Social media management in Handforth
Handforth businesses trade in the shadow of a major retail park, and a quiet feed shows. MarketingDone4U writes, designs and schedules your posts every month, from £79 fixed. We are five minutes down the road in Wilmslow, so a photo visit takes an afternoon, not a project plan.
Trading beside a retail park changes the job
Handforth Dean pulls serious retail traffic to the edge of the village, and for local firms that is a mixed blessing. Thousands of people come within a mile of your door every week for a national brand, then drive home again. Businesses on Wilmslow Road, trades working out of the small industrial units and the local service firms cannot live off that traffic. They get chosen because somebody already knew the name.
Social media is one of the few places where a small Handforth business turns up in exactly the same feed as the national names down the road. Being remembered by the people who already live and work here is the whole objective, and a monthly feed is a steady way to go about it.
Build my planDone for you, from blank page to published
You approve, we handle the rest. Captions written, graphics designed in your branding, hashtags researched and rotated, posts scheduled for the hours your audience is actually online. Starter covers four posts a month on one platform. Growth covers eight posts across two platforms with proper content themes, and it is the plan most clients pick. Pro runs twelve posts across three platforms with a monthly content plan, short form video guidance, campaign support and a performance summary.
Because content is built using AI for speed, refined by experts for quality, one fixed monthly price covers the writing, the design and the scheduling, with the contents of each plan written down before you start.
Social media packages.
No day rates and no scope creep invoices, just a fixed monthly price you can plan around from the first month to the twelfth.
Starter
- 4 posts per month
- Caption writing
- Basic image and design support
- 1 platform
- Monthly scheduling
- Hashtag suggestions
Growth
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- 8 posts per month
- Up to 2 platforms
- Branded graphics
- Monthly content themes
- Basic engagement guidance
Pro
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- 12 posts per month
- Up to 3 platforms
- Monthly content plan
- Branded graphics
- Reel or short-form video guidance
- Campaign post support
- Monthly performance summary
Prices shown are the current set fees. Your agreed price stays fixed while you keep the service. Final package details are confirmed before you buy.
Six questions worth asking any social media supplier
Before you hand your accounts to anybody, including us, ask these. Who writes the captions, a person or a tool left running unsupervised? Will I see everything before it publishes? Are the graphics built in my branding or a template with my logo dropped into the corner? What happens to the content and the accounts if I leave? Is the price genuinely fixed, or does it move once you are settled in? And can you show me work for a business roughly like mine?
Our answers, for the record. A human refines every draft. Yes, you approve everything. Your branding, not a template. The accounts and the posts stay yours because they always sat on your profiles. The price is fixed and only changes if you choose a different plan. And yes, we will show you comparable work before you commit to anything. If a supplier turns vague on any of those six, the vagueness is your answer.
The content that earns its keep around Handforth
The best performing local content is rarely clever. For a trade firm it is job photos with a line about the problem solved, because homeowners looking for reassurance find it there. For a retailer near the Dean it is new stock, restocks and the things a big shed cannot offer, namely service and knowledge. For food businesses it is whatever came out of the kitchen today. For anybody, it is the occasional post with a face in it.
We agree those themes with you once, then keep the mix balanced month to month: some selling, some showing, some simply being present in the local conversation. When something worth mentioning happens, a new hire, an award, a van in fresh livery, we fold it in. The feed ends up reading like a business with momentum, which is the impression that wins the next enquiry.
None of it requires you to perform on camera. Where short form video suits the business, Pro includes guidance on making reels that feel natural, but plenty of strong local feeds are photographs and well designed graphics posted without fail.
Five minutes away, not five time zones
Our base is on Altrincham Road in Wilmslow, directly south of you. That means we can call in for photos, we understand the trading picture, and when you mention the Dean or the bypass nobody needs it explaining. It also changes accountability: if a post misses the mark you are talking to the people who made it rather than a ticket queue, and an urgent change is handled the same day. We look after neighbouring towns as well, including Wilmslow, Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall, with the full list on our areas page.
We will be straight with you about what this buys. Consistent posting keeps your business visible, builds trust before the first call and gives customers a reason to choose you over a silent competitor. It cannot guarantee a fixed number of followers, likes or jobs, and no honest agency will pretend otherwise. The service is set out in full on our social media management page, and our Cheshire social media management page covers how we work across the county.
Less faff. More done.
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Pick one service, or combine as many as your business needs.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to supply photos and videos?
It helps a great deal but it is not required. Phone photos of your work, your team or your unit beat stock images every time. We pair whatever you send with branded graphics we design, so the feed never runs dry when you are busy.
How quickly can you start posting?
Usually within the first week. We set up scheduling access, agree your themes and tone, then get the first batch approved. There is no drawn out onboarding project to sit through.
Is £79 a month really the full price?
Yes. Starter is £79 a month, fixed, for four posts on one platform including captions, design, hashtags and scheduling. Growth is £149 and Pro is £299. There are no setup fees and nothing bolted on later.
My business sells to trade, not the public. Is social still worth it?
Often yes, but on the right platform. For trade and B2B firms around Handforth we usually lean on Facebook for local visibility and LinkedIn for commercial buyers, rather than chasing Instagram trends that will never reach the people who sign your orders.
Who actually writes the posts?
A person, every time. Drafting is AI assisted for speed, then a copywriter and designer refine the wording, the images and the timing before anything reaches you for approval. Nothing publishes unedited.
Get your Handforth business posting again
Tell us what you do and we will map out a month of content before you have finished your brew.
Start My JourneyPrefer to talk it through first? Call 0161 570 1668 or email hello@marketingdone4u.com.