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Marketing priced for a real small business

Agency retainers here mostly start around R12,000 a month. That is more than a lot of good businesses can justify, and it is why they end up doing nothing at all.

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There is a gap in the South African market between a freelancer at a few thousand rand who posts and disappears, and an agency retainer starting around R12,000 with an account manager and a deck. A lot of genuinely good small businesses fall into it and end up doing nothing at all.

AI closes that gap honestly. The drafting, scheduling, reporting and follow-up are automated; the strategy and the approval stay with a marketer. That is a real cost saving rather than a discount, which is why it can hold.

Trades, clinics, gyms, salons, professional services, retail. The pattern is the same: own local search, be consistent, and make it obvious how to get in touch.

What's included

Local search

Google Business Profile and the reviews that decide who appears in the map pack.

Consistent posting

Without it becoming your Sunday evening job.

A site that converts

Fast, obvious, works on a phone. From R18,500 if you need a new one.

Ads when you are ready

Not before the basics are working, because paid traffic to a broken site wastes money faster.

Enquiries in one place

Website, WhatsApp and Meta landing in one inbox, tagged with where they came from.

Plain reporting

How many enquiries, from where. Not a dashboard of metrics nobody acts on.

What this costs

This service is part of every package. Prices are on the site, not behind a call.

Website

R2,750

per month, excl. VAT

You need a site that works and someone to ask. Not marketing, yet.

Marketing

R5,500

per month, excl. VAT

You have a business that works and nobody has time to market it.

Everything

R22,000

per month, excl. VAT

Multi-site groups, property firms and e-commerce brands who want one supplier.

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Common questions

I have almost no budget. What should I do myself?

Fill in your Google Business Profile completely, add real photos, and ask every happy customer for a review. That is free, it takes a few hours, and for a local business it beats anything else you could buy first. Book the free consultation and we will tell you what is specific to you.

What does R5,500 a month actually get me?

The Marketing package: two channels posted daily, the AI content engine trained on your business, local SEO and AI search, Meta and Google ads managed, and review requests and lead follow-up automated. It does not include ad spend, which goes to Meta or Google from your own account, and it does not include shoot days.

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Tell us what you are trying to grow

We come back within one working day. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.

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