Manifesto

Directory · AI skills

Workflows your team can run this week.

Each one names the moment you reach for it, how long it takes, the steps in order, and the artefact you are holding when you finish. The steps on this page are the whole method — read them and run them.

Written for a marketing team of two to ten people, with no new software to buy. Use an AI assistant for the drafting inside a step if it helps; the sequence is what makes the output usable.

01 · Content Ledger operator

One sheet that answers “what shipped, where, and what did it do” — so the weekly content meeting stops being a status recital.

Use when Your team publishes across three or more channels and nobody can say what ran last month without digging.

90 min to set up, 15 min a week to run
01

List every channel you actually publish to and name one owner each

02

Log the last 30 days: asset, channel, date, owner, one result metric

03

Tag each row to a pillar so you can see the mix, not just the volume

04

Set a weekly 15-minute review: what shipped, what slipped, what next

05

Cut or merge any channel that has produced nothing for two cycles

You end up with: A living ledger and a standing 15-minute weekly review. Format: SKILL.md + weekly ops checklist. Usually owned by: Content / social leads.

02 · Signal Read sketcher

Structure your own one-page diagnostic before you pay anyone for a strategy deck — and know what to ask if you do.

Use when You are about to brief an agency, or you inherited a marketing function and need a read on it fast.

2 hours
01

Write the one commercial outcome marketing is accountable for this quarter

02

Name your primary pillar — PR, influence, growth, or AI — and the two you are not doing

03

List 5–7 findings only: what is working, what is theatre, what is missing

04

For each finding, name the system that would fix it, not the tactic

05

Pick one system to build next quarter and write what you would stop to fund it

You end up with: A one-page read you can hand to a founder or a board. Format: 1-page template + question set. Usually owned by: Founders · marketing leads.

03 · PR ethics gate

A go / no-go pass on every pitch and paid-placement offer, so you stop paying for coverage nobody reads.

Use when An outlet quotes you a fee for “editorial”, or your pitch list has grown faster than your story.

45 min to build, 5 min per pitch
01

Separate the list into earned, sponsored, and syndicated — never mix them in one report

02

For each target, write the reader and why this story matters to them

03

Kill any pitch you cannot tie to a named beat or recent article

04

Flag paid placements as paid in your own reporting, always

05

Log the outcome per outlet so next quarter's list is evidence-based

You end up with: A screened pitch list and a paid-vs-earned split you can report. Format: Go / no-go checklist. Usually owned by: PR / comms.

04 · Creator fit lite

Ten questions to run before creator spend — fit, brand safety, and audience overlap ahead of follower count.

Use when You have a shortlist from an agency or a platform and no independent way to judge it.

20 min per creator
01

Define the audience you are buying — market, language, buying stage

02

Check the last 20 posts for category fit, not just aesthetic fit

03

Read comments for audience location and language, not sentiment

04

Score brand safety: past controversies, competing brand deals, disclosure habits

05

Rank on fit score and only then look at reach and price

You end up with: A scored shortlist with a documented reason for each cut. Format: Scorecard + red-flag list. Usually owned by: Influence / brand marketers.

05 · AEO entity card

Make your company legible to answer engines — so AI assistants describe you the way you would describe yourself.

Use when You ask an AI assistant about your company and the answer is wrong, vague, or your competitor.

2–3 hours
01

Write the one-sentence definition of what your company is and who it serves

02

Put that same definition, verbatim, on the homepage, about page, and structured data

03

List the five questions buyers ask and answer each in a directly quotable paragraph

04

Fix name, category, and location consistency across every profile you control

05

Re-ask the assistants monthly and log what changed

You end up with: An entity card plus a monthly check on how AI describes you. Format: Entity card template. Usually owned by: Growth / SEO leads.

What these are not

Five procedures, not a marketing operating system. They will not connect to your CRM, run themselves, or replace a strategist. What they do is give a small team a repeatable sequence and something concrete at the end of it.

New skills as they ship

Everything on this page is open and stays open. A work email adds the member workspace: sector filters across all four directories, refresh notes when a row changes, first look at new skill packs, and a one-page Signal Read on your own domain.

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