After about 3 weeks of sleepless nights and stressful days, I have finally reached a conclusion to a painful chapter.
It is a liberating feeling to finally have a path that could absolutely work and not compromise any of my other plans, and it is something I love to do.
I currently run a business right now dealing with managing a flyer distribution team, but have found it is not worth the little money that is even given. So I am most likely going to sell the business and work on my new plans. With that business however, I gained hands on experience on sales, and have learned that I am not exactly a poor salesman.
I was researching for weeks and weeks about careers that pay 50k+ fairly quickly upon graduating college, and came up with an advertising sales rep, a pharmaceutical sales rep, and a commodities trader. But with the help of entrepreneur.com, I discovered freelance writing--more speficially copywriting. I love to write,sell,promote,and advertise and it just seems perfect.
So my plan is to start an advertising agency and eventually get into the real estate game with apartments. I am not living in la la land here; I know how difficult everything is going to be, but difficult proceedings are often the most rewarding.
I needed something that pays around $50,000 a year because my cost of living is fairly low, and I figure off that salary I could save about $15,000 a year for 3 years, ultimately leading to about $45,000 for seed money and copywriting has unlimited potential which is just the way I like it--I love the risks.It could also be a lot less money at first, but I will find a way to save. With that money, I would either look into investing in apartments or a multiplex, and then hopefully use some of the cash flow to buy a very nice billboard in a high traffic area. At the point of $45,000 ( fully aware this number could vary), I figure I will still be fairly young (25 years of age) and give or take a few years, the worst scenario possible would be about 27-28 years old which is still pretty young. The name of the game is before 35 isn't it? :smxF:
The place to start ultimately is education. I am going to the local library to educate myself on the art of advertising, marketing, and specifically copywriting. Next would be to get a college degree for networking and safety, and after that would be building the capital to start it. I currently have 3500 dollars, so there may not be a whole lot I can do with that.
Last, to finish off all my conquests, I have always wanted to own a hotel. Hopefully one day that could happen as it has been my dream to own one since I was 9 years old.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to post my plans and goals, as I am very excited that I feel absolutely certain about something, and know that I have what it takes to make it come true ( as in I know I can write, and would love to be an accountant, but I am terrible at math).
Lets see where this all takes me :coolgleamA:
It is a liberating feeling to finally have a path that could absolutely work and not compromise any of my other plans, and it is something I love to do.
I currently run a business right now dealing with managing a flyer distribution team, but have found it is not worth the little money that is even given. So I am most likely going to sell the business and work on my new plans. With that business however, I gained hands on experience on sales, and have learned that I am not exactly a poor salesman.
I was researching for weeks and weeks about careers that pay 50k+ fairly quickly upon graduating college, and came up with an advertising sales rep, a pharmaceutical sales rep, and a commodities trader. But with the help of entrepreneur.com, I discovered freelance writing--more speficially copywriting. I love to write,sell,promote,and advertise and it just seems perfect.
So my plan is to start an advertising agency and eventually get into the real estate game with apartments. I am not living in la la land here; I know how difficult everything is going to be, but difficult proceedings are often the most rewarding.
I needed something that pays around $50,000 a year because my cost of living is fairly low, and I figure off that salary I could save about $15,000 a year for 3 years, ultimately leading to about $45,000 for seed money and copywriting has unlimited potential which is just the way I like it--I love the risks.It could also be a lot less money at first, but I will find a way to save. With that money, I would either look into investing in apartments or a multiplex, and then hopefully use some of the cash flow to buy a very nice billboard in a high traffic area. At the point of $45,000 ( fully aware this number could vary), I figure I will still be fairly young (25 years of age) and give or take a few years, the worst scenario possible would be about 27-28 years old which is still pretty young. The name of the game is before 35 isn't it? :smxF:
The place to start ultimately is education. I am going to the local library to educate myself on the art of advertising, marketing, and specifically copywriting. Next would be to get a college degree for networking and safety, and after that would be building the capital to start it. I currently have 3500 dollars, so there may not be a whole lot I can do with that.
Last, to finish off all my conquests, I have always wanted to own a hotel. Hopefully one day that could happen as it has been my dream to own one since I was 9 years old.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to post my plans and goals, as I am very excited that I feel absolutely certain about something, and know that I have what it takes to make it come true ( as in I know I can write, and would love to be an accountant, but I am terrible at math).
Lets see where this all takes me :coolgleamA:
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