u/Rare_Juggernaut_3631

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essa musica aqui é boa demais

https://reddit.com/link/1tkn99b/video/6hbzlkcwkp2h1/player

Like, everyone has their own reality. For example, I was never really a “gamer,” and i’m not the kind of guy who does a lot of things online. I’ve always been more into watching YouTube, movies, and doomscrolling to forget my problems. But I know there are a lot of different experiences when it comes to lonely people on the internet.

Even so, I can’t help but feel like making friends online seems extremely difficult and unlikely. I’ve basically been a completely lonely person with no friends for around 6 years now, and when I was younger, around 16, and “desperate” for social contact, I tried a lot to make friends online. But nothing ever really lasted. Conversations would die out or people would just disappear.

Eventually I kinda gave up trying and spent years just living like some lonely man of God lmao.

And I sort of came to this conclusion that even though we’re on the internet, where we can meet tons of people with the same interests as us and everything... it still almost never turns into a real, long-term friendship. It’s like it never fully becomes “real.” Like it’s just not possible.

But I don’t know, maybe that’s just my experience. Honestly, I feel like in gaming it’s way more likely for friendships like that to happen, because you kind of “need” the other person. But since I don’t play videogames, that doesn’t really apply to me.

Anyway, I wanted to ask you guys: does this make sense to you? Have any of you had different experiences that turned into something more real or long-lasting?

+ What type of style is that video?

I'm a total beginner in digital marketing, but my mom works for a B2B company that installs air conditioners for other businesses. The company is small and relatively new (only 4 years old), and I've been thinking about whether cold email client prospecting could work for them.

I don't know much about that field yet, but it seems like a possible way for me to get started. What do you guys think?

I'm just getting started, and I've seen a lot of people saying that being a generalist in digital marketing doesn’t really open many opportunities nowadays.

Some people say that becoming really good in a specific niche will make you stand out. Others say something similar, but in terms of skills, like specializing in CRO, SEO, copywriting, etc.

So now I’m confused: is it better to specialize in a business niche or in a specific skill? Are these two completely different paths, or do they somehow come together?

I made a post here in the sub asking for advice (btw thanks a lot, you guys helped me a lot), saying I’m interested in starting a career in digital marketing and that I wanted to learn paid ads.

Most people told me that starting with paid ads right now isn’t the best approach, and that it’s better to first learn other digital marketing skills like prospecting, funnels, copywriting, etc… basically understanding how a business works and how to convert.

I found that interesting, but I’m still kinda confused because everything feels very abstract to me. I’m completely new to digital marketing btw. So here are my questions:

1. How would you actually start? Like, what kind of niche do you think is good?
2. How would you practice in real life? This is one of the hardest parts for me.
3. And after that, how would you get your first clients?

Like I said, everything still feels very abstract and uncertain. I’m a complete beginner, so I don’t really know how any of this works yet.

I’ve also seen people saying in other posts that starting without networking or referrals is extremely hard, and honestly that makes sense to me, especially for questions 2 and 3. Do you agree?

Really appreciate anyone who takes the time to reply 🙏

I was planning to study paid ads and pursue this career path, but I’ve come across some people who started about a year ago and their feedback is extremely discouraging — to the point where they haven’t been able to get any clients or projects, not even for free to build a portfolio.

I’ve also seen people saying that nowadays the best path is to specialize rather than be a generalist. So I started thinking that maybe the best way to begin today is to pick a specific path early on and build a more focused, niche portfolio. But I’m not sure if that’s something you should worry about from the start or only later.

Anyway, the main issue is that I’ve seen cases of people who started recently and haven’t achieved anything, and they’ve been stuck for a long time. I don’t want that to happen to me, so I’d really appreciate any advice on how to overcome this barrier.