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Did you know doing Facebook ads for other companies is one of the fastest ways to make money freelancing?
Mike built his own $100k company starting with his own fitness business and then as a Facebook ads freelancer. He now manages several businesses and creates courses so others can earn money doing what he does. He is also a stay at home dad and has big dreams to own and live in a winery.
You’ll love how inspiring his hustle story is!
We also chat about…
- Mike’s background
- How he decided to be a stay at home Dad
- How he started freelancing
- How to get started with Facebook Ads
- His thoughts on FIRE as an entrepreneur.
Enjoy this chat with Mike, and please subscribe to us in iTunes if you enjoyed it!
Show notes and links from today’s episode
- Mike’s website: Laptop Empires
- Bobby’s website: Millennial Money Man
- Their New Facebook Ads for Bloggers Course
- The Facebook Ads Side Hustle course
Key takeaways from our chat with Mike
1 – Doing Facebook ads for other companies is a quick way to make money online
Mike explains his journey as to how he got started doing Facebook ads for local companies. After a ton of experimenting, testing and learning, he could charge good money for getting leads for companies. This means crafting good offers for them, targeting the right markets and collecting the right leads. He now has 3 courses teaching others to do the same.
2 – There are 2 paths to making money online
The first one is freelancing for other companies and the second one is building an audience to sell products to. Mike recommends doing both at the same time as this will pay in the short term as well as the long term. Both bloggers and freelancers take note!
3 – Don’t be scared to charge more
Mike says it really comes down to what you’re confident charging with. However he also says that if you have the guts and hustle to charge what you want, you’ll get the job. He quotes some of his Facebook Ads clients getting their own clients even before they finish the course and one who got a $5,000/month client!
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Caroline says
Hi! Love today’s episode, especially the short detour into what it looks like to be a stay-at-home-dad (something my partner and I are starting to think about). I actually came to the show notes because you mentioned that the Chrome plugin Gwen uses to block facebook ads would be linked here, but not seeing it–so in case others come looking for the same, I rewound and sounds like she is using Social Fixer: https://socialfixer.com/
firedrillpodcast@gmail.com says
Thanks for adding the link!