I kept repeating those words to myself day after day.
By this time I was already building websites and basic funnels. I was able to create video and blog content for clients and drive traffic to their websites.
I knew advancing my career as a Digital Marketing Consultant was the answer I just needed more time to figure it all out.
The biggest problem was that I felt like I wasn't getting paid for my work on the strategy side. Nor was I closing enough clients given how much I knew.
Something was really missing as I continued to pursue those elusive $10,000 months.
What I was lacking was a bulletproof process that got me paid what I was worth.
In the early parts of my career as a consultant, knowing how to advise clients was the easy part.
If you know anything about social media, content creation or digital marketing you can bring a lot of value to small business clients and up-and-coming influencers.
I always enjoyed listening to Gary Vee's podcast trying to predict what he was going to recommend.
But for me I always struggled with everything surrounding the actual strategy of digital marketing. More of the business of Consulting. No one ever taught me how to "consult" so it was a bit of a process to figure that all out.
Writing lead surveys.  Conducting discovery calls. Presenting offers. Organizing client data. There is a fair amount to it.  But if it meant I could live and work remotely I knew I'd figure it out.