Professional Marketing Without the Hiring Headaches

Skip the 3-month hiring process, $7k/month salary, benefits, management overhead, and 6-month ramp time. Get senior-level marketing from day one.

The True Cost of Hiring Marketing Staff

Marketing Manager ($85k/year):

  • • Base salary: $7,083/month
  • • Benefits (30%): $2,125/month
  • • Payroll taxes: $541/month
  • • Equipment/software: $300/month
  • • Recruiting fees: $1,700/month (amortized)

Total: $11,749/month

Hidden Costs:

  • • 3-6 month ramp time (partial productivity)
  • • Management overhead (10-15 hrs/week)
  • • Training and development
  • • PTO, sick days (10-15 days/year)
  • • Risk of bad hire (30% turnover)

Real cost: $14,000+/month

Calculate Your Savings

Why Smart Companies Don't Hire (Yet)

Hiring Takes 3-6 Months

❌ With Hiring:

60-90 days to find candidates, interview, negotiate, onboard. Then 90 days to ramp.

✓ With Us:

Start today. Full productivity from day one. No ramp time needed.

Hidden Costs Add Up Fast

❌ With Hiring:

$85k salary becomes $140k+ with benefits, taxes, tools, recruiting, management time.

✓ With Us:

$1,650-6,600/month. No benefits, no taxes, no recruiting fees, no management overhead.

One Person = One Skill Set

❌ With Hiring:

Designer can't code. Developer can't design. Marketer can't edit video. Need 3-5 people.

✓ With Us:

Full team: design, development, video, strategy, copywriting. One subscription.

Scaling Is Painful

❌ With Hiring:

Need more capacity? Hire another person. 3-month process, $140k commitment. Repeat.

✓ With Us:

Need more work? Add to queue. Need less? Pause subscription. Flexible scaling.

Annual Cost Comparison

Junior Marketer

$98,000

First year (all-in)

  • • $65k salary
  • • $19.5k benefits
  • • $5k recruiting
  • • $3.6k tools/equipment
  • • $4.9k payroll taxes

+ 3-6 month ramp time

+ Limited skill set

+ Management overhead

Senior Marketer

$168,000

First year (all-in)

  • • $120k salary
  • • $36k benefits
  • • $6k recruiting
  • • $4k tools/equipment
  • • $9k payroll taxes

+ Hard to find

+ 6-month ramp

+ Still one person

Save $122k/year

ThatFakeAgency

$46,200

Growth plan ($3,850/mo)

  • • Design + dev + video
  • • No benefits needed
  • • No recruiting
  • • Tools included
  • • No payroll taxes

✓ Start immediately

✓ Full team skill set

✓ Zero management

Common Questions

When should I hire instead of using a subscription?

Hire when: (1) You need 40+ hours/week of marketing work consistently, (2) You need someone in meetings daily, or (3) You're past $5M ARR and building a team. Until then, subscriptions are more efficient.

Can I transition to hiring later without losing momentum?

Yes! Many clients use us to launch, then hire when they can afford it. We can even help you hire— we'll train your new marketer on the systems we built and transition smoothly.

What if I need someone in our office?

We're remote-first, but that's an advantage—no geographic limitations on talent. Plus, marketing is 90% async. We'll attend key meetings via Zoom when needed.

Stop Hiring. Start Shipping.

Save $122,000/year. Skip the 6-month hiring process. Get a full marketing team today.