Should You Hire a Marketing Agency? My Talk with Screws + Stilettos Co-Founders
05/28/24 • 49 min
When Courtney Hurley and Kelly Evans opened their consulting agency, they had a vision of what they wanted: to help business owners who were stuck with a marketing agency that wasn't meeting their needs. The founders of Screws + Stilettos decided to advocate for a bold approach that sidesteps traditional agency dependence through a process of teaching and training clients to do their own marketing.
In this episode, we chat about a gamut of topics related to small businesses, including...
- What it’s like running an agency with your sister
- How to work smarter, not harder
- Where your business needs to be to grow
- Why to stop following your competition
- How to define your brand
- Getting ideas and finding inspiration
- Why their ultimate goal is for their clients to fire them!
- Dealing with marketing overwhelm
- AGILE marketing, and more!
Join us as we cover a myriad of topics related to small businesses and have some fun in the process. Click to listen!
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- Apply to be featured on My Weekly Marketing!
When Courtney Hurley and Kelly Evans opened their consulting agency, they had a vision of what they wanted: to help business owners who were stuck with a marketing agency that wasn't meeting their needs. The founders of Screws + Stilettos decided to advocate for a bold approach that sidesteps traditional agency dependence through a process of teaching and training clients to do their own marketing.
In this episode, we chat about a gamut of topics related to small businesses, including...
- What it’s like running an agency with your sister
- How to work smarter, not harder
- Where your business needs to be to grow
- Why to stop following your competition
- How to define your brand
- Getting ideas and finding inspiration
- Why their ultimate goal is for their clients to fire them!
- Dealing with marketing overwhelm
- AGILE marketing, and more!
Join us as we cover a myriad of topics related to small businesses and have some fun in the process. Click to listen!
- Show Notes
- Apply to be featured on My Weekly Marketing!
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My Weekly Marketing - Should You Hire a Marketing Agency? My Talk with Screws + Stilettos Co-Founders
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I'm Janice Hostager . After three decades in the marketing business and many years of being an entrepreneur , I've learned a thing or two about marketing . Join me as we talk about marketing , small business and life in between . Welcome to my Weekly Marketing .
Janice HostagerDo you need to hire a marketing agency ? Many business owners think
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