You stay in charge of the accounts and the budget

Request, scope, build, launch

Four stages, in order.

1. You send a request through this site and it goes to a service partner.
2. The partner agrees scope with you and quotes directly.
3. With access to your accounts, the partner builds the campaigns, pages and tracking you agreed.
4. After your sign-off, campaigns launch and reporting starts on the schedule in your agreement.

Information the partner will ask for

Expect questions along these lines.

• Which channels you want: search, social or both
• The ad accounts you own, and the email addresses that administer them
• Landing pages you have now, and whether they can be edited
• What counts as an inquiry for you: form, call, chat or booked meeting
• The CRM you use, if any: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or another
• Brand assets: logo, colors, photos and any approved wording
• Who on your side approves ads and pages
• The reporting cadence you want

If an account was opened by someone else

Sometimes the ad account was created by a previous provider, in their name, under their manager account. Before new work starts, move ownership to your business. That usually means asking the previous provider to make you an admin, or to unlink the account so you can claim it. Pixels and tag containers can have the same problem. A partner can help you work through it, though the request has to come from you as the owner. Once the accounts sit in your name, the partner works in them as an invited user, and you can remove them whenever you like.

Staying in control after launch

You keep the final say on budget, offers and wording after campaigns go live. The partner manages the day-to-day detail and reports on it, and you decide what changes. A few habits help. Log in to your ad accounts now and then and compare what you see with the latest report. Keep a shared document of agreed changes. Raise problems with inquiries quickly, such as the wrong locations or the wrong kind of buyer, so targeting can be corrected. If the work stops suiting you, give notice as your agreement says, remove access and keep your accounts as they are.