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Originally Posted by golden_eve
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.  |
When my H does not have a full time job--he works full time on side projects (mostly creating database services on the "cloud"--Microsoft Azure, etc.). The money earned has been a real disappointment but some of the things he has created likely helped him obtain some very good positions. The projects helped show that he was technically competent despite the fact that he rarely works at one company for more than two years and takes time off between jobs.
Having watched my H navigate his career, from my POV, it is easy to burn out/ hit road blocks in your career area. Many times nontechnical managers do not understand the work in takes to make things happen and fund things unrealistically.
A good example of this is when companies fire high level people exchanging them for entry level specialists (which the high level people train right before leaving) and wonder why things go wrong.....
Golden_eve--Yes, looking for a job is a nightmare when it goes on and on. The only reason I am not in your shoes is that I did give into my SI. My attempt was so serious that I am now on disability. But I should be trying for a higher level job. I commend you for continuing to shoot for high level jobs and that you are still studying your craft.
