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Marketing Agency

Marketing or advertising agency with creative project management, briefings, timesheet, freelancer management, and client reporting

6 modules included
2 pre-built roles
Free to start

Included Modules

All free

Everything you need to run a Marketing Agency, ready to go.

Customers

Customer management with CRM features, lifecycle tracking, tags, …

Free

Invoicing

Create and manage invoices, credit notes, and billing

Free

Projects & Time Tracking

Project management, milestones and time tracking

Free

Tasks

Task management, calls, meetings and activities

Free

Tax Management

Tax rates, calculations and reporting

Free

Time Control

Employee time tracking with geolocation and geofencing. Compliant …

Free

Pre-built Roles

2

Role templates for a Marketing Agency. Assign them to employees during setup.

Account Manager

projects.* customers.* tasks.* campaigns.view_*

Creative

projects.view_* tasks.* time_control.*

Setup Guide

AI Assistant

Step-by-step commands to configure your Marketing Agency hub in minutes.

Setup Guide: Marketing Agency

Configure your Marketing Agency hub from scratch using the ERPlora AI Assistant. All commands below are sent to the Assistant at /m/assistant/.


Step 1 — Describe your business

Send this as your first message to the AI Assistant:

Hi! I have a digital marketing agency in Amsterdam. It's called "Pixel & Brand Agency". We do digital strategy, social media management, advertising campaigns, and design for mid-size brands. I need to set up the full system.

The assistant will detect your business type and install the right modules. The hub will restart (1-2 min).


Step 2 — Configure everything

After restart, send this complete configuration message:

Perfect, modules are installed. Please configure everything:

- Business info: name "Pixel & Brand Agency BV", address "345 Herengracht, 1016 Amsterdam", VAT number NL567890123B01, phone 020 623 4567, email hello@pixelbrand.nl
- VAT: 21% not included in prices. Classes: Standard Rate (21%) for marketing services
- Payment methods: bank transfer
- Employees:
  - Lucy Vos (Account Manager, PIN 1234)
  - Marc de Boer (Creative, PIN 5678)

Execute everything without asking further questions.

Modules installed

Module Purpose
customers Client database with brand briefs and history
invoicing Monthly retainer and project-based invoicing
projects Creative project management with briefings and deliverables
tasks Task assignment per creative and account manager
tax Tax configuration — standard rate for marketing services
time_control Timesheet for billable hours per client

Roles

Role Key permissions
Account Manager projects, customers, tasks, view-only campaigns
Creative view-only projects, tasks, time tracking

Typical use cases

  • Manage creative projects with client briefs, tasks, and deadlines
  • Track hours per client to identify true profitability
  • Invoice monthly retainers for social media management or recurring campaigns
  • Manage freelance collaborators with purchase orders and external invoices

Notes

Professional services sector — standard VAT. Monthly retainers (fixed monthly fee for ongoing services) are the most common billing model in agencies. Tracking hours reveals when a client consumes more resources than included in the retainer. Project briefs must be approved by the client before production starts to avoid unlimited revisions.

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