To see how ABH Media grew to a team of around 15 a couple of years later, read Adam’s second case study.
THE SHORT VERSION
From a One-Person Shop to a First Hire in 5 Days
Adam Hamdan runs ABH Media, a B2B SaaS SEO agency that helps software companies grow their inbound organic traffic with content, backlinks and technical SEO. When he came to HireUA, it was just him.
Within about 5 days of asking for help, he had made his first hire. She started as a Content Writer, was promoted to manager about 3 weeks in, and took Adam down to handling about 20% of fulfillment.
AT A GLANCE
6 candidates in a couple of days · First hire in about 5 days · Promoted about 3 weeks in · Adam down to ~20% of fulfillment
THE CHALLENGE
Every Part of the Business Ran Through Adam
Adam was handling every part of fulfillment, plus sales and everything else. As he took on more clients, the work outgrew a one-person shop. He was “completely maxed out.”
He wanted a quick solution, without setting up W2 paperwork, internal hiring and HR. HireUA was the first place he went when it was time to make his first hire.
THE PROCESS
Six Candidates in a Couple of Days
Adam messaged Kyle, they agreed the process in about 15 minutes, and he was added to a Slack channel with the HireUA team. He sent a short job description, signed one agreement, and within a couple of days had 6 candidates. “All the candidates were great.” Interviews were set up a couple of days later.
“All in all it was like a five-day process from ‘I am looking for a solution, I need someone to hire’ to telling someone on the interview, ‘Hey, are you ready to get started on Monday?’”
Adam Hamdan, Founder, ABH Media
“It was just one contract, one invoice. It was super easy, done and simple.”
THE RESULT
From Content Writer to Manager in About 3 Weeks
She joined as a Content Writer. Over her first few weeks she stood out for communication and ideas, suggesting better ways to run the agency’s Notion and content calendar. Adam saw management potential in her and moved her up about 3 weeks in.
Before the hire, Adam was doing all of the fulfillment. After it, he was handling about 20%, just some minor things, and she was doing the bulk of the work. That gave him time for sales, marketing and operations, and to replace Google Sheets and manual work with real systems.
“I was finally able to take a breath and kind of look at things and be like, let’s just make this super organized.”
Adam Hamdan, Founder, ABH Media
“If you want to source fast and high quality for content writers, which is something SEO agencies need to do, I would definitely recommend you guys.”
Adam Hamdan, Founder, ABH Media
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
A Couple of Years Later: a Team of Around 15
Adam came back for a second case study. ABH Media has grown about 1,000% since this first hire, and the people he hired through HireUA now help run the company.
ROLES HIRED
The Role We Filled for ABH Media
FIRST HIRE
Content Writer → Manager
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