What questions should I ask before hiring a marketing agency?

Ask five things: Can I see live client work? Who exactly will do my work? Am I locked into a contract? Do I own my website, domain, and ad accounts? And how will you report results? Honest agencies answer all five plainly — evasive answers are the warning.

These questions surface what actually goes wrong. 'Can I see live work' filters out portfolios of screenshots. 'Who does the work' reveals whether you will be handed to a junior or an offshore team after the sales call. 'Am I locked in' tells you whether they keep clients with results or with contracts.

Ownership and reporting protect you long-term. You should own your website, domain, and ad accounts outright, and get plain-language reporting you can actually understand. At Acutix the answers are: yes to live work, the founder does it, no long-term contracts, you own everything, and reporting is monthly and jargon-free.

The short version
  • Can I see live client work?
  • Who does the actual work?
  • Do I own my site and accounts?

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We'll research your market and competitors and send you a custom homepage preview within about a week. If you like it, we build the rest. If not, we shake hands and part ways.

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