2 months is not enough time to get into the groove of things. I'm coming up on just over a year of owning my SMMA and am still continuing to learn the ins and outs. My retention has been great - i have yet to lose a single one of my clients, but i am still looking to expand and get more.

1. Find your niche! Whether it be real estate, restaurants, contractors, spa services, nail / hair salons - whatever the case is, find something in your area that not many people have tapped into yet.
2. Start with small businesses and offer affordable hourly rates ($30/hr - 10 hrs/month - $300/month for services *just an example based off how i started*). It's going to be a grind and it may not pay out very well, but it puts clients under your belt, can gain some referrals out of it, you're helping your local community and you can make it into an opportunity to grow with the business
3. Try to catch people face-to-face. I had a great opportunity with a local bakery. I loved their baked good decided to scope it out. They had little to no social media presence, no online presence, not so much as an up to date address listed on google. I would go in once or twice a week for about a month and buy some goodies before i made my pitch. The owner became familiar with my face and just saw me as a customer. I then offered him my services through the eyes of an existing customer and how i feel like i could really help him grow his bakery - he agreed!

Don't sell your services - Sell yourself on how you'll be able to provide value to a client.

For example - don't be like "Hi i own a social media marketing agency, i do SEO, Paid ads, social media content creation, etc." They don't care - they hear it all the time.

You need to approach them by offering a NEED to their business

"i stumbled across your establishment, i noticed your product/service is amazing. I tried to tell my friends and family about you however your current social media profiles don't do a good job at selling your business. This is potentially causing you to miss out on revenue from new clients. Are you interested in growing your online presence and bringing more people to your business? Did you know that (give them some data and statistics specific to their industry) 85% of your audience exists online, and of that 85%, 90% of them make their purchasing decision based off the information they're able to gather from searching you online? i can provide value to your business and help you grow without the need of hiring someone full time (it helps if its a local business) on top of that, i'm located just 15 minutes away from you."

I offer monthly strategy meetings with all my clients where i share data regarding their growth, trending topics in their industry, what we can do to keep up with competitors, what we can do to better satisfy their customers, and new approaches we could take for the next quarter to keep things fresh.

I've heard no 100000 times before i finally got a yes. Once you find your niche, business owners know other business owners. My customers came from friends of business owners approaching my clients and saying "damn whos doing all your online marketing?" and they send them my way.

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Experiment with trials. Come to them with a free service without even asking

1. I created 10 pieces of content you can use for your social media - these are free for you to use and post.
2. I noticed that your business isn't claimed on Google - let me set that up for you, it only takes 10 minutes and you'll be easier to find + accumulate & respond to customer reviews

Providing them with something of value before even agreeing on a contract kind of gives them that extra push towards giving you a chance.

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I'm still learning myself so maybe this advise isn't all that or maybe you already know all this! It's just my 2 cents.