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Have you ever bought digital services from marketing agencies/freelancers?

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Ibra_Bkeeper

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Have you ever bought digital services from marketing agencies/freelancers? If yes, how was your experience? If not, why not?
 
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lookingforadvice

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Whether you are buying from marketing agencies or freelancers the first thing to do is to check their reputation online. If there is nothing available to check then ask them for examples of their work.

In a perfect world word-of-mouth would be the best way to find a marketing agency/freelancer but this is not always possible.
 
Needhelp

Needhelp

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It is very simple, look at their reputation online, look at the work they have done and make your own mind up. You could even use websites such as Upwork to find a long-term freelancer. There are options out there, don't be afraid to use them.
 
Stuart -Yellow Tomato

Stuart -Yellow Tomato

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Deffo - as a freelancer myself it would be rude not to!

To be fair it's been a bit of a mixed bag, some are good, some you can see why they are freelancing - they couldn't get a job anywhere proper!

It's a real difficulty finding a roster of good people I can call on who have the same work ethic.
 
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bizmoney

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I go with reputed agencies. The price is a little too high, but you can get quality service. I read some reviews about them and during conversations, i will judge whether they have real knowledge on the subject
 
Business Upside

Business Upside

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With the rise in marketers, it can be problematic to authenticate who is trustworthy and successful to bring your anticipated results. Depending on what you're observing for agencies can be a great asset to outsource your marketing initiatives since they can produce results at scale and generally are more cost-effective than building out an in-house marketing team.
 
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directtraining

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We have been purchasing some of our digital marketing services from PPH and they seem to been great, find some providers that have good reviews and don't overflood your backlinks just be careful with that. If your business has enough margins then try to hire a professional company. Most UK based companies would generally farm out the work to others in India anyways. For us it was very important that our selective keywords such as forklift training and others were ranking high and to be honest its a process that will take a long time.

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Direct Training
Forklift Training
 
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masonstone

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Have you ever bought digital services from marketing agencies/freelancers? If yes, how was your experience? If not, why not?
hired an ad agency to run facebook ads and those guys were good. had a good experience
 
emailvil

emailvil

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I am in the commodity business; I buy goods in other countries and resell them in the national market at a markup.
 
flyingchris

flyingchris

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Have you ever bought digital services from marketing agencies/freelancers? If yes, how was your experience? If not, why not?
I have purchased services from upwork.com and have done freelancing in the past. My advice is to look at the hourly price of a person, how many ratings they have, and # of successful completed projects to use. If you have longer-term work, you can hire 3 freelancers and give them each 3 small intro projects to see who performs the best.
 
kassyy

kassyy

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I didn`t turn to such marketing services, but, maybe, one day I will. Our small company had problem with customer service because there aren`t enough workers who could do it. We decided to turn to wow24-7.io that we found by chance. They provided proffesional help and they improved our customer service, so I am so pleased to them.
 
HabecoGifts

HabecoGifts

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We have found good freelancers on Fiverr several times. Of course, the rating and comments of previous orders are important.
 
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