When you run your own company, each month you will be striving to grow, better your offering and bring in a greater revenue – the more money you bring in, the more you can reinvest and the more profit you can enjoy.
In order to grow, a lot of companies will turn to internal improvements, such as training their staff members, offering rewards to motivate, hiring new staff members to fill additional positions etc, when the alternative method of using external companies, such as an eCommerce Marketing Agency may benefit them and help them grow.
Below we have put together our guide on three benefits of using an external company.
External Companies Can Save You Money
Using an agency to support your work can be cheaper than hiring someone, especially if you don’t require them to be full-time, thus saving you money. A lot of agencies will work on a monthly retainer which will be agreed upon when you take them on. This retainer can be based on one or two days a week of work, alternatively, it can be done through an hourly system of 10 or 20 hours a week of work.
External Agencies Can Save You Time
In the business world, time is money! A lot of companies may be tempted to try to teach themselves certain skills, in order to save them money. For example, you may be tempted to try and learn SEO, instead of using an agency. Learning SEO is a big subject and something that can take years to learn, so by trying to teach yourself it, you are going to have to spend a lot of time. Instead, save that time and use an agency as they will instantly know what to do and how to help as they will be doing the task you require on a daily basis for other companies.
External Agencies Reduce Risk
Reducing risk is very important and the more risk you put yourself under, the more likely you are to fail. External agencies will know a lot about the requirements that you are after and can quickly tell you how much risk is involved and how likely you are to succeed if you hire them. If you went down the route of not using an agency and trying something new, then the risk could be high and you are putting it down to chance as you don’t have experience in what you are trying.
As you can see from the above guide, there are many pros to using external companies at work. There are also negatives that we haven’t covered, which is why it’s important you put a pros and cons list together before deciding what route is best for you. What benefits would you suggest you gain from using an external agency? Which of the above benefits do you most agree with? Is there anything you would like to share that will benefit our readers? Let us know in the comment box below. We would love to hear from you.