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I build infrastructure.

Organic social for independent hospitality, food and brands with a story worth telling. Four ways to work together, starting at $400. Pick the level that fits where your business is at.

Joseph Rako filming short-form video on a gimbal during a client shoot day

The Four Ways In

Start where your budget is. Climb when the results do.

01 · Learn It

Coaching

$400 one-off · $1,500 for 6 weeks

A single hour of straight answers on your content, or the full six weeks: three sessions plus message support Monday to Friday, so you can send me a video before you post it and fix the hook while it still matters.

For new venues and food brands not ready to commit, and anyone with an internal person who's having a go and could be much better.

02 · You Film, I Do The Rest

Plan + Edit

$1,800 / month

Every month I send you a shot list of exactly what to film, built for your business and the right mix of content. You film it on your phone, send everything through in one go, and it comes back as up to 10 edited videos, ready to post. You write the caption, you hit schedule.

I do the two things people get stuck on, the thinking and the editing. You point a phone and tap schedule.

03 · I Film It For You

Content Shoot

$3,500 per shoot

Pre-shoot research, a custom shot list, a 2 to 3 hour on-site shoot directed and filmed by me, 12 edited videos, 10 images, one round of revisions, 10-day delivery. You post it yourself.

Run it monthly, quarterly or as a one-off. Two hours of your time buys a month of content.

04 · It's Handled

Full Retainer

From $5,000 / month

Strategy, monthly shoot days, editing, captions, scheduling, comments and DMs, and a monthly report with a proper catch-up. Your job shrinks to the shoot, the meeting and tapping approve, about four hours a month.

The full system, detailed below. Three-month minimum, no lock-in beyond that.

Who This Is For

Not every business is the right fit, and that's intentional.

Independently Owned

The owner makes the call. Venues and food brands with something real: a story, a room, a family, a point of difference beyond the menu.

Already Trading Well

You're profitable and want more of the right people through the door, not a miracle to save a sinking ship.

Sold On Social

You already know social matters. We're not spending half the engagement proving the concept.

Melbourne

I shoot everything myself, so retainer and shoot clients are Melbourne and surrounds. Plan + Edit and coaching work anywhere in Australia.

If the whole brief is "two for one on Thursday", I'm probably not your guy.

How It Works

A structured system from day one.

01

Strategy Call & Audit

We get on a call. I deep-dive into your current socials, set a benchmark, and research your industry.

02

Your Custom Strategy Deck

A full positioning document: content pillars, funnel mapping, tone of voice, posting frequency, platform strategy and content examples.

Built into month one of every retainer, because nothing that comes after it works without it.

03

Shoot Day

I plan, direct and film a structured shoot on site, capturing a full month of content in a single day. You don't need to know what to say or where to stand, that's my job.

04

The Edit

The biggest part of the job, and the part nobody sees. Every video is built for the platform it lands on: a hook in the first second, pacing that holds attention, captions and sound that work with the feed instead of against it.

05

Review & Approval

Everything goes into Planable, my scheduling program. You review, comment, approve or request changes before anything goes live.

06

Go Live & Optimise

Content publishes on schedule. At the end of each month I go through the numbers and put together a performance report: what worked, what didn't, and why.

07

The Monthly Catch-Up

An hour together, every month. I take you through the report, we talk through anything coming up in the business that the content should get ahead of, and we set the direction for the month after. It's also just a proper catch-up, which is the part most agencies quietly drop.

Full-Service Social Media Management

What working together actually looks like.

Every retainer is built around your business, so rather than pick a box off a shelf, we map it out together on a call.

In Every Retainer

  • ✓ A full strategy document and tone of voice guide, built before a single video is made
  • ✓ Monthly content planning and a custom shot list
  • ✓ On-site shoot days, planned, directed and filmed by me
  • ✓ Short-form video, edited natively for each platform
  • ✓ Stories, comments and DMs handled
  • ✓ A one-hour strategy call every month, direct with me
  • ✓ A monthly performance report that actually gets actioned
  • ✓ One round of revisions on every video

What Scales With You

Three tiers, and the difference between them is volume and reach:

  • Starter · $5,000 + GST

    10 videos a month. Instagram and Facebook. One two-hour shoot a month.

  • Core · $6,000 + GST · most popular

    14 videos a month. Adds TikTok, an extra shooting hour and two stories a week.

  • Growth · $7,000 + GST

    16 videos a month. Adds LinkedIn with 12 LinkedIn-specific posts and three stories a week.

Investment

From $5,000 + GST / month

Where you land depends on volume and platforms. I'll map that out with you on the call, once I know what you're actually trying to achieve.

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Joseph is honestly amazing. I've been working with Joseph to improve my organic content and videos. Love the way he breaks down content and his creative ideas. I recommend Joseph to everyone who is looking to improve their organic content.

Daniela Valencia Founder, Reclaim Creative

The Honest Maths

Doing this yourself takes 32 hours a month. Minimum.

Planning, filming, editing, writing, scheduling, reporting, replying. And it's never a junior who ends up doing it, it's the owner, at night, after service. Price your own hours honestly and the retainer costs less than the time it gives back. I need four hours of your month: the shoot, the meeting and tapping approve.

Let's Talk

If this sounds like a fit, let's get on a quick call.