At the age of 24 I have finally landed one of the major goals I set earlier in life. I started my own business, MediaorTech (Mee-Dee-Or-Tek). It’s the main reason I have been so MIA from the Online Marketing World – the rest is for another day.
MediaorTech focuses on Multimedia and I.T. Consulting specializing in Online Media and Marketing. Now you may be thinking that’s pretty broad, covering a wide range of things and you couldn’t be more right. When I set out on my first mission, it was to teach people Internet Marketing without the Guru hype. The idea was derailed over the summer with some bad luck and an increase in my school workload.
Well as of September I was offered a temporary full time “job” for a medium sized company just outside my hometown. It was more of a consulting gig than anything. When I got to their offices to talk business, I soon realized they needed more than just a web designer.
They were asking me to create:
- Offline print media
- Online media including flash videos and digital flyers
- E-blasts for their mailing lists
- Run their PPC campaigns
- On top of that manage their website.
A smile slowly grew from ear to ear.
As much as I wanted to look them in the eye and tell them that they are looking for super-man and pump up my own tires. I kindly replied, “not a problem at all”. When I saw the amount of work that was needed, I decided it was my chance to take the leap.
I dropped out of my last year at school after completing 5. I registered for a business, got all my tax numbers and accounts in line and set the sails for my journey.
Since then business has been strong and with great results word of mouth travels fast. In addition to managing companies “online bubble”, I’ve picked up many jobs creating websites for small business startups (mainly real-estate brokers). That is how a landed on such a broad business, there was just so much I could do and with no work lined up, you’ll do whatever you can to keep the green flowing in.
Now that things are going smooth I am beginning to move back into the Online word as my main passion is in Internet Marketing and Teaching. Slowly the I.T. work I do for small companies will fade out and MediaorTech will mold towards a full online solution for small to mid-sized businesses.
Robert is 24 years old with a little over 3 years experience in Internet Marketing. While still very successful, he takes a different spin on Marketing by cutting out all the crap he dealt with to get to where he is. Hopefully he (I) can share that with others. - I love writing in 3rd person :)