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The Social Media Manager Summit 2026
Free to attend✦8 – 10 September 2026✦Online, from anywhere✦Save your seat✦ Free to attend✦8 – 10 September 2026✦Online, from anywhere✦Save your seat✦
The Social Media Manager Summit 2026

Charge more.
Work less.
Answer to no one.

get in loser, we're going to the SMM Summit ♡

3 days. 7 live sessions. 9+ guest speakers. Networking, learning, and building your business with real strategy.

Completely free · 8 to 10 September 2026 · Online, from anywhere

free to attend ✦
Ellen Mackenzie
your host, Ellen ♡

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✦3 days of training✦Live panels✦Real numbers✦No fluff ✦3 days of training✦Live panels✦Real numbers✦No fluff
THE CORPORATE
BURN BOOK

Every single person who has ever gone out on their own has a list. Here is a bit of mine, and a lot of theirs.

Asked for a pay rise. Got a pizza party.
"We're like a family here." Made 40 people redundant on a Tuesday.
Brought in two million dollars. Got a $1,200 bonus and a branded mug.
Booked annual leave in March. Denied in August, two days before the flight.
Ninety minutes of traffic, twice a day, to answer emails I could have sent from bed.
"You're just not quite ready yet." Trained my replacement three weeks later.
A 4pm meeting that was one Slack message in a trench coat.
Used a sick day to interview somewhere else.
Watched someone with half my workload get promoted because they play golf.

Finding clients is hard. But so is working a 9 to 5 you hate, forever.

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what we're getting into

Three days. One thing
each day that changes things.

Every day runs the same shape: one deep dive from me, one panel with guest experts, and time to actually meet people. Session times land closer to the date.

Day OneTue 8 Sept

Content that creates results

The storytelling side of it. How to make content that stops people, means something, and makes them want to buy.

  • 60-min strategy deep dive with me
  • 60-min panel with guest expert speakers
  • Live networking with the room
  • Replay open for 3 days
Day TwoWed 9 Sept

Scaling, and the future of this industry

My road to 5k, 10k and 20k months, including the parts I got wrong. And a proper look at whether this industry survives AI, with actual numbers rather than vibes.

  • 60-min strategy deep dive with me
  • 60-min panel with guest expert speakers
  • Systems training from Rella, our headline sponsor
  • Replay open for 3 days
  • Live networking with the room
Day ThreeThu 10 Sept

Becoming a premium service provider

What to charge, why you're almost certainly charging too little, and what it takes to hold a premium rate. This is the big one.

  • 60-min strategy deep dive with me
  • 60-min panel with Dishing Up Digital School students
  • Live networking with the room
  • Replay open for 3 days

Speaker announcement coming soon

9+ guest experts ♡

$47All-Access Pass

Want to keep the whole thing?

There's an optional upgrade when you register. Lifetime access to every session, a private live Q&A with me that only pass holders get, and a few extras I'll tell you about at checkout. Completely optional, and the summit is free without it.

is this you

Come if any of this
sounds familiar.

You're in a job you've mentally left already.
You're freelancing but undercharging and you know it.
You've got clients and no system, and it's getting messy.
You want a business you can run from anywhere.
You're good at this and tired of being paid like you're not.
You want the real numbers, not the highlight reel.
this is for action-takers, not someday

Save your seat.

Free to attend. 8 to 10 September 2026, online, from wherever you are. Three days, seven live sessions, and the strategy nobody hands out for free.

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