Getting a Job - AM Part Time
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Since you suck at AM, I suggest you stop doing it completely and start looking for jobs related to affiliate marketing (perhaps affiliate marketing would be a good choice). Or apply jobs at SEO companies, etc. You get the idea. Live way below your means. Pay off your debt.
hey guys, some good advice here
do not want to file for bankruptcy, because it be honest it's pretty stupid. After all it's only 50k, not 5 million.
getting a job as a SEO or SEM specialist... lol there are just so many problems with that. First of, I'm sure they will want to sign a non-compete agreement.
Even if not, what am I gonna say at an interview? "Yeah so... I've lost about 50k doing SEM... now I need to get a job". I just don't see how it would be possible to get a job as a SEM.
I still have a few projects up my sleeve and I might try salvaging old campaigns to get me to a few grand a month, but getting a job is still probably a good idea. The problem is which job.
do not want to file for bankruptcy, because it be honest it's pretty stupid. After all it's only 50k, not 5 million.
getting a job as a SEO or SEM specialist... lol there are just so many problems with that. First of, I'm sure they will want to sign a non-compete agreement.
Even if not, what am I gonna say at an interview? "Yeah so... I've lost about 50k doing SEM... now I need to get a job". I just don't see how it would be possible to get a job as a SEM.
I still have a few projects up my sleeve and I might try salvaging old campaigns to get me to a few grand a month, but getting a job is still probably a good idea. The problem is which job.
"I have plenty of first hand experience in an industry that, in reality, is still in its infancy. I am fully aware of the rapidly changing enviornment and infastructure and am capable of recognizing strategic elements that give me an edge over my competition."
SEO is a drawn out process. At the very least, you'll have a few months to learn before you get found out.
haha thats so true, theres probably hundreds of 'expert seos' at fortune 500 companys that didnt know shit when they started (but said they did of course).
Best idea ever. Get MORE in debt by paying a lawyer to tell you something that you should already know.
Stop trying to talk your way out of it just because you made a fucking retarded suggestion.
Actually, if he had a lot more debt and spouse with all of their combined assets within her (name) ownership - the suggestion may have held validity.
A lot of good advice here, particularly those saying you should get an AM job (or any kind of e-commerce/internet marketing job, for that matter). Out of college, I went to work as the marketing director for an e-commerce company, which worked out really well. Instead of working on the low margins of affiliate promotions, I got a lot of practice doing PPC with someone else's cash on much wider margins. Even better, I got the manage the affiliate program and get a first-hand view of what people were doing to make more than I was making at the time through affiliate marketing.
At the time, I was doing just fine on my own, but taking the position actually turned out to be much better than just getting a paycheck, since I was essentially getting paid to go to web marketing school.
If you can't find a job like that (and given your area and ability to sell yourself in writing, it could take a little while), look for a bartending job in the meantime. Yes, serving people sucks, but it's part-time work with flexible hours and a lot of cash tips.
Oh yeah, and shut down all your campaigns until you have the motivation to look at your stats with a clear head - no sense in losing more money because you're not tracking things properly.
At the time, I was doing just fine on my own, but taking the position actually turned out to be much better than just getting a paycheck, since I was essentially getting paid to go to web marketing school.
If you can't find a job like that (and given your area and ability to sell yourself in writing, it could take a little while), look for a bartending job in the meantime. Yes, serving people sucks, but it's part-time work with flexible hours and a lot of cash tips.
Oh yeah, and shut down all your campaigns until you have the motivation to look at your stats with a clear head - no sense in losing more money because you're not tracking things properly.
Yeah, and if doing that depresses you, at least you will be in close proximity to a lot of alcohol.
I'm not sure how things work in the states, but if you're based in the UK, then things are very much on your side. I have worked out through meticulous methods 
that if you stop all payments on outstanding credit, it takes at least 12 months for them to go forward to obtain a court order. Oh, and this is if you have NO contact with the geezers in the first place.
In fact, regardless of jurestriction, I'd be shocked if you couldn't reduce your debt to 25k by simply not paying anything for six months and waiting for the debt to be sold on. Sure, it'll fuck your credit record for a couple of years, but no-where nearly as bad as declaring bankruptcy.
that if you stop all payments on outstanding credit, it takes at least 12 months for them to go forward to obtain a court order. Oh, and this is if you have NO contact with the geezers in the first place.In fact, regardless of jurestriction, I'd be shocked if you couldn't reduce your debt to 25k by simply not paying anything for six months and waiting for the debt to be sold on. Sure, it'll fuck your credit record for a couple of years, but no-where nearly as bad as declaring bankruptcy.
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