Social media management in South Africa
Social media management means a team plans, creates, publishes, and reports on your social media for you. Daily Dose Creative manages Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok for South African businesses, from done-for-you posts at R1,795 a month to a full creative team on retainer from R6,600 a month.
Social media rewards consistency and punishes noise. Most businesses either post randomly when someone finds time, or they go quiet for months. Both tell your audience the same thing: nobody is home. We run the engine so your brand shows up every week with something worth seeing.
How we do it
The approach
- Strategy and calendar planning before any content is made. Every post has a job.
- Platform-native content: what works on Instagram is not what works on LinkedIn, and we produce for each.
- Value first. We give your audience useful, entertaining, or insightful content, and make the ask rarely.
- Monthly reporting on what mattered: engagement and enquiries, not vanity numbers.
Packages
Creative Dose packages
Your own creative team on retainer: strategy, planning, design, copy, publishing, and reporting every month. Pick the rhythm that fits, and step up when you are ready.
Silver
2 posts per week
R6,600/month
A steady, strategic presence, planned and run for you.
- 1 designed post and 1 image post per week
- Strategy and content calendar planning
- Campaign management and social PR monitoring
- Facebook banner and profile picture set up
- Monthly reporting
- 5% off graphic design
Gold
3 posts per week, plus a monthly campaign
R10,200/month
Strategy first, then a monthly campaign to give it momentum.
- Brand audit and strategy
- 1 designed post and 2 image posts per week
- 1 campaign per month
- Strategic and calendar planning
- Campaign management and social PR monitoring
- Monthly reporting
- 5% off graphic design
Platinum
5 posts per week, a monthly campaign, and email
R15,000/month
The full engine: social, campaigns, and email working together.
- Brand audit and strategy, plus social media optimisation
- 3 designed posts and 2 image posts per week
- 1 campaign per month, with campaign budget management
- An email newsletter every two weeks
- Profile pictures across every platform
- Social PR monitoring and monthly reporting
- 5% off graphic design
- Image posts use your photos, or photos from a separately quoted shoot. Photography and video are add-ons, from R1,800 an hour.
- Month to month with one month's notice, or save 5% on a 6-month term and 10% on a 12-month term. Businesses with two or more branches save 5%.
- Need something different? Custom packages are quoted on request. Just want designed posts? Done-for-you social media starts at R1,795 a month.
The thinking behind it
Why we work this way
Straight answers
Questions we get
What does social media management cost in South Africa?
Daily Dose Creative's done-for-you social media starts at R1,795 a month for one designed post a week, and a full creative team on retainer starts at R6,600 a month, covering planning, design, copy, publishing, and reporting. Larger multi-platform and campaign work is quoted after a short call about your goals.
Which platforms should my business be on?
Only the ones where your customers actually are. For most local and B2C businesses that means Facebook and Instagram; for B2B it is usually LinkedIn. We would rather run two platforms properly than five badly.
How long before social media shows results?
Expect the first meaningful signals within two to three months, and compounding results after that. Social media is a long game: consistency over years builds brands, and we are upfront about that from day one.
Talk it through
A free 30 minute call about social media management. No pitch, no obligation, and at least one idea you can use either way.
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