From Accidental Freelancer to Entrepreneur: How to Face Fears and Grow Your Business
Description
Derrick Anderson shares how he transitioned from a day job to running his own freelance Amazon PPC agency. He discusses the challenges of scaling a business reliant on one person and Robb helps him explore new growth opportunities, like TikTok Shops.
Learn how Derrick plans to take action through learning new platforms and helping clients expand, all while maintaining work-life balance.
Highlights:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Darrick Anderson’s background
04:35 Transition from 9-5 job to freelancing
05:50 Having business owners as customers
08:53 Thoughts on scaling and exit perspective
11:50 The biggest challenge in doubling the business
13:58 Going deeper or wider in developing the service
16:01 The use of custom GPT tools
17:36 Exploring TikTok shops
20:28 Looking into Asian experience
22:48 A leap of faith to create value for a customer
24:16 Consistently adding value and finding pain points
26:00 Actionable steps to double the business
28:25 Advice for people who want to become freelancers
United States
