Big teeth.Tiny payroll.

A full marketing team that never quits, never calls in sick and starts this week. AI does the work. Experienced humans check every post, ad and email before it ships.

Book a 30-minute fit call →See what it costs
For small businesses in the US & Canada. No job ads. No notice periods.
Your next marketing hire costs
$81,980

a year, fully loaded, for one social media manager. Happy T-Rex starts at $1,297 a month.

HUMAN-CHECKED · HUMAN-CHECKED ·
STARTSTHIS WEEK
Hiring a marketer
is so Cretaceous.
stickers are draggable
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Two ways to get a marketer

One of these evolved.

Hiring the old way takes months and still leaves you training, managing and replacing someone. Hover the old way. We skip all of it.

The old way Rough timeline for one hire

  1. Week 1Write a job ad. Rewrite it. Pay to boost it.SKIPPED
  2. Week 3147 applications. Four of them read the ad.SKIPPED
  3. Week 6Interview round three. Everyone is very "passionate".SKIPPED
  4. Week 9Offer accepted. Two weeks' notice at the old job.SKIPPED
  5. Month 4Still learning your brand. And your CRM. And the password.SKIPPED
  6. Month 11"So, I've got some news…" Back to week 1.SKIPPED
0 of 6 skipped~4 months

The evolved way Happy T-Rex, start to first post

  1. Day 130-minute fit call. We learn your business and goals.
  2. Day 2Accounts connected. Your brand voice gets trained.
  3. Day 4First posts, ads and emails land in your approval queue.
  4. Day 5You approve. It ships. A human already checked it.
  5. Every weekPlain-English report from a real marketer, not a PDF dump.
  6. Month 11Still here. Still not asking for a parking spot.
No contracts to hire. No one to replace.This week
Chomp
The salary chomp

Feed him the salary. Keep the change.

One social media manager, per year
$81,980
Salary plus taxes, benefits and seats
vs
Happy T-Rex, per year
$15,564
$1,297/mo · humans check everything
← drag him along the bar

Drag the T-Rex. Whatever he eats, you keep.

Book a 30-minute fit call →

Salary figures are US national averages (Indeed: Social Media Manager $65,584, Marketing Coordinator $57,189; Salary.com: PPC Specialist $76,279) multiplied by 1.25 for payroll taxes, benefits and software seats. Ad spend is paid directly to the platforms.

How it works

Three steps. Then you're live.

Step 1

Fit call & setup

We book a 30-minute call to understand your business, goals, and brand voice. Within 24–48 hours, we connect your accounts and train the AI model.

Step 2

AI drafts, human approves

The AI generates posts, ads, emails, and more. Before anything ships, an experienced marketer reviews it for quality and brand fit.

Step 3

You approve & we report

Drafts land in your approval queue. You say yes or no. Once approved, we publish. Every week, you get a plain-English report from a real marketer.

See it in action

AI drafts. You approve.

Click "Generate" to see a sample draft. Then approve or reject it. That's the workflow.

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What we replace

Every role. One price.

Social Media Manager

  • ·Content calendar
  • ·Posts & graphics
  • ·Community management
  • ·Trend monitoring
$65,584/yr + benefits
✗

Paid Ads Specialist

  • ·Campaign builds
  • ·Ad copy & creative
  • ·Budget management
  • ·Performance tracking
$76,279/yr + benefits
✗

Marketing Coordinator

  • ·CRM automation
  • ·Email campaigns
  • ·Landing pages
  • ·Lead nurture
$57,189/yr + benefits
✗

Marketing Manager

  • ·Strategy & planning
  • ·Team coordination
  • ·Reporting
  • ·Budget oversight
$86,180/yr + benefits
✗
Pricing

Pick your tier. Start this week.

AI Social Media Manager

$1,297/mo
  • ✓2 platforms (Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn)
  • ✓12–16 posts per month with graphics and captions
  • ✓Monthly content calendar
  • ✓Comment and DM triage
  • ✓Human reviews every post before it publishes
  • ✓30-min monthly review call
  • ✓Replies within 1 business day
Replaces: Social Media Manager ($81,980/yr fully loaded)*

AI Ads Specialist (Meta + Google)

$1,797/mo
+ ad spend
  • ✓Campaign builds and restructures
  • ✓Ad copy and creative variants
  • ✓Audience and keyword management
  • ✓Daily AI monitoring of spend and pacing
  • ✓Conversion tracking checks
  • ✓Human reviews account weekly
  • ✓Budget changes and new campaigns human-approved
  • ✓Weekly performance summary
  • ✓30-min monthly strategy call
Replaces: PPC Specialist ($95,349/yr fully loaded)*

AI Marketing Coordinator

$1,997/mo
  • ✓GHL/CRM pipelines, forms, and automations
  • ✓2–4 email campaigns and newsletters per month
  • ✓Social on 1–2 platforms
  • ✓Blog and landing page copy (about 2 pieces/month)
  • ✓Review requests and lead follow-up workflows
  • ✓Human checks in every fortnight
  • ✓Every email and automation QA'd before going live
  • ✓Monthly KPI dashboard and report
Replaces: Marketing Coordinator ($71,486/yr fully loaded)*
Most popular

AI Marketing Team

$3,997/mo
+ ad spend
  • ✓Everything in all three tiers
  • ✓Social on 3 platforms
  • ✓Meta and Google ads
  • ✓Email, CRM, and GHL automation
  • ✓Content and monthly reporting
  • ✓Named supervising strategist
  • ✓45-min weekly strategy call
  • ✓Replies within 4 business hours
  • ✓Quarterly growth plan review
Replaces: Three hires (SMM + PPC + Coordinator) ($248,815/yr fully loaded)*

* Salary figures are US national averages (Indeed: Social Media Manager $65,584, Marketing Coordinator $57,189; Salary.com: PPC Specialist $76,279) multiplied by 1.25 for payroll taxes, benefits and software seats. Ad spend is paid directly to the platforms. Source: step1-2.md salary data.

Frequently asked questions

Questions? We have answers.

We train an AI model on your brand voice, goals, and audience. It generates social posts, ad copy, email campaigns, and more. Before anything ships, an experienced human marketer reviews it for quality, accuracy, and brand fit. You get the final approve/reject. It's AI speed with human judgment.

Every client is matched with experienced marketing professionals—people who've run social campaigns, managed ad budgets, and written copy for years. They're not junior VAs. They know what good marketing looks like, and they won't let anything embarrassing or off-brand go out under your name.

You always have final approval. If you reject a post, ad, or email, we revise it. If the AI is consistently missing the mark, your supervising marketer will step in, retrain the model, or write the next few pieces by hand until it's dialed in.

Yes. We book a 30-minute fit call to understand your business and goals. Within 24–48 hours, we connect your accounts (social, ads, CRM) and train your brand voice. By day 4 or 5, the first drafts land in your approval queue. Most clients ship their first post or ad within a week of signing up.

You can pause or cancel anytime with 7 days' notice. No contracts, no penalties. If you're seasonal or testing a new channel, pause when you need to. We'll be here when you're ready to restart.

We work with both. If you're an agency offering social, ads, or email to your clients, we can white-label the service. You stay the face of the relationship; we handle the execution and human QA behind the scenes.

A VA or freelancer might be cheaper per hour, but you're still managing them, briefing them, and hoping they don't disappear mid-project. Happy T-Rex is a system: AI does the repetitive work, humans ensure quality, and you get consistent output without the management overhead. Plus, we don't take vacations or quit.

We connect with Meta (Facebook & Instagram), Google Ads, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter), Mailchimp, GoHighLevel, HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Zapier, and most major CRMs and email platforms. If you use something else, ask—we can usually integrate it.

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