What it costs, and how it works.
Most clients run a program starting around $1,000/mo. Single services start at $149. Everything is month-to-month with a 30-day guarantee, and onboarding is measured in days, not weeks.
Three ways to work with us
Scope sets the price — how many services are running, how much gets produced each month, and whether we're building something new or keeping it moving. These are the starting points.
More than one channel, working together — ads feeding retargeting, content feeding search, reporting tying it back to revenue. This is where marketing starts compounding instead of restarting every quarter.
Multi-channel, run properly, with the strategy and reporting layer on top. Most clients here land between $4,000 and $5,000 a month, and the largest programs go well beyond it. It's the version of this we'd pick for ourselves.
Instagram growth $149/mo · one-platform content calendar $199/mo · ads management from $599/mo. Ad spend is separate and goes straight to Google or Meta — never marked up.
Only need one thing? That's fine, and we'd rather do it well than upsell you. Our single-service work is real content from real people — not the templated $99 packages that quietly stop reaching anyone. We wrote about why those fail.
Why don't most agencies publish prices?
Because "it depends" is easier to defend on a sales call. It's partly true — scope changes price — but it mostly protects the agency, not you. We'd rather explain the structure up front.
Retainer covers strategy, execution, and reporting for the services you're on. Ad spend is separate and goes straight to Google or Meta — we don't mark it up.
What's included in a retainer?
Everything needed to run the services you've signed up for: a named account lead, strategy, execution by our team on our platform, and live reporting. No per-task invoices.
- Named account lead
- Strategy + execution
- Our automation platform + live reporting
- Month-to-month billing
What are your contract terms?
There aren't any. Everything is month-to-month, and the first 30 days come with a simple guarantee: not thrilled? Walk away — no fees, and you keep everything we built. Your accounts, your site, your data are yours either way, so leaving is easy. That's on purpose.
What does onboarding look like?
We call it takeoff, and it takes 1–3 days: access + audit, strategy, launch. You'll have a named human and live reporting before the first week is out.
Do you mark up ad spend?
No. Ad spend is separate from the retainer and goes straight to Google or Meta on your own billing. We never take a cut of it, and we never bill it through us — which also means we have no incentive to talk you into spending more than the account can use.
What determines the size of a retainer?
Scope, mostly: how many services you're running, how much content gets produced each month, how many locations or markets you cover, and how much of the work is building something new versus maintaining it. Two businesses in the same industry can land in very different places for those reasons.
- How many services are running
- How much content gets produced each month
- How many locations or markets you cover
- Whether we're building something new or maintaining it
Is it cheaper to hire in-house or use an agency?
It depends on how many channels you need. One person rarely covers paid ads, SEO, web, and email well, so an in-house hire usually means either a narrower program or several salaries. An agency spreads a team across your account instead. If you only need one channel and you have someone good, in-house can absolutely be the better deal — we'll tell you when we think that's the case.
How much does a marketing retainer cost?
Most Site Altitude clients run a program starting around $1,000 a month. Full multi-channel programs start at $4,000, with most landing between $4,000 and $5,000 and the largest going beyond that. Single services are cheaper: Instagram growth is $149 a month, a one-platform content calendar is $199, and ads management starts at $599.
Do you work with small budgets?
Yes, and we won't pressure you into a program you don't need. If one service is genuinely what your business needs right now, we would rather do that one thing properly than sell you a bundle you're not ready for. Plenty of clients start with a single service and add to it later, once it's paying for itself.
Get a real number for your business.
One call. We'll tell you what we'd do and exactly what it costs.
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