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Marketing Agency Social Media Strategy

A marketing agency sells the very thing it posts, so every update on social media is also a sample of the work. Small business owners deciding whom to trust with their marketing look at an agency's LinkedIn page, its Instagram feed and the videos it shares, then ask a colleague. Posts that give plain advice for one kind of business, show work in progress and answer common questions do more to start conversations than posts about the agency itself. LinkedIn is where owners and referral partners spend their working hours, Instagram shows how an agency presents a brand and YouTube lets it explain things properly. A calm, regular rhythm shows that an agency can keep to a schedule, which is what clients are really hiring.

Free · about a minute · with 4 weeks of posts

Brightsignal Marketing is a made-up agency that posts rarely and wants more messages from business owners. Its strategy picks LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube, lists what to fix on each profile and splits the posts across four themes. Four weeks of posts follow, each with a caption and hashtags and square brackets where the owner adds a business type or a number. The close covers hashtags, advert spend and the numbers worth counting. Yours is made for your own agency and platforms in about a minute.

What works on social media for a marketing agency

  1. Give away advice that shows how you think

    Owners hire the person whose advice already helped them. Post specific, usable tips for one type of business, such as how a cafe can use its Google listing, and say why each works. Do not hold back the useful part.

  2. Share work in progress, with permission

    A photo of a content calendar, a shoot or an edit shows how you work better than a description. Ask a client before sharing anything about their business, and hide any details they want kept private. If you have no clients to show yet, use your own campaigns.

  3. Write for an owner reading on a phone

    Owners read between customers and jobs. Use short paragraphs, plain words and one idea in each post. End with a question or an invitation to message you.

  4. Comment before you post

    On LinkedIn, thoughtful replies to local owners' posts start more conversations than posts sent to nobody in particular. Spend a few minutes a day commenting on posts by owners, networks and partners. A useful comment from a named person is a quiet introduction.

Sample

Brightsignal Marketing is a made-up marketing agency. Its strategy shows where the customers of a marketing agency are, what to post there and four weeks of posts ready to use. Yours is made for your own business and the platforms you use.

Social media marketing strategy

Brightsignal Marketing

Brightsignal Marketing will use plain advice and honest behind-the-scenes posts on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube to start conversations with small business owners who need marketing help.

More messages and enquiries · Under 100 US dollars a month

Fix these first

  1. Rewrite your LinkedIn headline and bio to say who you help and how, such as social media and search for local businesses, with a link to a page where they can message you.

  2. Replace general marketing posts with advice shaped for one kind of small business, so an owner reading it thinks that this is exactly their problem.

  3. Show real work, with the client's permission, or your own marketing if you have no case studies yet, because nothing proves a marketing agency like seeing its marketing.

Your platforms, in order

  1. LinkedIn 5 posts in 4 weeks · Text posts, Carousels, Short videos

    The people who buy marketing for small businesses read LinkedIn at work, so a useful post reaches them directly.

    Fix on your profile:

    • Use a clear photo of a person for your own profile and the logo for the company page.
    • Write a headline that says who you help and how.
    • Feature your services page and a way to book a call.
    • Add an about paragraph in plain words, with no jargon.
  2. Instagram 4 posts in 4 weeks · Reels, Carousels, Stories

    A feed that is tidy and consistent shows owners how you would present their brand.

    Fix on your profile:

    • Use the logo and a bio that names your services and the kind of business you help.
    • Link to the contact page and add a message button.
    • Save highlights for services, behind the scenes and client thanks shared with permission.
  3. YouTube 3 posts in 4 weeks · Short how-to videos, Screen walk-throughs

    Owners search for how to answers about marketing, and a short video gives one while showing how you explain things.

    Fix on your profile:

    • Set up a channel with your agency name and a short description of who you help.
    • Add a banner that says what you do and a link to the contact page.
    • Make playlists by topic, such as Google profile help and social media for shops.

Your content pillars

Plain-English marketing advice

  • How a cafe can use its Google listing, step by step
  • Why a post that gets likes may not bring calls

Work in progress

  • Planning a month of posts for a type of business, with permission
  • Editing a short video from rough clips to finished post

Questions owners ask

  • Do I need a website if I have a Facebook page?
  • How long before a Google advert brings calls?

Talk to us

  • Room for new clients next month
  • A short call to review your Google listing and your posts

Your 4-week posting calendar

Week 1

Monday · LinkedIn · Text post

Who we help

We help small local businesses get found on Google, stay visible on social media and turn both into calls. If you run a [type of business], tell us what is not working. Message us to start a conversation.

#MarketingAgency #SmallBusinessMarketing #LocalBusiness

Wednesday · Instagram · Carousel

Marketing jobs for an hour a week

Marketing jobs a small business can do in an hour a week: reply to reviews, post a photo, update the Google listing and more. Swipe through, save it, and message us if you would rather we did them.

#MarketingTips #SmallBusinessOwner #SocialMediaMarketing

Friday · YouTube · Short how-to video

Check your Google listing

How to check your Google Business Profile in a few minutes: category, photos and opening hours. Watch, fix yours, then message us if you want a second pair of eyes.

#GoogleBusinessProfile #LocalSEO #MarketingTips

Week 2

Monday · LinkedIn · Carousel

Likes versus calls

A post that gets likes is not always a post that gets calls. Here is how we judge a post for a local business. Message us if you would like a plain review of yours.

#SocialMediaMarketing #MarketingAgency #SmallBusinessMarketing

Wednesday · Instagram · Reel

Planning a content calendar

Behind the scenes: planning a month of posts for a [type of business], one idea per photo. Want a calendar like this for your business? Message us.

#ContentMarketing #BehindTheScenes #MarketingAgency

Friday · LinkedIn · Text post

A website mistake

A mistake we see often on small business websites: the phone number is hard to find. If a customer cannot call in a few seconds, they call someone else. Try finding yours on your own phone right now.

#SmallBusinessOwner #WebsiteTips #MarketingTips

Week 3

Monday · Instagram · Carousel

How we work

How we work with a new client: a review, a plan, the work and a monthly report. Swipe to see each step, then message us to book a call.

#MarketingAgency #SmallBusinessMarketing #BrightsignalMarketing

Wednesday · YouTube · Screen walk-through

A Google listing review

A walk through the Google profile of a [type of business]: what is strong, what is missing and what we would add. Compare it with yours, then message us to talk it through.

#GoogleBusinessProfile #LocalSEO

Friday · LinkedIn · Carousel

A marketing checklist

A one-page marketing checklist for small businesses: website, Google profile, reviews, social media and email. Tick what you have, and message us about the rest.

#MarketingChecklist #SmallBusinessMarketing #DigitalMarketing

Week 4

Monday · Instagram · Reel

A post, rewritten plainly

The same message, before and after we wrote it plainly. Clear beats clever for a small business. Which version would make you call?

#ContentMarketing #CopywritingTips #MarketingTips

Wednesday · YouTube · Short how-to video

Owners' questions

The questions owners ask us most about social media and Google, answered in plain words. Got one of your own? Send it to us and we will answer it in a video.

#MarketingQandA #SmallBusinessOwner #MarketingAgency

Friday · LinkedIn · Text post

Room for new clients

We have room for [number] new clients next month, for social media, search or both. Message us for a short call about what your business needs.

#MarketingAgency #SmallBusinessOwner #BrightsignalMarketing

Words in [square brackets] are for you to fill in, like a price or an offer.

Your hashtags

#MarketingAgency #SmallBusinessMarketing #SocialMediaMarketing #LocalSEO #GoogleBusinessProfile #ContentMarketing #MarketingTips #SmallBusinessOwner #DigitalMarketing #BehindTheScenes #LinkedInTips #BrightsignalMarketing

Your advert budget

LinkedIn60%

Showing your best advice post to owners and managers of local businesses, with a link to book a call.

Facebook40%

Showing a short how-to video to small business owners in your area, with a message button.

The numbers to watch

Messages and call requests a week

Count the new messages and booked calls from LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and your website each week.

Conversations that became calls

Note each message that led to a call, and the post it followed.

Profile views from business owners

Check on LinkedIn who is viewing your profile and how many are owners or managers in your area.

Saves and shares of advice posts

Note which advice posts are saved or shared most and make more like them.

How AI Web Maker runs this strategy

Every post sends people somewhere. On AI Web Maker your website comes with the tools that keep this strategy running every week:

AI Social Media Marketer. Writes and posts to Facebook, Instagram and more on a schedule, sending people to your site.

AI Chatbot. Answers your visitors day and night from your own information, and takes the details of people who want to talk.

AI Blog Writer. Writes and publishes articles about your business on a schedule, so new visitors keep finding you on Google.

Contacts and leads. Every sign-up, contact form and chat lead lands in one place, so no customer slips away.

AI SEO Tool. Scores every page out of 100 and fixes each problem with a click, so the pages your posts link to climb on Google too.

After the strategy

Give your posts a website to send people to

Every post needs somewhere to send the people who want to know more, ask or book. AI Web Maker builds a website for your marketing agency in minutes, ready to preview.

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Questions

Social media for a marketing agency: questions and answers

Which social media should a marketing agency use?

LinkedIn comes first because owners, managers and referral partners use it for work. Instagram shows how you present a brand, and YouTube lets you answer how to questions in your own voice. Choose two or three and show on each the kind of work you sell.

What should a marketing agency post on social media?

Post practical advice for one kind of small business, work in progress shared with permission and the questions owners ask. Add your process, so that owners can see what working with you is like. Never post results you cannot prove.

How often should a marketing agency post?

Two or three posts a week on LinkedIn is plenty for a small agency, with a video or an Instagram post when you have something to show. Choose a rhythm you can hold when client work is heavy. A steady schedule is also proof that you can keep to a client's.

Do I need to pay for LinkedIn adverts to find clients?

Not at the start, because posts, comments and messages to people you have met do most of the early work. A small advert can help later, showing your best advice post to owners in your area. Send it to a page where they can book a call.

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