I'm a marketer by day and reading this makes me wish I had the time to do some freelancing. An experienced marketer could've laid out a strategy and put it into

I'm a marketer by day and reading this makes me wish I had the time to do some freelancing. An experienced marketer could've laid out a strategy and put it into action, saving him a lot of time and frustration. In the end though, I am not 100% convinced that even the best marketer/sales person would've been able/willing to say: "This isn't going to work out for you. Here's why". Maybe a better lesson to take out of this is not to put all your eggs in one basket. Establish several possible sources of income and be ready to push the pedal to the metal when one them starts getting more traction than the other ones.