{"id":28528,"date":"2024-12-17T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/?p=28528"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:28:49","slug":"how-do-you-know-its-time-to-switch-your-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-its-time-to-switch-your-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Know It\u2019s Time to Switch Your Agency?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28528\" class=\"elementor elementor-28528\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56d00348 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56d00348\" 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-77617398\" data-id=\"77617398\" 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-1fcd1944 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fcd1944\" 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 - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are not marketing savvy or lack a hands-on approach when it comes to executing your marketing strategy, it can be very hard to detect when your agency is providing you with mediocre service (at best) and treating you as a low priority client &#8211; you deserve better!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While switching your agency can be a tough decision to make, sometimes it is exactly what your business needs to grow and evolve. That is why we came up with these key red flags you need to look out for with your agency:<\/span><\/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-479132a5 elementor-toc--minimized-on-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"479132a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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.elementor-toc__list-item-text.elementor-item-active{color:var(--item-text-active-color);-webkit-text-decoration:var(--item-text-active-decoration);text-decoration:var(--item-text-active-decoration)}ol.elementor-toc__list-wrapper{counter-reset:item}ol.elementor-toc__list-wrapper .elementor-toc__list-item{counter-increment:item}ol.elementor-toc__list-wrapper .elementor-toc__list-item-text-wrapper:before{content:counters(item,\".\") \". \"}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tHow Do You Know It\u2019s Time to Switch Your Agency?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__479132a5\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__479132a5\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__479132a5\" class=\"elementor-toc__body elementor-toc__list-items--collapsible\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fc140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55fc140\" 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 - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\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=\"640\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797-768x676.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-28531\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797-768x676.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797-300x264.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797-1024x902.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797-1536x1353.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tony-tran-F8sCVSW4t4E-unsplash-scaled-e1651589932797.jpeg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\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-4fd8cc15 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fd8cc15\" 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<h2><b>1. Lack of Proactivity<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world of digital marketing is in constant motion &#8211; yesterday\u2019s best practices could be irrelevant by tomorrow. A good digital advertising agency is always on its feet &#8211; from constantly pitching new ideas to its clients to keeping up to date with the latest industry insights (being a Partner of Google, Facebook, and other online advertising platforms is a big plus). <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it\u2019s been a while since the last time you heard about an exciting new Google Ads beta or a new advertising format or strategy, your agency is sleeping on the job.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>2. Lack of transparency<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with any partner, your marketing agency holds and controls a vast amount of data that has a substantial effect on your business and its profitability. This balance requires a high level of trust with transparency being its backbone. First and foremost, If your agency is not providing you with full and direct access to all of your online assets this is a serious red light (and possibly illegal). <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, if they are sharing limited and selective information about KPIs, performance, creatives, or throwing a lot of marketing jargon your way, they are probably hiding something &#8211; most of the time their mistakes or underperformance).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/adcore-elite-digital-marketing-agency\/?ref=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do you feel it&#8217;s time to switch your agency? Talk to one of our experts\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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-c4558e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"c4558e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"29329\" class=\"elementor elementor-29329\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-486a9019 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"486a9019\" 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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ed64254\" data-id=\"6ed64254\" 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-281ae6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"281ae6ce\" 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=\"20\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Group-10466.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-28055\" alt=\"\" \/>\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-4dc8e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dc8e19\" 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 - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\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><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Like most relationships, the one you have with your marketing agency may have its ups and downs. How to know when it's time to call it quits?<\/p>\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d440ba8 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d440ba8\" 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<h2><b>3. Consistent under-delivery<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every market and vertical experience fluctuations, whether it be due to a seasonal effect, website tracking issues, or external factors (world-altering pandemics, for example). <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if your online results are consistently sub-par and you are not meeting your KPIs, rest assured that your agency, (one of the main constants in the equation) could and should be doing a better job in achieving your business goals.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>4. Goal disharmony<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goals should be set in a holistic manner, meaning your online goals should be aligned with your business goals. If this is not something that has been implemented from day one (and ongoingly revisited since your business goals may change for various reasons), your agency is basically shooting in the dark and not generating optimal value for your business. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good agency will always be in tune with your business goals and aim to harmonize them with the online goals and KPIs it is aiming to on the various online advertising platforms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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-f5e0132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5e0132\" 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=\"640\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339-768x497.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-28532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339-1536x993.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/annie-spratt-rntV6IoRPTA-unsplash-scaled-e1651590242339.jpeg 1721w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\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-4606401 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4606401\" 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<h2><b>5. Lack of work<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this may seem obvious at first, you should change your agency if it is simply not working on your accounts. Even with a minimal understanding of online advertising platforms, you can easily check the change history of most of them and see how often your agency works on your accounts.<\/span><\/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-4670df10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4670df10\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-28533\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/luke-chesser-JKUTrJ4vK00-unsplash-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\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-6381f8c9 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6381f8c9\" 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<h2><b>6. Lack of Reporting<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent Google study, the number one reason customers churn is a lack of reporting. if you feel uninformed as to how your accounts are performing and your Agency is not sending you ongoing reports, it\u2019s very likely that they are either lazy or hiding poor results &#8211; not a great selection.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>7. Sluggish replies<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it taking your agency forever to reply to emails, even the short and simple ones? 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