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How are US based digital marketing consultants calculating their minimum viable monthly retainer fee in today economy?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How are US based digital marketing consultants calculating their minimum viable monthly retainer fee in today economy?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
US digital marketing consultant monthly retainer pricing benchmarks 2026 SEO PPC social media freelance consultant ratesGoogle ↗
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2026 US small business marketing agency retainer pricing survey digital marketing servicesGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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US digital marketing consultant monthly retainer pricing benchmarks 2026 SEO PPC social media freelance consultant rates Google ↗
2026 US small business marketing agency retainer pricing survey digital marketing services Google ↗

Queries

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US digital marketing consultant monthly retainer pricing benchmarks 2026 SEO PPC social media freelance consultant rates
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2026 US small business marketing agency retainer pricing survey digital marketing services
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