Skip to main content
Category

Sales & Growth

Tariffs, Tensions, and Talent: Navigating 2025

An AI-generated cargo ship carrying containers labeled "Freelancer" and "1099-Staffing"

When your supply chain gets taxed, your workforce doesn’t have to.


It started with an email.
Subject line: Urgent: Tariff Changes Affecting Your Shipment.
Your morning coffee suddenly tastes like despair. That container of widgets you’ve ordered for years? The duties just jumped from a manageable $2,000 to a migraine-inducing $12,000. And just like that, your budget has all the structural integrity of a wet paper bag.

Continue Reading

Power Target + FlexTal – a Game-Changing Partnership; Scaling Marketing Effortlessly

Blue field with an orange bullseye and the logos for FlexTal and Power Target. Title, "Case Study" appears in bright green.

In 2021, Adam Cain turned to a Slack forum to ask for advice on finding a freelancer to help with Marketing. Power Target, a leader in the energy sector, needed a way to scale their marketing efforts efficiently without the overhead of traditional hiring methods. With the energy industry’s fluctuating demand and the challenges of maintaining a full-time marketing team, Power Target turned to FlexTal.  

This case study examines how FlexTal helped Power Target triple its conversions, streamline marketing operations, and eliminate the time-consuming process of vetting and hiring talent.

Continue Reading

What Do Rotary Phones and Full-Time Hires Have In Common?

drawing of rotary telephone on field of blue

Cell phones didn’t eradicate telephone calls, but when did you last use a rotary phone?

While companies continue to tighten their belts, lay people off, and cut full-time positions, the gig economy is growing. As a result, contractors and companies are finding the flexible talent model to be a sustainable approach to the current employment landscape.

Continue Reading