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Social Media Strategy

Time, energy and money are your key resources. A social media strategy stops you wasting them.

Reach

Why social media marketing is important

Leadership sometimes thinks the company already sells enough, or worries staff may say the wrong thing online. But social media helps you reach and connect with potential customers where they already spend their time.

Benefits

5 benefits of creating a social marketing strategy

1

Clarity

Direction and a roadmap with content ideas and trend awareness.

2

Roadmap

Brand awareness through regular exposure, leads from soft actions like registrations and downloads, and better retention.

3

Journey

Efficiency through defined tools, customer-journey keywords and questions, and measurement with continuous improvement.

4

Motivation

Teams stay consistent and productive when weekly production needs are clear.

5

Focus

Bigger campaigns become possible by concentrating on core content.

Process

What's involved in creating a social media strategy

5 steps to a social media strategy

01

Insight

Audit your own and competitors' social efforts, customer journeys and products. Choose channels and niche opportunities.

02

Goals

Set realistic, achievable goals using a checklist of examples.

03

Tactics

Formats, a content calendar, landing pages and downloadable assets, email funnels, keyword research and posting frequency.

04

Action plan

Assign the team, tools and platforms, and the schedule.

05

Mentoring & measuring

Feedback on drafts and performance reports — or outsource content creation and management to us.

Pricing

How much does a social media strategy cost?

Strategy packages start at $3,250 + GST. Several are registered with MBIE's Management Capability Grant, which offers 50% co-funding to eligible companies.

Packages

Social media strategy packages

Strategy & Calendar

$1,200/month

3-month retainer · Capability Fund registered

Choose channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, WeChat, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest), define content types and purchase/enquiry paths, and get a 12-month weekly topic calendar. Optional blog or email calendar.

Outsourced Social

$2,800–$12,597/month

Management

Discovery, monthly or quarterly calendars for approval, content creation, campaign management and reports. Suits technical teams, malls and established companies without a marketing department.

Social media campaign

$1,280/month

12-month retainer

Four campaigns over 12 months. Ad spend of $300–$1,000 per campaign not included.

Content Marketing +

$2,726/month

12-month retainer

Blogs, videos, social posts, emails, and landing pages and content for 2 campaigns.

Grow Your List

$1,570/month

Retainer

Website download section, email nurture series, automation and e-book.

Photoshoot options

Shoot Details Price
Social 1 hour at one location, 20 usable shots in one format $659
Social, two formats As above, delivered in two formats $827
Half day One location $1,571
Web or company profile Half day with art director $2,253
Corporate Full day, two locations, two formats $3,750

Catalyst for growth

Clients we've created social media strategy for

Guidance grounded in copywriting, conversion, graphic design and results — plus custom niche content ideas from our in-house creative team, backed by 26+ years of marketing experience.

Silver WingRiverside KitchenJohnson & CouzinsDiscover Tekapo

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Swapping print for a Facebook/Messenger and Google campaign, we matched record sales for a $14–20k product in three months instead of twelve — at half the spend.

Neil Pluck

Neil Pluck

Plucks Engineering

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Alexanders tailored our rebrand, website redesign and social media activation under real time pressure, and their market research made us more market-oriented.

Tony Kan

Connexionz

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Make your next impression count.

Book a 20-minute, no-obligation introduction call with Rachel by phone, Zoom or Teams. We'll talk through what you need and whether we're the right fit. If it's a good match, the next step is a complimentary one-hour strategy meeting.

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