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I'm taking marketing courses and very interested in becoming a consultant someday, helping e-commerce companies with their marketing efforts. However I have little experience in it for now. I want to offer a service that will be low risk for a company to hire me to help them with. Perhaps copywriting for Facebook ads, or writing e-commerce email sequences, or writing product descriptions or managing Pinterest campaigns? Since Im not in the field yet and trying to break in, any suggestions on what I could offer that a client would say "Yes! We need you." I really don't care. I'll empty trash cans if it means I'll be an e-commerce consultant someday. thank you

What are you good at?

TBbrutallyH doesn't sound like anything yet.

However, I do believe most ecommerce vendors could use a lot of help with their item description copy.

They could also often use focus on a target market as well. But there you have the problem that the store owner probably hasn't made any money yet, which means paying you is a toughie. A lot of these peeps throw a bunch of crap up on a templated site and there's no connection...jewelry, tech, some clothing but nothing tying it all together. Who's the target market? Why would they come back? Why would they even buy anything here??!

Anyway best to focus on helping someone who can afford to pay you, right? So look for sites with a tight focus on a subject you are interested in helping with...maybe cosmetics, or tech for geeks, or clothing for new mothers for instance. Check that they have made sales. A lot of these plugins making popups appear in the lower left corner, "So-and-So in Poughkeepsie just bought AAA Diapers!" are absolute fakes...the plugin creators even tell them to display fake notifications to make the store appear busy. So don't give those any credence. Look for legit testimonials/reviews instead.

There are two sides to the revenue equation in any business: Traffic and Conversion. You have to decide which you will help your customers with. I'm a conversion guy, for example: I do not know much about traffic generation so don't offer that as a service. Where do you fit into the puzzle?


Answered 6 years ago

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