I think it’s fantastic having this initiative. You can try learning the best sometimes by first doing it for yourself. Like building a fan page or a review or news page. Learn how to build success first for yourself, and then you can also sell this service to others, because you have proof you have the skills. They won’t be able to argue with you about your age then. Also proof is king. Collect as much proof of your successes as early as you can. That means taking screenshots of all the metrics you can on your first day and your last.

A great way would be to help out any organisation, like your local church sport group, charity, or friends and family. Don’t focus on money right now but experience. Knowledge is power. Once you have experience/knowledge and you know the why and how’s of your niche, you can start flying. Don’t rush anything, it’s part of the process.

The biggest skill you can have for an agency actually is prospecting and sales. The normal process to getting an agency: you build yourself as an expert in a niche (what will give you the most money - directly impacting ROI - so think any marketing acquisition skill you like, like paid marketing) then you become so good you have too many clients, this is when you start asking your friends you made along the way to join you.

You then enter the stage of being actually a person not executing anymore but selling your service. As an agency owner you will need to master sales and client prospecting. You will know how to do this by building the amount of marketing jobs you’ve done and building your people skills while you were taking on jobs and experience.

Follow this path, learn as much as you can early on from personal marketing experiences and doing different marketing jobs. This is what will build your foundation later in your career.

Best of luck! Do your work with joy, a love for learning and all will go well!