Maker schedule

Protect long uninterrupted blocks for deep work that requires concentration by clustering meetings and separating them from creative and analytical time.

Maker schedule

Maker schedule

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Demand generation

Build your channel strategy and optimise each channel, so you grow traffic strategically without burning budget.

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Stages of awareness

Stages of awareness

Stop guessing what messages will resonate. Map the beliefs people need to hold at each stage of their journey from unaware to ready-to-buy.

Channel selection

Channel selection

Calculate volume needed, map campaigns to belief stages across channels, then test and scale winners using more/better/new whilst killing underperformers.

Ad creative testing

Ad creative testing

Structure creative testing within campaigns using message angles, formats, and hooks. Document what works per segment to compound learning over time.

Landing pages

Landing pages

Determine which segment and campaign combinations justify dedicated pages, optimise core elements, then A/B test systematically starting with highest-traffic pages.

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Slow productivity

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A humane approach to output. Plan seasons, protect focus and deliver work that matters at a sustainable pace.

Getting Things Done

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Digital Minimalism

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Deep Work

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Atomic Habits

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Atomic Habits

Turn habit theory into daily practice for marketers. Simple cues, tiny wins and scorecards that help teams deliver consistently under pressure.

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How to plan your week like a pro

Manage your time like your ad budget. Get the highest ROI from your hours with personal audits, ideal-week calendars, and timeboxing.

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Collaboration tools

Design together, record walkthroughs, whiteboard ideas, and share passwords securely across your team.

Wiki

Spam score

Evaluate email content and sending practices to identify elements that trigger spam filters before sending campaigns that might damage deliverability.

Bounce rate

Track emails that fail delivery to maintain sender reputation and avoid being marked as spam by continuing to email invalid addresses that hurt deliverability.

Engagement rate

The percentage of visitors who meaningfully engage with your landing page instead of bouncing.

Content pillar

Create comprehensive hub pages on core topics that link to related subtopic content to establish topical authority and improve rankings across topic clusters.

Time blocking

Schedule focused work sessions in your calendar to protect concentration and ensure important tasks don't get crowded out by meetings and interruptions.

Paid search

Capture high-intent prospects actively searching for solutions by bidding on relevant keywords and appearing in search engine results.

Warm-up

Gradually increase sending volume from new domains to build reputation with inbox providers and avoid being marked as spam when scaling outreach quickly.

SEO

Optimise your website and content to rank prominently in organic search results, capturing traffic without ongoing advertising spend.

Impressions

The total number of times your brand appears in front of potential customers across all channels.

Technical SEO

Fix site infrastructure issues that prevent search engines from crawling and indexing pages properly to ensure content can rank regardless of quality.

Paid social advertising

Target prospects based on demographic, firmographic, and behavioural data, interrupting their social feeds with relevant offers and content.

Backlinks

Earn links from other websites to your content to signal authority to search engines and improve rankings for target keywords over time.

Email deliverability

Ensure emails reach inboxes rather than spam folders by maintaining sender reputation, authenticating properly, and following anti-spam best practices consistently.

Domain authority

Build cumulative site-wide ranking power through quality backlinks and strong content so new pages rank faster than competitors starting from scratch.

Keyword research

Identify search terms your customers use to create content that ranks organically and bid on paid terms that drive qualified traffic at profitable costs.

Cost per click (CPC)

Calculate what you pay each time someone clicks your ad to evaluate channel efficiency and determine if paid traffic costs justify the leads generated.

On-page SEO

Optimise individual pages for target keywords by improving titles, headings, content, and internal links to help search engines understand topic relevance.

Social selling

Build relationships and demonstrate expertise on social platforms to generate inbound interest rather than interrupting buyers with cold outreach.

Engagement

Measure likes, comments, and shares to evaluate content resonance and algorithmic distribution on social platforms that reward interactions with reach.

Maker schedule

Protect long uninterrupted blocks for deep work that requires concentration by clustering meetings and separating them from creative and analytical time.