Lesson 1
Why You're Still Stuck at $1K Retainers While Others Charge $5K+
The client selection mistake that's capping your income (and the revenue-focused thinking that changes everything)
Runtime: 9 minutes
Continue to Lesson 2 →What You Just Learned
In this lesson, you discovered:
Why beautiful portfolios and "content skills" don't translate to higher rates
The Client Selection Math that determines whether you can ever charge premium fees
How $1K SMMs and $5K strategists pitch the same project completely differently
The industry myth keeping 90% of social media managers underpaid
Why "selling yourself" is backwards (and what actually closes high-ticket clients)
Workbook cue: Open the workbook to Lesson 1 Exercises (pages 3–5) (sent to your email right after signup).
Here's What This Means For You
If you’re working with clients who can’t realistically scale past ~$100K–$500K annually, your fee ceiling will stay low - no matter how good your content is.
But here’s the next bottleneck most SMMs hit:
Even after landing a high-capacity client, content still doesn’t move revenue. Posting is consistent, the feed looks great - sales don’t follow.
That’s exactly what we fix in Lesson 2.
WATCH NOW →Up Next: Why Your Content Looks Good But Still Doesn't Sell
In Lesson 2, you'll discover:
- The fundamental gap in most SMMs' content processes
- Why "content pillars" create busywork instead of revenue
- The 6-step strategic system that turns social media into a predictable sales engine
- How to break the "pretty feed, low pay" loop without chasing trends
This is where everything clicks
You'll understand why some accounts with 2K followers generate $50K/month while others with 10K followers make nothing.
Continue to Lesson 2 →