You can still have a top notch marketing campaign, even if you cannot afford to hire a full-time marketing professional. Marketing staffing agencies provide the talent, and all you have to do is choose the best marketing temp for your project.

When you're interviewing someone from a marketing temp agency:

1. Make sure the individuals from the marketing staffing agencies have the skills you need to complete the project.
2. Don't get caught paying marketing temp agencies more than you would pay a full-time individual.
3. Keep your options open: Don't commit to one marketing temp agency until they've found your business's perfect candidate.
   

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Search targeted marketing temp agencies for management-level marketers

Maybe you need all the help you can get, when it comes to your business marketing strategy. Aside from having a little guidance, you may need someone to completely take over the marketing end of your business. In this case, use a marketing temporary agency to help you search for a marketing manager.

I recommend: Contact McKinley Marketing Partners, which deals mostly in providing temporary, experienced marketing planning and sales individuals. However, there are entire agencies, such as Executive Search Network, that employ the executive-level marketers. All you have to do is hire the agency.

Get a marketing temp that can assemble your marketing materials

If you already have a solid marketing strategy, you may simply need a marketing temp to produce marketing materials. Some staffing agencies for marketing attract a large number of marketing temp jobs seekers that are experienced in production.

I recommend: Post your marketing temp jobs on marketing-specific job boards that have marketing as well as design specialists. Paladin and The Creative Group are just a couple of the marketing-specific staffing agencies that only post temp jobs in marketing and include designers for web and print. For web-specific projects, try posting on Web Strategy by Jeremiah.

Find a marketing temp that specializes in sales

Sales is sometimes lumped in with marketing on monster.com and other general job boards. However, to be a successful sales professional, you need more than market research skills.

I recommend: Search the resumes of salespeople on HotSalesJobs.com. You'll need to create an account first. Marketing recruitment agencies also help to seek out top salespeople for you. The Gould Group provides nationwide sales recruiting. Simply fill out a form describing your sales needs and get the ball rolling.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Don't use a marketing staffing agency that limits your ability to search for candidates on your own or through another agency.
• •  Keep interviewing candidates until your temp agency brings the right one your way. You reserve the right to be picky.