Building Brands and
Caring for Communities.

Building brands and creating communities

What We Do

As digital and social media enthusiasts we help your business identify your audiences, craft your content and tonality to attract more like-minded audiences. We keep your goals in mind with every word and help you turn your marketing activities into profit generating work.  Stay on track with Social Consultancy by your side.

Go to Market Digital Plan

A plan to guide you to your audiences and improve conversion rates.

Digital Persona Creation

Cement your brand’s look and feel, tonality and beliefs. All your employees will have one voice when interacting with clients.

Staff Training and Skills

Upskill your staff to manage your business online.

Website updates

Ensure your digital store represents your services and offerings.

Basic SEO Services

Search Engine Optimisation is the foundation for any successful digital strategy. Social Consultancy can assist in ensuring the correct foundations are laid and managed. This includes Google Analytics, H1 Headers, Meta descriptions, Alt tags and Keyword density on copy.

Campaign and Media Management

We create digital campaigns to reach specific goals for the business. Using a specific media budget we will create, optimise and manage all digital campaigns including the reporting thereof and improvements to reach targets.

Social Media Management and Content Creation

We can assist you in creating fresh and consistent social content to share on social media. This content will highlight the benefits of your services, identify key trends in the industry and address customer queries online. Content creation includes newsletters, blogs and white papers.

Community Care (Management)

is how you react and engage with potential clients and suppliers. We will require a direct contact, for any complex questions. Your pages will be monitored at least 3 times a day, early morning, afternoon and at the end of day, Monday to Friday. This will include static posts being created with your branding and images.

Video Editing

Editing videos to meet brand guidelines, create engagement, inform or entertain.

Creative / Banner Creation

Using Canva, we can generate high-quality creative elements to elevate your digital or above-the-line messaging.

Should any of the above services are of interest to you, contact us for our affordable hourly rates!

Our commitment to you 

  • We will make ourselves available for any digital requirements you may have from strategic advice, content, SEO OR SEM requirements Monday through to Friday, while the sun is shining.
  • Timesheets are to be presented on request over any period and invoices will be billed according to time spent.
  • Regular electronic meetings are to take place.
  • Open and honest feedback and learning.
  • Regularly share digital marketing trends, and insights and advise on best practices.
  • If we are not able to fulfil a role, we have a wide network of professional experts within our circle who are able to assist.
  • Should you no longer be happy with the service, we only require one month’s notice, as we do tend to work a month in advance.
"The beauty of digital is you can trial and test certain elements at various times to find the perfect conversion matrix and report back on learnings taken every month. We look forward to preparing a strategy that will help make your goals a reality."
Cheryl Barnett
Chief Digital Enthusiast

Our work is Strategic, Creative and most importantly …Measurable.
We supply reports or strategic advice to attain your goals every month.

About

$0c1@L – Social Consultancy

It's about detail and tailored strategy

We act as your Digital Marketing Manager, available to you for all your digital support. Be it fresh eyes on what you’ve got planned, upskilling your staff or approaching a new audience. Our team and network can get you there.

Our objective is to deliver a digital strategy and content guide that will grow your base and ultimately increase conversions. Depending on the required outcome and target audiences the strategy will be tailor made to offer the optimum exposure to the most targeted base of potential customers.

We are an extension of your team, many of our clients have been with us for many years or over a short period to get things set up properly from the start.

We add value to your existing team by:

Creativity

We look at your industry and competitors with fresh eyes. Taking your brand identity to new levels.

Passion

We love all things digital; we bring new ideas and opportunities to your business.

Strategy

Doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting a different result is a sign of insanity. We keep you on track with your goals, keep your brand identity consistent and bring new opportunities to the forefront.

Organised

We can manage your content, your campaigns and updates with ease. Leaving you, to focus on what you do best - Business.

Preferred partners

Meet some of our favourite people to work with

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FuseFactory

An agile, performance led digital consultancy, dedicated to delivering solutions for business. The digital marketing team has worked with many of the top brands and agencies, specialising in content creation, content marketing, SEO, social media, web development, paid media and digital strategy.

Gone Digital

They’re more than simply arranging graphics on a page and placing a logo. It’s about messaging, personality, and visual appeal. It’s about speaking to the right people in their language and flying the brand flag high. It’s about psychology, human behaviour and the fine line between want and need.

Nikolorum

Website iNK is a professional Website Development & Digital Marketing agency, also specialising in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). They specialise in website development projects that combine beautiful interactive design with the World Wide Web because if you have a great looking website, chances are that your customer will rather buy from you.

Website Ink

The Teams We Trust

Our Partners In Digital Excellence

Public Relation Services

We’ve worked with Marise for many years and her Public Relations brain is like no other!
Marisé is and has been responsible for strategic direction and executive client advice on a wide portfolio of clients.

Brand Design and Architecture

Nicole is our brand architect, she sets the tone for success with her analytic look at the industry, competitors and audiences. Nicole loves brands. A below-the-line design genius who caters for big campaigns or start-ups.

Website Development and Paid Campaigns

Riaan is our paid media go-to man, web developer and all-around good guy! His passion lies in generating high-quality leads which turn into sales for clients. He and his team are constantly upskilling in this ever-changing industry, we call them the Lead Generation Ninjas!

Search Engine Optimisation

Katherine is the best in the business! She helps us to identify the right keywords for your audience to generate free organic traffic that converts into sales. SEO is the foundation phase of any digital campaign or business.

Other Agencies

We have had the privilege of working beside a variety of world-class agencies for their clients and them with ours. We believe in collaboration to give our clients the best most affordable options to improve your bottom line or customer experience.

Testimonials

This is what people had to say.

Our experience with The Social Consultancy, and specifically working with Cheryl and Shanade, has been absolutely fantastic. Over the past ten years, they’ve become an invaluable extension of our team. What truly sets them apart is their blend of professionalism and genuine care. They’re not just consultants; they’re partners who invest time in understanding our business inside and out. Cheryl and Shanade have consistently provided insightful strategies, creative solutions, and proactive support that have significantly boosted our client’s social media presence and engagement. Their expertise is undeniable, but it’s their friendly and approachable nature that makes working with them such a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend The Social Consultancy to any business looking to elevate their social media game!

Cheryl’s incredible adaptability with potential clients has let her to excel in her ability to identify opportunities and gauge and manage risks. Her uncanny ability to know what the client wants before they tell her makes clients feel comfortable with her. Her flexibility also allows her to quickly switch tactics if clients changes their mind about something at the last minute. While at Comair, Cheryl managed to effectively meet deadlines, manage her client’s expectations, effectively kept track of budgets and adapting to- and creating copy to meet strategic objectives and changing tactical direction.

I have known Cheryl for many years and she is a pleasure to have around. Her bubbly personality is a presence in any environment. She has a great work ethic and often goes above and beyond. She believes in the brands that she works on and her passion for social media is evident. She can conceptualize, formulate strategies and roll out campaigns, on time and on budget with ease. A great asset to have on your digital team!

Cheryl is at the top of her game when it comes to do with anything digital in marketing… having worked with her over the years she has always tackled issues with a strong mind and a big smile! I know she will succeed in whatever she does!

I started working with your team approximately 4-5 years ago, and it’s been a pleasure collaborating on numerous successful digital projects. Your team consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity, strategic thinking, and efficiency.

I also appreciate your attentiveness and the reassurance you provide throughout our projects. Social Consultancy is truly an amazing group of creative and innovative leaders.

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