For businesses without a marketing team
Small business social media management, handled. You just approve.
Beevi manages social media for small businesses. It learns your business from your website, works out what's worth posting each week, writes and designs every post, and publishes to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and YouTube. Each post waits for your approval first. You keep the judgement; it does the hours.
6 platforms · 7 days free, no card · Nothing posts without your approval
No website? Describe your business instead
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What small business social media management actually involves
Managing social media isn't one job. It's five that repeat every week: deciding what to post, writing it for each platform, making the visual, publishing on time, and keeping it all sounding like you. Most owners do one or two of them well and drop the rest during a busy week.
| The job | Doing it yourself | With Beevi |
|---|---|---|
| Deciding what to post | You invent the week from a blank page. | A drafted deck from your news, local dates and your market. |
| Writing it for each platform | One caption, rewritten by hand for each account. | A native version per platform, at that platform's length. |
| Making the visual | A photo from the shop, or a design you put off. | Covers and carousels in your colours. |
| Publishing on time | You remember between customers, or the post waits. | Slotted around what is already booked, with status per platform. |
| Sounding like you | It drifts the week the business gets busy. | Voice, colours and the corrections you have already made. |
What's included, and what isn't
- Plans the week, writes every caption, makes the images and carousels, and publishes them.
- Keeps the voice, colours and corrections you set.
- Posts a first comment under its own post, such as a link or a short call to action, on platforms that allow it.
- Competitor research and short video, on the Growth plan.
- Reply to comments other people leave, or read and answer direct messages.
- Run paid ads.
- Send performance reports.
- Film on site. If you need a person for any of this, keep one for that part.
How Beevi runs your social media, week by week
It learns your business first.
Give it your website. It reads your tone, audience, colours and products. You can correct it anytime in brand settings.
It proposes the week.
Every week you get a deck of drafted posts built from your news, local dates and what's trending in your space. Approve or skip them. You never start from a blank page. For a longer list, see 42 ideas for what to post.
It writes and designs each post per platform.
One idea becomes a native post for each platform, with captions at the right length and covers and carousels in your palette. Short video is on the Growth plan. That is content creation for small business: the words and the picture, made for the account they are going to, not pasted across all of them. If you have been looking for a social media content creator for small business, this is that production, and you still approve every post.
You approve, per platform.
The LinkedIn version can go out while Instagram goes back for another pass. Approval digests arrive by email or Telegram. See how approvals work.
It publishes and keeps the calendar full.
Posts are slotted around what is already booked, and status is tracked per platform. The calendar side is the AI social media scheduler.
Social media management for small business, without hiring a team
Restaurants and cafés, clinics, studios, local shops and product brands. Owners who know they should be doing social media marketing for small business, and then lose the week to running the actual business.
Restaurants and cafés
The special, the room, a regular, a quiet Tuesday. There is always something to post, and rarely someone whose job it is. See a weekly restaurant posting system.
Clinics, studios and services
The day is appointments. The account goes quiet, then three posts at once, then quiet again. Approving a drafted week is a smaller job than inventing one between clients.
Shops and product brands
The product has to look like the product, every time, including the packaging or the mascot a customer already knows. You can keep your products consistent in every post.
Start with the one or two of Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and YouTube where your customers already are, and connect only the platforms you want. Real estate agent? See social media management for real estate agents. Running social for clients? Beevi for agencies.
Your options, honestly
There are four realistic ways to handle it. The advice on small business social media marketing usually lists tactics. The decision in front of you is simpler: who does the work.
Do it yourself
Right when you like the work, or when you post rarely enough that the week is not the problem. Most owners do one or two of the five jobs well and drop the rest the week the business gets busy.
Hire a freelancer or an agency
Right when you want a person doing the parts that need a human you can brief, not another draft to approve. You are buying their time and their judgement. Plenty of businesses use both.
Use a scheduler
Right when the posts already exist and you only need them to go out on time. It will not decide what to say or make the visual. If the calendar is empty because you never have anything to post, a scheduler leaves it empty.
Use an AI that does the production while you approve
Right when the missing piece is the hours, not the judgement. Beevi plans, writes and designs the week. Nothing goes live until you say so.
Is it worth paying for social media management? It is worth it when posting keeps slipping and your hours cost more than the fee. If you enjoy it and post steadily, doing it yourself is fine. If you need someone to answer customers, run ads or film, pay a person. If the gap is producing posts every week, software that drafts them for your approval is the cheaper fix.
Weighing a scheduler? Read manager vs scheduler: which do you need? Or start with the AI social media manager. For the other tools, see honest comparisons with Hootsuite, Buffer, Sprout Social and Later.
What social media management costs a small business
| Option | Monthly cost | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Do it yourself | $0 to $200 in apps | 5 to 10+ hours a week |
| Freelancer | $500 to $3,000 a month | 2 to 6 hours a month |
| Agency | $2,000 to $10,000+ a month | 2 to 4 hours a month |
| Beevi | From $35 a month, 7-day free trial, no card | The time to review and approve the week's drafts |
Beevi plans start at $35 a month, with a 7-day free trial and no card. The trial covers every feature except video. When it ends you move to the Free plan, where publishing and scheduling stay free. The $35 plan covers writing, images and carousels. Competitor research and short video are on the Growth plan. You can see plans and pricing.
Do-it-yourself, freelancer and agency ranges are from what social media costs a small business, which cites Sprout Social's 2026 small-business package guide. They vary with platforms, video and ads.
See what Beevi would post for your business
Give it your website. You'll have a week of drafts to approve, edit or skip. Nothing goes out until you say so.
6 platforms. 7 days free, no card.
No website? Describe your business instead
Small business social media management, answered
What does social media management include for a small business?
Five jobs that repeat every week: deciding what to post, writing it for each platform, creating the image or video, publishing at the right time, and keeping everything consistent with your brand. Beevi handles the planning, writing, images and publishing, and asks for your approval before anything is published.
How does Beevi manage my social media if I have no marketing team?
You give it your website once. Beevi learns your tone, audience, colours and products, and each week proposes a set of drafted posts. You approve, edit or skip each one, and approved posts are scheduled and published for you.
Will I still have control over what gets posted?
Yes. Approval is on by default and works per platform, so you can publish the LinkedIn version while sending the Instagram one back for changes. Nothing is published to an account you have not connected, and you can write and schedule your own posts alongside Beevi's.
Which accounts can Beevi manage for my business?
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn (personal profile and Company Page), X, TikTok and YouTube. Each approved idea is rewritten for every platform rather than copy-pasted, and each version has its own schedule and status.
How much does social media management cost for a small business?
Doing it yourself costs your time plus up to about $200 a month in apps. A freelancer usually charges about $500 to $3,000 a month, and an agency about $2,000 to $10,000 or more, depending on platforms, video and ads. Beevi plans start at $35 a month, with a 7-day free trial and no card. The trial covers every feature except video. When it ends you move to the Free plan, where publishing and scheduling stay free. The $35 plan covers writing, images and carousels. Competitor research and short video are on the Growth plan.
Is Beevi a replacement for a social media agency?
For many small businesses it covers the day-to-day production an agency would do: planning, writing, design and publishing. You stay the final approver. If you need paid ad management, influencer campaigns or someone on site filming, an agency or freelancer is still the right fit for that part.