Marketing agency pricing — published, plain, and month-to-month
Most agencies hide pricing behind a sales call. Here’s ours, on the internet, where it belongs. No contracts designed to trap you. No mystery line items. Just a monthly partnership that pays for itself.
Essentials
$1,497/month
+ $3,500 one-time implementation
The foundation, done properly. Best for: getting the basics right before you scale.
- Website hosting, maintenance & monthly optimization
- Local SEO foundation & Google Business Profile management
- Sidekicks CRM with missed-call text back & review requests
- 4 social posts/month + Google Posts
- Monthly Growth Dashboard report
Growth System
$2,997/month
+ $6,000 one-time implementation
The complete Growth Engine, fully managed. Best for: service businesses ready to grow consistently. Everything in Essentials, plus:
- Google Ads & Meta Ads management (ad spend paid directly by you — you own your accounts)
- Landing pages with A/B testing, call & lead tracking
- Full Sidekicks CRM: AI receptionist, pipelines, automated follow-up, appointment & estimate reminders
- 8–12 social posts/month
- Monthly email campaign + newsletter + blog post
- Customer retention campaigns: birthdays, seasonal, win-back, referral, maintenance reminders, VIP
- Monthly optimization across all five Growth Engine stages
Growth Partner
$5,000+/month
+ $10,000 one-time implementation
Everything in Growth System, plus leadership. Best for: established businesses that want a fractional CMO.
- Advanced ad strategy & advanced SEO
- Quarterly strategy sessions & fractional marketing leadership
- Expanded content creation, custom automations, team training
- Multi-location support & priority access
Each package, explained
What it includes, why your business needs it, and how — and why — it actually works.
Sidekicks Essentials — The foundation, done properly.
$1,497/month
What it includes
Website hosting, maintenance & monthly optimization • local SEO foundation & Google Business Profile management • Sidekicks CRM with missed-call text back & review requests • 4 social posts/month + Google Posts • monthly Growth Dashboard report.
Why you need it
Most service businesses aren’t losing customers to competitors — they’re losing them to friction. A website that loads slowly. A Google profile nobody maintains. A call that hits voicemail and never gets returned. Before you spend a dollar making the phone ring more, the basics have to stop leaking.
How — and why — it works
We host, maintain, and improve your website every month. We manage your Google Business Profile weekly — the single highest-return asset in local marketing. And Sidekicks CRM runs underneath it all: missed-call text back answers when you can’t, and review requests go out after every job. It works because it captures the demand your business already earns — the searches you should be winning, the calls you’re already getting, the reviews you’ve already deserved.
Sidekicks Growth System — The complete Growth Engine, fully managed.
$2,997/month — most popular
What it includes
Everything in Essentials, plus Google & Meta Ads management • landing pages with A/B testing • call & lead tracking • full Sidekicks CRM with AI receptionist, pipelines & automated follow-up • 8–12 social posts/month • monthly email campaign, newsletter & blog • retention campaigns • monthly optimization across all five stages.
Why you need it
Getting found doesn’t matter if leads slip through the cracks — and great follow-up doesn’t matter if nobody finds you in the first place. Buying marketing as separate services can’t fix that — each vendor optimizes their own piece while leads fall through the gaps between them. You don’t need more marketing tasks. You need the connected engine.
How — and why — it works
All five stages run under one roof: ads and local SEO bring people in, landing pages capture them, the CRM answers in seconds, pipelines and reminders book the job, and retention campaigns bring customers back. Every call, form, and click is tracked — so each month we can see exactly which marketing produced customers, and improve every stage based on evidence. It works because every piece feeds the next: nothing leaks, and results compound instead of repeat.
Sidekicks Growth Partner — Everything in Growth System, plus leadership.
from $5,000/month
What it includes
Everything in Growth System, plus advanced ad strategy & advanced SEO • quarterly strategy sessions & fractional marketing leadership • expanded content creation • custom automations • team training • multi-location support & priority access.
Why you need it
Past a certain size, the question isn’t “is the marketing running?” — it’s “where should the next dollar go?” Established businesses need prioritization, strategy, and someone who owns the number. That’s a marketing leader — without the six-figure hire.
How — and why — it works
You get the full Growth System plus a fractional CMO: quarterly strategy sessions, advanced ad and SEO strategy, custom automations, team training, and multi-location support with priority access. It works because execution compounds fastest when someone is steering it — every quarter, budget moves toward what’s producing and away from what isn’t.
One-time Growth System implementation
Before the monthly engine runs, we build it — properly. A one-time implementation fee covers the complete setup of your system, so month one starts with everything connected and working.
Implementation
$3,500 one-time
- Discovery & Growth Strategy Session
- Growth audit
- Website optimization
- Google Business Profile optimization
- Analytics & tracking setup
- Sidekicks CRM setup & pipeline configuration
- Basic automations & review system
- Email domain authentication
- Reporting dashboard
- Team onboarding & training
Implementation
$6,000 one-time
Everything in Essentials, plus:
- Complete Sidekicks CRM implementation & customer journey mapping
- Website conversion optimization & landing page creation
- Google Ads account structure & Meta Ads setup
- AI receptionist configuration
- Call tracking & missed-call text back
- Sales pipeline customization
- Email & SMS nurture campaigns
- Review automation, referral & reactivation campaigns
- Analytics dashboard & conversion tracking
- Team training + 90-day growth roadmap
This is 30–60+ hours of build work, done right — so the engine runs from day one.
Implementation
$10,000 one-time
Designed for multi-location businesses or companies that want an outsourced marketing department. May include:
- Multiple websites or locations
- Advanced CRM customization & advanced automations
- Sales process consulting
- Multi-location reporting & advanced dashboards
- SOP development & department workflows
- Team training
- Executive strategy planning
- Marketing infrastructure & growth roadmap
What does $2,997/month actually replace?
A single in-house marketer runs $50,000+/year — and one person can’t cover SEO, ads, web, content, and automation. Buying those as separate services from separate vendors typically runs $3,500–$6,000/month, with you as the unpaid project manager. The Growth System delivers the whole department, connected, for less than any of it — and one recovered job a week usually covers the fee.
Pricing questions, answered
Why is the CRM included and not an add-on?
Because the system doesn’t work without it — and we sell the system, not software seats. Every Growth Engine plan includes Sidekicks CRM: pipeline, missed-call text back, automated follow-up, review requests, and campaign tools.
Is ad spend included in the monthly price?
No — you pay Google and Meta directly, so you always own your accounts and your data. Our fee covers strategy, management, tracking, and optimization.
Do you require long-term contracts?
Plans are month-to-month after an initial 90-day ramp period. We keep clients with results, not paperwork.
How much does a marketing agency cost in general?
Anywhere from $500/month for a single freelanced channel to $10,000+ for a traditional agency. Our plans run $1,497–$5,000+ because you’re buying one connected system instead of stitched-together services.
What sets The Social Sidekicks apart from other agencies?
Most agencies sell à la carte services — and then you’re left wondering why your marketing isn’t working. We believe every piece has to connect in order to work, so we build and run the whole system as one engine instead of a pile of disconnected tasks.
Can I hire you for just one service?
We’re always happy to chat — but our research and experience keep proving the same thing: the full Growth Engine is what actually moves the needle. You can’t focus on just one piece and hope it wins; every stage feeds the next, and that connection is where the growth comes from.
Can I upgrade or downgrade?
Any month. The system grows with you.
What does the one-time implementation fee cover?
The complete build-out of your Growth Engine before the monthly work begins — strategy session, growth audit, website and Google Business Profile optimization, Sidekicks CRM setup, automations, tracking, and team training. Essentials is $3,500, Growth System is $6,000 (30–60+ hours of build work), and Growth Partner is $10,000.
Do I still pay the implementation fee if I already have some of these pieces in place?
Yes — because even if several pieces are in place, chances are they’re not working together. The implementation fee is there to make sure everything is set up properly and connected, so growth can actually happen. Whatever you have that’s working, we keep — and wire into the system.
Not sure which plan fits?
Get the Free Snapshot and we’ll tell you honestly — including if Essentials is all you need right now.