To choose an India-based marketing agency, issue identical briefs, verify evidence behind case claims, and confirm named delivery owners. Test collaboration during a bounded 30-day paid trial rather than comparing agency service lists or hourly headline rates.
Use the same questions, requested evidence and decision record for every shortlisted agency, including ImagineInk. An unanswered question stays unresolved rather than becoming a positive score.
Write down the buyer, offer, target market, current constraint, known baseline, internal capacity and decision you need to make. Ask candidates to distinguish what they have verified from what they would investigate after access.
A client logo establishes neither the work performed nor an outcome. Separate relationship evidence, delivery evidence and measured results so a strong claim in one category does not substitute for another.
Evaluate the proposed delivery arrangement, not only the people in the sales meeting. Clarify who can change priorities, approve a release and resolve an issue when the usual owner is unavailable.
List the accounts and assets the engagement will touch before granting access. Confirm what stays under your control and what will be delivered when the work ends; route legal and data-handling questions to the appropriate adviser.
Use one concrete scenario: a prospective buyer finds a page, makes an enquiry and needs a response. Walk through that journey in the intended market instead of accepting a broad claim of international capability.
A trial should answer a useful question without requiring an open-ended commitment. Define a specific deliverable, time window, spend limit if relevant and acceptance check. Do not use a short trial to demand a guaranteed search ranking or revenue outcome.
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Choose a shortlist you can evaluate consistently. There is no universal right count; using the same brief and examining the evidence matters more than collecting a large number of proposals.
No automatic rule should decide that. Compare equivalent scope, required internal effort, tool costs, review responsibility, exclusions and handover before judging price. A lower price with unresolved dependencies is not directly comparable.
Confidentiality does not prove or disprove capability. Ask what permitted alternative can be reviewed, such as a redacted delivery example or a bounded trial, and keep any unsupported performance claim marked unverified.
Yes. Apply the same evidence and ownership questions to us. This guide is the evaluation resource; the India-based marketing partnership page separately describes our proposed engagement model and fit.
