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Content marketing has become slop. We build editorial programs — a slower cadence, a higher bar, a compounding library your buyers actually read.

  • Starting at $8k / mo
  • 90-day install, then retainer
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· CONTENT & EDITORIAL06

The problem

What you are probably facing.

Blog posts nobody remembers, a newsletter with a 12% open rate, and a sales team that still sends decks to answer basic buyer questions.

How we approach it

The way we would run it.

A magazine, not a mill. We define one editorial pillar, one weekly ritual, and one flagship long-form per quarter — then build the distribution system to compound them.

What ships

Specific deliverables, tagged by phase.

No mystery boxes. Every phase is a fixed set of artefacts you can point at when the invoice arrives.

  1. 01Phase

    Frame

    • Buyer & audience research
    • Editorial pillar
    • Voice & standards
  2. 02Phase

    Produce

    • Weekly cadence
    • Flagship long-form
    • Case studies & interviews
  3. 03Phase

    Distribute

    • Newsletter system
    • SEO framework
    • Repurposing engine

Timeline & investment

What a real engagement looks like.

Timelines are firm, not aspirational. The number below is where every engagement starts — final scope is written before we invoice, not after.

Timeline
90-day install, then retainer
Investment
Starting at $8k / mo

Scope bar

3 phases

  1. 01Frame3 deliverables
  2. 02Produce3 deliverables
  3. 03Distribute3 deliverables
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Featured case

This is what it looked like.

A recent partner who ran a content & editorial engagement with us. Real numbers, verified by their analytics.

Field Notes Co · 2023

Content that turned a niche into a movement

An editorial brand relaunch that turned a niche newsletter into a 220k-strong community.

Subscribers
220k
Open rate
58%
Sponsor revenue
$3.4M
Read the full case study
Field Notes Co — Content that turned a niche into a movement

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