1st year as a marketer: excited. 5th year as a marketer: exhausted. Year 12: bra
By Jeremycommerce · November 5, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
1st year as a marketer: excited.
5th year as a marketer: exhausted.
Year 12: brands pay me for my perspective on LinkedIn.
For a lot of these years, my experience only paid me one way.
Through whoever employed me.
Then I got laid off days before 2025.
I had little savings and no backup plan.
So I got serious about sharing what I knew on LinkedIn.
Real work from Shopify growth. Email, ads, SEO. What actually worked for brands.
I wasn't trying to go viral. I just kept showing up.
Over the last year that turned into 1.4M impressions.
Now I have 3 to 6 steady paid brand partnerships... bringing in up to $5k/mo.
Crazy thing is, I think more marketers should be doing this.
You already have the experience.
You just need to learn how to package it, build an audience, and create opportunities that don't depend on your 9-5.
So I put everything I did into the LinkedIn Growth Playbook for Marketers.
It's free. Grab it here: https://lnkd.in/dYVWnbNB