Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Justin Day. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Justin, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today How do you feel about asking friends and family to support your business? What’s appropriate, what’s not? Where do you draw the line?

When starting a business … reach out to everyone and anyone!

Family, friends, random businesses, influencers – literally everyone, reach out to them and offer your services/product for free to get started.

This is how Day by Day Digital was born.

Well, actually let’s back up a bit …

Justin Day’s creative marketing and SEO career began in college when he started an event company with his friends. He was tasked with creating flyers and driving awareness of events every weekend throughout Texas State University. As soon as he started playing around with photoshop and guerilla marketing, he was bit by the entrepreneur bug.

Fast forward post-college, Justin went on to work for his Moms marketing agency where he started out as a project manager learning the ins and outs of how a marketing agency works.

This was a great place to start, but Justin was never meant to be a project manager and knew that he was destined to be a creative of some sort but just didn’t know what that looked like yet.

Then … one Christmas party (by Luxury Bar) changed it all …

Justin hired a videographer to film and edit his legendary Christmas party but as fate would have it, the videographer did not have time to edit the video so he took it upon himself to edit the video where the creative spark exploded.

He thought to himself, “This is fun, I could do this for my own parties and maybe others”.

So what did Justin do? He bought a camera, learned how to edit, and filmed his own videos then BOOM … friends and family started reaching out to hire him for their own events.

Not only did Justin now have a side hustle, he was also filming & editing for the agency working with big brands and gaining experience at a fast pace.

Now that his portfolio was growing, he knew he had to market himself for more potential work to see where this could go – so, what did he do? He hopped on YouTube to learn how to build websites with WordPress and the next phase of his career took off like a rocket.

After a year or so of grinding through projects and learning by trial & error, Justin was able to build websites, film & edit videos, animate cinema ads, audio mix radio ads, and much more.

His moms agency eventually closed its doors so Justin had to make a decision … go somewhere else or start his own agency.

He went for it and started his own agency where Day by Day Digital was born.

He reached out to everyone in his network offering free videos, websites, photography – anything to get the buzz out about the new agency and never looked back.

Justin quickly learned that when you leverage your family & friends network to start a business, you never know what doors will open and what opportunities come next.

The power of word of mouth is undeniable.

Day by Day Digital has now been open for over 5 years with 8 employees all from family & friends word of mouth.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Day by Day Digital is a full-service marketing agency based in Dallas, Texas partnering with small – medium-sized businesses all across the United States.

We specialize in personalized digital marketing for local & national businesses, with a focus on getting businesses on the first page of Google through, search engine optimization (SEO), Google review marketing, strategic content, and digital strategy.

Our quality of work and attention to detail + lightning-fast communication is what sets us apart from others.

In addition, we pride ourselves on moving at the speed of light while executing strategic deliverables like SEO & SEM, website design & development, internal image/video library content creation, and anything else our clients need … they come to us for answers.

When you combine our quality of work, speed of success, and pricing tailored for businesses of all sizes – you’ve got a winning formula that our clients can’t get enough of.

If you’d like to learn more about my company visit: DaybyDayDigital.com

Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?

Word of mouth has been by far the most effective strategy for growing Day by Day Digital.

While word of mouth is free from a cost perspective, it is earned over years of grinding and producing high-quality work.

So how do you earn word of mouth? Here is how Justin did it.

Going above and beyond with every project, no matter how small or big – clients can be your biggest champions when you exceed their expectations.

This is crucial when starting a business as your brand reputation has just begun.

Pair that with extremely fast communication & transparency, and your word of mouth will spread like wildfire.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://daybydaydigital.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justindaydigital/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justindaydigital/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsloMDD9kd_T2l_SiBXwu0Q

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