I Tried SMMA For 5 Years (My Experience)

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Over the last 5 years I’ve built my marketing agency to 7 figures.
Today I recorded a video to explain my experience in the process, alongside what I learned during the journey.
This video contains instructions on how and where to start, what you need to start and also how to get clients and start making sales.
I hope you find it helpful - if you do, consider subscribing!
Thanks,
Charlie
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[@SagarSood]

definitely one of my favorite videos on your channel...very raw and brutally honest

[@DestyMedia]

Take notes of everything. Currently starting my agency. I will keep you guys updated, thanks for this.

[@oidipous1464]

Hyd lad

[@realmarkoknezevic]

Hey

[@DestyMedia]

@@oidipous1464 Started an agency of software development, got my first client for 2k, currently building a pro website, I keep going.

[@kubakubiczek]

Wow. You're such an incredible character Charlie. It's so funny that after so much 'negativity' that it will suck and I WILL want to quit, it's actually extremely motivating. How do you keep your mind clear? I mean I am used to working 16 hours a day but I also know that with many issues I will just drive myself insane. How do you keep balance between dealing with all of that and keeping your sanity? :)

[@kubakubiczek]

Ohhhh and one additional question - how do you scale the business in Europe? In USA they have millions of companies speaking the same language. In here it's tricky - do you hire translators for foreign markets? Or do you work only with British clients?

[@otyllo]

polakom się kurwa nie odpowiada z zasady xdddd na co ty chłopie liczyłeś :D

[@otyllo]

Tak serio, to facet rzeczywiście robi wrażenie typowy intj. Jak człowiek chce zrozumiec w pełni jego mindset i metody, to trzeba mu oddać dosłownie boski szacunek

[@fp1517]

This is the type of video that actually provides value. No blabla and then buy my course, just pure value. Thanks a lot!

[@ethannweng]

Thank you for being honest. WE want more content!! Love this video

[@charliemofficial]

You got it!

[@arshquraishi7856]

Sublime Charlie. I'm amazed by how genuine you are dude. No BS just hard hitting facts in the videos.

[@erictailey24]

"If you ACTUALLY want it, then you WILL get it"... Well said 💯

[@jewelrybusinesslab]

This is easily one of the best video I have seen on agency experience.

[@charliemofficial]

thanks mate

[@PerspicaciousIndividual]

great video

[@linkward]

The Real Life One Punch Man サイタマ 🤯

[@NikaashExplores]

honest to the core... thanks for making this kind of video ... thank you

[@Austin.McInnis]

Insane value, thank you so much Charlie

[@dylancollins3039]

Your posts come in clutch thank you Charlie

[@tricktrock2252]

I love your philosophical aspect sm keep on these bangers coming

[@jamesgyamfi1441]

One of the realest videos about smma thanks

[@ahsanwagan]

This video is so good, almost feels like a rare stone

[@peterthewineguy]

Thank you for making this, really is incredibly helpful.

[@WerSony]

Love your content, big insparation!

[@jabrilabdullaahi6029]

Great vid, Can you make a video on getting more positive replies from cold email and if having calendar links in emails is a good idea. Thanks

[@charliemofficial]

sure will add it to the list!

[@mordecaimay125]

Most underrated smma KZbin channel out there

[@charliemofficial]

damn! thanks

[@mordecaimay125]

@@charliemofficial you do like any mentorship?

[@mordecaimay125]

@@charliemofficial you do like any mentorship?

[@peter.nguyen]

Really good video! Raw and powerful!

[@charliemofficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Locky-]

this video is a fkin gold mine, ty for this

[@coachingconfidant2785]

I have the same passion. I goto the gym a lot and obsessed with it, and also martial arts. I was thinking gyms would be really competitive though

[@demainor]

This is absolutely brilliant 👌 I have so many questions

[@keaganvr]

excellent video thanks dude!

[@tricktrock2252]

sm value in this video thanks Charl

[@Adib_Baroudi]

This a damn good video thank you bro

[@loyisoluthuli5393]

Thank you, I needed this

[@charliemofficial]

No problem 😊

[@evandawson]

My younger brother across the pond 👊

[@anakiem1454]

Kickass Video man

[@charliemofficial]

thanks :)

[@keartan]

Going to be unsub'ing from some of the big smma ytrs we all know and don't love so much. This is actual value, thank you. Unlike the others peddling the "this is easy, buy my course, earn £10grand next week" story.

[@charliemofficial]

:)

[@faustaskersys2044]

Another great video, quick question, I've watched your videos and have a great offer as an initial cold email, I'm struggling to come up with follow ups for it without just repeating myself, any advice? Cheers

[@charliemofficial]

repeating yourself is kinda the goal :)

[@SAMIR-consulting]

the most honnest one on SMMA

[@charliemofficial]

:)

[@max1232]

why do i feel like immediately you said $997..iman gadhzi came to my head

[@charliemofficial]

lol

[@adubdigital]

I needed this. Thank you so fucking much.

[@Juan-yy5op]

Very valuable video. And if u don’t mind me asking. How early on into the journey should we think about outsourcing work? Or even hiring assistant or closers & stuff??

[@charliemofficial]

only once you have too many clients and can't take on more. e.g. don't outsource sales til' you have too many sales calls and can't take any more. only outsourcing client delivery once you have too many clients

[@Juan-yy5op]

@@charliemofficial thanks for the reply. I just subbed 🤞

[@lakzerk2344]

​@@charliemofficial what if you're new ans have little experience with smm services would it be better to out source then?

[@daandrogtrop]

Banger

[@jayden7951]

Hey Charlie, why would you not recommend a dentist niche? I really want people to get their smiles fixed, as I know what it feels like to be insecure about it.

[@charliemofficial]

too difficult to contact the decision maker without ads

[@jayden7951]

@@charliemofficial Thanks for the reply!

[@KlutchFitt]

intelligent lad we got here u deserve 100k subs for eal lol

[@charliemofficial]

thanks man :) after a few years of consistency :)

[@Jonathan-eh3nz]

Great video, how much should you charge clients for monthly retainers when you start out?

[@charliemofficial]

whatever you feel is fair & have confident delivering on.

[@Jonathan-eh3nz]

@@charliemofficial Okay, how much did you charge your first client?

[@James_m7]

@@charliemofficial But if you were to charge a client $2000/M US. for Facebook ads, how much should you spend on the ads and what do you tell the clients the amount of leads/traffic they will get? thanks!

[@harshh62]

15:28 💯🔥

[@lanavortic124]

Gold

[@Darija_Institute]

thanks!

[@samir.ebrahim]

I started an agency for gyms as well, I've been struggling for 2 months to get a client, I'm losing faith and I don't know if I should change my niche

[@charliemofficial]

2 months is nothing. lose faith after 2 years of no clients.

[@samir.ebrahim]

@@charliemofficial will keep that in mind

[@stinkystinkystinker]

Hey Charlie. I'm really interested in the smma business model but I'm not sure what skills I should learn before starting. I don't know anything about marketing or Facebook ads. You could think of me as essentially a newborn baby in this field lmao. Do you know of any resources which can help me?

[@charliemofficial]

go watch my story video mate, explains what skills i developed first. main thing is to learn accounting and sales and everything else will take care of itself.

[@ronniegladden7387]

the truth -- finally! starting a business is not easy lol

[@charliemofficial]

lol it sucks!

[@ronniegladden7387]

@@charliemofficial 😄

[@deanayer8514]

I really wish more people were honest about this and could describe 5 years of effort, there are a million videos about how to make 10k/month in 30 days going from clueless to some "big dog" with 2k KZbin followers and they are 18 years old and they have it all figured out, then 2,000 young people with zero experience in either real world marketing, sales, business, or online anything waste six months of their lives. My advice - get some real world agency experience before ever attempting this, this is no knock on Charlie, I could write this comment on 50 different KZbin channels - can this all be done? yes, can anyone do it sustainably without some real world background? 90% of the time the answer is NO.

[@charliemofficial]

cheers :)

[@lukasg9031]

Why not do all the business negotiating and then once you have a client, hire someone do to the actual marketing for you??

[@deanayer3822]

@@lukasg9031 you can but how do you handle questions about the process, about why you're better at it than everyone else, how do you know who you are hiring is any good at it? There are a lot of moving parts here. At a minimum you should teach yourself how to do a decent job of what you are going to farm out so you know what you are really talking about. You would be a lot more successful if you first became the person you are looking to hire to do the work then you can start out by doing it yourself.

[@lukasg9031]

@@deanayer3822 totally agree! You can’t just hire contractors but don’t know anything about advertising or how social media works. Without a doubt you musts have knowledge in marketing. More of What I’m saying is once you understand marketing and how social media works, etc, it wouldnt hurt to hire contractors so you can put more time and energy into the business/sales side of the agency and let the contractors do the advertising work for you.

[@malikibarra4015]

this was great

[@charliemofficial]

thank you Malik

[@Renj2b]

I see he’s crying at 3:54, isn't it?

[@v-hypertopic7757]

I don't want someone who's gonna sell me a dream I want the harsh truth but in reality it seems dumb to believe optimism and logical to believe exaggerated pessimism

[@planetarynebulainvader7176]

W video my G! Genuine wisdom it is🫂🤌

[@1734-Jason]

Where's all the money gone

[@Eliaskadri]

Hey charlie , what niche are you in right now ? And before ?

[@charliemofficial]

sold my agency, was in the gym niche.

[@kaizer6771]

@@charliemofficial bro this video is absolutely amazing man. Thank you so much❤💪

[@truezeroe]

I apprectiate you bro.

[@charliemofficial]

Always

[@xx_faze_rolf_xxl4029]

I like this video, but at the same time on other vids you say its easy cause if you reverse engineer its only 75 emails a day etc to make £20,000 within one year in the worst case with bad sales and outreach statistics I'm not the kind of person who believes this is "easy", I'm prepared to do a very large amount of consistent hard work, so long as I know its possible within a reasonable timeframe. Just a bit confused cause in this vid u say its extremely hard but in another vid you say its easy - i guess context really matters.

[@hamzarafia4714]

may i know why u dont recommend working with dentists?

[@charliemofficial]

too hard to reach decision maker via cold methods.

[@zbdsgvb]

August 2023

[@dylancollins2141]

Why’d you sell your agency if it’s so easy

[@charliemofficial]

got an offer too good to refuse & we wanted a way to buy focus. while it didn't require much management, there were still problems that arose with it & team members still needed managing. our other business is more profitable and scaleable, so we want to focus on that. good question!

[@romeo4079]

You literally sell a high ticket item, you’re no different than anyone else and you don’t really have a SMM agency