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
If you have no experience few people are going to even consider paying you money to assist their business - that is a simple reality you will need to overcome.
Look for internships with marketing firms that have ecommerce departments. Read every book you can find on the subject too. If you know any consultants in the field ask them if they they need help with anything or would be willing to mentor you.
If you have any relevant skills (you mentioned copywriting) you could offer lower than market prices to smaller firms to start building a reputation while learning the business from the inside.
Starting out is always hard but you sound enthusiastic which is good. Learn all you can and accept you'll make mistakes and not get a lot of recognition to begin with and you'll be on the right path.
Answered 6 years ago
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