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South Shore Analytics is a trusted data analytics firm specializing in full-stack data implementations—everything from data warehouses to dashboards. This means you don't have to worry about building a team around us or hiring multiple companies to get the job done right. We will partner with you to develop...
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- Big Data Analytics
- Business Consulting
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
ThePod.fm is a B2B business development system built around podcast conversations. We invite your ideal-fit prospects to be guests, book the intro calls, and run the recordings end to end. The podcast is the mechanism. Pipeline is the outcome. Content is the byproduct. You show up to the conversations. We...
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- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $500/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
BXB CO. is a South Korea-based brand consultancy helping consumer brands overcome growth barriers and build stronger structures for their next stage of growth. We specialize in brand strategy, positioning, rebranding, identity systems, portfolio strategy, consumer insight, and global expansion...
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- Branding
- Business Consulting
- Market Research
- Digital Strategy
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- Location
- Seoul, South Korea
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 2 Projects Listed
Data-Entry-India.com is a global Data & AI operations partner. Serving 3,850+ clients across 50+ countries, we specialize in enterprise data operations, AI training data services, digital commerce data support, data research and intelligence services, and document and content-related support...
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- BPO
- AI Development
- Market Research
- CRM Consulting
- Accounting
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- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Number of Employees
- 1000 & Up
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Empower your business with 4 Blocks, the leading provider of blockchain development and innovative enterprise solutions. Specializing in Web3 services and secure blockchain technology, we help you experience the future of business...
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- Blockchain
- Software Development
- Web Design
- Web Development
- DevOps Consulting
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- Location
- Cassola, Italy
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
Leadgen helps Australian B2B businesses generate high-quality leads, set appointments and grow sales with personalized outreach and export market insight...
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- Digital Strategy
- Business Consulting
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
BIG FISH PR is a boutique public relations agency that establishes clients as market leaders through earned media, GEO, PR campaigns, and corporate communications programs. BIG FISH captures greater mindshare & market share for clients. BIG FISH delivers boutique agency service, BIG agency outcomes...
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- Public Relations
- Reputation Management
- Branding
- Event Marketing
- Direct Marketing
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- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Etech is an omnichannel customer engagement solutions provider for some of the world’s leading and most respected brands. The experience Etech has gained across a wide range of business verticals allows us to continuously deliver exceptional, personal customer experiences...
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- BPO
- Call Centers
- Customer Support
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Nacogdoches, Texas
- Number of Employees
- 1000 & Up
- Average Hourly Rate
- $45/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
We have the perfect solution for your business needs. With our extensive experience and expertise, we can help you take your business to the next level...
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- Web Design
- SEO
- PPC
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
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- Location
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
At Digital Finest we transform your expertise into a scalable business.In 9 weeks, we'll will guide you through a proven step-by-step map that enables you to build a location-independent business with 7-figure potential without being stuck in execution or creating custom solutions for your clients...
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- Business Consulting
- Digital Services
- Web Development
- Web Design
- Digital Strategy
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- Location
- Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $99/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Ready to grow with purpose? Union Blue & Co. supports purpose-driven people and organizations navigate new territories, tell authentic stories, and make a mark...
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- Creative Services
- Business Consulting
- Branding
- Digital Marketing
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- Lewis Center, Ohio
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Integrated Intelligence at Every Stage MaxCorp weaves research, tech, analytics, and system architecture together so that each component reinforces the others. Client focused Scalable & Secure Implementation - From agile program delivery to secure platforms, MaxCorp balances customization with long term...
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- Big Data Analytics
- Business Consulting
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $90/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Combining comprehensive consulting service offerings with the personalized, local touch of a boutique firm. Executive Decision is a certified SWAM and DBE firm delivering comprehensive consulting solutions. Our expertise spans management and administrative consulting, process optimization, strategic...
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- Business Consulting
- Location
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Movement Maker installs Demand Infrastructure for professional service firms across the US. Predictable inbound pipeline, AI citations across ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, and Perplexity, and ongoing intelligence on where buyers are finding you...
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- AEO
- AI Development
- Digital Strategy
- Web Development
- Web Design
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- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Superellipse is a cross-disciplinary design and innovation agency with studios in Mechelen and Antwerp. We bring together product design, engineering, brand design, service design, spatial design and digital design under one roof, with an in-house prototyping atelier and ISO 13485 certification.We work...
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- Product Design
- Engineering
- UI/UX Design
- Branding
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Mechelen, Belgium
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $145/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Woods & Walker is a founder-led custom software development company and technology consultancy in Newcastle upon Tyne, working with businesses across the UK.We're business owners who solve problems with technology. Sometimes that means building bespoke, business-critical software. Sometimes it means...
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- Software Development
- Mobile App Development
- Digital Strategy
- Digital Services
- AI Development
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- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $80/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Moolay Media is about communicating the essence of your brand to the world. From websites to social campaigns, we are passionate about connecting with our clients to give their vision a voice...
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- Software Development
- Mobile App Development
- AI Development
- Business Consulting
- Cloud Consulting
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- Location
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $250/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
We hold transparency and honesty to the highest values in all our business practices. We believe in maintaining a high level of integrity and ethical conduct to foster trust and respect within our company and with our clients and partners...
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- Big Data Analytics
- Staff Augmentation
- IT Services
- Business Consulting
- Market Research
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- Location
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $35/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
True to our name The B2B Marketing Company, our exclusive focus is on B2B marketing. Our extensive portfolio includes collaborations with industry-leading B2B brands such as Adobe, Microsoft, Penske, John Deere, and many others. What sets us apart from conventional agencies is our distinctive approach we...
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- Content Marketing
- Advertising
- Digital Marketing
- Media Buying
- Branding
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- Location
- New York City, New York
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
We are a branding and design agency that focuses on category design...
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- Branding
- Design Services
- Digital Strategy
- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Mornington, Australia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
At TAG Business Solutions, we empower businesses to thrive in a dynamic digital world, guiding them through technological advancements, process optimization, and digital marketing excellence. In todays rapidly changing environment, staying competitive isn't optionality essential. That's where we step in...
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- Business Consulting
- Digital Strategy
- IT Services
- SEO
- Web Development
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- Location
- Winnipeg, Canada
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $110/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
AppsGenii is a Texas-based AI and software engineering company delivering custom software, automation, cloud, and data solutions that help businesses and government organizations improve efficiency, innovate faster, and scale with confidence...
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- Digital Services
- Product Design
- Web Development
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
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- Location
- Frisco, Texas
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $45/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
For 18 years, we've built the software behind banks, governments, and household retail brands. We developed the UKs first mobile banking app and went on to build the earliest m-commerce apps on the UK App Store for brands including GAME, Gamestation, Waterstones, HMV and Next...
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- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
- AI Development
- Web Development
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $80/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Brand Identity for products or service companies. Located in Los Angeles. Personal attention from brand building to design...
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- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
- Package Design
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- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 2 Projects Listed
Arillic is an 8(a) certified marketing, communications and digital services company...
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- Social Media Marketing
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Fairfax, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Softnotions is a healthcare software development company and Healthcare AI, Data & Digital Engineering Partner with 18+ years of experience building secure, scalable, practical technology solutions, serving healthcare organizations across the USA and global markets...
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- IT Services
- Business Consulting
- DevOps Consulting
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
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- Location
- Kazhakkoottam, India
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $49/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 10 Projects Listed
FILMMAKING COMPANY FOCUSING ON BUILDING DEEP CONNECTIONS AND LASTING BRAND ENGAGEMENT FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR...
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- Audio Production
- Graphic Design
- Video Production
- Creative Services
- Advertising
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- Location
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $160/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
An outsourced accounting and bookkeeping firm with super-strong foundations built by over 12 years of expertise and experience...
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- Accounting
- Business Consulting
- Location
- New York City, New York
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $60/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
A team of reliable experts is helping you grow your idea and achieve success. Our diverse skill set encompasses strategic planning, innovative problem-solving, and cutting-edge technology solutions. With a commitment to excellence, we guide you through every step of your journey, ensuring your idea evolves...
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- UI/UX Design
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- Software Testing
- AI Development
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- Location
- Split, Croatia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
IGAMING, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT GLOBAL MARKETING AGENCY| YOUR STRATEGIC PARTNER TAILORING MARKETING SOLUTIONS |...
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- Branding
- Digital Services
- Reputation Management
- Digital Strategy
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- Location
- Nyon, Switzerland
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Discover digital sustainability with SEMIL GREEN WEB. We create and optimize high-performance websites that significantly reduce CO2 emissions. Our AI tools assess and minimize your site's environmental impact, ensuring an eco-friendly user experience...
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- Web Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- eCommerce Development
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- Location
- Meppen, Germany
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Your next customer won't be a person. It will be an AI. At PlusAI Solutions, we operate at the frontier of this new economic reality. Our mission is to architect the foundational infrastructure that allows your business to be discovered, understood, and transacted with by the coming wave of AI agent...
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- AI Development
- Software Development
- Business Consulting
- Mobile App Development
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Astra Black helps creative teams move from chaos to operational clarity. We design Airtable-powered Creative Operating Systems that organize projects, workflows, and teams so brands in entertainment, arts, media, and events can execute complex creative work with structure, speed, and precision...
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- Creative Services
- Business Consulting
- CRM Consulting
- Event Marketing
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Orlando, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Tiny House Digital consults with architecture studios on marketing and business development through website strategy, search engine optimization, newsletter marketing, and PR and communications...
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- SEO
- Content Marketing
- Digital Strategy
- Business Consulting
- Reputation Management
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- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
WiscAI is a Madison, Wisconsin AI consulting company that helps leadership teams put artificial intelligence to work. We start with a short, fixed-fee assessment that pinpoints where AI actually pays off, then build the systems to capture it: AI agents, document intelligence, and workflow automation. We also...
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- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $250/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
We are your strategic growth partner based in Zurich. We integrate commercial foresight, financial discipline, and workflow automation with high-authority brand design and high-yield digital acquisition. The payoff: operational roadmaps that actually show up in your numbers...
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- Digital Strategy
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
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- Location
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
TRUCARE is a trusted medical billing and revenue cycle management company helping healthcare providers simplify billing, improve collections, and maximize revenue...
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- BPO
- Business Consulting
- Accounting
- Location
- Bermuda Dunes, California
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Established in 2008, we're an award winning creative agency that specializes in scaling & accelerating brands...
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- Business Consulting
- Branding
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- High River, Canada
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $160/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
BRND® Consulting is a strategic branding agency dedicated to building and transforming brands for innovative companies. Our approach focuses on empowering businesses, enabling them to differentiate themselves and reach their desired success...
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- Branding
- Design Services
- Graphic Design
- Package Design
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- Location
- Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Indigo Studio is a boutique social media marketing agency based in New Jersey, specializing exclusively in hospitality and F&B brands. By combining creative storytelling, content production, and performance marketing, the agency helps restaurants, venues, and hospitality businesses stand out and drive real...
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- Roselle Park, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $70/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Tokyo-based strategy and creative studio for international brands entering Japan. We integrate market intelligence, brand adaptation, and digital execution so brands launch adapted, not just translated. Senior-led. 20+ years combined experience. Clients include Toon Boom, Space Un Gallery, and Clear Path...
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- Branding
- Business Consulting
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- Tokyo, Japan
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Fair Capital, your premier debt collection agency. Effective and affordable with a 'no recovery, no fee' policy. Maximum results with a positive approach...
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- Customer Support
- Business Consulting
- Accounting
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- Location
- Spring Valley, New York
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Certified Salesforce Consulting Partner with an office in Miami and delivery teams across Latin America. Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Agentforce and custom development, in your time zone and in English and Spanish...
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- CRM Consulting
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- Staff Augmentation
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- Miami, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Led by 2 user experience consultants with 20 years combined experience, we only take on a small number of projects at a time. We design with empathy to solve your customers' problems, we must first understand them...
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- UI/UX Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Winchester, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Hinge is the only agency that conducts ongoing, in-depth research into the fastest-growing firms, their buyers and their employees. With two decades of data from over 50,000 firms and buyers of their services, we know which marketing strategies and techniques work exceptionally well today, which are a waste...
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- Email Marketing
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- Arlington, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
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- $200/hr
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Creative Digital Design Agency - Clients include: Facebook, Samsung, Berkshire Hathaway, Ripple, Paypal, Adobe & More...
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- Logo Design
- Product Design
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- North Port, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
I am Brian J. McGinn from Florida, USA the owner of Complete Small Business Solutions. We are the leading Sarasota Accounting & CPA firm, providing a complete tax planning, accounting, bookkeeping & payroll services...
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- Sarasota, Florida
- Number of Employees
- 250 - 499
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
300+ realized projects15+ countries300 000 hours of development96% happy customers100% developers with Master Degree in Computer ScienceWe deliver:Apps with a deep feeling of user experienceMix of the latest technologies and skills for your web projectAwesome design of your idea...
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- Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Design in Mind is a Silicon Valley creative agency that prides itself on custom design solutions for every client. Since 2002, weve helped companies of all sizes and industries build, refresh, and scale their brands against key business objectives...
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- San Jose, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
We help financial planners and Registered Investment Advisors sculpt their digital presence. using the newest and best in class digital marketing strategies...
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- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $250/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
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Popular Services
What Are Small Business Consulting Firms?
Small business consulting is a type of service provided to assist small business owners, from starting points to growth and obtaining finance.
Outsourcing a consulting agency means investing in developing your company’s roadmap and implementing improvements on an ongoing basis. They evaluate the internal procedure that affects efficiency and impacts the finding of your company’s crucial financial drivers.
Small business consulting firms help their clients get the best out of their technological structure by:
- Analyzing Cost and Performance
- Discovering the Latest Insights
- Automating Complex Processes
- Implementing Intranets and Portals
- Streamlining Operations
- Running the Systems on the Cloud
What Does a Business Consultant Agency Do?
Consulting services for small businesses give their clients different types of solutions depending on the client’s aims, structure, and long-term goals. Below are the various tasks within the scope of work that a business consultant agency can help you with:
- Determining a business action plan
- Advising on the business policies (Human Resources (HR), IT, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP))
- Guidance on hardware and IT platforms
- Developing a roadmap for small business digital transformation
- Supporting legislation procedures and compliance
- Assisting Business Continuity Management (BCM)
- Identifying income streams
- Analyzing financial structure, including Activity Based Costing (ABC)
When you plan to scale your business and increase your revenue, consider the consultants who provide the following solutions:
- Process mapping. Understanding the current state and processes means laying the groundwork for an effective action plan.
- Reviewing the gaps. Zeroing in on the holes make it easier to establish the baseline of the present structure and space for further refinement.
- Implementation of the plan. Following the blueprint means gaining momentum, resulting in improvements and benefits in the later phases.
Consulting services for small businesses also create solutions for your company by researching and exploring your niche market. These solutions identify your priorities and improve your business plan while setting a clear direction of where to accelerate your goals.
These firms develop plans for a range of situations, such as:
- Reviews
- Growth
- Crises
- Restructuring
In addition, there are different niches of small business consulting services, and some of them are:
- Food and beverage
- Hospitality
- Beauty and salons
- Healthcare
- Retail
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FIND THEM HEREWhy Hire Consulting Services for Small Business?
Size of the global consulting market is $132 billion, which means that a lot companies are seeing profit and revenue rise when hiring the perfect-fitting consulting business partner.
There are many reasons to consider consulting services, and some of them are:
- Saving time and money
- Providing specialized advice
- Navigating changes in workload
- And more
Outsourcing a company that fits your business goals and priorities means having strong support for growth and scaling. Efficient collaboration can provide you with resolutions and focus that increases your company’s revenue and profit.
To develop your strategies, systems, and processes that enable scalability for the growth of your business, experts should provide you with the following:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Capacity
- And more
If the consultants cover your financial structure, you can expect services such as bookkeeping and payroll management, together with a review of your financial status.
Some small business consulting services work specifically on providing their clients with ISO compliance, including its common management system standard and Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
This means following the next steps:
- Development
- Implementation
- Certification
- Maintenance of the Management System
- And so on
How Much Do Small Business Consultants Charge for Their Services?
Regarding the cost of small business consulting services in the U.S., the fees range from $95 to $1,500. At the same time, the average price is around $400.
The hourly cost ranges from $45 to $150 per hour.
When searching for your perfect fitting consultant agency, remember that fees vary depending on the following:
- Location
- Service you need
- Time frame (one-time or an ongoing consultation)
How to Find the Right Small Business Consulting Services?
Small business consulting firms collaborate with organizations to unlock their potential and support the growth and development of their client’s businesses. These agencies aim to create impactful strategies for your company and use their extensive networks to skyrocket your results.
When planning to find additional help, you should take into account the next steps of your cooperation process:
Step #1: Planning of Future Goals
When searching for your perfect business partner, consider that you should find common ground in understanding goals and tools for acquiring those goals. Visualization and understanding of the development methodologies are crucial steps for continued improvement.
Step #2: Understanding the Procedure
Small business consulting firms provide their clients with solutions such as highly detailed plans that present the strength of the present tools. These tools can be essential for routine operations to increase efficiency and reduce errors within your company.
Step #3: Creating In-detail Instructions
When hiring experts that provide consulting services for small businesses, you must remember that optimizing your internal structure takes a couple of months. To be sure that you are on the same page as your potential outsourced consultants, you have to thoroughly communicate the plans you have.
Step #4: Organizing the Workflow
Working with experts that can provide you with high-quality consulting services needs your full explanation of what you plan to do inside your company in the future. Enabling the workflow’s restructuring helps you improve possible business opportunities and assess the implications that these changes bring.
Step #5: Managing the Performance
A proper performance management solution gives your team security when acquiring external knowledge from the outsourced agency. Managing your past performance and focusing on the current KPIs is the first step in the process.
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Some small business consultants are like mentors or advisors who work on comprehensive planning and strategizing of the task workflow.
Hiring the best option from all the possibilities on the market means feeling safe with your choice. Finding a partner with whom you can share your business strategies and financial plans is important essential.
Question #1: How Can Your Company Provide a Quality Solution for Our Business Structure?
When asking this question, the agency you are interviewing should have several arguments, and some of them are:
- Discussion and analysis of your previous results
- Research of the market and industry trends
- Creating updated targets and aims
- Drafting and revisiting business plans
- And so on
Question #2: What Is Your ‘Genius’ Regarding Small Business Consulting Services?
Every small business consultant must be aware of their expertise and should know how to explain it to you in the interview. There is substantial enormous value in going from idea to action and providing you with a solid plan, which exceeds your current results.
Question #3: Which Steps Would You Take To Accelerate the Results of Our Current Business Plan?
Sometimes, hiring additional help in consulting services means recreating your current plan instead of creating a new one. As such, they should inform you of how they see progress in your company.
Question #4: How Does Your Payment Structure Look Like?
It is crucial to find out when and how much you need to pay to acquire knowledge from small business consultants. Many agencies ask for an upfront payment and the remainder after completion.
Question #5: What Happens in Case of Termination of the Contract?
This question provides a safety net to ensure how your potential business partner handles unplanned situations. Ask about the possible additional fees if it comes to termination of the contract and the timeframe of the termination notice.
Question #6: How Do You Manage Potential Errors?
A team who has years of experience in the field of small business consulting services can definitely make a few mistakes. Be sure to talk openly with your potential hire because they can prove their experience by knowing how to explain previous mistakes and errors.
Question #7: Do You Ever Outsource Your Experts?
Some agencies work with an in-house team of people, while others are outsourcing experts for certain niches.
Having a comprehensive outlook of the outsourcing process is a key point, so ask these follow up questions:
- How do you outsource your experts?
- Do you work on a particular project or per an hourly rate?
- Have you ever worked with two or more outsourced experts on one project?
Question #8: Does Your Agency Provide Team Educations?
It is useful to collaborate with a company who educates their team of people because you can be sure that they are up-to-date with latest knowledge. Working in the field of consulting services for small business means that the business strategists have the tools, expertise, time and energy to confidently employ your business plans.
Question #9: Can You Provide Support Although Our Collaboration Has Finalized?
Utilization of the business plan is one thing, but supporting your company after the process is finalized could mean additional tasks. Make sure to know if the agency you want to hire provides support and guidance at least six months after the end of your collaboration. In this case, you will know if you are about to handle rocky roads alone, or with the team of experts by your side.
Question #10: Have You Worked With Our Industry Before?
When scrolling through the agency's official portfolio, you might not find enough information on the general side. But, knowing about the experience within your industry will make you feel more secure in your choice of your future business partner.
Takeaways on Small Business Consulting Firms
To thrive in the market means having expert solutions provided to you for any situation your company might come across.
Outsourcing small business consulting services means being provided with the following:
- Managing your accounts
- Handling administration work
- Maintaining payroll
- And more
Finding a perfect agency for your company means you are handed solutions when it comes to:
- Security and protection
- Investment
- Savings
The most successful way to search for your perfect fit business partner in small business consulting is by filtering by the portfolio, team size, and overall costs according to your project’s timeframe.
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