Digital marketing has become essential for modern companies. People are spending more time online than they ever did in the past. The internet and the digital world has become a critical part of our lives. Businesses want to get a piece of the action as well.
Companies often start their digital marketing by hiring a single person. That single employee has to do multiple tasks that often leave him exhausted and inefficient.
A single person cannot possibly deliver the results that these companies desire, so they go on to hire more employees and make an entire digital marketing department.
A new digital marketing department will come at a cost, and most of these businesses realize that when it’s too late.
Outsourcing your digital marketing to freelancers or a marketing agency has become popular in recent years. Companies can go beyond the hassle of managing employees and get the job done at a reasonable price.
Here are reasons why you should outsource your digital marketing:
- You save on costs.
Companies can save a lot of money when they outsource their digital marketing. In fact, according to the Global Outsourcing Survey by Deloitte in 2016, 59% of businesses outsource to cut costs.
Not having in-house digital marketing helps you save costs in many ways.
First, you don’t have employees to look after. Paying employees as well as providing benefits and a pleasant working environment comes at a considerable cost. All you need to do is to pay the freelancer or advertising agency, and your digital marketing needs will be taken care of.
Second, these agencies have experience in digital marketing and can (most of the time) execute your marketing campaigns without any issues.
- You get an outsider’s honest opinion about your business.
Having different opinions about your business will help you grow.
A third party will be in a much better position to highlight the areas that your business is currently lacking in and can do better. Having different opinions about your business would help you get a better understanding of how well your business is doing.
Although each business faces a unique set of challenges, great agencies can guide you through tough patches so that your business avoids making common mistakes.
Letting someone give a fresh opinion about your business might not sound like a pleasant experience, but it will help you understand your organization’s shortcomings.
- You have a team of marketers working for you now.
If you end up hiring an agency to take care of your marketing, you’ll probably have a team of marketers, each specialized in a particular area of digital marketing.
There are several aspects of digital marketing, all of which seem to be more important than the other. SEO, content marketing, social media marketing, search engine marketing, ecommerce marketing, email marketing, inbound marketing, the list keeps getting longer. All you need to do by hiring an agency is set goals and sit back and monitor their progress.
If you weren’t outsourcing, individually hiring an expert marketer for just one task would have bankrupted you for sure.
By outsourcing, you’re getting access to several seasoned marketers who know exactly what they’re doing.
- You can truly focus on the core aspects of your business.
One of the most significant advantages that outsourcing can have for your business is that you can focus on your business’s core, vital aspects.
Marketing is a critical business function, but it is one that can be delegated to a responsible third party.
With your digital marketing worries out of the equation, you would be in a much better position to make decisions that would positively impact your business.
Leaders in the business always need to be on the lookout for new opportunities and technologies that could help them excel and grow their business.
- You reduce risks.
Businesses are always on the lookout to find ways that reduce risks and maximize profit for them.
Businesses that aren’t able to effectively manage risks cannot sustain themselves in the long run.
If you are about to start a digital marketing department and hire your first employee, you’re taking a considerable risk, one that may or may not pay off in the future.
Hiring a new employee is a significant risk that most small and medium-sized businesses can’t afford to take. Using a third party to do your work for you might seem to be a little costly at the start, but the payback is much higher over time.
If you outsource your marketing to an organization that is reliable and has relevant experience, you can expect to be comfortably safe from any disasters.
- You get on-demand service.
Another good thing about outsourcing is that you get the service you want, and when you want it for a price that fits well in your budget.
Often companies get assistance from agencies when they don’t have the resources to hire a new employee but have a huge workload that isn’t being managed well by their current team.
Once you get the job done, you can always tell the agency that their services won’t be required any longer and that you’ll contact them when you’d need their help again.
Your customers and online audience also want convenience. Having a live chat app or a chatbot will allow you to provide the same on demand support and service.
The good thing about getting assistance when you need it is that you only need to pay when you use it. If you feel that you can do with less marketing this month, scale down. You can always scale up your outsourcing as you see fit.
- You avoid managing employees.
Managing employees is a time-consuming task. If you’re a small organization, you can still manage employees. But as you grow and expand, managing your employees will get preceding difficult.
With outsourcing, you don’t need to worry about managing people.
All you need to make sure is that your work is being delivered on time.
If you feel that the third party isn’t doing their job, you don’t need to worry. There are thousands of other agencies that can provide you with the level of attention you need.
Outsourcing might seem a bit costly at first, but once you realize the value it brings to the table, you’ll quickly become a believer.
- You get better insights and reports.
Digital marketing agencies work with so many clients on a regular basis that they know what trends and factors to look at.
These agencies work using the latest strategies and can provide your business with meaningful insights.
With better insights, you will be able to make decisions that would minimize risks and help you grow your business.
The reports generated by these agencies are usually of high quality. They highlight the areas where your business has done better, where your business can do better, and previously overlooked areas that, if improved, can have a significant impact on your business.
- You keep up with the latest trends.
Digital marketers need to keep up with the latest trends. If they figure not to upgrade their skill set for a while, they’ll quickly become irrelevant.
When you outsource your digital marketing work to a third party, you can be pretty sure that the people working at these organizations are continually upgrading their skills. By acquiring new skills, they can do their work faster and better.
Staying up with the most happening trends will allow you to capitalize on any and every opportunity that comes your way. Timing a trend is a difficult task, one that takes a lot of experience to get right. Leave it to the professionals, and your business will do alright.
- You have experience on your side.
Digital marketing agencies have several projects that they are working on simultaneously. Due to the sheer volume of projects that they need to handle, the people working at these organizations become experts faster than the employees you would have hired.
If you hired an employee with no prior experience, it would have taken some time to train him and bring his skill set up to an acceptable level.
There is no substitute for experience. Your employees will, without a doubt, get better with time, but unfortunately, you need to get the job done right at this moment.
Outsourcing allows you to skip the whole training part and start the implementation part from day one. A single experienced marketer will prove to be a much more valuable asset for an organization when compared with a whole team of new entrants.
Conclusion:
Digital marketing will continue to be a crucial channel for companies to market their offerings and make sales. As we head towards a more global and connected world, the way we hire resources will change.
