practice my instrument these days, and when I do get free time, I find myself spending it learning coding, or digging deeper into some business/marketing information. It's not even about the money anymore, I'm making more than enough money to live comfortably. I also feel very, very removed from the person I used to be before I got into marketing - - I don't hang out with friends as much as I used to, I don't care about my dating life as much as I used to. In some ways, I like how focused I am these days, but I also wonder if I'm painting myself into a corner in some way.
I'm a little concerned I'm getting caught up in a loop of 'enjoying work for work's sake' a little too much. Has anyone else experienced this?
