Smart Agency Masterclass With Jason Swenk: Podcast For Digital Marketing Agencies

In this episode of The Smart Agency Master Class, I sit down with Joe Grano who is going to talk to us about who to hire, getting that next level agency, and making the transition from a small, one person agency to bringing on full-time employees. Joe is the president and founder of Next-Mark, a full-service marketing, communications, public relations, and business strategy solutions company based in Sarasota, FL. When to hire full-time employees. Joe once said to me, “I never want to hire employees.” He’s since changed his tune and now has several full-time employees on his team. In fact, he prefers them to contractors. Here are the questions Joe considered when making the full-time leap: Can you really afford to do it? There’s a level of financial stability needed. Are you willing to give anything up to ensure your employees get paid? If you’re not, then you aren’t ready yet. Do you know how to hire? Bringing on just anyone can be a disaster. Other considerations: You need to really think about how you w