﻿{"id":2272,"date":"2021-06-23T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2021-06-30T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:12:56","slug":"in-house-marketing-vs-marketing-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/in-house-marketing-vs-marketing-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Save $170,000 A Year On Your Marketing Team With This Top Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sortlist recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/marketing-survey-smbs-budgets-trends-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021 Marketing Survey on budgets, trends, and inspiration for SMBs<\/a>.\u00a0 We asked almost 500 owners and general managers of small and medium-sized businesses across five European countries for their marketing strategies in 2021.\u00a0 Our goal in this article is to evaluate these trends and whether the intended budgets would benefit from an <strong>in-housing strategy or to seek help from an outside marketing agency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In our findings, we concluded:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The majority of SMBs surveyed are looking to decrease their budgets in 2021<\/li>\n<li>Only 14.8% of SMBS have an adequate amount of employees in their in-house marketing team<\/li>\n<li>Hiring a marketing agency is almost 50% more cost-efficient than an in-house marketing team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pandemic Impact on Marketing Budgets<\/h2>\n<p>Every year, businesses analyse their marketing needs and allocate a budget in hopes that it will cover all costs.\u00a0 In 2021, many businesses have had to plan their budgets differently to deal with potential financial burdens caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A year into the epidemic, only 23.7% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Sortlist\u2019s core market \u2013 Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, and Spain \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/marketing-survey-smbs-budgets-trends-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated that their marketing budgets would increase in 2021<\/a>.\u00a0 With 19.7% stating that no final budget had yet been decided, and 7.4% their budgets would remain unchanged, this revealed that 47% of SMBs surveyed were forced to decrease their spending.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Covid-19 pandemic has shaped marketing investments relatively differently in each country (<strong>read more about it <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/marketing-survey-smbs-budgets-trends-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>), the mode answer of each country was a decrease in budget.<\/p>\n<h2>What do These Budgets Look Like in 2021?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-lI1zh\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"How much are you going to spend on marketing in 2021?\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/lI1zh\/1\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"chart\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Across each of these countries, at least 60% of SMBs are looking to spend between 1001 \u2013 100,000 euros in 2021 with the exception of Belgium (55%) and France (58%).<\/p>\n<p>Between only 4 and 14% of the surveyed SMBs are willing or able to invest over 100,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p>In France, results of their marketing investments for 2021 are directly correlated with the results of the Covid-19 impact.\u00a0 With 60% of French SMBs revealing they were going to decrease their marketing budget, only 4% have a budget higher than 100,000 euros.\u00a0 Additionally, they are the market with the most amount of SMBs looking to spend below 1000 euros with 31%.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands observed the same statistics but in the opposite direction.\u00a0 As the country with the highest percentage of SMBs increasing their marketing budget in 2021 (30%), they are the country with the most amount of businesses budgeting over 100,000 euros (14%) this year.\u00a0 They are also the country with a fewer amount of SMBs looking to spend less than 1000 euros (12%).<\/p>\n<p>With an average of only 7.75% of businesses sticking to the same marketing budget as the previous year, the majority of SMBs surveyed will have to restructure their marketing tactics to optimise their revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses will have to make decisions on whether certain projects will be in-housed or better-taken care of by a marketing agency as part of their financial restructuring.<\/p>\n<p>Which of these two options is both financially accessible and beneficial to a company\u2019s revenue?<\/p>\n<h2>In-House vs Agency<\/h2>\n<p>When a business develops an idea for a marketing project, they have to consider the members of the in-house team that will undertake it.\u00a0 They may already have the necessary human and technological resources at hand within their company, but that is not always the case.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t, they can either build\/expand their department or look into outsourcing the project to an outside agency with all the necessary marketing tools.\u00a0 Nevertheless, having adequate human and technological resources does not guarantee a successful marketing in-house team.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the relative costs of having an in-house marketing team vs hiring a marketing agency.<\/p>\n<h3>In-House Marketing Team<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team.png\" alt=\"in-house vs marketing agency\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team.png 800w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-614x1536.png 614w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-50x125.png 50w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-288x720.png 288w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-576x1440.png 576w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-339x848.png 339w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-678x1695.png 678w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-373x933.png 373w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-746x1865.png 746w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-691x1728.png 691w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-478x1195.png 478w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-516x1290.png 516w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-marketing-team-680x1700.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*estimation of benefits and taxes come from <a href=\"https:\/\/req.co\/insights\/article\/infographic-cost-hiring-digital-agency-vs-house-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">REQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On top of their base salaries, an internal marketing team requires resources such as office space, stationery, adapted technology, and software.<\/p>\n<h3>Marketing Agency<\/h3>\n<p>Within a marketing agency, a team is usually comprised of <a href=\"https:\/\/req.co\/insights\/article\/infographic-cost-hiring-digital-agency-vs-house-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the following members:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency.png\" alt=\"marketing agency\" width=\"2245\" height=\"1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency.png 2245w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-2048x1448.png 2048w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-50x35.png 50w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-288x204.png 288w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-576x407.png 576w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-339x240.png 339w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-678x479.png 678w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-373x264.png 373w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-746x527.png 746w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-691x488.png 691w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1382x977.png 1382w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-973x688.png 973w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1946x1376.png 1946w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1048x741.png 1048w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-478x338.png 478w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-956x676.png 956w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-516x365.png 516w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1032x730.png 1032w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-680x481.png 680w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/marketing-agency-1360x961.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2245px) 100vw, 2245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With a marketing agency, businesses can develop singular projects, or have a working annual contract to work together on a regular basis.\u00a0 They can also pick and choose the various services they wish to hire help for e.g. paid advertising but not brand awareness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Business website <strong>Sisu<\/strong>, these are the average costs for services within a marketing agency in the US:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2278\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am.png\" alt=\"Marketing agency prices\" width=\"801\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am.png 801w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-50x37.png 50w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-288x212.png 288w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-576x425.png 576w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-339x250.png 339w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-678x500.png 678w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-373x275.png 373w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-746x550.png 746w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-691x510.png 691w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-478x353.png 478w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-516x381.png 516w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/screen-shot-2021-04-01-at-10.44.17-am-680x502.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sisu.media\/blog\/how-much-does-a-marketing-agency-cost\">Sisu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>The total average cost in a year, if a company were to require each of these services (one-time marketing strategy and website build): <strong>$258,700<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some agency pricing depends also on add additional costs such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/req.co\/insights\/article\/infographic-cost-hiring-digital-agency-vs-house-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monthly retainer contract<\/a> and additional tools required for research, however, these prices are usually included in the overall service package.<\/p>\n<h2>SMBs in Context<\/h2>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"How many people at your company work full-time in marketing?\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/kHk34\/1\/#?secret=YexX2tZZCU\" data-secret=\"YexX2tZZCU\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The average number of surveyed SMBs with more than 5 full-time marketers within their in-house marketing department was at 14.85% with as low as 11% in Belgium.\u00a0 The most common number of employees working in marketing was three, with yet again the exception of Belgium with 26% of surveyed SMBs responding with only one full-time marketer.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Do Their Human Resources Come From?<\/h3>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Where do the human resources for your marketing come from?\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/X6QWW\/1\/#?secret=V80ll3O8PH\" data-secret=\"V80ll3O8PH\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"585\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, to the number of full-time marketers working in-house, we asked our SMBs where the human resources for their marketing come from.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 50% of all countries responded that their marketing projects come from in-house employees, with the lowest being the Netherlands with 36.5%.<\/p>\n<p>An average of 30% of SMBs use the help of marketing agencies.<\/p>\n<p>With only 14.85% on average of SMBs having the ideal number of employees (5+) working in their marketing department, and only 30% of them requesting help from an outside agency, this means that at least 50% of SMBs are losing some potential.<\/p>\n<h2>Pros &amp; Cons<\/h2>\n<p>The number of employees within a marketing team is not the only contributing factor to a company\u2019s marketing success.\u00a0 Here are the pros and cons on top of cost disparities between having an in-housing team or hiring a marketing agency:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency.png\" alt=\"in house agency\" width=\"880\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency.png 880w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-768x1745.png 768w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-676x1536.png 676w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-50x114.png 50w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-288x655.png 288w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-576x1309.png 576w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-339x770.png 339w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-678x1541.png 678w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-373x848.png 373w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-746x1695.png 746w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-691x1570.png 691w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-478x1086.png 478w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-516x1173.png 516w, https:\/\/www-uk.sortlist-test.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/in-house-vs-agency-680x1545.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What Money Can or Can&#8217;t Buy You<\/h2>\n<p>If we take a look at the pros and cons of both these marketing strategies, we can say that money can buy you exclusivity and control.<\/p>\n<p>If a business has the necessary funds to afford in-housing a team of marketers, they may feel more in control of their projects and finish them faster.\u00a0 However, the end result is at risk of not reaching its full potential due to a lack of experience, tools, and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Hiring a marketing agency may seem like throwing a project to strangers and praying for a safe return, but it\u2019s almost guaranteed to be in good (and even better) hands.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>The Covid-19 pandemic has left a huge mark in the business world.\u00a0 A portion of SMBs have been able to make it through this difficult time, but almost all of them are facing financial hardships.\u00a0 Businesses are having to restructure their marketing budgets and look to different options to ensure results.\u00a0 A marketing agency could be the solution to their problems, with lower cost, and higher work efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a marketing agency, take a look at the variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.com\/explore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sortlist partners<\/a> who are ready to help.\u00a0 We are located in over 80 countries around the world including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sortlist.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sortlist recently published a 2021 Marketing Survey on budgets, trends, and inspiration for SMBs.\u00a0 We asked almost 500 owners and general managers of small and medium-sized businesses across five European countries for their marketing strategies in 2021.\u00a0 Our goal in this article 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