Limited market points of view, lack of know-how of new market trends and old-fashioned marketing tools play a part in a poor marketing strategy. If your current marketing strategy is ineffective and you don’t know why or you simply want a fresh perspective, you might want to consider outsourcing. What exactly is outsourced marketing? …
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Content marketing is one of the smartest, most impactful investments you can make in your business—but only if it’s done right. Unfortunately, many businesses don’t understand how to use it, or view it as another way to advertise. While it is part of your marketing and sales efforts, content marketing focuses on building relationships. It’s …
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No business owner has the time and skill to do everything themselves—at least not successfully. So they often look to contractors or agencies for support in areas like accounting, administration, HR functions or marketing. Handing over your company’s marketing to someone else is a big deal. We get that. Maybe you’re not ready to let …
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As expert content creators, Clay Agency has done it all, but we notice time and again that certain content tactics deliver more bang for the buck. Those listed here are our current front-runners based on how well they drive engagement and work to position our clients’ brands as leaders in their industries. Tactic #1: …
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Do you only outsource marketing projects when you have tight turnarounds or need to meet a critical deadline? You may be missing great opportunities to tap into your support agency’s creative brainpower. Seeking their input on creative projects and campaigns may help you: Eliminate Internal Bias Over time, internal marketing groups stop asking certain questions …
The moment you realize that your internal marketing team needs support from an outsourced agency, you have to make important decisions about which agency or agencies to use, which project or campaign you can entrust them with and how heavily you want to rely on them. Here are some tips to help you make those …
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These days, most advertising and marketing agencies claim to have Content Marketing expertise, but many aren’t able to deliver. If you are outsourcing content creation to an external marketing team, here are a few things you’ll want to know: Does the agency use Content Marketing to promote itself? You won’t even have to ask this …
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Many companies decide to create their own active blog marketing blogs, but don’t see the results they expected. Others would like to create a blog, but aren’t sure how to get started. Here’s how to decide if you can create a blog internally or need the help of an external marketing support team: Who Will …
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Some businesses replace their ad agencies on a regular basis. The most common complaint is that those agencies “don’t get” their brands. Often the real problem is in a lack of communication between teams. Before cutting your support agency loose, consider how well internal marketing teams and external support agencies are sharing information. Answer Questions …
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It’s great to have an extra set of hands to quickly produce ads, brochures and other marketing tactics. But for truly integrated marketing support, you should also feel comfortable tapping them for extra creative brainpower and other resources, too. Creative Concepting In our blogpost 3 reasons to outsource creative projects, we talked about some of …
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