Marvin Drobes
About
I'm the owner of EarningCoach Marketing, a local SEO and AI lead-gen agency for small businesses.
Experiences
- Owner at EarningCoach MarketingRun a digital agency of nearly 40 people at 74
When my son left for a NYC job, he suggested outsourcing. I had to ask what that meant. Now our team is worldwide.
- Sales manager and investor at Website developmentLost my job, and my son made me his sales manager
He also needed $16,800 to fund it. As I put it, "Daddy became a bank, too." My first client was a dentist I knew.
- Automotive salesHelped take a Chevy dealer's web sales to 73 cars a month
In 1998 a friend pulled me into the car business to start an internet department. We went from 16 or 17 cars a month.
- Co-builder at Network marketingBuilt a network marketing business with my fiancée
Together we grew an organization that brought us a combined income of just under $120,000 a year.
- Stockbroker and manager at Financial servicesWent from new stockbroker to running an office of 11
I made manager within a year and a half, and about a year later the firm gave me my own office.
- Owner/operator at PhotographyTurned my photography hobby into a business
I built a studio, bought a camera store and ran a film lab. Seven photographers shot weddings and portraits.
- Special-education teacher at EducationTaught kids in special education for seven years
My working life began in a classroom, right after college, long before any of my businesses.