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Alright, You started a marketing agency a year ago, and it’s not working. Now, you’re at a crossroads: Keep pushing, pivot, or pack up and get a 9-to-5? 1️⃣ Are You Actually Running a Business or Just Busy? Many agency owners think they’re working hard, but they’re just staying busy, not making progress. Ask yourself: ✔️ Are you getting leads daily? If not, what’s stopping you? ✔️ Have you niched down? “Marketing agency” is too broad. Go deep—e.g., real estate ads, SaaS lead gen, e-commerce growth. ✔️ Are you talking to potential clients every day? No outreach = no business. If your answer is mostly no, then the problem isn’t the market—it’s your execution strategy. 2️⃣ Should You Continue or Quit? If you still have fire in you and believe in the business, pivot, don’t quit. Try new strategies, get mentors, and improve your offer. If you’re drained, tired, and financially struggling, maybe it’s time to pause and gain experience in a job before coming back stronger. 3️⃣ If 9-to-5 is the Move, Where to Start? Go where your marketing skills are valued: 🔥 Sales/BD roles (if you love talking & closing deals) 🔥 Performance marketing (ads, SEO, growth hacking) 🔥 Freelancing (Upwork, Fiverr—start small, scale up) A 9-to-5 isn’t failure—it’s fuel to rebuild smarter. Your business failed? Cool. Learn from it, earn from a job, and return with experience. But if deep down, you still want to make this work—stop waiting. Go all in or step back, but don’t stay stuck.

If you haven't tried email marketing of your work, you should consider that. And if you want help with it, I can show how it's done. And it'll be a favour only, nothing expecting from it.

entrepreneurs don't give up if you give up you'd be end up looser not entrepreneur

you should move on. Harsh truth - A marketing agency is not able to market his own company, how will you market your clients. either switch career path or get knowledge and comeback

i can completely understand your situation. check your other aspects of life like family and personal wealth and then take a decision

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Brother my opinion is Don't go for a job, start another startup and you will get more experience in life. As you see Many entrepreneurs fail their startup but did not give up and started another startup, One Day you gonna be champions but you should be entrepreneur not employ. 😊

Before continuing on your current path, take a step back and reassess your vision. Ask yourself: 'What difference am I making?' and 'What value can I create for others?' However, if you're struggling to create value or doubt your abilities, then it is better to consider building your skills, enhancing your resume, and exploring job opportunities. This will provide valuable experience, which you can later apply to your passion projects or freelancing endeavours.

Don't start a startup to earn but to make some difference. Provide value. There are so many marketing agencies and with better operations, figure out what makes your agency different from theirs and still can't find them suggesting to drop the idea. Utilise your time for something which genuinely has value

don't give up dude, analyse your mistakes, correct that and move on

Get a job. Move on. More ideas will come later.