From Services to Sales: How Did You Handle the Transition?

by Joseph Robinson Banned
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So I'm going to flip a switch here for a minute and go from the person who tries (note that: tries) to answer questions here to another person who asks some questions.

This one is aimed towards marketers who started out their careers online by providing services. When you finally decided that you wanted to work more for yourself instead of working for others, how did you go about doing it?

  • Did you drop your service completely?
  • Did you ease out, and then start your new method (i.e. affiliate marketing)
  • Did you try to do both for awhile (or do you still do both)?
I've found myself going through the thought process of this transition the past couple of days; but can't really decide what is right. I mean, I love to write; and the fact that I was able to make a supplemental income with it this year was great.


The thing is, I didn't come online looking for a supplemental income. I wanted a full time income that would allow me to focus on school first and foremost while at the same time creating a nest egg for early adulthood. An early jump on a retirement fund would be good too I guess.


To do this, obviously I am going to have to jump out of the "safer" zone of services and try to land a bigger fish. The work doesn't scare me. As a matter of fact the challenge excites me. It's just transitioning myself from one thing to the other that seems to pose a challenge.


So feel free to share how you did it (if you did); and maybe I (and others like me) can try what you did.
#handle #sales #services #transition
  • Profile picture of the author Jon Patrick
    Ken is exactly right. Your ability to convince people to buy your services carries over when you start selling other things. Similarly, your writing skills will prove to be very useful in any internet marketing venture. You're in a good position here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Thanks for the votes of confidence guys, I love when my ego can find a way to get a little bit bigger .

    I'm comfortable with my abilities when it comes to selling/marketing products. What I am more curious to learn about is the transitional process that occurs when making the switch from service providing to product selling. Does one continue the service to a certain point, drop it completely, or what?
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    • Profile picture of the author skyla
      Hi Joe

      You sound exactly how I was feeling a while back. I love to write and was offering a writing service to people on a forum I was a member of at that time. I gained tons of experience but the money wasn't the greatest and figured it was time to make a move.

      This was around the time that Tiffany Dows PLR ATM came out and the idea of writing an article one time and reselling over and over really appealed to me. So I started by setting up my own PLR store and wrote and promoted it like crazy. Peggy Baron also has a book called Become a PLR Writer which is great but doesn't go into detail about setting up your site, but is still another great reference.

      I have offered several PLR WSO packages and have tried to make my PLR a little different. I think that is the key right now if you wanted to go this way. To offer more than just a pack of articles.

      I still offer my freelance writing services but look for higher paying clients. I have had a few articles published at places like Freelance Switch where they pay $50 a post. Plus I have gotten an IT writing gig from LinkedIn.

      I am trying to schedule in time to create my own products as well as do my freelance writing and so far it is working out well. So my advice would be to continue to do both until you feel your product creation is bringing in enough money. Or increase your rates so you can still write but have more time in the day for your own products.

      I joined a writing sprint group on Wednesday where everyone reports what their goals are for the day and how many words they have written. Found this has been a great way of getting my PLR content written. Just finished up a report today.

      Anyway hope this helps and if you have any other questions let me know as I am always happy to help out.

      Why not try and get into Kindle publishing it is something I have been thinking of doing as well.

      Sue
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