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We've been running the biggest survey of its kind in the freelance social media management world, and the early results are already throwing up some uncomfortable questions about what we're charging, what we're offering, and what AI is actually doing to our businesses.

This is a first look at the data so far, the trends that are already obvious, and the things every freelance social media manager needs to be thinking about before the full report drops.

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→ The platform that most social media managers offer, according to early data, is the least profitable.

→ What freelance social media managers are actually doing about raising their prices right now

→ Some early insights on how social media managers are using AI and how it's affecting their pricing

→ What social media managers know AI can't do instead of them

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