The Head-To-Head, No Spin.
Four ways to grow a contracting business. One owns the system, one rents it, one duct-tapes it, one builds it twice. Here is every factor that matters — side by side, decided.
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Four Options. One Winner.
Every factor a contractor actually weighs — who owns it, who else gets it, who answers for it, what it costs, and what you're left holding when it ends.
Agencies rent you activity. Freelancers patch one hole. In-house costs six figures and a year. DTG installs the whole machine in 5 business days — and hands you the keys.
In-House. Freelancer. Agency. Or Owned.
Every other route leaves a gap — a missing system, a missing owner, or a missing guarantee. Here's how the options stack up against owning the machine outright.
In-House
Six figures in salary, a year to ramp, and the machine breaks the day they quit. You own the result — and the payroll and turnover that come with it.
Freelancer
One person, one channel, no system. Strong on a single piece, weak on the rest — and your pipeline stalls the moment they're unavailable.
The Agency
A retainer for deliverables, not outcomes. They own the accounts and the data, serve your competitors too, and it all stops when the contract does.
DTG — Owned
The whole system installed under your login and locked to your metro. Flat fee, no contracts, one operator per market — and it all stays yours if you leave.
The Two Options The Table Leaves Out.
In-house means hiring a marketer, a media buyer, and a CRM admin — six figures in salary, a year to ramp, and the machine breaks every time someone quits.
DIY means you become the marketer at night, after a full day on the tools. The leads you miss cost more than the system would.
DTG gives you the in-house result — owned, integrated, accountable — without the in-house payroll or the ramp.
Build Infrastructure. Own Your Market.
One contractor per metro per trade. Check whether your market is still open before a competitor locks it.
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