Is $200 a month enough?

For production of a modest content calendar, it is in line with what is published here. For strategy, production and paid media management together, it is not — and a quote that promises all three at that number is going to quietly deliver one.

Should the ad budget be bigger than the management fee?

Usually, once you are past the testing phase. If you are paying $300 to manage $100 of ads, you are paying someone to manage almost nothing.

Only if the people who buy from you are there. For a lot of Lebanese businesses that is genuinely yes, and for plenty of others it is a distraction that costs a second content format.

Who should own the Instagram account?

You. Always. Add them as a manager; never let the account be created under their email.

How long before I see results?

Organic content compounds over months. Paid ads give signal within weeks but need budget and iteration to get efficient. Anyone promising either in days is selling something else.

An individual for content production and channel management. An agency when you need several disciplines coordinated and someone accountable for the whole funnel.

What is a fair notice period?

A month either way after an initial three-month term. Longer locks on a first engagement favour one side only.

Can I just do it myself?

For posting, often yes. What you are buying is consistency, which is the thing owners reliably run out of in month two, and the judgement about what to post, which is harder than it looks.

$200 a Month for Social Media — But Is the Ad Spend Inside That Number?

Digital marketers in Lebanon publish service prices from $20 to $500, with social media management clustering near $200 a month. Here is what that fee does and does not include.