Work for Agency or Go on your own?

After loosing my customer service job at an agency and not seeing much opportunity except for commission sales... it seems I might be better off selling websites on my own to offline businesses and keeping most of the money...

Or I could go sell for an agency selling SEO for 25% commissions ... which seems like a much harder sell than just websites, which I could see and do myself or get an outsourcer as needed.

Which would you do after getting laid off?

 

Thanks for the reply Sarah.

I have basically been self-employed / contracting and worked at home for over a year ... just for one company at a time. Working from home has been the absolute best at helping me manage my energy, health problems, needs of my family, etc... and I am plenty confident over skype, zoom, phone... much more so than in an office or some typical JOB.

I can close deals, advise, provide customer service... AS LONG AS... I believe in the product or service and it gives value. I can build landing pages and basic sites for small businesses, and do some marketing...but I also am resourceful enough to hire someone better and faster on Upwork, etc to provide something even more valuable than what I can offer.

Taxes, and accounting I've done many times... I'm a spreadsheet budget wizard.

My wife and I have learned to live cheap... and save up and survive for a month when nothing comes in...we have 1 old car, no cable TV... we can live on less than what a lot of young people live on, and we already get government assistance.

My only real problem has been finding leads... due to lack of funds ... cold calling didn't work when I just called up out of the blue... however, I've learned recently how to send something of value over by email first... and then I'm able to get a conversation going.

To me... I am really close to getting my first client... I've just been using Craigslist... which stinks surfing through all the low-paying gigs... and I was trying to sell services for an agency, which were overpriced and didn't seem that great to me...

I feel I just need to start cold emailing businesses after doing an analysis, and talk to as many as I can, until I get my first client... my guess is I could get paid for a couple of clients and at least pay rent, before I'd ever collect a paycheck from an agency or other low-paying job.

Sorry for rambling, but you helped me get the wheels spinning in my head... and I may have answered my own question.

 

Thanks Sarah. Appreciate the tips.

 

Maybe you want to think about a combination between the two of them. If you think you can get an outsourcer and can afford one, you can use the rest of the time to sell websites. It might end up in situation where can only win. Also, it can help you develop a business in time.

 

If you know about SEO, or if you're expert in creating websites, then of course you can do wonders in internet marketing and in fact you can earn quite quickly too. There are lots of platforms which you can try... For instance, Elance, Guru, Fiverr, and etc.

Even the sky isn't the limit if you've the passion. You'll indeed earn much more than your expectations. Just decide what you want to do, and go for it. All you need is to find the platform and offer your services there...

 

That's what I'm thinking: focus on generating leads and selling and getting money coming in... outsource whatever I don't have time for.

 

Thanks ... Excellent way of putting it. It certainly could help to work those platforms to help get some leads in.

 

Go on your own, you will be more passionate about it