Multi-Client Social Operations Buildout (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that stands up a shared social media management operating layer across a client roster: scheduling, approval routing, permissions, and reporting wired to the agency's actual delivery cadence. Priced as a fixed-scope buildout so the retainer that follows runs on measured coordination time instead of guesswork. Time: 10-14 days.
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Multi-Client Social Operations Buildout (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that stands up a shared social media management operating layer across a client roster: scheduling, approval routing, permissions, and reporting wired to the agency's actual delivery cadence. Priced as a fixed-scope buildout so the retainer that follows runs on measured coordination time instead of guesswork.
- Signed client roster with named account owners and a single escalation contact per brand
- Inventory of every active social channel per client, including dormant profiles that still carry brand risk
- Written approval matrix: who drafts, who reviews, who has final publish authority
- Access credentials or admin invitations for each channel, plus a secure vault for storage
- Baseline time log covering two weeks of current scheduling, revision, and reporting effort
- 1.Kickoff with the client's marketing lead to confirm scope, roster, and success measures
- 2.Collect channel access and verify publishing permissions on each profile
- 3.Document the current workflow from content request through publish and report
- 1.Map every handoff where a draft changes hands and time it
- 2.Count revision rounds per post across the last 30 days of published content
- 3.Flag channels with no owner and no posting history
- 1.Configure the chosen platform's workspace structure, one isolated space per client brand
- 2.Set role permissions so contractors see only assigned accounts
- 3.Connect all channels and confirm each one publishes a test post successfully
- 1.Build the approval routing rules: draft, internal review, client review, scheduled
- 2.Define rejection reasons so feedback is structured rather than free-text
- 3.Test the full approval path on one live post per client
- 1.Load the content calendar with the next 30 days of planned posts per brand
- 2.Apply per-platform formatting rules so cross-posted content is not identical across networks
- 3.Set posting windows against each client's audience activity data
- 1.Configure the unified inbox and assign response ownership by client
- 2.Set auto-moderation thresholds for spam and profanity, with human escalation for anything ambiguous
- 3.Document response-time targets in the client's service agreement
- 1.Build the reporting template with the metrics each client actually reviews
- 2.Verify analytics figures against native platform data for one week of posts
- 3.Note any metric the platform cannot report reliably and plan a manual workaround
- 1.Apply white-label branding to client-facing reports and approval interfaces where the platform supports it
- 2.Confirm the client sees the agency's brand, not the software vendor's
- 3.Test report delivery to a client inbox end to end
- 1.Train the delivery team on the new workflow in a 90-minute session
- 2.Record a short reference walkthrough for onboarding future hires
- 3.Publish the internal runbook covering escalation paths and platform quirks
- 1.Run one full week of live delivery inside the new system
- 2.Log every friction point the team hits during the live week
- 3.Compare actual coordination time against the day-2 baseline
- 1.Fix the top three friction points identified during live delivery
- 2.Adjust approval routing where reviewers became bottlenecks
- 3.Confirm the client's review turnaround meets the agreed service level
- 1.Deliver the handover pack: runbook, access map, reporting template, and baseline comparison
- 2.Present measured coordination-time savings to the client sponsor
- 3.Agree the ongoing retainer scope and reporting cadence
Agencies charge for this buildout because the value is measured, not asserted: the day-2 baseline and the day-10 comparison produce a defensible coordination-time number the client can see. Once approval routing and per-client workspaces are in place, each additional brand on the roster costs the agency far less to onboard than the first, which is where retainer margin actually comes from. The buildout also converts a vague social retainer into a scoped service with a defined review turnaround, reducing the revision load that quietly eats delivery hours.
- Configured multi-client workspace with isolated brand spaces and role-based permissions
- Documented approval matrix and routing rules with rejection reason taxonomy
- Client-facing white-label reporting template with verified metric definitions
- Internal runbook covering escalation paths, platform limitations, and onboarding steps
- Baseline-versus-post-build coordination time comparison presented to the client sponsor
One full week of live client delivery runs through the configured platform with every post passing the documented approval path and the measured coordination time reported against the pre-build baseline.