What business are you shadowing?

Marketing and sales will serve you well. If you want to run your own operation, driving traffic and converting traffic to dollars are going to be the core of your operations outside of delivering the service. If his business has been around for a while, look at ways you can improve his processes and systems. Is he taking orders and invoices on paper? Get invoicing software. Does he spend 2-3 hours doing the same repetitive tasks? Automate it. Is he an expert in something valuable? Create videos around it and start a channel. Is he documenting expenses in a journal? Get a bookkeeping software and do it yourself. Tons of opportunities to learn skills you’ll need when you start your own thing

No more that $50. $15-20 would be the sweet spot. You would also need to add additional features. I’ve offered something similar to clients who I did marketing for, most are too focused on the business to care and will “get to it when they can.” brightlocal is priced around there but offers way more tools around SEO.

What’s type of content are you making for these accounts? Start there. If you have a specific target audiences within your followers, offer a product/service that resonates with them vs some random idea.

If houseplants are the main thing, you might find success in starting a YouTube channel for plant parents on plant care. There are many of these so finding topics or where to start should be simple. Repurpose the content for YouTube shorts, TikTok, and IG.

Set up your website to have eccommece functionalities so people who come across you on socials also have the ability to purchase goods (in person should be more affordable than online as an incentive to visit the brick and motor location and to cover logistics costs)

Look into strategic partnerships with interior designers, real estate staggers, and even landscapers who can help get your products in front of their audience. Offer to advertise their services in your spaces as well.

FB ads can also be extremely affordable at just a few bucks a day and you can target your surrounding area or affluent areas close by where people might be more willing to spend.

Great read Rob, I just shot you a PM

Looking for someone to help me. Interested in chatting. 👍