How much does a LinkedIn ghostwriter cost?

If you are a founder or a CEO looking at LinkedIn ghostwriting services, the first thing you want to know is what it costs, and that is completely fair, so I am going to give you the honest version, from the people who actually sell it. When a founder asks me what a LinkedIn ghostwriter costs, I tell them that it varies from person to person and from agency to agency, because you are never really buying one thing, and the cost of ghostwriting depends entirely on what is sitting behind the number. In this article I will walk you through why the price swings so much, what the cheap version really looks like, and exactly what you get at each of our four tiers, so that you can compare us with anyone else on the same terms.

Why LinkedIn ghostwriter pricing varies so much

Everyone has their own model, and that is the whole reason pricing is all over the place. Some people are just selling a service, so you pay, they write a few posts, and that is where it ends. Some people are selling outcomes, which means they care about what happens after the post goes live. And a lot of people simply charge whatever they feel like charging, with no real logic behind the number, which is why you can see LinkedIn ghostwriter pricing anywhere from a few hundred dollars a month to several thousand, and why comparing two quotes without asking what is inside them tells you almost nothing.

What actually moves the price is who does the work, how much of the system is included, how much access you get to the people running it, how many people are working on your account, and whether anyone is accountable for the result. A senior person who understands your business costs more than someone filling in a template, a plan with a weekly call with the founder is a different product from one with a call once a month, and a dedicated team is not the same thing as a single freelancer working through a queue of clients.

How we think about price at Be No Stranger

We own things end to end, and we want to give results, and we do not want to give false hopes, take the money and go somewhere else. That is why we never focus too much on the costing, because if somebody is willing to work with us at our ticket size, then that is great, and if not, that is fine too. We do not compromise on quality. We want to work with the finest people and give them the finest quality that money can possibly buy, which is why our plans start at $500 a month and go all the way up to $3,000 a month, with each step up meaning more of us working for you and not just the same thing with a bigger number on it.

The cheap version of LinkedIn ghostwriting

The cheap version of ghostwriting is very simple, because somebody takes your topic, drops it into Gemini or Claude or ChatGPT, and hands you whatever comes out. The problem is that LinkedIn is cracking down on this. Detection tools such as Pangram are now scanning LinkedIn posts for AI-written text, and from what we see, when a post reads as AI-written it stops being shown to new people, which means you do not get the engagement and you do not get the reach, and you can end up paying for months of posts and wondering why nobody is reading them.

That is why you need to be very sure about the person you are hiring. They should know their stuff, they should know your business and know the drill, they should understand your problem and put it into an architecture, and they should build a system around it, so that you are not left with a pile of posts that go nowhere.

What a good LinkedIn ghostwriter actually does

A good LinkedIn ghostwriter does a lot more than write posts. They build the system, so that posting does not depend on you finding time every week, and they build the graphics, so that your posts look as good as they read. They build the profile, so that when someone clicks through from a post they land on a credible founder, and they build the credibility itself, with proof and a clear point of view. They build the engagement list, so that the right people actually see your content, and then they bring everything together for you, so that you have nothing to worry about, because they just have you out there. If all you are getting is posts, you are getting only a small part of what moves the needle.

What you get at $500, $1,200, $2,000 and $3,000 a month

Here is exactly what sits inside each of our four LinkedIn ghostwriting plans.

The $500 a month plan

At $500 a month you get two posts a week and a call with my team, where we sit with you once a month, and we handle everything on your account. We also engage with 10 to 12 accounts on your behalf, so that your profile does not look dormant and you keep an active presence on the platform.

The $1,200 a month plan

At $1,200 a month we give you 10 posts a month and we sit with you on a call every two weeks, with my team working on the back end of your account the whole time. We engage with 20 to 25 people from your ICP every single day, and we create your content structure and your content pillars, so that every post has a place in a bigger plan.

The $2,000 a month plan

At $2,000 a month you get 15 posts a month and weekly calls with me, along with more proactive support and ideas than the lower tiers. We set up your Claude bots and help you with a lot of other things, and we even work with you on a consultancy basis so that all your other socials stay in line with your channel. We also support you with Meta ads, telling you what is working and what is not, and we give you updated research and everything else you need to fly higher and higher.

The $3,000 a month plan

This is our maximum tier, and at $3,000 a month we give you 20 posts a month that are absolutely top notch, with A-grade graphics, and we have weekly calls where I personally sit with you and we evaluate everything. You get reports sent to you, a dedicated point of contact, and heavy research, with three people dedicatedly working on your account throughout the entire month and for as long as we work together. We try to introduce you to partners and get you into other rooms where you possibly could not go on your own, and we make sure you get the best amount of results we can.

How to choose a LinkedIn ghostwriter

Whoever you decide to hire, ask a few questions before you pay anything. Ask how they write your posts, because a ghostwriter should be working from your stories, your opinions and your experience, and if the answer sounds like "we use AI", ask how they make sure the posts do not read as AI-written. Ask who actually works on your account, whether you will speak to the person doing the work, and how many people are involved. Ask what is included besides posts, since the profile, the graphics, the engagement, the research and the reporting are where results really come from, and ask how many calls you get and with whom, because a monthly call and a weekly call with the founder are very different services. Be careful with anyone who promises results in days or guarantees follower numbers, because LinkedIn compounds over months, and finally ask who engages on your behalf and with whom, since a profile that posts and then goes silent looks dormant.

Is a LinkedIn ghostwriter worth the money?

It is worth it if your buyers, partners or investors look you up before they speak to you and you do not have the time to do all of this yourself. It is not worth it if you want a quick spike of followers, and it is not worth it if the person you hire cannot explain how your posts will avoid sounding like everyone else's. If you want to work with one of the finest in the industry, who has the finest results and who cares about one thing, which is client satisfaction, that would be us.

To see what consistent work on LinkedIn can do, read the Vaibhav Yadav case study. For the full process, see our LinkedIn ghostwriting service page, or read LinkedIn ghostwriting for CEOs.

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