u/Joeblund123

Yep, I know lots of people think it's silly but I'm really proud of myself. ! After some years of grinding, saving money, investing it in the SP500, busting my ass finding my first clients, contacting even MORE people, and creating a name, I finally can call myself an Audi R8 owner. It's only a V8 from 2012 and as I write is in the shop for the general maintenance, but man it feels incredible when you achieve something like this.

It's just silly goal for a 24 year old guy who work as a social media manager who also happens to understand how ads work, but it's a big step since in my family a Toyota Camry was considered an expensive car.

If anybody would like to start in something like this and is FAR from the New Mexico area (xD), my key here was to have a trustworthy online presence and make sure my clients would get to know me in real life. Nothing beats the feeling of "Oh, this guy actually crossed my doorstep and came to talk business" when it comes to earn yourself a reputation.

My current stack is simple but effective to what I use:

- Claude Max (I pay $100) to help with copywriting, since I feel it offers the best results overall. I also use it to create small landings

- Freepik to get licensed images and not having serious trouble later (if you're representing a business, these things matter. Like A LOT). Also, to create images, image-to-videos, ads… Everything that the average integrated tools aren't capable of.

- Canva for light editing, adding watermarks, and creating any design I need for my clients needs.

Do that to land your clients, work and earn their trust (if you don't have clients but are SURE about your results, you can make a huge exchange of demos to back you up with their word). And GOOD luck, you need that as well in at least decent proportions.