Process

How we work

AGENCY 21 is a full-cycle SMM agency in Tashkent. We don’t sell “social media management”: we build a system where strategy, content, ads and analytics are wired together and refreshed every month. Below is the whole client journey — from the first conversation to the monthly report.

30–40 day onboarding Monthly cycle 6 disciplines in-house
Discuss a project → Two stages
Manifesto

Why we don’t start with posts

Without research and packaging, SMM turns into chaos: a pretty feed, an expensive operator, an ad budget — and zero leads. We’ve seen it hundreds of times, so month one has no posts at all: only the system.

The typical story goes like this. A business hires a contractor for “management”, gets twelve posts a month and runs ads to a profile where it is unclear what is being sold, to whom, and why here. The money goes out, the report comes back in reach and likes, and the sales team sees no new enquiries — because there is not a single explaining link between the ad and the sale.

We work the other way round: first we answer “who are we selling to”, “what makes us different” and “what should a person understand in the first fifteen seconds in the profile”, and only then switch on production and ads. Below are the four classic substitutions we remove at the start.

01Posting without strategy→A content plan tied to business goals
02Reels with no funnel→Series mapped to attention stages
03Ads on a hope and a prayer→Lead forms + UTM tracking
04Vanity “likes” metrics→CAC, CR, LTV metrics
Program

Two stages. No improvisation

The work always splits into a starting stage and a monthly cycle. The first builds the foundation and is billed once; the second is the operation that repeats every month.

01 SMM ONBOARDING · 30–40 DAYS · $2 500
  • Strategy Sprint — business, audience, competitors, offer
  • Launch / packaging — positioning and visual language
  • 3 Reels: who we are / what we do / why they trust us
We build the base: strategy, profile packaging, a visual system and three pinned Reels. Without this stage any content plan is improvisation.
MONTHLY 02 SMM SYSTEM · FROM $1 000 / MO
  • Reels + photo posts + stories in one rhythm
  • Shooting and editing — in-house
  • Regular reports and hypothesis testing
Operations across three tracks: production, ads, analytics. The content plan is refreshed every month based on data.
Toolbox

Six disciplines. One system

Everything SMM needs is in-house. No outside contractors, nothing lost in translation: strategist, operator, editor, designer and analyst work on one project in one rhythm.

01STRATEGYBusiness, audience, competitors, offer — broken into hypotheses and priorities.
02CONTENTReels, photo, stories in one rhythm. Scripts mapped to the viewer's attention stages.
03PRODUCTIONA shoot day in-house: operator, lighting, editor, designer. No contractors.
04TARGET ADSBundles with lead forms and UTM. Awareness, Lead Gen, Performance — to fit goals.
05ANALYTICSNot likes but CAC, CR, LTV. Monthly review and hypothesis testing.
06PACKAGINGPositioning and the profile's visual language. Bio, highlights, hi-lights.
Monthly cycle

What happens every month

After onboarding the work settles into a repeating rhythm. The month closes with a report, the report becomes next month’s plan — so content stops depending on inspiration.

PlanningWe refresh the content plan on last month’s numbers: which topics and formats drove reach and leads, and which hypotheses we test next.
ProductionA shoot day in-house, editing, design, subtitles. Reels, photo posts and stories go out in one rhythm, not as a batch at the end of the month.
AdsWe launch bundles with lead forms and UTM tags: awareness to warm up, lead generation for enquiries. Leads reach the manager tagged — you can see what pays off.
Analytics and reportWe review CAC, CR and LTV, reach and cost per lead. At the end of the month — a report and a decision on what to scale and what to switch off.
Result

What you have in 30–40 days

The starting stage gives you the foundation: strategy, a packaged profile, a visual language and three pinned videos. After that — a full SMM cycle with no chaos.

What onboarding delivers
Strategy and a 3-month content matrixA packaged profile and visual language3 pinned Reels for a cold viewerBasic ad bundles and UTM tagsReadiness for a full SMM cycle
Questions

FAQ about the process

How does work with an SMM agency start?
With onboarding: 30–40 days for strategy, profile packaging and three pinned Reels. There are almost no posts in that period — the system comes first, otherwise the content plan turns into improvisation. The stage costs $2 500 once.
Why can’t we just start posting?
You can, but then you are paying for a pretty feed instead of leads. Without niche research, an offer and profile packaging, ads send people somewhere they can’t understand you. We have seen it hundreds of times, so the first month goes into the foundation.
What happens after onboarding?
The monthly cycle begins: content production (Reels, photo posts, stories), paid social ads and analytics. The content plan is refreshed every month based on last month’s data and the hypothesis list.
How many people work on a project?
Seven people in-house: director, project manager, creative, analyst, operator, designer and editor. No outside contractors — shooting and editing happen inside, so deadlines don’t depend on somebody else’s schedule.
How is the result measured?
Not by likes. We look at customer acquisition cost (CAC), conversion rate (CR) and lifetime value (LTV), plus reach and cost per lead in ads. Once a month — a review and a decision on which hypotheses go into work next.
How much does it cost?
Onboarding — $2 500 once. The monthly cycle — from $1 000 to $2 500 per month depending on content volume. The ad budget and paid-ads work are priced separately, from $200 per month.
Next

What to read next

What it costs How the price of SMM adds up: onboarding, the monthly package and the ad budget — with tables and worked examples. Open → Team The seven people running the project: who owns what, and why shooting and editing are never outsourced. Open → Paid social ads How the ad track is built: campaign scenarios, lead forms, UTM and what drives the cost per lead. Open →
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