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When it comes to sourcing external talent, there’s a time and a place for every type of hire. Learn how Craze stacks up against popular marketing marketplaces like MarketerHire, Superside, Upwork, and Toptal.

When it comes to sourcing external talent, there’s a time and a place for every type of hire. Learn how Craze stacks up against popular marketing marketplaces like MarketerHire, Superside, Upwork, and Toptal.

When you’re starting out as a small business or startup, it can be hard to know how to get your message out into the world. Big corporations get to work with massive marketing budgets — a luxury you don’t have. Other startups credit a million and one different formulas with their success. Consultants all have advice, but it can be impossible to pick out the good advice from the bad.

When you’re starting out as a small business or startup, it can be hard to know how to get your message out into the world. Big corporations get to work with massive marketing budgets — a luxury you don’t have. Other startups credit a million and one different formulas with their success. Consultants all have advice, but it can be impossible to pick out the good advice from the bad.

Marketing can be a difficult task, even when it comes to promoting a well-established product for a well-known brand: you need to be intimately familiar with your target market, aware of the cultural landscape, and able to devote time, cash, and energy to your most effective channels.

Marketing can be a difficult task, even when it comes to promoting a well-established product for a well-known brand: you need to be intimately familiar with your target market, aware of the cultural landscape, and able to devote time, cash, and energy to your most effective channels.

Let’s be honest: if you’re looking to boost your marketing and you don’t already have a robust internal marketing team, budget is probably one of your primary concerns. Whether you need someone to consistently man your social media accounts or a marketing industry professional to launch a new product, you're probably wondering: "What's this going to cost me?"

Let’s be honest: if you’re looking to boost your marketing and you don’t already have a robust internal marketing team, budget is probably one of your primary concerns. Whether you need someone to consistently man your social media accounts or a marketing industry professional to launch a new product, you're probably wondering: "What's this going to cost me?"

Browse through Twitter or LinkedIn, and you'll see examples of them everywhere: one-person marketing teams. Often underpaid and overworked, one-person internal marketing teams generally "wear multiple hats" and "juggle a wide range of tasks." Not only are they expected to keep the company website up to date, but they're also meant to be social media marketing experts, professional photographers, email marketing pros, and content development powerhouses.

Browse through Twitter or LinkedIn, and you'll see examples of them everywhere: one-person marketing teams. Often underpaid and overworked, one-person internal marketing teams generally "wear multiple hats" and "juggle a wide range of tasks." Not only are they expected to keep the company website up to date, but they're also meant to be social media marketing experts, professional photographers, email marketing pros, and content development powerhouses.

Working with a new marketing agency can be an intimidating process. You have deadlines to hit and goals to achieve, and bringing on a fresh, new partner can be just as scary as it is exciting. We’ve all been there. To help ease the nerves, though, I thought it might be helpful to lay out exactly what you can expect when you partner with Craze.

Working with a new marketing agency can be an intimidating process. You have deadlines to hit and goals to achieve, and bringing on a fresh, new partner can be just as scary as it is exciting. We’ve all been there. To help ease the nerves, though, I thought it might be helpful to lay out exactly what you can expect when you partner with Craze.