Social media consultants have the strangest version of the monetization problem, because your marketing is your product. Every growth breakdown you post proves you can do the work — and every one of them fills your DMs with people asking you to do the work for free. "Why did my reach die?" "Can you look at my account real quick?" "What would you post if you were me?" You can ignore them, answer them for free until you burn out, or funnel them toward a retainer most of them will never buy. None of those options captures the actual demand, which is for one focused conversation at a fair price.
That is the product Cheddify lets you sell. Your link sits in the same bio your audience already visits. Someone taps it, sees your rate, pays as a guest in the browser — no account, no invoice, no "let me send you my Calendly" — and either connects with you live on the spot or books a session. You take the call on the Cheddify app while the per-minute meter handles billing. If you have been gluing this together with a scheduler, payment links, and hope, here is how Cheddify compares.
What social media consultants sell on Cheddify
- Account audits. A booked 30-45 minute call walking through their profile, content mix, hooks, and analytics: what is working, what is invisible, and the three changes to make this week.
- Growth strategy calls. Positioning, niche selection, content pillars, posting cadence, and platform strategy for people starting from zero or stuck at a plateau.
- Hook and content reviews. A fast 15-20 minute fixed-price block: they bring five drafts, you make each one sharper. High volume, easy yes.
- Live "office hours." Toggle yourself available after you post and let followers call per-minute while their motivation is hot. Momentum is the whole game on social; Cheddify lets you monetize it in real time.
- Paid DMs. Set a price and every "quick question" in your inbox becomes a small transaction instead of a small robbery. Here is how paid DMs work.
How to price social media consulting by the minute
Marketing and social media consultants commonly charge $3 to $10 per minute on per-minute platforms. If your own accounts are your proof and you are early, $3-4 converts well. Consultants with documented client wins commonly sit at $5-6. If you have grown accounts to seven figures of followers or run paid social at a serious level, $8-10 is defensible — your buyers are often businesses, and a good strategy call is cheap compared to a month of guessing. Keep a 10-15 minute minimum on live calls and one low-priced entry offer (a paid DM or a short hook review) so smaller followers can start somewhere. The general framework is in how to price your 1:1 calls.
The math on a real strategy call
Run a 60-minute growth strategy session at $4 per minute. The client pays $240, plus about 3% card processing on their side of the transaction. Cheddify takes 20% plus $2 per call: 80% of $240 is $192, minus $2 leaves $190 paid out to you via Stripe. One of those a week is roughly $800 a month; the audit-plus-follow-up pattern most consultants fall into doubles it. Fee details live on the pricing page.
The honest part
You of all people will appreciate the straight answer: Cheddify does no distribution. There is no marketplace, no explore page, no algorithm putting your profile in front of strangers — your link is the only door, and your content decides how many people walk through it. That is exactly why it works for social media consultants: you already know how to build an audience, and the missing piece has never been demand, it has been a checkout that keeps up with a comment section. Claim the link, put it in the bio, and mention it when the questions roll in. For the bigger picture, see why one monetized link beats a page of dead ones.