Business Owner Tired of Not Getting What They Pay for

A person said that they are tired of paying high prices to marketing firms that are, in their words, "white label resellers." This person thinks that they might even want to start their own firm in order to cut out the upcharging of the middle men. This person added that they recently realized that 75 percent of the marketing agencies they have worked with over the years charged them four times the cost of a tool that they could have used themselves, and that person hardly did any hands-on work. This person feels like a lot of marketing firms are ineffective and overcharge them for little actual work. This original poster feels like those ineffective marketers are holding back their business. They wanted to know if others had the same experience and what they did about it.

One person suggested that this business owner hire local freelancers to do their marketing. The freelancer is going to charge less and do more hands-on work. Even if the freelancer's rate is along the same dollar amount, the business owner will get more interaction and feedback, which will likely result in a better experience for them.

Another person stated that they work for one of those agencies, and the original poster's comments about the upcharging are spot-on. The person added that the only benefit they get is that the agency brings them business. They actually freelance for one of those agencies; they are not directly employed as a full-time or even part-time regular worker, so the agency makes out well because it does not have to pay the person any benefits for the work they do.

A different person wrote back and said that they had gone out on their own and offered this type of marketing service. They said that finding clients is a challenge because as a self-employed person, not only do they have to do their own marketing in order to get clients, but they also have to do the work that they promise. A few others added that they did this, and some of their workers left with clients. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/d86wa5/imtiredofbeingoverchargedbymarketing_firms/.