- A digital marketing agency is a company that focuses on different marketing strategies that may include SEO, social media, content creation, web development, digital strategy, and more.
- When choosing a marketing agency, you should consider their caliber, credibility, clientele, compatibility, and if they stay current.
- Boiling Point Media is a full service marketing agency that specializes in numerous marketing strategies with a proven track record.
Choosing an advertising agency, aka a marketing agency, is oftentimes either what makes or breaks your business. Alright, that might sound a little dramatic, but the marketing agency you decide to put your trust in is crucial to promoting your business. Creative and advisory services are in higher demand than ever before to make brands popular in their very own way. With that in mind, each company requires different marketing strategies to increase profits as well as reach company goals. Finding the right agency for you is a meticulous and even a sometimes tedious process. Here at Boiling Point Media, we want your business as much as the next marketing agency, but we also want you to really think about the things to consider when choosing a marketing agency and if they align with your company goals. To make that easier for you, we have created this blog of 5 things to consider when choosing a marketing agency.
What is a Digital Marketing Agency?
Before we jump into our 5 considerations, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page of what a digital marketing agency is. A marketing agency is a company that brings together creative minds who focus on different modern marketing strategies that typically include SEO, social media marketing, content creation, digital strategy, and other marketing personalized services. Digital marketing agencies help your brand develop online and provide insight to visible returns via the strategies and campaigns specific to your company.
5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Marketing Agency
Here are 5 things to consider when choosing an agency put together by an agency. We have created this guide of the 5C’s in choosing a marketing agency.
1. Caliber
Caliber, with the definition of being the quality or level of ability of something/someone, might be a far stretch to referring to your company’s goals, but hey we’ve made it work! Defining your goals is one of the most important parts in choosing an agency. Preferably before choosing a marketing agency, you need to have a clear understanding of what it is that you want to achieve within your company through an agency. Identifying internal company needs will make the process of choosing an advertising agency easier in the way that you’ll understand why you want to hire them.
2. Credibility
A company’s credibility determines its authenticity. When looking for an agency, the majority of it is research, research, research. We’re talking about deep dives of past records and even the details of their current and past clients. Typically if a marketing agency is very upfront about their clients, current projects, and even awards they’ve won, it’s a safe bet that they know what they’re doing.
3. Clientele
Like we mentioned above, the best way to learn more not just about marketing agencies, but about any organization is to look at their clientele. A business’ clientele can tell you a lot more about the company than their credibility, though. It can also tell you their level of organization, expertise and/or experience, management skills, dedication to clients and a number of other factors. Typically high-end businesses migrate towards well-known and popular agencies, but that might not be the case for you. Besides, this isn’t the only factor to consider in deciding what’s best for your company. We recommend that you choose an agency that has a similar client base as your company.
4. Compatibility
The need for compatibility is an often overlooked factor in choosing a marketing agency. It’s important to meet in person at least 2 times because the first meeting might not be obvious if you’re compatible or not. Think about if your business holds similar values, missions, objectives as yours. Putting compatibility at the forefront of your search will greatly benefit your decision.
5. Current
The digital marketing world is constantly changing due to algorithm updates, new brands emerging widening the playing field, etc. If your marketing agency is falling behind what’s current, then your company risks a terrible plummet. When choosing a marketing agency, it’s necessary to think of long term-plans in abilities to stay current in the trends.
Boiling Point Media Marketing Agency
Boiling Point Media is a full service agency located in the heart of Oklahoma City. We have worked on a multitude of projects, big and small for a large variety of companies. In our creative playground, we have the knowledge and expertise that is sparse in today’s fast-paced technology filled industry. With our clients we take transparency and trust to the next level with our monthly reporting and personal account managers. We have over 20 different services including email marketing, social media marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and web design. We would love for you to come see us or give us a call to discuss how to reach your company’s boiling point.