Pattie McKenzie
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Hey guys. I’m 24 years old and I feel a bit lost. Not to make this a sob story but I’m from a rough part of my city (British) and had a rough upbringing. For context.
Now I’ve finished university quite a while ago (I think 2023), law degree with a shit grade but I decided (rightfully so) law isn’t for me. I ventured down the MMO space, I started with high ticket dropshipping (September 2023), made about 5k USD revenue in my 5th month but I shut it down because I didn’t feel in control of anything and I was relying on one single product (which coincidentally the supplier later stopped dropshipping). I was also using half of my paycheck in a dead end job to fund my Google ads. It was unsustainable.
I moved into meta ads local lead gen marketing (early 2024) as I wanted to transfer my skills. I bought a highly regarded persons course in the marketing space and I started doing local lead gen. It took a couple months before I got my first paying client. Before that I got some good results for my previous clients (for free) and the snowball effect started rolling. I got fired from my job and renting a room in the central parts of the city so i needed to go all in. I then landed 2 clients in the aesthetics clinic niche (on my birthday hahaha) and although I got paid, they churned quickly. I noticed all of my clients are churning incredibly quickly even though I’m getting them good results (end of 2024). They, like many people wanted money and difference in their business fast. So I decided I’ll switch “niches”. Besides that, I felt like it was a bit too corporate for me since I’ve never worked in that sort of environment, I felt out of place.
This is where it gets wild.
I (mistakingly) saw OFM as a social media marketing “niche” rather than a completely different business model but I took the dive anyway as I was interested in it. I’m a bit rough round the edges so rubbing shoulders with people similar to me didn’t feel out of the ordinary. Plus I was always interested in blackhat marketing (this was at the beginning of 2025). I ended up meeting some really cool people and I made a tiny bit of money relatively quickly which I used to validate this niche/biz model. I ended up getting finessed by one of my best potential clients (she was homeless somehow) and a few weeks after that I finally landed a loyal client to work with. I was mainly doing organic strategies with her (March 2025). But she was an INCREDIBLE pain to deal with. I had to compromise for the sake of money.
What I wanted to do was work with more agency dependant strategies so that’s where I wanted to take my agency. Meanwhile, working with this client we somehow reached 16.2k in revenue but miraculously and just my luck, the OF account got shut down while I was in Bangkok (October 2025). Now I have a few thousand saved and no client. I didn’t want to work with a client I’m too dependant on again because again (just like in dropshipping) I wasn’t in control, this time, I wasn’t even in control of my own paycheck. And trusting an OF model with my money just doesn’t sit right with me (after I got finessed and how difficult this client was). Think of it like this: It’s like loaning money to a gambling addict who’s also good at trading. It’s the exact same feeling. They’re money makers, but if they make you money, when are you gonna get paid?
Now I’ve finished university quite a while ago (I think 2023), law degree with a shit grade but I decided (rightfully so) law isn’t for me. I ventured down the MMO space, I started with high ticket dropshipping (September 2023), made about 5k USD revenue in my 5th month but I shut it down because I didn’t feel in control of anything and I was relying on one single product (which coincidentally the supplier later stopped dropshipping). I was also using half of my paycheck in a dead end job to fund my Google ads. It was unsustainable.
I moved into meta ads local lead gen marketing (early 2024) as I wanted to transfer my skills. I bought a highly regarded persons course in the marketing space and I started doing local lead gen. It took a couple months before I got my first paying client. Before that I got some good results for my previous clients (for free) and the snowball effect started rolling. I got fired from my job and renting a room in the central parts of the city so i needed to go all in. I then landed 2 clients in the aesthetics clinic niche (on my birthday hahaha) and although I got paid, they churned quickly. I noticed all of my clients are churning incredibly quickly even though I’m getting them good results (end of 2024). They, like many people wanted money and difference in their business fast. So I decided I’ll switch “niches”. Besides that, I felt like it was a bit too corporate for me since I’ve never worked in that sort of environment, I felt out of place.
This is where it gets wild.
I (mistakingly) saw OFM as a social media marketing “niche” rather than a completely different business model but I took the dive anyway as I was interested in it. I’m a bit rough round the edges so rubbing shoulders with people similar to me didn’t feel out of the ordinary. Plus I was always interested in blackhat marketing (this was at the beginning of 2025). I ended up meeting some really cool people and I made a tiny bit of money relatively quickly which I used to validate this niche/biz model. I ended up getting finessed by one of my best potential clients (she was homeless somehow) and a few weeks after that I finally landed a loyal client to work with. I was mainly doing organic strategies with her (March 2025). But she was an INCREDIBLE pain to deal with. I had to compromise for the sake of money.
What I wanted to do was work with more agency dependant strategies so that’s where I wanted to take my agency. Meanwhile, working with this client we somehow reached 16.2k in revenue but miraculously and just my luck, the OF account got shut down while I was in Bangkok (October 2025). Now I have a few thousand saved and no client. I didn’t want to work with a client I’m too dependant on again because again (just like in dropshipping) I wasn’t in control, this time, I wasn’t even in control of my own paycheck. And trusting an OF model with my money just doesn’t sit right with me (after I got finessed and how difficult this client was). Think of it like this: It’s like loaning money to a gambling addict who’s also good at trading. It’s the exact same feeling. They’re money makers, but if they make you money, when are you gonna get paid?