Outsourced Marketing
Outsourced marketing for your business.
This isn't a contractor relationship. You'll work with the same people week after week. We learn your business, know your goals, and push back when we think there's a better way.
Services
Our outsourced marketing services
Done-for-You Marketing
We handle everything so you can focus on running your business. From strategy to execution to reporting, we're your complete marketing team.
- Campaign strategy and planning
- Content creation across channels
- Day-to-day campaign management
- Monthly performance reporting
- Brand and creative development
- Paid media management
What We Handle
One agency, every channel. Whether you need help in one area or want us running the whole marketing operation, we've got it covered.
- Advertising
- Design
- SEO/GEO/AI Search
- Social Media
- Video & Photo
- Websites
Flexible by Design
Need us for one channel or all of them? We work the way you need us to. No bloat, no long contracts, no ramp-up time. Just the right support at the right level.
- Scale up or down anytime
- Works with your existing team
- Handles specific departments or full operations
- No setup overhead or ramp-up time
- Day-to-day campaign management
- Monthly performance reporting
Our approach
Outsourced marketing
Sproutbox is a Portland-based outsourced marketing agency and a full-service partner for businesses that want senior marketing leadership without the overhead of a full in-house team. We've served as the marketing department for businesses across professional services, healthcare, non-profit, B2B, and retail for over 18 years. Our outsourced clients get access to the same teams that run our advertising, SEO and GEO, social media, email, brand, and web service lines, coordinated under one strategy.
Most businesses that come to us aren't under-resourced. They're under-coordinated. One agency running ads, a freelancer doing social, someone in-house writing emails, and none of it connects. We've served as the full outsourced marketing department for a regional non-profit for years. In a single year, that partnership generated over 9 million social impressions and more than 3,000 qualified leads. Not because of a bigger budget. Because every channel was running toward the same goal.
Our Process
How we get outsourced marketing results.
We spend the first few weeks getting a complete picture of where things stand. What's working, what's been tried before, what's been sitting on someone's to-do list for months. We talk to your team, dig into your analytics, and look at your competitors. The strategy we hand you at the end of this phase isn't a templated deck. It's specific to your business, your market, and what you can actually act on.
Campaigns go live, content gets created, and the channels start running. We handle day-to-day execution across every service line in your plan. You review and approve. We execute. The amount that gets done in the first 30 days when a real team is behind it usually surprises people.
Running campaigns is the easy part. Making them better is the work. We review performance weekly, test variations, reallocate budget toward what's working, and cut what isn't. Marketing that doesn't improve over time is just spend.
Every month you get a clear look at what happened, what it cost, and what it returned. No vanity metrics. We show you the numbers that actually connect to revenue, and we use those to build the case for what to do next. When a channel is working, we push harder. When the market shifts, we adjust.
Our Team
Meet your outsourced marketing team.
The thing clients tell us most after a few months is that they didn't realize how much mental overhead they were carrying before. Whether the ads were running. Whether social content was approved. Whether anyone was looking at the numbers. That goes away. We handle all of it and bring you in when you actually need to weigh in.
We've been doing this for over 18 years across professional services, healthcare, non-profit, B2B, and retail. A good marketing strategy for a 20-person company is not a scaled-down version of what works for a Fortune 500. It's something different entirely, built around your real constraints, your actual sales cycle, and the specific customers you're trying to reach.
This isn't a contractor relationship. You'll work with the same core team week after week, people who know your brand well enough to catch a mistake before it goes out and push back when they think there's a better way. We've had clients for six, eight, ten years. Not because of a contract. Because the relationship works and what we're doing together is actually moving the needle.
Why Sproutbox
What sets us apart.
We start by understanding your business well enough to disagree with you when it counts, then shape a strategy around your goals rather than fitting you into ours. Grow the team when things take off. Trim it when they don't. We earn the relationship either way.
We're here to execute your vision, not push our agenda. We ask questions, understand your goals, and build a plan that serves your business, not our playbook.
Your needs change. Your market changes. We adjust on the fly.
You always know what we're doing and why. No black boxes, no mysterious "strategy sessions."
You're not hiring a vendor. You're adding smart, experienced people to your bench. We show up like we own the place because we care about your success like it's our own.
Working with Sproutbox has been one of the most impactful partnerships we’ve had. From day one, their team has felt like an extension of ours—fully aligned with our vision, convictions, and strategy. They’ve taken the time to understand who we are and what we do, and they’ve helped us share that story with clarity and creativity.
Dan Foster
Chief Operating Officer · Building Champions
What does outsourced marketing actually mean?
It means we act as your marketing department. Instead of hiring a CMO, a social manager, an SEO specialist, and an ads person separately, you get all of that through us, coordinated under one strategy.
Who would we actually work with day to day?
You would have a dedicated point of contact who knows your business. Behind them is a full team of specialists across advertising, SEO, social media, email, brand, and web. You get one relationship, not five vendor calls.
How is pricing structured?
Most outsourced clients are on a monthly retainer that covers a defined set of services. We are transparent about what is included and what would cost extra. No surprise invoices.
Is this different from just hiring an agency for one service?
Yes. With outsourced marketing, we own the whole strategy and make sure every channel is working toward the same goal. It is the difference between having vendors and having a team that is actually accountable to your results.
What size companies do you typically work with?
Small to mid-sized businesses, typically 5 to 100 employees, that have real marketing needs they cannot fully staff in-house. We have worked with companies at $1M in revenue and companies at $50M. The fit is about marketing maturity, not size.
Can we start with a few services and add more over time?
Absolutely. Most clients start with two or three channels and expand as they see results. We scope what makes sense now and build a roadmap for what to add next.
Do you replace our in-house team or work alongside them?
Either. Some clients hand off marketing entirely. Others have an in-house coordinator and use us as the specialists behind them. We flex to fit your structure.
How do you track ROI for outsourced marketing?
We set up proper conversion tracking in GA4 and your CRM from the start. Every month you get a clear report showing what channels drove leads, what it cost, and what it returned. No vanity metrics.
What is the minimum engagement?
We typically ask for a 3-month minimum to get campaigns set up, tested, and optimized. After that, we work month-to-month. We want to earn your business every month, not lock you in.
What makes outsourced marketing more cost-effective than hiring in-house?
A full in-house team — CMO, designer, SEO specialist, ads manager, social manager — easily runs $300,000+ per year in salaries alone. Outsourcing gives you that entire skill set for a fraction of the cost, with no recruiting, benefits, or turnover risk.
Schedule a 30-min call.
Thirty minutes to talk about your business. Where you are, where you want to go, and whether we're the right fit to help you get there.
No pitch deck. No pressure. And no long-term contracts. We'd rather earn your business every step of the way.
