{"id":1037,"date":"2019-08-20T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mb30.tetsua.xyz\/2019\/08\/20\/the-road-from-freelance-to-agency-to-hire-or-not-to-hire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:48:24","slug":"the-road-from-freelance-to-agency-to-hire-or-not-to-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb30.tetsua.xyz\/en\/the-road-from-freelance-to-agency-to-hire-or-not-to-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road From Freelance to Agency: To Hire Or Not To Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"

At some point, people get enough of their work as freelancers and either this happens because of work overflow or the need for changing something in their working system there is a chance of concluding to create their own agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like in any other field there are risks and benefits that need to be taken into consideration, but most of all there is a set of questions you need to ask yourself before taking this step.\u00a0 Hiring someone is obviously an essential step to pass from the freelance stage to the agency life, and it is more to it than just signing a contract and issuing payments.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, in the following post, we will answer the questions of when & why to hire, but as well if you should hire at all in case you are planning to expand your web design and\/or web development activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

#1 What Professionals Do You Need?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

To this question, you can find the answer by yourself. It all depends on why you are hiring someone at all and how do you see your business growing, in what direction, how big?!<\/span><\/p>\n

In case your client base is growing and you are turning down more and more clients, then you would probably want to hire a designer or a developer, depending on which side you are more stressed and where exactly you can\u2019t handle. As well, a designer or a developer could help you with the business consulting part when it comes to confused clients that are not sure about what they want and what they need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But even without this, assuming that the designer\/developer you hire does exactly the job they are supposed to, then still you should hire them only for the purpose\u00a0 of what they are supposed to do<\/span><\/p>\n

In case you are spending more time answering emails, calls and managing finances than actually building a website it would be more fit to hire an assistant, a sales representative or an accountant to assist you with the workflow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, in case you may want to provide end-to-end digital solutions, then you should fill all the gaps and hire even more people that can do the other types of work that you cannot handle.\u00a0 But this happens only if you have decided precisely what services your future digital agency is going to provide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

#2 What Kind Of Hire Do You Need?<\/b><\/h2>\n

There are three types of hire you might need for your new agency:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n