zhantop
Newbie
- Apr 16, 2012
- 30
- 16
Hey folks,
Long time BHW user, quite behind the scenes kind of guy. Some of you may have seen my old post about affiliate sites here: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/case-study-ranking-an-affiliate-site-in-2017.942084/
I'm not the kind of person who tends to be extroverted on BHW - I watch, I read, I observe and most importantly I learn.
On a personal note, I worked at a software company for 2 years. Decided, it was too much, wasn't for me. I'm not meant to be here on this planet for that reason. I told myself since I was 13 years old - ever since the first forum I made with a nulled version of vBulletin
- I needed to do my own thing. I have to build my own path.
I built these affiliate sites whilst I was working corp. and I made a decent amount of money. Nothing crazy, nothing enough for me to sack my job. I sold one for a decent profit, and invested.
I'm rambling on here, but ultimately I'm at a standstill.
I took the leap of faith. Decided to build my own path. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but fuck I had no idea. Mentally, it's tiring - having to wear so many different hats and the worst is when I have work paralysis where I just can't get shit done! I know I have SOO much to do, but it's a sense of overwhelm.
See, in a nutshell, my business is what all of us here talk about throughout this whole forum, packaged for specific targeted clients. In other words an agency....which I hate. See, agencies for some reason have just hit the wrong nerve with me. I don't like being considered an agency.
I'm trying to build my own path, in which I build something new something different, and I'm trying to figure that part out, my true competitive edge. Where I can really price myself above the competition and still close.
Business wise, currently I have about 30 warm leads in my CRM, I'm focusing on qualifying my leads prior to bringing them into my CRM for data compliance purposes (hence why only 30 in my CRM but they are warm.) Some of which we've had discovery calls, and some I've even met in person. Currently I have a good amount of money in my pipeline, but only a bit has been closed. My two forms of lead acquisition currently is the following:
- Facebook Ads
- Cold Emails dripped through a specific email marketing tool outside CRM (CRM also has email mkt)
I know I can be doing so much more, and hence the sense of overwhelm. I also currently have a few clients but realistically, I have a lot of free time and I need to be dedicating a bit to it.
So other things I have in mind:
- SEO and Local SEO
- AdWords
- Guest posting/link building (kind of all under SEO)
- Organic Social Media posts (this is a crucial one that I NEED To stay on top of, in fact its on #1 priority, getting social media posts scheduled for the upcoming weeks, especially ones on LI)
Basically, right now I'm just waiting on deals to close. It's worrysome, I'm trying to be as proactive as possible - not waste time but when I think of everything else it overwhelms me. At the same time I don't want to inundate myself with a bunch of clients if they do all close (which would be amazing tbh but probably not 100% realistic and again I'd probably stress a bunch then but I would also have a lot to do and know what to do)
So yeah... long story short that's where I'm at.
I want to update this post as well and share with you guys where I'm at. So, definitely feel free to share some advice.
I'm honestly thinking I need to right more as well, I feel writing this has cleared my mind. Hope to hear from all of you!
Long time BHW user, quite behind the scenes kind of guy. Some of you may have seen my old post about affiliate sites here: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/case-study-ranking-an-affiliate-site-in-2017.942084/
I'm not the kind of person who tends to be extroverted on BHW - I watch, I read, I observe and most importantly I learn.
On a personal note, I worked at a software company for 2 years. Decided, it was too much, wasn't for me. I'm not meant to be here on this planet for that reason. I told myself since I was 13 years old - ever since the first forum I made with a nulled version of vBulletin
- I needed to do my own thing. I have to build my own path. I built these affiliate sites whilst I was working corp. and I made a decent amount of money. Nothing crazy, nothing enough for me to sack my job. I sold one for a decent profit, and invested.
I'm rambling on here, but ultimately I'm at a standstill.
I took the leap of faith. Decided to build my own path. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but fuck I had no idea. Mentally, it's tiring - having to wear so many different hats and the worst is when I have work paralysis where I just can't get shit done! I know I have SOO much to do, but it's a sense of overwhelm.
See, in a nutshell, my business is what all of us here talk about throughout this whole forum, packaged for specific targeted clients. In other words an agency....which I hate. See, agencies for some reason have just hit the wrong nerve with me. I don't like being considered an agency.
I'm trying to build my own path, in which I build something new something different, and I'm trying to figure that part out, my true competitive edge. Where I can really price myself above the competition and still close.
Business wise, currently I have about 30 warm leads in my CRM, I'm focusing on qualifying my leads prior to bringing them into my CRM for data compliance purposes (hence why only 30 in my CRM but they are warm.) Some of which we've had discovery calls, and some I've even met in person. Currently I have a good amount of money in my pipeline, but only a bit has been closed. My two forms of lead acquisition currently is the following:
- Facebook Ads
- Cold Emails dripped through a specific email marketing tool outside CRM (CRM also has email mkt)
I know I can be doing so much more, and hence the sense of overwhelm. I also currently have a few clients but realistically, I have a lot of free time and I need to be dedicating a bit to it.
So other things I have in mind:
- SEO and Local SEO
- AdWords
- Guest posting/link building (kind of all under SEO)
- Organic Social Media posts (this is a crucial one that I NEED To stay on top of, in fact its on #1 priority, getting social media posts scheduled for the upcoming weeks, especially ones on LI)
Basically, right now I'm just waiting on deals to close. It's worrysome, I'm trying to be as proactive as possible - not waste time but when I think of everything else it overwhelms me. At the same time I don't want to inundate myself with a bunch of clients if they do all close (which would be amazing tbh but probably not 100% realistic and again I'd probably stress a bunch then but I would also have a lot to do and know what to do)
So yeah... long story short that's where I'm at.
I want to update this post as well and share with you guys where I'm at. So, definitely feel free to share some advice.
I'm honestly thinking I need to right more as well, I feel writing this has cleared my mind. Hope to hear from all of you!