Each path uses similar skills but feels completely different day to day. Understanding the differences early saves years of drifting.
Agency and Freelance
You serve several clients at once, switch contexts often, learn fast across many stores and are judged on results and communication. Income depends on winning and keeping clients. You need sales, scoping and account management skills as well as marketing skills.
In-House
You go deep on one brand, work with product, operations and finance colleagues, and see the long-term effects of your decisions. Income is usually more stable, but your scope depends on the company's size and priorities.
Affiliate
You build your own content property and earn commissions when readers buy through your links. You control the work, but income is uncertain, depends on traffic you build over time, and is exposed to program and search changes you cannot control.
Action Step
Write one paragraph describing a typical week on each path and rate how much each appeals to you from 1 to 5.
Deliverable for this module
Download the Career Path and Portfolio Workbook (PDF) and complete the section for this module. It is also available in your account under Downloads.
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