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New to digital marketing, looking for resources
Hi, new to digital marketing as well as a long-time Reddit lurker. I am writing here because I feel somewhat stuck and the anonymity of Reddit is the most appealing to discuss.
I have been working at an agency for almost a year now after a complete career shift in my early-ish 30s. I am learning some of this somewhat fast and have a resource where I am at but really there is only one person I have to ask 100% of my questions. I read all of the blogs (backlinko, ppchero, hubspot), use all of the tools (Ahrefs, SEM Rush, Moz, Screaming Frog, etc.) and am in all the Facebook groups for help. My current position does offer me the rare opportunity to actually work on accounts. However, being new to all of this (PPC, Social, SEO, Web Dev) I just find a lot of it all overwhelming and as if I am not fully comfortable in any of it.
I have considered the freedom this career path will give me and that was part of the draw to it, however, it does seem to be very saturated as well and at times like freelancers are just trying to get something steady to get a paycheck. I guess I am just looking for insight, or direction on your experience in this space. How did you start? Is it a profitable/flexible field? do you prefer freelancer over agency? Really anything you may have insight on.
Sorry for the ramble and I appreciate anything helpful.