Help me make a plan? I think I'm ready.

I've also thought about it.

While Savidge has a point he was perhaps less than eloquent in stating it. The reality is 95% of people on here won't ever make more than a few hundred to thousand dollars in this industry. You don't need a plan, you need action, figuring out what works, then changing what you "do" based upon feedback of your message. If you want to make a plan, find the Top 100 people that you KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that you could make them tons of money, make your pitch, then make it again. See how many you can sign. It gets frustrating watching people who can't get out of their own way to find their own success.

Second, perhaps while you're transitioning you should target a different market. Can you outsource your work to other marketing companies, web design firms, etc. If you had some sort of white paper you had written about how social media marketing can increase sales by xx%, and approached other companies who don't currently offer these services. You can white label your work through them and probably split the funds 50/50. I know on the surface it sounds crazy to ask to only make 50% of what you charge, but in the long run it's way more money. You can sell one client $250/mo. Or you can find one client who could potentially use you across 20 of their clients for a total of $2500/mo. Make sense? You can do this work after hours. Build up a stable of these people to work with and soon you can not only replace your income, but also get a nest egg for when it comes time to move out on your own. This shouldn't be a conflict of interest with your primary employer.

If we're going to be honest with each other here, knowing how to do social media marketing has some value, but it's only 10% of the picture. What's more important to your success is can you properly sell and market these services. And that's what you don't know yet. Look if we're being honest here, the chips are stacked against you. Many people can provide services, but it's the selling and marketing of the service that holds them back. Can you put together a marketing funnel for selling your services?

I think you should look at people like Digital Marketer, and see their information on sales funnels. Your business is screaming for a good sales funnel. There's a pretty good marketing funnel guy that sells a service right here on WF- http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...usinesses.html Maybe you use something like that to build your marketing funnel if you can't do it yourself. I've looked on your website, there's no semblance of a funnel there. I'm sure you know your stuff, but knowing your stuff and selling your stuff are two completely different things. When you go solo, you don't get paid for knowing your stuff, you get paid for selling your stuff. It's completely different from being an employee.

So again here is my advice in short:
1. Find your ideal audience, the ones where it's a no brainer home run for you, pitch to them. See how they react.
2. White Label your services to other companies. It's much better to have one client who can pay you thousands per month and sell for you, than try to find 10 clients on your own.
3. Work on your selling and your sales funnel.