For Newcastle businesses comparing posting retainers
Published Australian retainers start near five hundred dollars a month and pass three thousand, and posts per month sets the number.
A report on your own business, showing where the enquiries arrive from today and what the businesses above you are doing.
By Reece Rainer
spareday, Newcastle NSW
Last updated
13 September 2026
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2 minutes
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Social media management in Australia is published from about five hundred dollars a month, and a small business usually lands between five hundred and fifteen hundred.
Above that the money is buying video and somebody answering comments, not more posts.
From about five hundred dollars a month at the light end, one to two thousand for a managed account with community replies, and three thousand and up once video is produced every month.
These are figures the agencies publish themselves. The spread is about output, not about skill.
Four things move a social quote: how many posts, how many platforms, whether video is made, and whether a person replies to comments and messages.
Two quotes at the same price often hold very different amounts of work. Asking for the four makes them comparable.
Posting earns a fee when customers check a business before they call, which they do for anything visual or anything where the choice feels personal.
A quiet profile is not neutral. It reads as a business that might have closed.
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Published Australian retainers start near five hundred dollars a month, with a small business usually landing between five hundred and fifteen hundred.
Posts a month and whether video is produced. Ask both and the two quotes become comparable.
No. Posting and advertising are separate purchases, and the fee to manage the advertising sits apart again.
Yes, and many do it well for the first year. The fee buys back the hours and the consistency rather than access to anything secret.
One monthly fee covering everything, month to month, no lock-in. The number depends on the business and gets given on the call.