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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
So SEO work is what you mean by digital marketing? I assumed that SEO was in the realm of internet marketing and digital marketing was more of making graphics and digital images to promote companies and what not.
If you have such an extensive background in SEO, that gives you options.
You could perhaps do what these companies are hiring you to do for yourself. You could start a monetized blog or website of some sort and promote it with your knowledge and reap the rewards yourself.
If you're interested, here is a couple of sources for you to read further on this:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/
Warrior Forum - The #1 Digital Marketing Forum & Marketplace
Alternatively, you could look into something called CPA marketing. If you don't know what it is, CPA marketing is where you promote people's products or websites for a commission. If you are already solid with SEO, you could potentially turn a pretty penny off CPA marketing.
Here's a source for you:
20 Best CPA Affiliate Networks (Top CPA Network 2017)
You could do this kind of stuff alongside your job search in the mean time as a way to make extra money to help out. Alternatively, you could eventually transition into marketing your own stuff or CPA marketing (or whatever method works for you the best) full time and not deal with the drama and B.S that comes with working a regular job.
And no, these aren't my affiliate links so I'm not earning anything from posting these. I am just trying to help a member in need here  |
Thank you very much for your suggestions. I really appreciate it and it's very sweet of you!
So in response:
Digital marketing includes email marketing, SEO, PPC (or paid advertising), social media marketing and PR -- or all things digital that includes marketing.
I've heard of those two sites you sent. I do have my own blog, and I do apply SEO to my site. My articles are ranking and are getting some amount of traffic. You have to have lots of other high quality sites linking to your site to rank high in Google, which I do not have yet. I have tried to monetize my blog by adding affiliate ads from Amazon but I am not a web developer, so I am having trouble.
I have done affiliate marketing (or similar to CPA marketing) in the past (I worked as an online entrepreneur for nearly a year), and failed at it miserably. I did not make any money, except for the sale of one of my websites. :/ I made $160 in the nine months that I did this, lol.
I'm not necessarily looking to make money on the side or become an entrepreneur again. I just want a full-time job with health benefits.
What I need is to get better at SEO & to be involved in all aspects of SEO. My current job is limiting, and I am stagnating. I need to work with and learn from a team. I am a solo practitioner in my current job, which makes everything that much harder.
So, gaining a full-time job is my primary goal, but I fear that because I am not involved in all things SEO right now, that it is hurting my chances... hence why I have not been hired. :/
Anyways, thank you again.... you're very sweet.
