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One agency or two for your website and advertising?

Both models can work. What matters is that someone owns the result, and that you own your accounts.

One agency for bothSeparate specialists
AccountabilityOne team owns the cost per leadResults can fall between two teams
Speed of changesPage and ad changes made togetherChanges need coordination
DepthCheck depth in each skillEach may be deeper in its own area
TrackingUsually set up once, end to endNeeds a clear owner, or it breaks

Questions for any agency

  1. Who is responsible for cost per lead, the website team or the ads team?
  2. Who sets up and checks conversion tracking, and how often?
  3. Can you build landing pages for the services we advertise?
  4. What will the monthly report show?
  5. Will we own the domain, website, ad accounts and analytics?

If you use two companies

Keep ownership

Whichever you choose, register the domain, website hosting, ad accounts and analytics in your company's name, with your own administrator access. It keeps you free to change providers later.

Want a second opinion? We review websites and ads together at no cost. Get in touch or call (510) 857-7838.