Hire digital marketing team specialists for small business by the hour
When you hire a digital marketing team from RemoteMarketer, you get a small remote group of channel specialists (paid search, paid social, SEO, email, content and analytics) led by one coordinator, on a monthly plan of 10, 25, 60 or 120 and more hours. Plans start at $990 a month, run month to month and keep every account in your name. You skip recruiting, payroll and the job of managing four freelancers, and you see in a weekly report where each hour went. A written proposal with the team, hours and first tasks arrives by email within 2 business days.
No calls. Month-to-month. You own every ad account.
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Planning, budget split and priorities3 h
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Paid search and paid social9 h
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SEO and content6 h
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Email flows and campaigns3 h
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Tracking, dashboard and reporting4 h
What your digital marketing team does each month
The team covers the channels you choose and nothing you did not ask for. Each specialist works inside your own accounts.
- A paid search specialist builds and tunes Google Ads campaigns, reviews search terms and moves budget toward what converts.
- A paid social specialist runs Facebook and Instagram campaigns, tests creative and keeps the pixel healthy.
- An SEO specialist fixes technical issues, improves the pages that already rank and briefs content for buying searches.
- An email marketer builds welcome, cart and post-purchase flows and sends the monthly campaigns.
- An analytics specialist keeps GA4 conversions, Tag Manager and UTM rules clean so reports agree with your sales.
- A marketing lead sets the monthly priorities, splits the budget across channels and writes the report you read.
Hire a marketing team in-house or rent one by the hour
Building an in-house digital marketing team makes sense once you have full-time work in every channel and a manager to run it. Most small businesses are years away from that point. One generalist hire gets spread across five jobs, specialists are expensive to recruit one by one, and every departure takes know-how with it. A plan of hours gives you the specialists in the amounts you need now.
| Question | In-house team | Separate freelancers | RemoteMarketer plan |
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| Time to start | Months of recruiting per role | Weeks to find and brief each one | Proposal within 2 business days |
| Who coordinates | You or a hired manager | You | A marketing lead on the plan |
| Skills covered | Only the roles you hired | Only the people you found | Ads, SEO, social, email, content and analytics |
| Cost structure | Salaries, payroll tax, benefits, tools | Separate invoices and rates | One monthly price from $83/h to $99/h |
| Reporting | Whatever you set up | One report per freelancer, if any | One weekly hour report on Growth and above |
| Commitment | Employment terms | Varies by person | Month to month |
| Account ownership | Yours | Depends on each agreement | Always yours |
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Time to start
- In-house team
- Months of recruiting per role
- Separate freelancers
- Weeks to find and brief each one
- RemoteMarketer plan
- Proposal within 2 business days
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Who coordinates
- In-house team
- You or a hired manager
- Separate freelancers
- You
- RemoteMarketer plan
- A marketing lead on the plan
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Skills covered
- In-house team
- Only the roles you hired
- Separate freelancers
- Only the people you found
- RemoteMarketer plan
- Ads, SEO, social, email, content and analytics
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Cost structure
- In-house team
- Salaries, payroll tax, benefits, tools
- Separate freelancers
- Separate invoices and rates
- RemoteMarketer plan
- One monthly price from $83/h to $99/h
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Reporting
- In-house team
- Whatever you set up
- Separate freelancers
- One report per freelancer, if any
- RemoteMarketer plan
- One weekly hour report on Growth and above
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Commitment
- In-house team
- Employment terms
- Separate freelancers
- Varies by person
- RemoteMarketer plan
- Month to month
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Account ownership
- In-house team
- Yours
- Separate freelancers
- Depends on each agreement
- RemoteMarketer plan
- Always yours
If one channel is all you need, a single specialist may be enough, and the comparison on hire freelance marketer covers that case. If you want one person to own the plan with fewer hours, see part time marketing manager.
How a digital marketing team's hours are typically split
Growth gives 25 hours a month across up to four channels with 2 to 3 specialists. Team gives 60 hours across all channels with 4 to 6 specialists and a marketing lead. A typical month on each looks like this.
- Planning, budget split and priorities Growth, 25 h 3 h Team, 60 h 6 h
- Paid search and paid social Growth, 25 h 9 h Team, 60 h 20 h
- SEO and content Growth, 25 h 6 h Team, 60 h 16 h
- Email flows and campaigns Growth, 25 h 3 h Team, 60 h 8 h
- Tracking, dashboard and reporting Growth, 25 h 4 h Team, 60 h 10 h
The first month leans toward access, tracking fixes and account cleanup. From month two the hours move to campaigns, pages and testing.
Who hires a digital marketing team this way
- Service businesses that get their leads from Google and Meta and have no one in-house to run those channels.
- Ecommerce stores that need ads, email and SEO handled every week, see marketing for ecommerce.
- SaaS and B2B companies whose founder still writes every campaign, see marketing for SaaS.
- Local businesses with several locations that need consistent ads and listings, see marketing for local business.
- Companies that lost their only marketer and need the work covered next week, not next quarter.
If your gap is mostly admin and scheduling rather than marketing skill, a team of specialists is more than you need.
How much does it cost to hire a digital marketing team
Small business agency retainers in the US commonly run from about $1,000 a month for one channel to $3,000 to $7,500 for multi-channel work, and in-house specialists cost a salary each plus payroll tax, benefits and tools. Our plans price a whole team as hours. Starter is $990 a month for 10 hours with one lead specialist. Growth is $2,290 for 25 hours with 2 to 3 specialists, about $92 an hour. Team is $4,990 for 60 hours with 4 to 6 specialists and a marketing lead, about $83 an hour, including up to 6 hours of fractional CMO time. Enterprise starts from $9,490 for 120 hours or more. Yearly billing saves 15 percent, and ad spend goes from you straight to the platforms. A fuller look at quotes is in marketing agency retainer cost.
Which plan fits the team you want to hire
Growth at $2,290 a month ($1,946 billed yearly) is the usual starting team: 2 to 3 specialists on up to four channels with a weekly hour report and a strategy brief in month one. Team at $4,990 ($4,241 billed yearly) replaces a marketing department, with 4 to 6 specialists, a marketing lead, a live dashboard and up to 6 hours of fractional CMO time. Enterprise from $9,490 gives a dedicated team with a named lead for multi-brand businesses. Starter at $990 suits one channel run properly before you add more. All plans are on pricing.
How hiring a digital marketing team works here
Pick your channels, goal and monthly ad budget, and the hour estimate appears straight away. Send the brief with your company and website, and a written proposal arrives by email within 2 business days naming the plan, the specialists and the first month's tasks. In week one the team gets access to your ad accounts, GA4 and site with the lowest role each person needs, checks your tracking and starts on the agreed list. There are no interviews or sales calls, and questions are answered in writing within one business day. The full process is on how it works.
1. Answer three questions
Pick the channels you need, your main goal and your monthly ad budget. It takes under a minute and needs no account.
2. See your estimate
The estimate shows the recommended plan, total hours, monthly price and the mix of specialists. It is built from typical hours per channel, adjusted for your goal and budget, plus time for coordination.
3. Send the brief
Create an account, confirm your email with a 6-digit code and add your company, website, timeline and anything we should know. You can edit the brief until the proposal arrives.
4. Read your written proposal
Within 2 business days you get the plan, the hours per channel, the specialist roles and a first-month task list by email. Questions go back and forth in writing, and replies arrive within one business day.
5. Start in week one
After you accept, we request access to your accounts, check tracking, agree the first priorities and start the work.
Everything your marketing team builds stays yours
Ad accounts, analytics, pages, email lists, creative and every report stay in your name from day one. Each specialist gets their own access, never a shared password, and access is removed when the plan ends. Pausing or changing the team never costs you campaign history or data.
FAQ
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How much does it cost to hire a digital marketing team
On our plans a digital marketing team costs $2,290 a month for 25 hours with 2 to 3 specialists, or $4,990 for 60 hours with 4 to 6 specialists and a marketing lead. Yearly billing saves 15 percent. Ad spend is paid by you directly to the platforms and is never part of the plan.
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Should a small business hire a marketing team or an agency
A small business rarely has enough work to keep a full in-house team busy, so most get better value from outside specialists. What matters is that you keep your accounts, see the hours and can change the scope monthly. Our plans give you the team of an agency with the transparency of hourly billing.
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What roles does a small digital marketing team need
Most small teams need paid ads, SEO and content, email and analytics, plus one person who sets priorities and reports. You rarely need all of them full time. On Growth, 2 to 3 specialists cover up to four channels, and on Team 4 to 6 specialists cover all of them with a marketing lead.
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Can I hire a remote digital marketing team for just a few months
Yes. Plans run month to month, so you can use a team for a launch, a busy season or the gap between hires, then reduce hours or cancel before the next billing cycle. Unused hours do not roll over, so pick the hours you can brief and approve.
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Do I need to manage the team myself
No. The marketing lead plans the work, briefs the specialists and sends you a weekly hour report on Growth and above. You approve budgets and priorities. Your time goes into decisions rather than supervising each person.
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Who owns the ad accounts and data
You do. Every ad account, analytics property, page and file stays in your name. The team works inside your accounts with individual access, and that access ends when the plan does.
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