Questions to Ask Your Marketing Agency
Before You Start Interviewing Marketing Agencies Consider..
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There are obvious pros and cons to outsourcing your marketing. Including lesser HR costs, nimble project management & authentic brand identity.
A perfect marketing partner should not place your organization in a one size fits all box. Your partnership should clearly outline the approval process, the time needed & how resources will be distributed.
Read more about how we do this at Creative DSM: https://youtu.be/G5cFF3B6gKo
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This is an important factor to discuss in your discovery meeting. Each side of the partnership should have clear outlined responsibilities.
We find in most situations it is beneficial to add photography and video services into your outsourced marketing mix.
An efficient photography process should include a pre-planned shot list, and a prop request for the shoot.
Learn more about how we handle this at Creative DSM: https://youtu.be/U3e2JMVBk5U
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Though there may be upfront savings to working with a freelance individual, working with a team allows for a larger library of resources for a full package marketing strategy.
At Creative DSM, we keep our team small & intimate so that each client has multiple resources that know the brand.
Learn more about our thoughts here: https://youtu.be/xh1YohnDPHY
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While the onboarding process is much easier for a niche’d marketing agency, you may find a lack of originality versus your competition.
When interviewing your future agency, ask questions about how they will portray your unique brand and industry expertise.
Learn more about our take here: https://youtu.be/e2xvZjSIW1s
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The key: your marketing must be an investment that encourages a return; therefore marketing is not an expense.
When you interview the right team, it’s important to evaluate how fast you need to see results, and how much that means that you can invest.
Learn more about Creative DSM’s take here: https://youtu.be/pPUv9uNdres
What to Outsource to a Marketing Agency
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Custom Website Builds
Whether it’s rebuilding your website or starting from scratch, we can help with SEO focused content, CRM setup, funnel building and so much more.
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Staff Augmentation
As we are an outsourced marketing agency, you won’t have to worry about hiring any other staff for the work you need done—we do it all in-house.
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Marketing Analytics
Gaining better knowledge on your social and web analytics can help determine any fixes necessary. We also provide pay-per-click analytics and campaign audits to meet your needs.
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Content Generation
Our team is equipped with skills like keyword focused blog writing, social media and photography to reach a unique approach for your company—without extra work from your team.
What Makes Creative DSM the Right Choice?
Spoiler Alert: We show our work, and are proud to provide human led analytics.
Here at Creative DSM, data collecting is our forte. With weekly interactions to your business's analytics, we can manually go in and edit areas that may be lacking or needing improvement.
Beyond just testing our marketing methods, and proving ROAS (return on ad spend), our clients rely on us to provide pertinent information to make business decisions.
For instance, we have assisted in providing search information that has led to new profitable sectors of business, and also provided investment analytics for association sponsorships.
During our discovery call, we'll discuss these benchmarks, and make some suggestions on what we would recommend to watch for your unique organization goals.
So if data-driven creativity is what you’re looking for, let’s talk and see if we’re a good fit!

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