Are you curious about how digital marketers started their own businesses?
Digital marketing is probably one of the easiest and most lucrative types of solopreneur businesses you can start.
Every business is always looking for faster and cheaper ways to generate more leads, sales and revenue. There seems to be a new digital marketing tactic, trend or software popping up every day!
If you are currently employed as a digital marketing professional, transitioning from employee to solopreneur can be fairly quick because your skills are in such high demand!
Listen to how the five digital marketers below found a way to earn a living from their digital marketing skills and found greater fulfillment working for themselves.
Marketing Diva 
Karen Alston is the founder of Alston Marketing Group a marketing, branding and advertising firm based in Washington, DC.
She works primarily with government agencies and large nonprofits. She also started another business, TheSpectrumCircle, to create a platform for women to share honest conversations about the development of their careers.
Karen believes self-employment creates personal growth by getting you out of your comfort zone. Listen to Full Interview
Dream Big, Start Small
Amy Kauffman, founder of Givily and Player’s Future, wants you to know it’s ok to dream big, but start small.
Amy believes creating a minimal viable product (MVP) is the most effective way to start your business. She started from the very bottom, and now she has clients that include Wholefoods, Annie’s Natural and Cliffbar. Listen to Full Interview
Google Employee With A Side Hustle
Rich Jones works full time at Google as an internal communications strategist. He’s also one of the hosts of the popular podcast Paychecks & Balances, helping Millennials make money, save money and get out of debt.
Rich shares ideas for how to sustain your energy and to find the time for running a side business while working full time. Listen to Full Interview
Turning Websites Into Sales Lead Machines
Aaron James shares how to make your website a sales lead machine.
He’s a digital software entrepreneur and founder of Webonli, a low-cost and user-friendly website builder for small business owners.
He first unleashed his gift for digital marketing by buying a local consignment shop and boosting its monthly revenues to $250,000 per month! Listen to Full Interview
Organic Content Marketer
Jessica Thiefels wants to inspire you to trust yourself to figure out your own unique work.
She’s the founder and CEO of Jessica Thiefels Consulting. She helps businesses develop content marketing strategies. She’ll share some ideas about how to gain attention for your business without buying ads! Listen to Full Interview
As you read and listen to the stories about how these 5 digital marketers started their own businesses, take some notes about recurring actions they took as inspiration for actions you can take to create work that works for you!
This article was written with the help of writer and inner peace coach Jordin James.