{"id":37169,"date":"2026-02-03T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/?p=37169"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:42:50","slug":"why-work-with-a-marketing-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/why-work-with-a-marketing-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Why work with a marketing agency?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37169\" class=\"elementor elementor-37169\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62227d06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62227d06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-784fff2e\" data-id=\"784fff2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beefe3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"beefe3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Large or small, there will come a point in most education and edtech companies\u2019 journeys when they will ask themselves a question: what\u2019s the <i>best<\/i> way for us to reach <i>more teachers<\/i>?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f527d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04f527d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>But reaching more teachers is just the destination. A destination that\u2019s determined by a need you\u2019ve identified.<\/p><p>Typically, you have a challenge that needs to be solved (such as wanting higher quality leads), or work that needs to be amplified (such as launching a new product to market).<\/p><p>Whatever it is, it\u2019s an itch you can no longer ignore, because ultimately you want to grow.<\/p><p>You want to grow by selling more product &#8211; and you know you have a good product.<\/p><p>So that\u2019s not the problem.<\/p><p>The problem is you need to <strong>persuade more teachers to trust you and buy from you<\/strong>.<\/p><p>A perfectly reasonable ambition. It almost sounds easy, eh?<\/p><p>You just need to get better at marketing and selling to schools.<\/p><p>The next logical step is figuring out <em>how on earth to do that<\/em>.<\/p><p>We have a saying at Bee Digital: \u201cIt can\u2019t (or won\u2019t) be done without us\u201d.<\/p><p><strong>Let\u2019s break that down \ud83d\udc47<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14729ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14729ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d101122\" data-id=\"d101122\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efee707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"efee707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1) The marketing WON\u2019T be done without an agency\u2019s help AKA \u201cIf you could do it then you would do it\u201d.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0684cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0684cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is often the case with more established brands.<\/p><p>There\u2019s an internal push to be better at marketing your product to teachers but there\u2019s always a million <s>excuses<\/s> reasons why that isn\u2019t happening as fast or efficiently as you\u2019d like.<\/p><ul><li>Growth may be stagnant but you\u2019re too close to the product to come up with fresh thinking and ideas<\/li><li>You\u2019ve got too much else going on to even think about getting sign off on hiring new staff<\/li><li>Your team\u2019s attention is focused on day-to-day marketing tactics and the thought of creating and publishing national marketing campaigns or <a href=\"http:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/after-the-click-why-your-website-has-never-mattered-more\/\">re-building the website<\/a> gives you the shivers<\/li><\/ul><p>But often the problem boils down to this: you always find yourself <em>chasing<\/em>, rather than <em>leading<\/em>, a marketing strategy.<\/p><p>And it\u2019s super unsatisfying.<\/p><p>The truth is you <em>need<\/em> to pass the problem on to someone else or it won\u2019t ever happen.<\/p><p>A partner who knows what they\u2019re doing, has proven form, and can execute.<\/p><p>That\u2019s the moment you realise it WON\u2019T happen without an agency.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb43812 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"cb43812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.5.2 - 28-11-2021 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary blockquote.elementor-blockquote{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;outline:0;font-size:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;quotes:none;border:0;font-style:normal;color:#55595c}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote:after,.elementor-widget-blockquote 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.elementor-blockquote__author,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote footer{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cIt is more cost-effective (to hire an agency) than hiring an employee (benefits, vacation, sick days, etc).  Basically, you are hiring a pro at a lower rate than hiring an entry-level person.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Databox, <a href=\"https:\/\/databox.com\/when-to-hire-a-marketing-agency\">When to hire a marketing agency<\/a><\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a88bf54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a88bf54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17c0048\" data-id=\"17c0048\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-440ad57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"440ad57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/illustration-of-teacher-facing-pressure-to-buy-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24352\" alt=\"Teacher facing the pressure to buy edtech product - Bee Digital - Marketing agency to schools\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/illustration-of-teacher-facing-pressure-to-buy-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/illustration-of-teacher-facing-pressure-to-buy-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/illustration-of-teacher-facing-pressure-to-buy-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/illustration-of-teacher-facing-pressure-to-buy.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9804b44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9804b44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2) The thing CAN\u2019T be done without an agency\u2019s help AKA \u201cYou\u2019d love to do the marketing but everything\u2019s against you\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7769cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7769cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This often effects start up and scale up companies.<\/p><p>Younger companies often lack in-house expertise, capacity, experience, and skills to deliver a cost effective growth marketing strategy.<\/p><p>It\u2019s also common to have little or no access to the right marketing stack.<\/p><p>And, ultimately, that ol\u2019 bug bear: no time.<\/p><p>Maybe you have a great product, which is selling pretty well. Possibly you have budget set aside for spending on advertising. Perhaps you have built up a passionate community on social media.<\/p><p>So far so good. But who\u2019s going to manage growing all that? Stitching it all together under a proper marketing strategy?<\/p><p>The obvious answer is to hire a Marketing Manager, right?<\/p><p>But you might wait months to find the right candidate.<\/p><p>And then you\u2019ll be asking them to do creative, build adverts, post to social media, write copy, manage a budget, organise a strategy, track data, support GDPR, and so on. Waaay more than one person can effectively do.<\/p><p>So now you have to hire 2-3 people. And now your budget has to cover 3 salaries + costs. Every month. Even if they don\u2019t perform.<\/p><p>So you delay the hiring decision. You double down on more product features. You punt out more blogs, a post or two on Linkedin, some amusing team photos to your Instagram.<\/p><p>Maybe you look at recruiting a sales person.<\/p><p>And marketing kind of\u2026dribbles along.<\/p><p>You\u2019re at an inflection point, where you can\u2019t justify lots of new marketing hires, but you don\u2019t want to lose momentum.<\/p><p>That\u2019s the moment you realise it CAN\u2019T happen without an agency.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1774ca7 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"1774ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHiring an inbound marketing specialist, a content producer, editor, social media manager, PPC specialist, and graphic designer gets expensive fast. Even if that is out of reach for your smaller business, when you hire a marketing agency, you can still get the benefits of all that experience and all those skills - for about the cost of one employee.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Hubspot, <a href=\"[https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/insiders\/should-i-hire-a-marketing-agency](https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/insiders\/should-i-hire-a-marketing-agency\">Should I hire a marketing agency?<\/a><\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-748dc08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"748dc08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ccb79\" data-id=\"74ccb79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1f002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b1f002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/happy-person-holding-a-marketing-strategy-sign-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17859\" alt=\"Happy person holding up a marketing strategies sign - Bee Digital Marketing to schools\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/happy-person-holding-a-marketing-strategy-sign-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/happy-person-holding-a-marketing-strategy-sign-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/happy-person-holding-a-marketing-strategy-sign-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/happy-person-holding-a-marketing-strategy-sign.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585df8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585df8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it time to hire an agency?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f31b4e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f31b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hiring an agency is rarely about handing over control. It is about admitting reality.<\/strong><\/p><p>At some stage, growth demands more than good intentions and half-finished plans.<\/p><p>It needs clear thinking, consistent execution, and people who wake up every day focused on marketing rather than squeezing it in between everything else.<\/p><p>For some organisations, marketing will not happen because they are too close to the product, too stretched, or too cautious to move first.<\/p><p>For others, it simply cannot happen because the skills, time, and structure are not there yet.<\/p><p>Both roads lead to the same place. Inertia and frustration.<\/p><p>An agency does not magically fix everything (we&#8217;re only human!). But it removes friction. It brings momentum. It turns ambition into something that actually ships.<\/p><p><strong>And for many education businesses, that is the difference between drifting and growing.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16f34c16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16f34c16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-456582cf\" data-id=\"456582cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231f31ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"231f31ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Want to know more about working with our agency?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cbf5199 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7cbf5199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/beedigital.marketing\/services\/website-design-services\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">I'm open to see what's possible. 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