Social media management in Runcorn

Industrial and technical firms dominate Runcorn, and technical work is genuinely hard to make readable. That is the job we take on. MarketingDone4U writes, designs and schedules your posts each month, fixed from £79, working out of Wilmslow about half an hour across the county.

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An industrial town with a local audience that backs its own

Runcorn gets underestimated from the outside. Regeneration around the Old Town has been putting life back into the waterfront streets, Sci-Tech Daresbury sits just along the road and anchors a growing science and technology cluster, and the chemical and engineering heritage still supports a substantial base of technical firms, contractors and trades.

Underneath all of that are around 62,000 residents with a strong habit of supporting local businesses when they can actually see them. The community feeling online here is real rather than a marketing line. The catch is visibility. A firm doing excellent work with no active presence is simply not part of the local conversation, and in a town where recommendation carries this much weight, that is an expensive place to be sitting.

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Social media management Runcorn

Writing about technical work for people who are not technical

This is the hardest part of social media for many Runcorn businesses, and it is worth understanding whether or not you ever hire anyone to help.

Technical firms tend to fail in one of two directions. Either the post is packed with specification detail that means nothing to the person reading it, or it is stripped back so far that it says nothing at all. The way through is to lead with the problem and the outcome, then let the detail sit underneath for the small number of readers who want it. A lining job, a pipework repair, a calibration: the interesting part for most readers is what was going wrong, what it would have cost to ignore, and what it looks like now.

Photographs of real work do most of the heavy lifting. Even a badly lit phone photo of an actual job beats a stock image of a laboratory, and the people who buy from you can tell the difference instantly. If your site restricts photography, say so early and we will build the content around drawings, diagrams and written case notes instead.

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How approvals actually work

Nothing publishes without you seeing it. We build the month, share it, and you can change a word, a claim or an entire post. For technical and regulated work that step matters, so we produce drafts quickly and then spend the time on getting the facts right with you rather than on production.

In month one there are usually a few things to mark up. By month two or three, approval is usually a scan and a yes. If accuracy needs signing off by somebody different from the person handling marketing, tell us at the start and we will schedule around both.

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Social media packages.

Everything runs on a fixed monthly price: £79 Starter, £149 Growth and £299 Pro, with no setup fee and no long tie-in. Growth is the one most clients pick, though the platform mix varies a lot here. Consumer-facing Runcorn businesses generally want Facebook and Instagram, while industrial and technical firms are better served by Facebook and LinkedIn, where buyers and future employees are both looking.

Starter

£79/month
  • 4 posts per month
  • Caption writing
  • Basic image and design support
  • 1 platform
  • Monthly scheduling
  • Hashtag suggestions
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Pro

£299/month
  • 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
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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.

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Social media management Runcorn

The monthly routine we take over

Social media management here means the whole job. We plan the month's content around your business, write the captions, design branded graphics, add hashtags and schedule everything to publish at the right times. Starter covers 4 posts a month on one platform. Growth covers 8 posts across two platforms with branded graphics, content themes and engagement guidance. Pro covers 12 posts across three platforms with a monthly content plan, reel and short-form guidance, campaign support and a performance summary.

Your input is measured in minutes: the odd photo, a quick approval. Plan details in full are on our social media management service page.

Social media management Runcorn

Part of our Cheshire coverage, not an outpost

We are on Altrincham Road in Wilmslow and cover the county end to end, so Runcorn sits alongside pages for Warrington and Chester, and our county-wide Cheshire social media management service. Each town gets its own content approach, because a Runcorn trades audience and a Chester hospitality audience have almost nothing in common. The complete coverage list is on the areas page.

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Social media management Runcorn

Realistic promises, kept monthly

We do not guarantee reach, followers or enquiry numbers. The platforms decide what gets seen, and anybody claiming to control that is overselling. What we guarantee is delivery: an on-brand set of posts published every month without you chasing, and an account that looks open, current and worth trusting when a local customer finally goes looking for someone like you.

Less faff. More done.

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Choose

Pick one service, or combine as many as your business needs.

2

Tell us

Answer a few simple questions so we understand what you do.

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We do the work

Smart technology does the heavy lifting. Our experts finish it.

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You grow

Turn better marketing into more enquiries and sales, without building your own team.

Works well with.

Paid social ads

Put budget behind your best content from £69 per month. Ad spend is separate.

SEO

Get found on Google as well as social, from £49 per month.

Web design

Somewhere for your followers to land, from £99 per month, hosting included.

Frequently asked questions

Is £79 a month really enough to make a difference?

For a lot of Runcorn businesses, yes. Starter's 4 posts a month keeps an account current and credible, which is the single biggest jump from posting nothing at all. When you want more momentum, Growth at £149 doubles the output and adds a second platform.

We are a technical or scientific business. Can you write for that?

Yes, and with Sci-Tech Daresbury nearby we expected the question. Drafts are produced quickly, then refined with your input until the technical detail is right. Nothing goes out unapproved, and if somebody in the business needs to sign off accuracy separately, we build that into the schedule.

How do you learn our business well enough to post as us?

A structured onboarding: a short questionnaire, a call about your customers and tone, and a look at the work you are proudest of. The first month usually needs a few tweaks. Once the tone has settled, approving the month is usually a quick job.

Do you report on how the posts perform?

The Pro plan includes a monthly performance summary showing what was published, how it did and what we would change. On every plan you keep full access to your own accounts and their built-in insights, so nothing about the numbers is hidden behind us.

Get your Runcorn business seen every week, without doing the posting

A few details from you, then a clear recommendation and a fixed monthly price from us. That is the whole process.

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Prefer to talk it through first? Call 0161 570 1668 or email hello@marketingdone4u.com.