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Annual Marketing Plan & Marketing Hire Brief

A retrospective on a year of founder-led marketing, a forward plan for the next one, and — if it's time — a hiring brief for your first marketing hire.

What you walk away with

A real document, built from everything you worked through — then critiqued the way a tough reviewer would and polished round by round. Plus a project summary that shows your work.

19 steps in the full journey.

The first 3 questions

This is where the conversation starts. Each answer shapes what gets asked next.

  1. 01Looking back over the past year, what marketing actually worked — the channel, campaign, or content that clearly moved the needle?
  2. 02What did you try that didn't work, or that you're not sure was worth the time?
  3. 03Are you considering a first marketing hire or contractor, or is this purely a planning exercise for now?

+ 14 more questions across discovery, validation, and the creative brief — each one adapting to what you've already said.

Ready to work through it?

The first five questions of any project are free — no card required.

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