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Compare the options

A hire, an agency,
a tool stack, or a pod.

Most companies we meet are weighing the same few ways to reach their next stage of growth. Here is how they compare, and when each one fits.

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Each option is the right answer for someone.
The question is which fits your problem.

Side by side

Four ways to get
the work done.

The choice depends on the problem: one discipline or several, one project or a system, built once or kept moving.

In-house

A senior marketing hire

What you get
One experienced leader, full-time, inside the company.
Who does the work
That person, plus the team and vendors they build or hire.
What you own
Everything they build, and the knowledge stays in the company.
How it ends
A full-time role, built for the long term.
Best when
The work is permanent, and one discipline covers most of it.

Outside team

An agency retainer

What you get
A team that delivers in its discipline: brand, media, web or content.
Who does the work
The agency’s team, under its own process.
What you own
Set by the contract, including whose accounts the work lives in.
How it ends
You end the retainer, on the contract’s terms.
Best when
You need steady output in one channel, and the systems around it already connect.

Do it yourself

A tool stack you run

What you get
The software you choose, with freelancers for the gaps.
Who does the work
Your team, which also connects the tools and manages the freelancers.
What you own
The accounts, and whatever your team builds in them.
How it ends
It doesn’t. Your team keeps running it.
Best when
The scope is small, and someone in-house has the time to connect it all.

Apex Global

A pod and a network

What you get
A pod that builds your connected growth system (website, commerce, customer data and AI workflows), and an Agency that brings in partner and distribution deals.
Who does the work
2 or 3 senior operators to start, up to 8 as the work needs, named in the plan and working alongside your team.
What you own
What we build, in your company’s accounts, documented so your team can run it.
How it ends
Grow, reduce or end the pod as needs change. The engagement finishes when your team is running what was built.
Best when
The problem crosses strategy, brand, technology and partners, and fixing one piece won’t move the business.

Using more than one

Not either-or.

Apex can be one part of the answer.

With your team

The pod works alongside your people, in your company’s accounts, and hands the system to them to run.

With an operating system

A business operating system or peer group gives you the plan and the discipline to run it. Apex builds what the plan calls for.

With a new hire

If you are hiring a senior leader, the system we build is theirs to run when the work is done.

Questions

Questions about
the options.

Straight answers before the fit call.

Is Apex an agency?

Yes: an innovation network agency. Senior operators who build your growth system with your team, and a network that brings in the partners and deals your company is ready for.

Is Apex a staffing or recruiting firm?

No. Apex is not a staffing, recruiting or job-placement firm, and it is not a freelancer marketplace. If you need to hire, a recruiter is the right call.

Can Apex work with our existing team?

Yes. The pod builds with your team, in your company’s accounts, and hands the system to your people to run.

How do we find out which option fits?

Book a free fit call at cal.com/apex-global-agency/fit-call and bring the growth problem you would fix first. We’ll say where Apex can help, and where it can’t.

Next step

Not sure
which fits?

Bring the problem to a fit call. We’ll talk through the goal and your limits, and tell you honestly whether Apex is the right team.

Book a fit call

A conversation to check fit. No charge.