jobi
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- Jul 5, 2022
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About Me
Recent CS graduate having trouble in the job market. Found work as a helpdesk tech that pays rent but with lots of time on my hands I want to pursue other income streams to pay the bills, learn new things, and help fund certs (would like to be sysadmin but that seems less & less appealing)
Why Do I write this?
To keep track of my own Progress, hold myself accountable, to maybe inspire others to take action, and to get advice's from BHW members
What are my GOALS?
To make $1000 per month as supplementary income.
What Have I Done so far?
I've made a sleek website showcasing various 'examples' (until I can replace with a portfolio of real clients). Got domain, working contact forms, associated email.
Using available APIs I've also scraped google maps to find businesses without websites in my area to build a contact list of potential customers.
What is Next?
1. For the first couple customers? Reach out to my list of businesses: phone calls, emails, and texts. I'm sure this can be automated but I'll see how much success (or lack of) I get from cold calling. I feel that by targeting small businesses local to my area I'll be able to get a decent return on more personal cold calls being a local freelancer. If I'm spending hours contacting and not getting customers I'll automate. I don't have experience with that though and don't know if pre-recorded phone calls, text messages, emails, or Facebook messages (many of these businesses have their 'website' link to their facebook page) would be best suited. ATM I'm leaning more towards just FB messages as I don't want to be a spammer.
2. Add business to google and get my site ranked. I'd like to be top 3 result for ~"website building" searches coming from IPs in my local area.
3. Create ads! Craigslist, fiverr, facebook ads, google ads. All targeting my local area when possible.
My Budget
Currently I have spent $50. This includes a license to bootstrap studio, a short and memorable domain, and VPS. I'm ready to spend more on ads and site ranking, but will have to wait until after I get my first couple customers.
Motive
Tired of either sitting on my ass or doing work I'm not proud of. I'm not entirely sure what it is I want to do in my life (most of all how to make a living) so I just want to try things and see what fits, and out of making YT channels, blogging, SEO ranking, or freelancing, this seems the most suitable for what I know at the moment.
I aim to update this post weekly. Thanks for reading
Feedback / suggestions / criticism welcome!
Recent CS graduate having trouble in the job market. Found work as a helpdesk tech that pays rent but with lots of time on my hands I want to pursue other income streams to pay the bills, learn new things, and help fund certs (would like to be sysadmin but that seems less & less appealing)
Why Do I write this?
To keep track of my own Progress, hold myself accountable, to maybe inspire others to take action, and to get advice's from BHW members
What are my GOALS?
To make $1000 per month as supplementary income.
What Have I Done so far?
I've made a sleek website showcasing various 'examples' (until I can replace with a portfolio of real clients). Got domain, working contact forms, associated email.
Using available APIs I've also scraped google maps to find businesses without websites in my area to build a contact list of potential customers.
What is Next?
1. For the first couple customers? Reach out to my list of businesses: phone calls, emails, and texts. I'm sure this can be automated but I'll see how much success (or lack of) I get from cold calling. I feel that by targeting small businesses local to my area I'll be able to get a decent return on more personal cold calls being a local freelancer. If I'm spending hours contacting and not getting customers I'll automate. I don't have experience with that though and don't know if pre-recorded phone calls, text messages, emails, or Facebook messages (many of these businesses have their 'website' link to their facebook page) would be best suited. ATM I'm leaning more towards just FB messages as I don't want to be a spammer.
2. Add business to google and get my site ranked. I'd like to be top 3 result for ~"website building" searches coming from IPs in my local area.
3. Create ads! Craigslist, fiverr, facebook ads, google ads. All targeting my local area when possible.
My Budget
Currently I have spent $50. This includes a license to bootstrap studio, a short and memorable domain, and VPS. I'm ready to spend more on ads and site ranking, but will have to wait until after I get my first couple customers.
Motive
Tired of either sitting on my ass or doing work I'm not proud of. I'm not entirely sure what it is I want to do in my life (most of all how to make a living) so I just want to try things and see what fits, and out of making YT channels, blogging, SEO ranking, or freelancing, this seems the most suitable for what I know at the moment.
I aim to update this post weekly. Thanks for reading
Feedback / suggestions / criticism welcome!
