If we part ways next month, what do I keep? The answer tells you who has been building equity for the last three years.
The pieceHeld by your agencyBuilt in-house
The ad accounts
Held by your agencyCreated in their Business Manager, under their billing. You are granted access to accounts you don't own.
Built in-houseAccounts in your nameYour Business Manager, your billing, your admin rights. Vendors get partner access and lose it when they leave.
The pixel and conversion history
Held by your agencyYears of signal that took years to build, and that starts from zero the day you switch.
Built in-houseHistory that compoundsThe learning stays with your business, so changing vendors costs a transition, not a restart.
The reporting
Held by your agencyTheir dashboard, framed their way, on their schedule. You don't see the raw numbers.
Built in-houseYour own data, currentThe numbers land in your database on a schedule. The dashboard reads from it, and so can anything else.
The playbook
Held by your agencyBuilt across their whole client roster and applied to you. Sensible on average, and you are not an average.
Built in-houseA system tuned to youBuilt from your data, your margins and your seasons. Nothing in it was averaged against anyone else's business.
The memory
Held by your agencyWhy a campaign was built that way, what was tried last year, living with an account manager who may not be there next quarter.
Built in-houseWritten down and ownedDocumented processes and named owners inside your business. Turnover becomes an inconvenience, not an outage.