Question 1

What does a growth marketing agency actually do?

Accepted Answer

A growth marketing agency runs the full loop of acquisition, conversion and retention instead of isolated campaigns. That means strategy, positioning and messaging, paid media, content and social, landing pages and conversion optimization, CRM and lifecycle automation, and reporting that ties every channel back to pipeline and revenue rather than likes or impressions.

Question 2

How much should a business spend on digital advertising per month?

Accepted Answer

Most companies allocate between 5% and 15% of revenue to marketing, with roughly half of that going to paid media. In practice, a useful starting budget is whatever lets you collect 30 to 50 conversions per month per channel, because that is the volume ad platforms need to optimize. Start with one or two channels, prove cost per qualified lead, then scale the budget against a target CAC-to-LTV ratio of at least 1:3.

Question 3

Which is better for lead generation: Google Ads or Meta Ads?

Accepted Answer

Google Ads captures existing demand — people already searching for your solution — so it usually converts faster and works best for high-intent, high-consideration services. Meta Ads create demand, reaching people who do not know you yet, at a lower cost per click but with a longer path to conversion. Most healthy programs run both: search to harvest intent, social to build the audience that will search for you later.

Question 4

What is a CRM and does my company need one?

Accepted Answer

A CRM is the single database of every contact, deal and interaction your company has. You need one as soon as more than one person touches a lead, or leads start arriving from more than one channel. Without it, follow-up depends on memory and spreadsheets, attribution is impossible, and you cannot tell which marketing actually produced revenue.

Question 5

Why do companies choose HubSpot over other CRMs?

Accepted Answer

HubSpot combines CRM, marketing automation, sales pipelines, service and reporting in one platform, so data is not fragmented across tools. Teams pick it for fast onboarding, native email and workflow automation, and dashboards that connect ad spend to closed deals. Working with a certified partner shortens implementation, keeps data clean from day one, and makes sure the automation matches how your team really sells.

Question 6

How long does a HubSpot implementation take?

Accepted Answer

A focused implementation — CRM setup, pipelines, properties, forms, email and core workflows — typically takes four to eight weeks. Migrations from another CRM, complex integrations or multi-team rollouts run eight to sixteen weeks. The timeline depends far more on data quality and internal decision-making than on the software itself.

Question 7

What is WhatsApp automation and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

WhatsApp automation uses the WhatsApp Business Platform API to send and receive messages programmatically: instant replies to new leads, appointment reminders, order and payment updates, abandoned-cart nudges, and chatbot qualification that hands off to a human when needed. Connected to your CRM, every conversation is logged against the contact record, so sales sees full context and marketing can trigger messages from the same workflows as email.

Question 8

Is WhatsApp marketing better than email marketing?

Accepted Answer

WhatsApp typically sees open rates above 90% and near-immediate reads, which makes it stronger for time-sensitive messages, reactivation and support. Email remains better for long-form nurture, newsletters and low-cost broad reach. They are complements: use WhatsApp for urgency and conversation, email for education and scale, and orchestrate both from the same CRM so contacts are not messaged twice.

Question 9

How do you measure marketing ROI?

Accepted Answer

Track cost per qualified lead, lead-to-customer conversion rate, customer acquisition cost, average deal size and customer lifetime value, then attribute closed revenue back to first and last touch in the CRM. Marketing ROI is (revenue attributed minus marketing cost) divided by marketing cost. Reporting that stops at clicks, reach or impressions cannot answer whether the spend was profitable.

Question 10

Should I hire an in-house marketing team or an agency?

Accepted Answer

An in-house hire makes sense when you need daily ownership of one channel and have a manager who can direct the work. An agency makes sense when you need several specialties at once — strategy, paid media, design, CRM, automation — without paying for multiple full-time salaries, or when you need to move quickly and benchmark against many other companies. Many teams combine both: an internal owner supported by an external growth team.

Question 11

How long before marketing produces results?

Accepted Answer

Paid advertising can generate leads in the first two to four weeks, though it takes six to eight weeks of data to optimize cost per acquisition properly. CRM and automation improvements show up in follow-up speed and close rate within the first quarter. Organic content and SEO compound more slowly, usually six to twelve months. A realistic plan mixes a fast channel to fund growth with a slow channel to reduce future acquisition cost.

Question 12

What does marketing automation include besides email?

Accepted Answer

Automation covers lead scoring and routing, instant assignment and notification of new leads, task creation for sales, deal-stage triggers, WhatsApp and SMS sequences, review and referral requests, re-engagement of dormant contacts, internal reporting alerts, and data hygiene rules that keep records deduplicated and enriched. The goal is that no lead waits and no follow-up depends on someone remembering.

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A digital marketing agency built to generate |

Our services

Growth Marketing

We power your marketing with HubSpot

Why work with The Strategy Agency?

End-to-end digital strategy

Multidisciplinary team

Measurable results

Industries we transform with tailored digital solutions

Let us answer your questions

What does a growth marketing agency actually do?+

How much should a business spend on digital advertising per month?+

Which is better for lead generation: Google Ads or Meta Ads?+

What is a CRM and does my company need one?+

Why do companies choose HubSpot over other CRMs?+

How long does a HubSpot implementation take?+

What is WhatsApp automation and how does it work?+

Is WhatsApp marketing better than email marketing?+

How do you measure marketing ROI?+

Should I hire an in-house marketing team or an agency?+

How long before marketing produces results?+

What does marketing automation include besides email?+

Take your company to the next level with HubSpot and growth marketing

Why choose us?

What happens after you submit the form?

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