Q4 Resources

I'm not sure if you're feeling it just yet, but I'm personally starting to feel the Q4 craziness pick up.

Hence this post...

I wanted to share my thoughts on hiring and resource?planning for Q4.

Throughout quarters 1, 2, and 3, I'm all for hiring team members internally and/or working with agencies, freelancers, consultants, and virtual assistants.

In quarter 4, hiring team members internally becomes really difficult. You're extremely busy as is, and having?to go through the daunting process of creating a job description, posting it, inviting people to apply, setting up interviews, selecting someone you like, negotiating compensation, onboarding, and so on just takes way too much time.

So in Q4, I personally prefer to work with agencies, freelancers, consultants, and virtual assistants. I've found this to be the path of least resistance. My main focus right now is getting to the finish line as efficiently as possible.?

With that said, I wanted to open up my Rolodex for you:

• If you're looking to hire a marketing freelancer or consultant for a project, a set number of months, or even ongoing help, I highly recommend?MarketerHire. ?I've personally hired marketers through their platform and have had much success this way.?As such, they're?my go-to for best-in-class freelance/contract marketing talent. They're like the uber for marketing freelancers. On-demand, vetted talent at the press of a button.?Click here to get in touch with them.
• If you're looking to hire a marketing agency, hit reply to this email and let me know what marketing service(s) you're looking for. Email Marketing, SMS Marketing, Paid Search, Paid?Social, and so on. My agency might be a good fit; alternatively, I have other agencies in my network to which I can refer you.
• If you're looking for?fully-vetted, college-educated, and full-time (40 hours/week) offshore resources to support your marketing, design, and sales team’s most time-consuming tasks, check out?Marketing Assistants by MarketerHire. ?This is the most cost-effective and scalable way to tackle all the basic, mundane, repetitive, & time-consuming things that need to get done, so your internal marketing, design, & sales teams have more time for all of the strategic and higher-impact things they need to get done. For a limited time only, they're offering a?ONE-WEEK FREE TRIAL ?if you sign up this week to learn more.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any help, and let's crush Q4!